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Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Edwin L. Cooper

    1. University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Nobuo Yamaguchi

    1. Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan

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  • Proceedings of the International Symposium on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, this title provide an international perspective on new approaches to healing.
  • This book should appeal to a wide range of individuals in clinical medicine and basic science, including fields such as psychiatry, neurology, neuroscience, microbiology, pharmacology, nutrition, molecular bioloyg, and immunology.

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 546)

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Table of contents (30 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N1-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Urgent Need for Evidence-Based CAM in the World

      • Nobuo Yamaguchi
      Pages 3-4

    3. Beginnings

      • Patty Christiena Willis
      Pages 5-6

  3. National Approaches to CAM

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Japan

      • Nobutaka Suzuki, Satoshi Ohno, Tsutomu Kamei, Yumiko Yoshiki, Yuji Kikuchi, Kazuyoshi Okubo et al.
      Pages 9-25

    3. New Scientific Approach for Natural Medicine

      • Haruki Yamada
      Pages 27-34

    4. The Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan—Past, Present and Future

      • Chieh Fu Chen, Yau Chik Shum, Sze Piao Yang
      Pages 35-42

    5. Quality Requirements for Herbal Medicinal Products in Europe

      • G. Franz
      Pages 43-56

    6. Integrating Medical Knowledge: Old Roots and a Modern Science-Based Approach at the University of Milan

      • E. Minelli, F. Marotta, U. Solimene
      Pages 57-71

  4. CAM Approaches to Specific Diseases and Biomedical Conditions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Identification of Diseases that may be Targets for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

      • Aristo Vojdani, Edwin L. Cooper
      Pages 75-104

    3. Complementary and Alternative Medicine During HIV Infection

      • Milena Nasi, Marcello Pinti, Leonarda Troiano, Andrea Cossarizza
      Pages 105-110

    4. A Polyherbal Formulation for a Wide Spectrum of Reproductive Tract and Sexually Transmitted Infections

      • G. P. Talwar
      Pages 111-119

    5. Anticancer Therapeutic Potential of Soy Isoflavone, Genistein

      • Mepur H. Ravindranath, Sakunthala Muthugounder, Naftali Presser, Subramanian Viswanathan
      Pages 121-165

    6. Chinese Medicine and Immunity

      • Haruhisa Wago, Hong Deng
      Pages 167-179

    7. Testing Efficacy of Natural Anxiolytic Compounds

      • A. A. Roberts
      Pages 181-191

    8. Alternative Approaches to Pain Relief during Labor and Delivery

      • Michel Tournaire
      Pages 193-206

    9. Alternative and Comparative Medicine in Dentistry

      • Kazuo Komiyama, Kazuyosi Koike, Masahiro Okaue, Takahiro Kaneko, Mitsuhiko Matsumoto
      Pages 207-214

  5. Physical Intervention: Touch, Hydrotherapy, Sound

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
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About this book

WHAT HAPPENED IN KANAZAWA? THE BIRTH OF eCAM This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, (CAM) which was convened in Kanazawa Japan, November 8-10, 2002. The participants were mainly from Japan, USA, China, France, England, Germany, Taiwan, and India. The world of western medicine is gradually opening its doors to new ways of ap­ proaching healing. Since many of these approaches began centuries and even millennia ago in Asia, it was entirely appropriate to open our symposium in Kanazawa, a beautiful, traditional city located on the Sea of Japan. Experts from Asia, Europe and the United States gathered together for true discussions on complementary and alternative medicine and its role developing all over the world. As scientists, we listened to historical perspec­ tives from India, China and Japan, where CAM is still being practiced as it has been for centuries. It is well to mention at the outset that this book will cover a rapidly growing field that has strong advocates but others who are less than enthusiastic. This should be evident by the presentation of chapters that aim to significantly dispel some of the criticisms of pseudoscience and myth that often surround the discipline. It is our purpose to present high quality peer reviewed chapters.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Edwin L. Cooper

  • Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan

    Nobuo Yamaguchi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine

  • Editors: Edwin L. Cooper, Nobuo Yamaguchi

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4820-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3441-3Published: 18 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-4820-8Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 480

  • Number of Illustrations: 175 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Neurology, Psychiatry, Public Health

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