Evidence-Based Practice in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Perspectives, Protocols, Problems and Potential in Ayurveda

This book investigates the ways in which the evidence base is influencing complementary and alternative medicine in general and Ayurveda and allied health practices in particular. The latter have traditionally been prevalent in Asia and are now increasingly attracting interest worldwide. The book is...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rastogi, Sanjeev (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Evidence-based and comparative effectiveness analysis: Evidence-based practice in complementary and alternative medicine: perspectives, protocols, problems and potentials. Evidence-based medicine and Ayurveda: Transforming Ayurveda: Stepping into the realm of evidence - based practice
  • Diet and Nutrition concepts in Ayurveda: Gleaming into opportunities for evidence - based applications in health care
  • Clinical evidence in the tradition of Ayurveda
  • Traditional Persian evidence-based medicine. Substantiating Ayurvedic theory and practice toward Evidence-base: Prakriti analysis in Ayurveda: Envisaging the need of better diagnostic tools
  • Pancha karma: Ayurvedic Detoxification and Allied Therapies - Is there any evidence?- Gut and joint interconnections: a reappraisal to Ayurvedic understanding of Joint diseases
  • Ayurvedic approach to cardiovascular diseases: delineating the literary and clinical evidences
  • Rasayana therapy and rejuvenation
  • Translational Effectiveness in Ayurvedic Medicine: Implications for Oral Biology & Medicine. Towards future perspectives of evidence based Ayurveda: Safety aspects of Ayurvedic drugs
  • Toward evidence-based practice of Ayurveda: extrapolating the challenges in current decade