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A preliminary study of the effectiveness of chinese therapeutic food on regulating female reproductive hormones. 中药食疗对调节女性生殖激素作用的初步研究。

Integrative medicine insights Pub Date : 2011-01-01 Epub Date: 2011-03-24 DOI: 10.4137/IMI.S5782

Lulu Fu, Hong Xu

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引用次数: 3

Four cases of dysthymic disorder and general malaise successfully treated with traditional herbal (kampo) medicines: kamiuntanto. 传统中草药kamiuntanto治疗心境恶劣和全身不适4例。

Integrative medicine insights Pub Date : 2010-01-01 Epub Date: 2010-05-03 DOI: 10.4137/imi.s4586

Toshiaki Kogure, Takeshi Tatsumi, Yuko Oku

引用次数: 6

A complementary alternative medicine questionnaire for young adults. 一份针对年轻人的补充替代医学问卷。

Integrative medicine insights Pub Date : 2009-01-01 Epub Date: 2009-04-07 DOI: 10.4137/imi.s2281

Christine Patterson, Heather Arthur

引用次数: 33

Integral healthcare: the benefits and challenges of integrating complementary and alternative medicine with a conventional healthcare practice. 综合医疗保健:将补充和替代医学与传统医疗保健实践相结合的好处和挑战。

Integrative medicine insights Pub Date : 2009-01-01 Epub Date: 2009-10-19 DOI: 10.4137/imi.s2239

Christina L Ross

{"title":"Integral healthcare: the benefits and challenges of integrating complementary and alternative medicine with a conventional healthcare practice.","authors":"Christina L Ross","doi":"10.4137/imi.s2239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/imi.s2239","url":null,"abstract":"Today’s medicine is in the midst of an undeniable crisis. Calls to reform healthcare are in the forefront of economic and political discussions worldwide. Economic pressures reduce the amount of time physicians can spend with patients contributing to burnout among medical staff and endangering the patient iatrogenically. Politicians are getting involved as the public is calling for more affordable healthcare. A new paradigm must be embraced in order to address all aspects of this dilemma. It is clear that science and technology have resulted in vastly improved understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, but the emphasis on science and technology to the exclusion of other elements of healing has also served to limit the development of a model that humanizes healthcare. The healing of a patient must include more than the biology and chemistry of their physical body; by necessity, it must include the mental, emotional and spiritual aspects. Because of these challenges, the development of an integral healthcare system that is rooted in appropriate regulation and supported by rigorous scientific evidence is the direction that many models of integrative healthcare are moving towards in the 21st century.","PeriodicalId":89565,"journal":{"name":"Integrative medicine insights","volume":"4 ","pages":"13-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/imi.s2239","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40110416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 36

A model for implementing integrative practice in health care agencies. 在卫生保健机构实施综合实践的模式。

Integrative medicine insights Pub Date : 2008-01-01 Epub Date: 2008-02-14

Chris Patterson, Heather M Arthur

{"title":"A model for implementing integrative practice in health care agencies.","authors":"Chris Patterson, Heather M Arthur","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Over the last few years, there has been increased awareness and use of complementary/alternative therapies (CAM) in many countries without the health care infrastructure to support it. The National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine referred to the combining of mainstream medical therapies and CAM as integrative medicine. The creation of integrative health care teams will definitely result in redefining roles, but more importantly in a change in how services are delivered. The purpose of this paper is to describe a model of the necessary health care agency resources to support an integrative practice model. A logic model is used to depict the findings of a review of current evidence. Logic models are designed to show relationships between the goals of a program or initiative, the resources to achieve desired outputs and the activities that lead to outcomes. The four major resource categories necessary for implementing integrative care are within the domains of a) professional and research development, b) health human resource planning, c) regulation and legislation and d) practice and management in clinical areas. It was concluded that the system outcomes from activities within these resource categories should lead to freedom of choice in health care; a culturally sensitive health care system and a broader spectrum of services for achieving public health goals.","PeriodicalId":89565,"journal":{"name":"Integrative medicine insights","volume":"3 ","pages":"13-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3046020/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40111075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

