Evidence-Based Practice in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

This volume investigates the ways in which the evidence base is influencing complementary and alternative medicine. Evidence-based approaches to Ayurvedic diagnosis and therapy are examined, focusing especially on cardiovascular and rheumatological disease management, dental care, and rejuvenating treatments.

An excellent source of information for professionals and researchers working in CAM and Ayurvedic medicine Includes evidence-based treatment protocols in CAM Explores the difficulties and potential of applying evidence-based practice in CAM and Ayurveda Special focus on future avenues, which will be of immense value for policy makers and institutes of higher learning in CAM Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Dr. Sanjeev Rastogi gained his MD in Kaya Chikitsa (Ayurvedic medicine) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and also holds a Diploma in Yoga from the same university and a Certificate in Acupuncture from Tianjin International University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In addition, he possesses a postgraduate diploma in health and hospital management from IGNOU and an entitlement for green health care leadership from Teleosis Institute, USA. After working as a consultant in Ayurvedic medicine at many prestigious hospitals in India, including Marvari Hindu Hospital, Varanasi and HRKD Hospital, Lucknow, Dr. Rastogi is currently a senior consultant in the State Ayurvedic Services of Uttar Pradesh, India. He is widely known for his exemplary writings and regularly contributes to a variety of national and international journals: he has written more than 30 research papers and is also the author of eight previous books. Dr. Rastogi has been deeply engaged in the reform of Ayurveda to reflect contemporary understanding and is helping to spread Ayurveda globally through his writings and lectures. In recognition of his work, he was awarded a Chinese Government Fellowship in 1998 and a Luisa Kreisberg Family Foundation Scholarship (Teleosis Institute, California) in 2008. In both 2008 and 2009 he received a Consumer Wellness Center Nutritional Grant Award from CWC, Arizona, USA.

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Evidence-based and comparative effectiveness analysis: Evidence-based practice in complementary and alternative medicine: perspectives, protocols, problems and potentials. Evidence-based medicine and Ayurveda: Transforming Ayurveda: Stepping into the realm of evidence - based practice.- Diet and Nutrition concepts in Ayurveda: Gleaming into opportunities for evidence - based applications in health care.- Clinical evidence in the tradition of Ayurveda.- Traditional Persian evidence-based medicine. Substantiating Ayurvedic theory and practice toward Evidence-base: Prakriti analysis in Ayurveda: Envisaging the need of better diagnostic tools.- Pancha karma: Ayurvedic Detoxification and Allied Therapies - Is there any evidence?- Gut and joint interconnections: a reappraisal to Ayurvedic understanding of Joint diseases.- Ayurvedic approach to cardiovascular diseases: delineating the literary and clinical evidences.- Rasayana therapy and rejuvenation.- Translational Effectiveness in Ayurvedic Medicine: Implications for Oral Biology & Medicine. Towards future perspectives of evidence based Ayurveda: Safety aspects of Ayurvedic drugs.- Toward evidence-based practice of Ayurveda: extrapolating the challenges in current decade.