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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Ayurveda"”.
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Brand Kerala: Commodification of Open Source Ayurveda
… turn has created a paradigmatic shift in the way ayurveda is commodified locally and globally, by switching focus from `pharmaceuticals' to `services', and `illness' to `wellness'.</p><p>I suggest that conceptualizing classical medicines as `open-source commodities', brings attention to the …
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Ayurveda as a model of intervention in treating substance use disorders in adults: a systematic review
… or use in conjunction with western modalities. Ayurveda is one such alternative holistic model that have been used in treating adults with a SUD. However, this ancient model is not well known in the social work fraternity and therefore requires exploration in terms of its effective use for …
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Pilot feasibility of a yoga and Ayurveda-based virtual group health coaching program to increase flourishing in Cooperative Extension employees of one state system
… and grounding exercises as well as resources on Ayurveda (an ancient Indian system of medicine and sister science to yoga). The program facilitated group dynamics through relationship building, group goal setting, group distinctiveness, and support. The impacts of the coaching module were …
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The healthy organisation: is it meaningful?
… though still too much as a discipline in itself. Ayurveda, the thousands of years old wisdom tradition around systemic health, living systems and purposefulness does get some attention in academic work, however mainly within its cultural roots (of India). Finally, systemic thinking, not really …
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Surviving Oncology: Living With Cancer in the Wake of Integrative Care
… by incorporating complementary medicines such as Ayurveda and Chinese medicine into conventional oncology. I suggest that this approach enacts a kind of sensitivity for how cancer is lived as a disease conditioned by emotional, psychological, social, and environmental factors, requiring treatments …
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Development and Status in Bulgarian Healthcare // Комплементарна и алтернативна медицина – развитие и място в българското здравеопазване
… systems: acupuncture; anthroposophical medicine; Ayurveda; yoga; kinesiology; naturopathy; osteopathy; reflexology; Tibetan medicine; Traditional Chinese medicine; phototherapy; chiropractic; homoeopathy; shiatsu. Each method is considered as an essence, historical development and current state in …
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An Evaluation of Nurses' Knowledge and Use of Holistic Nursing Principles and Complimentary and Alernative Medicine
… and yoga (52%). Least familiar findings were Ayurveda (73%). Qi Gong (69%), and Osteopathy (37%). The population sample had a skewed educational breakdown: Doctorate level ( 0%); MSN (49%); BSN (37%); ASN (14%). Median age of population sample was 41 years.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: …
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The effectiveness of Ayurvedic oil based nasal instillation (Nasya) medicines in the treatment of facial paralysis (Ardita)
… from considering alternative treatments such as Ayurveda, including Taila Nasya (nasal instillation of medicated oil). Objectives: To synthesize the best available evidence regarding the effectiveness of different Nasya oils in the treatment of Ardita. Secondly, to draw evidence based …
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Primary mental healthcare for older people in India: an analysis of policies and stakeholder interviews
… and family-based as well as traditional Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homeopathy (AYUSH) approaches to mental healthcare for older people prevail. Moreover, stakeholders suggest strengthening PHC to overcome what is perceived as a major gap between policy …
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TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING MODE-OF-ACTION OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINES BY USING IN SILICO TARGET PREDICTION
… of 97 anti-cancer plants’ compounds of TCM, Ayurveda and Malay traditional medicine. The comparison of the chemical space revealed that benzene, anthraquinone, flavone, sterol, pentacyclic triterpene and cyclohexene were the most frequent scaffolds in those TM. The annotation of the …
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Überzeugungen und Einstellungen zu Rückenschmerzen bei Deutschen und Taiwanern
… durch traditionelle Heilungsmethoden (wie TCM, Ayurveda) ergänzt wird, die in der Bevölkerung weithin akzeptiert werden, erschien vor diesem Hintergrund besonders interessant. Ziel der Studie war es, verschiedene Dimensionen von Laienwissen bei Rückenschmerzen in Deutschland und Taiwan zu …
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INTEGRATING CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND PHYLOGENETIC SPACES OF AFRICAN NATURAL PRODUCTS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY
… against cancer in African, Malay and Indian (Ayurveda) traditional medicine. Plant families that are close phylogenetically were found to produce similar natural products that act on similar targets regardless of their origin. Additionally, phylogenetic patterns were identified for African …
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Functionality of Azadirachta indica A. Juss (neem) in beverages
… interest in age old medicinal systems such as Ayurveda and Unani. The various trees, herbs and shrubs used in these ancient practices are being incorporated today into foods and beverages to meet the health expectations of consumers from their diet. There is an intense curiosity among …
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Exploring new chemical entities from traditional medicine: Docking, synthesis and specific bioactivities
… neurotoxin A (BoNT/A), and diabetes from Ayurveda and TCM, respectively, by using in silico, in vitro and in vivo approaches. In our second aim, we wanted to enantioselectively synthesize scalable quantities of phytoestrogenic isoflavans such as equol and sativan. The following three …
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DNA Barcoding of Ayurvedic Herbal Supplements used for the Purported Treatment of COVID-19
<p>The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic was associated with an increased global use of traditional medicines, including Ayurvedic herbal supplements. Because of the growing demand and processed nature of these products, there is an increased risk of adulteration. In order to assess whether the …