ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2013
Ayurveda: between religion, spirituality, and medicine.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Ayurvedic Herbal Preparations for Hypercholesterolemia.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Pooled it
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- Spirituality, religious affiliation, and health in Germany: a cross-sectional study including Bayesian network modeling.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Wellness or medicine? Use and perception of Ayurveda in Germany: data from an online-representative cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Ayurveda for managing noncommunicable diseases in organisation for economic co-operation and development: A qualitative systematic review protocol on experiences, perceptions, and perspectives of ayurvedic practitioners and patients.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Unani Tibb practitioners' perceptions and attitudes towards spirituality and spiritual care in Unani Tibb practice in South Africa.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- Introduction to Traditional Medicine and Their Role in Prevention and Treatment of Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases.Biomolecules · 2022Review
- Advancing urban ethnopharmacology: a modern concept of sustainability, conservation and cross-cultural adaptations of medicinal plant lore in the urban environment.Conservation physiology · 2021Article
- [The Indian Ayurveda medicine-a meaningful supplement to psychiatric treatment?]Der Nervenarzt · 2018Review
- Whole Medical Systems versus the System of Conventional Biomedicine: A Critical, Narrative Review of Similarities, Differences, and Factors That Promote the Integration Process.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Review
- The use of ayurvedic medicine in the context of health promotion--a mixed methods case study of an ayurvedic centre in Sweden.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2016Article
- Phytochemical Profile and Biological Activity of Nelumbo nucifera.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Review
- A Complex Multiherbal Regimen Based on Ayurveda Medicine for the Management of Hepatic Cirrhosis Complicated by Ascites: Nonrandomized, Uncontrolled, Single Group, Open-Label Observational Clinical Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
- Conserving traditional wisdom in a commodified landscape: Unpacking brand Ayurveda.Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicineArticle
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Abstract
Ayurveda is playing a growing part in Europe. Questions regarding the role of religion and spirituality within Ayurveda are discussed widely. Yet, there is little data on the influence of religious and spiritual aspects on its European diffusion. Methods. A survey was conducted with a new questionnaire. It was analysed by calculating frequency variables and testing differences in distributions with the χ (2)-Test. Principal Component Analyses with Varimax Rotation were performed. Results. 140 questionnaires were analysed. Researchers found that individual religious and spiritual backgrounds influence attitudes and expectations towards Ayurveda. Statistical relationships were found between religious/spiritual backgrounds and decisions to offer/access Ayurveda. Accessing Ayurveda did not exclude the simultaneous use of modern medicine and CAM. From the majority's perspective Ayurveda is simultaneously a science, medicine, and a spiritual approach. Conclusion. Ayurveda seems to be able to satisfy the individual needs of therapists and patients, despite worldview differences. Ayurvedic concepts are based on anthropologic assumptions including different levels of existence in healing approaches. Thereby, Ayurveda can be seen in accordance with the prerequisites for a Whole Medical System. As a result of this, intimate and individual therapist-patient relationships can emerge. Larger surveys involving bigger participant numbers with fully validated questionnaires are warranted to support these results.
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