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Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine
The 27th volume of the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine
series examines the management of people who are overweight and
obese with Chinese medicine using a 'whole evidence' approach.
Overweight and obesity are recognised as leading health concerns
worldwide. They have significant impacts on quality of life and
mortality and are associated with many complications and chronic
illnesses, including diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease,
hypertension, stroke and some cancers. Conventional medicine
understanding of weight gain, including common causes, diagnosis
and treatment are included, along with the Chinese medicine
conceptualisation of overweight and obesity.Evidence from clinical
studies is reviewed using internationally accepted scientific
methods. Systematic reviews describe the treatments used in
clinical studies, and analyse the effectiveness of Chinese herbal
medicines, acupuncture and related therapies, other Chinese
medicine therapies, and combinations of Chinese medicine therapies.
Experimental studies that describe the potential mechanisms of
action of key herbs are summarised. The final chapter synthesises
the current evidence and offers suggestions for contemporary
clinical practice and future research.This book is a handy desktop
reference for both clinicians and students of Chinese and
integrative medicine. It provides a comprehensive synthesis of both
traditional and contemporary knowledge that can inform clinical
decision-making.
Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa: Therapeutic Potential
against Metabolic, Inflammatory, Infectious and Systemic Diseases
provides a detailed look at medicinal spices and vegetables that
have proven safe-and-effective for consumption and the treatment of
diseases, including infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease,
and cancer. It provides pharmacological evidence, such as the
latest information related to efficacy and safety data, in vitro
and in vivo studies, clinical trials, and more, to illustrate the
use of these spices and vegetables as both palliative and
alternative treatments with the goal of furthering research in this
area to produce safer and more effective drugs.
Serum Pharmacochemistry of Traditional Chinese Medicine:
Technologies, Strategies and Applications provides a valuable and
indispensable guide on the latest methods, research advances, and
applications in this area. Chapters offer cutting-edge information
on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, analytical chemistry,
traditional medicine, natural products, bioinformatics, new
technologies, therapeutic applications, and more. For researchers
and students in academia and industry, this book provides a
hands-on description of experimental techniques, along with
beneficial guidelines to help advance research in the fields of
Traditional Chinese Medicine and drug development.
The eighth volume of Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine aims
to provide a multi-faceted 'whole evidence' analysis of the
management of Alzheimer's disease in Chinese and integrative
medicine.Beginning with overviews of how Alzheimer's disease is
conceptualised and managed in both conventional medicine and
contemporary Chinese medicine, the authors then provide detailed
analyses of how dementia and memory disorders were treated with
herbal medicine and acupuncture in past eras.In the subsequent
chapters, the authors comprehensively review the current state of
the clinical trial evidence for Chinese herbal medicines,
acupuncture and other Chinese medicine therapies in the management
of Alzheimer's disease, as well as analyse and evaluate the results
of these studies from an evidence-based medicine perspective. The
outcomes of these analyses are summarised and discussed in terms of
their implications for the clinical practice of Chinese medicine
and for future research.This book can inform clinicians and
students in the fields of integrative and Chinese medicine of the
current state of the evidence for a range of Chinese medicine
therapies in Alzheimer's disease, including the use of particular
herbal formulas and acupuncture treatments in order to assist
clinicians in making evidence-based decisions in patient care.
Novel drug delivery systems cover the approaches, formulation,
technologies, and modes for transporting any pharmaceutical
compound throughout the body to safely get the desired effect. A
growing area of research is the use of herbal formulations for
disease therapy. In combining these two areas of research, that of
novel drug delivery systems and that of herbal formulations, the
usefulness of herbs is not only proved but its future applications
and effectiveness are studied. The move towards herbal-based novel
drug delivery systems can benefit society in a multitude of
advantageous ways. Enhancing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Herbal
Formulations discusses and explores the ways of preparing herbal
formulations loaded in novel drug delivery systems and the
resultant improvement in efficacy of the effected drugs/herbs
already available on the market. The chapters will highlight
traditional and herbal formulations, the effects of novel drug
delivery systems on herbal formulations, and the safe and effective
preparation and effects of herbal formulations as a therapeutic
intervention. This book is ideal for pharmacists, doctors, and
researchers specializing in herbal therapeutics, along with
practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested
in how herbal-based novel drug delivery systems can benefit
society.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic progressive disease
characterised by hyperglycaemia. It affects many people around the
world and creates burden for the individual as well as the economy.
Chinese medicine can be used to support the management of Type 2
diabetes mellitus symptoms. Chapter 1 of the book summarises the
conventional understanding of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, including
aetiology, diagnosis and current available treatments.This book
uses the 'whole evidence' approach to give an overview of the
available evidence for Chinese medicine treatment for Type 2
diabetes mellitus, from classical literature to clinical evidence.
Evidence from clinical studies are evaluated using high-quality and
rigorous scientific methodology. Clinical trial literature of
Chinese medicine treatments for Type 2 diabetes mellitus are
described, with treatment modalities including Chinese herbal
medicine, acupuncture and other Chinese medicine therapies. The
findings are analysed and potential implications for clinical
practice and research are explored. Experimental studies that
describe the potential mechanisms of action of key herbs are
summarised. Current evidence of Chinese medicine for Type 2
diabetes mellitus is synthesised in the final chapter, and
suggestions for contemporary clinical practice and future research
are also offered.Targeted at clinicians and students of Chinese and
integrative medicine, this book is a convenient reference that
provides comprehensive synthesis of both classical and contemporary
knowledge, which can support and be incorporated into their
clinical practice.
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