Ebook: Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine

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.

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This book drew together an international group of basic scientists to explore the topic of biomedical research with an emphasis on complementary and alternative approaches. It covers six major topics: (1) approaches to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), emphasizing China, Japan, Taiwan, and Europe, (2) CAM approaches to specific diseases and biomedical conditions, (3) physical interventions such as touch, hydrotherapy, and sound, (4) dietary intervention in specific diseases, (5) future approaches to novel molecules from CAM, and (6) education and philosophy. The fifth section, which focuses on basic research behind CAM, is perhaps the most original, offering new and challenging information on the uses of natural products from animals as sources of potential therapies.

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This book drew together an international group of basic scientists to explore the topic of biomedical research with an emphasis on complementary and alternative approaches. It covers six major topics: (1) approaches to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), emphasizing China, Japan, Taiwan, and Europe, (2) CAM approaches to specific diseases and biomedical conditions, (3) physical interventions such as touch, hydrotherapy, and sound, (4) dietary intervention in specific diseases, (5) future approaches to novel molecules from CAM, and (6) education and philosophy. The fifth section, which focuses on basic research behind CAM, is perhaps the most original, offering new and challenging information on the uses of natural products from animals as sources of potential therapies.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages N1-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Urgent Need for Evidence-Based CAM in the World....Pages 3-4
Beginnings....Pages 5-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Japan....Pages 9-25
New Scientific Approach for Natural Medicine....Pages 27-34
The Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan—Past, Present and Future....Pages 35-42
Quality Requirements for Herbal Medicinal Products in Europe....Pages 43-56
Integrating Medical Knowledge: Old Roots and a Modern Science-Based Approach at the University of Milan....Pages 57-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Identification of Diseases that may be Targets for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)....Pages 75-104
Complementary and Alternative Medicine During HIV Infection....Pages 105-110
A Polyherbal Formulation for a Wide Spectrum of Reproductive Tract and Sexually Transmitted Infections....Pages 111-119
Anticancer Therapeutic Potential of Soy Isoflavone, Genistein....Pages 121-165
Chinese Medicine and Immunity....Pages 167-179
Testing Efficacy of Natural Anxiolytic Compounds....Pages 181-191
Alternative Approaches to Pain Relief during Labor and Delivery....Pages 193-206
Alternative and Comparative Medicine in Dentistry....Pages 207-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Methodological Concerns when Designing Trials for the Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Pain....Pages 217-227
Treatment for Atopic Dermatitis by Acupuncture....Pages 229-237
Hydrotherapy can Modulate Peripheral Leukocytes: An Approach to Alternative Medicine....Pages 239-251
Music Therapy, Wellness, and Stress Reduction....Pages 253-263
Music Therapy, a Future Alternative Intervention Against Diseases....Pages 265-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Diet Instruction for Japanese Traditional Food in Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis....Pages 281-296
Kampo Therapy for Adult Atopic Dermatitis by Dieting and Herbal Medications: Evaluating the Disappearance of Disease Phases....Pages 297-310
Management of Nutritional and Health Needs of Malnourished and Vegetarian People in India....Pages 311-321
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Cultural Heritage: Porifera (Sponges), A Taxon Successfully Progressing Paleontology, Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Biomedicine....Pages 325-358
Earthworms: Sources of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Molecules....Pages 359-389
What Can We Learn from Marine Invertebrates to be Used as Complementary Antibiotics?....Pages 391-403
Nervous, Endocrine, Immune Systems As a Target for Complementary and Alternative Medicine....Pages 405-423
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Scientific Thinking: Its History, Methods, and Advantages....Pages 427-443
Glycome: A Medical Paradigm....Pages 445-451
Abstracts....Pages 453-457
Back Matter....Pages 459-480

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This book drew together an international group of basic scientists to explore the topic of biomedical research with an emphasis on complementary and alternative approaches. It covers six major topics: (1) approaches to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), emphasizing China, Japan, Taiwan, and Europe, (2) CAM approaches to specific diseases and biomedical conditions, (3) physical interventions such as touch, hydrotherapy, and sound, (4) dietary intervention in specific diseases, (5) future approaches to novel molecules from CAM, and (6) education and philosophy. The fifth section, which focuses on basic research behind CAM, is perhaps the most original, offering new and challenging information on the uses of natural products from animals as sources of potential therapies.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages N1-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Urgent Need for Evidence-Based CAM in the World....Pages 3-4
Beginnings....Pages 5-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Japan....Pages 9-25
New Scientific Approach for Natural Medicine....Pages 27-34
The Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan—Past, Present and Future....Pages 35-42
Quality Requirements for Herbal Medicinal Products in Europe....Pages 43-56
Integrating Medical Knowledge: Old Roots and a Modern Science-Based Approach at the University of Milan....Pages 57-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Identification of Diseases that may be Targets for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)....Pages 75-104
Complementary and Alternative Medicine During HIV Infection....Pages 105-110
A Polyherbal Formulation for a Wide Spectrum of Reproductive Tract and Sexually Transmitted Infections....Pages 111-119
Anticancer Therapeutic Potential of Soy Isoflavone, Genistein....Pages 121-165
Chinese Medicine and Immunity....Pages 167-179
Testing Efficacy of Natural Anxiolytic Compounds....Pages 181-191
Alternative Approaches to Pain Relief during Labor and Delivery....Pages 193-206
Alternative and Comparative Medicine in Dentistry....Pages 207-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Methodological Concerns when Designing Trials for the Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Pain....Pages 217-227
Treatment for Atopic Dermatitis by Acupuncture....Pages 229-237
Hydrotherapy can Modulate Peripheral Leukocytes: An Approach to Alternative Medicine....Pages 239-251
Music Therapy, Wellness, and Stress Reduction....Pages 253-263
Music Therapy, a Future Alternative Intervention Against Diseases....Pages 265-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Diet Instruction for Japanese Traditional Food in Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis....Pages 281-296
Kampo Therapy for Adult Atopic Dermatitis by Dieting and Herbal Medications: Evaluating the Disappearance of Disease Phases....Pages 297-310
Management of Nutritional and Health Needs of Malnourished and Vegetarian People in India....Pages 311-321
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Cultural Heritage: Porifera (Sponges), A Taxon Successfully Progressing Paleontology, Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Biomedicine....Pages 325-358
Earthworms: Sources of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Molecules....Pages 359-389
What Can We Learn from Marine Invertebrates to be Used as Complementary Antibiotics?....Pages 391-403
Nervous, Endocrine, Immune Systems As a Target for Complementary and Alternative Medicine....Pages 405-423
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Scientific Thinking: Its History, Methods, and Advantages....Pages 427-443
Glycome: A Medical Paradigm....Pages 445-451
Abstracts....Pages 453-457
Back Matter....Pages 459-480
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