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ArticleGlobal advances in health and medicine2015

Indo-Tibetan Philosophical and Medical Systems: Perspectives on the Biofield.

Shamini Jain, Jennifer Daubenmier, David Muehsam, Lopsang Rapgay, Deepak Chopra

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Article in Global advances in health and medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Epigenetic Mechanisms of Integrative Medicine.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017
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  3. Biofield Science: Current Physics Perspectives.Global advances in health and medicine · 2015
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  5. Perception of Subtle Energy "Global advances in integrative medicine and health
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Shamini JainDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego; and Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California San Diego; and Consciousness and Healing Initiative (Dr Jain).
Jennifer DaubenmierOsher Center for Integrative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (Dr Daubenmier).
David MuehsamConsciousness and Healing Initiative; and Visual Institute of Developmental Arts and Sciences, National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, Bologna, Italy (Dr Muehsam).
Lopsang RapgayUniversity of California Los Angeles (Dr Rapgay).
Deepak ChopraChopra Center for Well-Being, Carlsbad, California; and Kellogg Foundation; and Department of Family and Public Health, University of California San Diego (Dr Chopra).

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The word biofield is a term that Western scientists have used to describe various aspects of energy and information fields that guide health processes. Similar concepts and descriptions of energy and information patterns exist in various cultures and have guided whole systems of medicine such as Ayurveda and Tibetan medicine. This article describes Vedic, Jain, and Tibetan philosophical and medical systems' concepts of consciousness and subtle energy and their relationships to health processes in order to foster deeper crosscultural dialogue on the nature of the biofield. Similarities and differences within the 3 traditions are noted, and suggestions for considering these concepts to extend current biofield research are discussed.

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BiofieldconsciousnessJainTibetanVedic

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PMID26665038
PMCPMC4654787

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