Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine

ISBN-13: 9781441934413 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 480 str.

Edwin L. Cooper; Nobuo Yamaguchi

Opis

WHAT HAPPENED IN KANAZAWA? THE BIRTH OF eCAM This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, (CAM) which was convened in Kanazawa Japan, November 8-10, 2002. The participants were mainly from Japan, USA, China, France, England, Germany, Taiwan, and India. The world of western medicine is gradually opening its doors to new ways of ap- proaching healing. Since many of these approaches began centuries and even millennia ago in Asia, it was entirely appropriate to open our symposium in Kanazawa, a beautiful, traditional city located on the Sea of Japan. Experts from Asia, Europe and the United States gathered together for true discussions on complementary and alternative medicine and its role developing all over the world. As scientists, we listened to historical perspec- tives from India, China and Japan, where CAM is still being practiced as it has been for centuries. It is well to mention at the outset that this book will cover a rapidly growing field that has strong advocates but others who are less than enthusiastic. This should be evident by the presentation of chapters that aim to significantly dispel some of the criticisms of pseudoscience and myth that often surround the discipline. It is our purpose to present high quality peer reviewed chapters.

Spis treści

The Urgent Need for Evidence-Based CAM in the World.- Beginnings.- I. National Approaches to CAM.- 1. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Japan.- 2. New Scientific Approach for Natural Medicine: Examples of Kampo Medicine.- 3. The Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan—Past, Present and Future.- 4. Quality Requirements for Herbal Medicinal Products in Europe.- 5. Integrating Medical Knowledge: Old Roots and a Modern Science-Based Approach at the University of Milan.- II. CAM Approaches to Specific Diseases and Biomedical Conditions.- 6. Identification of Diseases that may be Targets for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM).- 7. Complementary and Alternative Medicine during HIV Infection.- 8. A Polyherbal Formulation for a Wide Spectrum of Reproductive Tract and Sexually Transmitted Infections.- 9. Anticancer Therapeutic Potential of Soy Isoflavone, Genistein.- 10. Chinese Medicine and Immunity.- 11. Testing Efficacy of Natural Anxiolytic Compounds.- 12. Alternative Approaches to Pain Relief during Labor and Delivery.- 13. Alternative and Comparative Medicine in Dentistry.- III. Physical Intervention: Touch, Hydrotherapy, Sound.- 14. Methodological Concerns when Designing Trials for the Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Pain.- 15. Treatment for Atopic Dermatitis by Acupuncture.- 16. Hydrotherapy can Modulate Peripheral Leukocytes: An Approach to Alternative Medicine.- 17. Music Therapy, Wellness, and Stress Reduction.- 18. Music Therapy, a Future Alternative Intervention against Diseases.- IV. Dietary Intervention in Specific Diseases.- 19. Diet Instruction for Japanese Traditional Food in Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis.- 20. Kampo Therapy for Adult Atopic Dermatitis by Dieting and Herbal Medications: Evaluating the Disappearance of Disease Phases.- 21. Management of Nutritional and Health Needs of Malnourished and Vegetarian People in India.- V. Basic Science: Future Approaches to Novel Molecules for CAM.- 22. Cultural Heritage: Porifera (Sponges), A Taxon Successfully Progressing Paleontology, Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Biomedicine.- 23. Earthworms: Sources of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Molecules.- 24. What Can We Learn from Marine Invertebrates to be Used as Complementary Antibiotics?.- 25. Nervous, Endocrine, Immune Systems as a Target for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.- VI. Education and Philosophy.- 26. Scientific Thinking: Its History, Methods, and Advantages.- 27. Glycome: A Medical Paradigm.- VII. Abstracts.