The role of vitamins and minerals in psychiatry. 维生素和矿物质在精神病学中的作用。

Integrative medicine insights Pub Date : 2008-01-01 Epub Date: 2008-09-24

Stacey Cornish, Lewis Mehl-Madrona

引用次数: 0

Black Cohosh: Insights into its Mechanism(s) of Action. 黑升麻：对其作用机制的见解。

Integrative medicine insights Pub Date : 2008-01-01 Epub Date: 2008-08-27

Rachel L Ruhlen, Grace Y Sun, Edward R Sauter

{"title":"Black Cohosh: Insights into its Mechanism(s) of Action.","authors":"Rachel L Ruhlen, Grace Y Sun, Edward R Sauter","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"The Women's Health Initiative found that combination estrogen and progesterone hormone replacement therapy increases breast cancer and cardiovascular disease risk, which compelled many women to seek herbal alternatives such as black cohosh extract (BCE) to relieve their menopausal symptoms. While several clinical trials document the efficacy of BCE in alleviating menopausal symptoms, preclinical studies to determine how BCE works have yielded conflicting results. Part of this is because there is not a universally accepted method to standardize the dose of black cohosh triterpenes, the presumed active ingredients in the extract. Although the mechanism by which BCE relieves symptoms is unknown, several hypotheses have been proposed: it acts 1) as a selective estrogen receptor modulator, 2) through serotonergic pathways, 3) as an antioxidant, or 4) on inflammatory pathways. We found that while the most prominent triterpene in BCE, 23-epi-26-deoxyactein, suppresses cytokine-induced nitric oxide production in brain microglial cells, the whole BCE extract actually enhanced this pathway. A variety of activities have been reported for black cohosh and its compounds, but the absorption and tissue distribution of these compounds is unknown.","PeriodicalId":89565,"journal":{"name":"Integrative medicine insights","volume":"3 ","pages":"21-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3046019/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40111076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Seeking Mind, Body and Spirit Healing-Why Some Men with Prostate Cancer Choose CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) over Conventional Cancer Treatments. 寻求心灵，身体和精神治疗-为什么一些前列腺癌患者选择CAM(补充和替代医学)而不是传统的癌症治疗。

Integrative medicine insights Pub Date : 2008-01-01 Epub Date: 2008-02-01 DOI: 10.4137/imi.s377

Margaret A White, Marja J Verhoef, B J Davison, Hal Gunn, Karen Cooke

{"title":"Seeking Mind, Body and Spirit Healing-Why Some Men with Prostate Cancer Choose CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) over Conventional Cancer Treatments.","authors":"Margaret A White, Marja J Verhoef, B J Davison, Hal Gunn, Karen Cooke","doi":"10.4137/imi.s377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/imi.s377","url":null,"abstract":"Unlabelled: Little is known about men with prostate cancer who decline conventional treatment and use only complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).Objectives: To 1) explore why men decline conventional prostate cancer treatment and use CAM 2) understand the role of holistic healing in their care, and 3) document their recommendations for health care providers.Methods: Semi-structured interviews and follow-up focus groups.Sample: Twenty-nine men diagnosed with prostate cancer who declined all recommended conventional treatments and used CAM.Results: Based on strong beliefs about healing, study participants took control by researching the risks of delaying or declining conventional treatment while using CAM as a first option. Most perceived conventional treatment to have a negative impact on quality of life. Participants sought healing in a broader mind, body, spirit context, developing individualized CAM approaches consistent with their beliefs about the causes of cancer. Most made significant lifestyle changes to improve their health. Spirituality was central to healing for one-third of the sample. Participants recommended a larger role for integrated cancer care.Conclusion: Men who decline conventional prostate cancer treatment and use CAM only may benefit from a whole person approach to care where physicians support them to play an active role in healing while carefully monitoring their disease status.","PeriodicalId":89565,"journal":{"name":"Integrative medicine insights","volume":"3 ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/imi.s377","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40111074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 34

Efforts to achieve healthy aging. 努力实现健康老龄化。

Integrative medicine insights Pub Date : 2008-01-01 Epub Date: 2008-10-29 DOI: 10.4137/imi.s976

Ping-Chung Leung

引用次数: 0

The Bioinformatics of Integrative Medical Insights: Proposals for an International PsychoSocial and Cultural Bioinformatics Project 综合医学见解的生物信息学:国际社会心理和文化生物信息学项目的建议

Integrative medicine insights Pub Date : 2006-08-29 DOI: 10.4137/IMI.S0

E. Rossi, K. Rossi, G. Yount, Mauro Cozzolino, Salvador Iannotti

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