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Author Takahashi, Toku.

Title Integrative medicine : its role for our future medicine / Toku Takahashi.

Imprint Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 214 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series New developments in medical research
Health care in transition
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; From University of Michigan ; From Duke University; From Medical College of Wisconsin; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; Chapter 1 COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (CAM) ; 1. WIDE SPREAD USE OF CAM; 2. CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES OF CAM ; 2.1. The Lack of a Common Language between CAM and CWM; 2.2. Poor Evidence of Efficacy and Mechanism ; 3. CURRENT PROBLEMS OF CWM ; 3.1. Less Attention to Self-Healing ; 3.2. Less Attention to a Whole Person.
3.3. Less Attention to Social Connectedness 3.4. Less Attention to Preventive Medicine ; 3.5. Less Attention to Doctor-Patient Relationship ; 3.6. Adverse Effects of Drugs ; 3.7. Intoxication with Capitalism ; 3.7.1. High Profits of Pharmaceutical Companies ; 3.7.2 Financial Ties between Medical Professionals and Pharmaceutical Companies ; 3.7.3. Financial Incentives of Doctors ; 3.7.4. Insurance Industry ; 3.8. Expensive Medical Cost ; SUMMARY ; Chapter 2 CONCEPT OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE ; 1. SELF-HEALING ; 2. HUMAN BEINGS ; 3. PREVENTIVE MEDICINE ; 4. DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.
5. SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS 6. INTEGRATION OF CWM AND CAM ; SUMMARY ; Chapter 3 MIND-BODY MEDICINE ; 1. MEDITATION ; 1.1. Two Styles of Meditation ; 1.2. Mindfulness ; 1.3. Zen Meditation ; 1.4. Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM) ; 1.5. Brain Activity during Meditation ; 2. YOGA ; 2.1. Psychological Effects ; 2.2. Anti-Nociceptive Effects (Analgesic Effects) ; 2.3. Cardiovascular Effects ; 2.4. Physical Effects ; 2.5. Possible Mechanisms of Yoga ; 2.5.1. Attenuation of Stress Responses; 2.5.2. Stimulation of Oxytocin (OXT) Release; 3. TAI-CHI AND QI-GONG ; 3.1. Physical Effects.
3.2. Anti-Stress Effects 3.3. Cardiovascular Effects ; 3.4. Possible Mechanisms of Tai-Chi And Qi-Gong ; 3.4.1. Attenuation of HPA Axis ; 3.4.2. Stimulation of Parasympathetic Activity; 4. PLACEBO EFFECTS ; 4.1. Placebo-Induced Analgesia ; 4.2. Placebo Effects in IBS ; 4.3. Placebo Effects in Depression ; 4.4. Possible Mechanism of Placebo Effects ; 5. AUTOGENIC TRAINING (AUTO-SUGGESTION) ; 6. HYPNOSIS; 6.1. Possible Mechanism of Hypnosis ; 7. HOMEOPATHY ; SUMMARY ; Chapter 4 MANUAL THERAPIES ; 1. SOMATOSENSORY PATHWAY ; 2. SKIN CONTACT (TOUCH) ; 2.1. Touch and Social Life.
3. ACUPUNCTURE 3.1. Possible Mechanisms of Acupuncture ; 3.2. Region-Specific Effects of Acupuncture ; 3.3. Western Medical Acupuncture ; 3.3.1. Trigger Points vs Acupuncture Points ; 3.3.2. Circulation of Qi vs Neuromodulation; 3.4. Analgesic (Anti-Nociceptive) Effects of Acupuncture ; 3.5. Anti-Emetic Effects of Acupuncture ; 3.6. Anti-Stress Effects of Acupuncture; 3.7. Placebo Effects of Acupuncture; 3.7.1. Sham Acupuncture vs Real Acupuncture; 3.7.2. Psychological Factors ; 3.7.3. Acupuncturists' Behavior ; 3.7.4. Mental Activity of Expectation.
Subject Integrative medicine.
Medicine.
Medicine
Médecine intégrative.
Médecine.
medicines (material)
medicine (discipline)
MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
Integrative medicine
Medicine
Other Form: Print version: 9781626185432 1626185433
ISBN 1626186065 (electronic bk.)
9781626186064 (electronic bk.)
9781626185432 (hardcover)
1626185433
Standard No. DEBBG BV042795431
NZ1 15181088
AU@ 000062327421

 
    
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