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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2005

CAM Modalities Can Stimulate Advances in Theoretical Biology.

Alex Hankey

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Integrative medicine to tackle the problem of chronic diseases.Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine · 2010
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  5. Building bridges between Ayurveda and Modern Science.International journal of Ayurveda research · 2010
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  7. Ayurveda and eCAM: A Closer Connection.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2008
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  8. Ayurveda is Embraced by eCAM.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2008
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  9. Traditional phytochemistry: identification of drug by 'taste'.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2007
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  10. New light on chromotherapy: Grakov's 'Virtual Scanning' system of medical assessment and treatment.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2007
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  12. CAM and the phenomenology of pain.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2006
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  13. ECAM is waiting for eCAM.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2005
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  14. Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine: a comparative overview.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2005
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  15. Evidence-based research in complementary and alternative medicine I: history.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2005
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  16. The systemic theory of living systems and relevance to CAM: the theory (Part III).Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2005
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Alex Hankey

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most complementary medicine is distinguished by not being supported by underlying theory accepted by Western science. However, for those who accept their validity, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities offer clues to understanding physiology and medicine more deeply. Ayurveda and vibrational medicine are stimulating new approaches to biological regulation. The new biophysics can be integrated to yield a single consistent theory, which may well underly much of CAM-a true 'physics of physick'. The resulting theory seems to be a new, fundamental theory of health and etiology. It suggests that many CAM approaches to health care are scientifically in advance of those based on current Western biology. Such theories may well constitute the next steps in our scientific understanding of biology itself. If successfully developed, these ideas could result in a major paradigm shift in both biology and medicine, which will benefit all interested parties-consumers, health professionals, scientists, institutions and governments.

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PMCPMC1062166

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