Western biomedicine and Eastern therapeutics : an integrative strategy for personalized and preventive healthcare / Sun-Chong Wang, National Central University, Taiwan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Sun-Chong, 1963-

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Ayurvedic.

Medicine, Chinese.

Integrative medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 358 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, 2013.

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern Western Medicine (MWM) and Ayurveda/Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can be considered two extreme paradigms to complex systems. The microscopic and reductionist approach of the West prevails in acute and single-gene conditions such as infection and Mendelian disorders. The macroscopic and holistic approach of the East potentially fares well at chronic and complex conditions such as obesity and ageing. The book serves three purposes: 1) to help MWM, Ayurveda and TCM professionals get acquainted with one another; 2) to help identify common grounds for MWM, Ayurveda and TCM, rather than

Contents:

Evidence-based practice

Modern Western biomedicine

Traditional oriental ethnomedicine

Integrative medicine

Safety and regulation of herbal products

Cancer

Common fatal disease

Common nonfatal disease

Condition of the reproductive system

Theories of ageing

Regenerative medicine

Longevity.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814412889

9814412880

OCLC:

844311161