Patwardhan, Bhushan (Editor)
Mutalik, Gururaj (Editor)
Tillu, Girish (Editor)
Academic Press
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
Physical Details: 382 pp.
Despite spectacular advances, modern medicine faces formidable global challenges in several key areas―notably the persistence of major killer diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, and newer threats including HIV/AIDS, resistant infections, and Ebola. As such, modern medicine has not led to a significant decrease in chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity, and other degenerative and autoimmune diseases. The authors believe that modern medicine needs to experience a paradigm shift, an integration of traditions―in particular from the ancient systems like Ayurveda and Yoga. Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga brings together the basic principles of interdisciplinary systems approach for an evolving construct of future medicine. Such an approach is already emerging at the cutting edge of current research in omics, bioinformatics, computational and systems biology. Several leading institutions of medicine have adopted Yoga and complementary medicine to widen their reach, and deepen effectiveness in therapeutic practices. The amalgam of modern medicine, with its strengths in scientific rigor, blended with the basic principles of life drawn from Ayurveda and Yoga might evolve into a medicine of tomorrow. Integrative approaches are no longer alternative, perhaps taking these approaches is the only possible way to heal our sick planet. This book introduces important trends and tools for biomedical researchers and physicians alike, to innovate the practice of medicine for the better.Contains a harmonious confluence of ancient and modern concepts, historical perspectives, philosophical underpinnings, and a relevant review of literature supported by worldwide case studies.Provides a critical analysis of ancient wisdom, pointing to potential areas for future research, which provide food for thought for public debate on integrative health care for the twenty-first century.Explains Ayurveda knowledge, and its relevance to drug discovery, nutrition, genomics, epigenetics, regenerative biology, longevity and personalized medicine.Shares Yoga knowledge insights, and explains its relevance to body–mind complex relationships, psychology, neurobiology, immunoendocrinology, bioenergetics, consciousness, and cognitive sciences.Offers illustrations and logic diagrams for enhanced understanding of the concepts presented.
...MoreChapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Food and Diet. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 173-200).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Ayurveda and Yoga—A Primer. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 333-343).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Evolution of Medicine. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 27-52).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Lifestyle and Behavior. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 141-172).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Advocacy for Integration. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 1-25).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Health Supplements. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 201-227).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Longevity, Rejuvenation, and Rasayana. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 259-291).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Systems Biology and Holistic Concepts. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 111-139).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Drug Discovery and Ayurveda. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 229-258).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Concepts of Health and Disease. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 53-78).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Integrative Approaches for the Future. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 319-332).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Evidence-Based Medicine and Ayurveda. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 79-109).
Chapter Bhushan Patwardhan; Gururaj Mutalik; Girish Tillu (2015) Personalized Approaches for Health. In: Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga (pp. 293-318).
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