Results 241 to 250 of about 55,469 (259)
Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.
Internal Medicine Journal, 2017
AbstractAyurveda is a traditional medicine native to India but is used in many parts of the world as an alternative or adjunct to standard medicine. Preparation can involve incorporation of heavy metals, including lead. We report the case of a 64‐year‐old man presenting with malaise, abdominal pain, anaemia and very high lead levels. He was found to be
Matthew, Sadler, Sarah, Bell
openaire +2 more sources
AbstractAyurveda is a traditional medicine native to India but is used in many parts of the world as an alternative or adjunct to standard medicine. Preparation can involve incorporation of heavy metals, including lead. We report the case of a 64‐year‐old man presenting with malaise, abdominal pain, anaemia and very high lead levels. He was found to be
Matthew, Sadler, Sarah, Bell
openaire +2 more sources
Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2007
Ayurveda is a major traditional system of Indian medicine that is still being successfully used in many countries. Recapitulation and adaptation of the older science to modern drug discovery processes can bring renewed interest to the pharmaceutical world and offer unique therapeutic solutions for a wide range of human disorders. Eventhough time-tested
Rajgopal Govindarajan +1 more
openaire +3 more sources
Ayurveda is a major traditional system of Indian medicine that is still being successfully used in many countries. Recapitulation and adaptation of the older science to modern drug discovery processes can bring renewed interest to the pharmaceutical world and offer unique therapeutic solutions for a wide range of human disorders. Eventhough time-tested
Rajgopal Govindarajan +1 more
openaire +3 more sources
Anthropology & Medicine, 2002
In the sociology of health and illness, the heterogeneous field of heterodox medicine is often conceptualised as a more or less homogeneous entity. All kinds of heterodox modes of treatment are pooled together in order to discover the heterodox patient.
Robert Frank, Gunnar Stollberg
openaire +3 more sources
In the sociology of health and illness, the heterogeneous field of heterodox medicine is often conceptualised as a more or less homogeneous entity. All kinds of heterodox modes of treatment are pooled together in order to discover the heterodox patient.
Robert Frank, Gunnar Stollberg
openaire +3 more sources
Medical Anthropology, 1991
Ayurveda is a healing system widely practiced throughout South Asia. It is founded upon a set of Sanskrit texts composed two thousand years ago which describe in detail a theory of humoral balance within the body. The name Ayurveda means "that which has been seen to be true about long life." In 1975 in southern Tamil Nadu, an aged practitioner of ...
openaire +3 more sources
Ayurveda is a healing system widely practiced throughout South Asia. It is founded upon a set of Sanskrit texts composed two thousand years ago which describe in detail a theory of humoral balance within the body. The name Ayurveda means "that which has been seen to be true about long life." In 1975 in southern Tamil Nadu, an aged practitioner of ...
openaire +3 more sources
Cancer—an ayurvedic perspective
Pharmacological Research, 2005An integrated approach is needed to manage cancer using the growing body of knowledge gained through scientific developments. Thousands of herbal and traditional compounds are being screened worldwide to validate their use as anti-cancerous drugs.
Rajgopal Govindarajan +1 more
openaire +3 more sources
The Ayurvedic physician as scientist
Social Science & Medicine, 1987This paper is written in response to an article by Robin Horton in which Horton argues that 'traditional' systems of thought are relatively less open to external challenges than is modern scientific thought. Traditional systems of thought are (by definition) past-oriented; they consider truth to have been handed down from past sources and they are ...
openaire +3 more sources
Ayurvedic Gender Differences Revisited
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2012Dear Editor: In an article recently published in this journal, a finite genopsycho-somatotyping model, which combined Ayurvedic genomics, constitutional psychology, and endocrinology, was proposed in males. In them, the high rate of muscle growth and leadership characteristics are considered to be part of the ‘‘andrus’’ constitution due to the androgen
Carlos V. Rizzo-Sierra +2 more
openaire +3 more sources
Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, 2012
Ayurveda, the indigenous medical system of India, has integrated the concept of interconnectedness into its understanding of health and disease. It considers the human body as an indivisible whole with a network of interrelated functions, mind and consciousness, wherein a disturbance in one part will have repercussions in other parts as well.
openaire +3 more sources
Ayurveda, the indigenous medical system of India, has integrated the concept of interconnectedness into its understanding of health and disease. It considers the human body as an indivisible whole with a network of interrelated functions, mind and consciousness, wherein a disturbance in one part will have repercussions in other parts as well.
openaire +3 more sources
AYURVEDIC MEDICINE AND ARTHRITIS
Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, 2000The fundamental principles of Ayurveda are briefly reviewed. The ancient classification of arthritis is described along with the comparisons to the modern system. Though the diagnosis is historical and clinical, it is based on the tridosha hypothesis. The Ayurvedic pathogenesis links arthritis to the gut.
openaire +3 more sources