(Ebook) Western Biomedicine and Eastern Therapeutics - An Integrative Strategy for Personalized and Preventive Healthcare by Sun-Chong Wang ISBN 9789814412872, 9814412872

(Ebook) Western Biomedicine and Eastern Therapeutics - An Integrative Strategy for Personalized and Preventive Healthcare by Sun-Chong Wang ISBN 9789814412872, 9814412872

The book serves three purposes: 1) to help MWM, Ayurveda and TCM professionals get acquainted with one another; 2) to help identify common grounds for MWM, Ayurveda and TCM, rather than blindly westernizing eastern medicines or vice versa; and 3) to help translate the complementarity of MWM and Ayurveda/TCM toward an integrative multi-component healthcare.

To this end, we introduce theories and tenets of the three medicines. We use bioenergetics to reconcile West and East as ATP generation, prana and qi are central to MWM, Ayurveda and TCM. We discuss clinical trials of varying experimental rigors for the assessment of the scientific evidence for treatment effectiveness. We present complementary interventions for chronic disorders and ageing. We hold that a federal unity of therapies consisting of MWM, Ayurveda and TCM better serves the wellbeing of humankind.

Readership: The book is for advanced students, academia, researchers and professionals, including physicians, pharmacists, nurses and regulators, of conventional as well as alternative healthcare. The book is also beneficial for general audience who are interested in evidence-based holistic self-care.