Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies

Contents: 1. Ayurveda - a potential global medical system/P.N.V. Kurup. 2. Health care and disease management/Lakshmi Chandra Mishra. 3. Clinical research design: limited systematic review of five diagnosis categories/Betsy B. Singh, Sivarama P. Vinjamury and Vijay John Singh. 4. Panchakarma Therapy in Ayurvedic medicine/Ajay Kumar Sharma. 5. Immunomodulation: therapeutic strategy through Ayurveda/Ashish A. Mungantiwar and Aashish S. Phadke. 6. Ayurvedic Bhasmas/Sheikh Raisuddin. 7. Diabetes mellitus (Madhumeha)/Lakshmi Chandra Mishra and Tarek Adra. 8. Ayurvedic therapies for thyroid dysfunction/Anand Kar and Sunanda Panda. 9. Obesity (Medoroga) in Ayurveda/Ashok D.B. Vaidya, Rama A. Vaidya, Bharati A. Joshi, and Nutan S. Nabar. 10. Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and Gout/Lakshmi Chandra Mishra. 11. Ayurvedic therapies of Sciatica (Gridhrasi)/Subhash Singh. 12. Allergic reaction/Lakshmi Chandra Mishra. 13. Bronchial Asthma/Rakesh Lodha and Sushil K. Kabra. 14. Hepatic disorders/Premalatha Balachandran and Rajgopal Govindarajan. 15. Antimutagenic effect of Ayurvedic therapies/Satwinderjeet Kaur. 16. Benign growths, cysts, and malignant tumors/Manoranjan Sahu and Lakshmi Chandra Mishra. 17. Indigestion (Ajirna)/Shankar K. Mitra and Paramesh R. Rangesh. 18. Constipation (Vibandha)/Shankar K. Mitra and Paramesh R. Rangesh. 19. Hyperacidity (Amlapitta)/Shankar K. Mitra and Paramesh R. Rangesh. 20. Irritable colon (Grahani)/Shankar K. Mitra and Paramesh R. Rangesh. 21. Diarrhea (Atisara) and dysentery (Pravahika)/Shankar K. Mitra and Paramesh R. Rangesh. 22. Gastroduodenal ulcers/Krishnamurthy Sairam and Sailaja Vani Batchu. 23. Alzheimer\'s disease/Divya Shangari Vohora and Lakshmi Chandra Mishra. 24. Epilepsy/Heena A. Bhatt, Nithya J. Gogtay, Sudeshna S. Dalvi and Nilima A. Kshirsagar. 25. Psychiatric disorders/R.H. Singh and Lakshmi Chandra Mishra. 26. Parkinson\'s disease (Kampa Vata)/Lakshmi Chandra Mishra and R.H. Singh. 27. Male reproductive dysfunction/Mohammad Abdulkadar Akbarsha, Appian Subramoniam and Viswanatha Menon Madhavachandran. 28. Raktaja Krimis (Dermatophytes)/Mahendra K. Rai, Nandkishore J. Chikhale, Manjusha J. Choukhande and Milind N. Dudhane. 29. Eye diseases/Aashish S. Phadke. 30. Ischemic heart disease/Karunakaran Gauthaman and Lakshmi Chandra Mishra. 31. Urolithiasis (Mutrashmari)/Venigalla Sridevi, I. Rajya Lakshmi and I. Sanjeeva Rao. 32. Gynecological diseases/Manjusha Vinjamury, Natesh Nagashayana, Sivarama P. Vinjamury and Betsy B. Singh. Appendices: i. Ayurvedic words and their English meanings. ii. Ayurvedic herbs and botanical names. iii. List of Ayurvedic scientific journals. iv. Ayurvedic product manufacturers. Index.

"Meeting the need for an authoritative, evidence based reference on the traditional medical system of India, Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies is the first book to analyze and synthesize research supporting Ayurvedic medicine. The book reviews the latest scientific information, evaluates the research data, and presents it in an easy to use format. The editor has carefully selected topics based on the availability of scientific studies and the prevalence of a disease.

While there are many books devoted to Ayurveda, very few have any in depth basis in scientific studies. This book provides a critical evaluation of literature, clinical trials and biochemical and pharmacological studies on manor Ayurvedic therapies that demonstrates how they are supported by scientific data. Providing a natural bridge from Ayurveda to Western Medicine, Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies facilitates the integration of these therapies by health care providers.

• Covers specific disease diagnosis, etiology, pathology, management, prognosis, scientific basis for treatment.
• Reviews current scientific information on major Ayurvedic therapies. 
• Includes information previously only found in research and journals from India.
• Explores the scientific basis of Ayurvedic concepts of diseases, diagnosis, and treatments.
• Develops new interpretations of Ayurvedic concepts of therapies based on modern knowledge where possible.
• Supplies a critical evaluation of published clinical and biological studies on Ayurvedic therapies."