Integrative biology for integrative medicine: A complete approach
Background: India's AYUSH systems of medicine, Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa, and Homeopathy, use natural self-healing abilities of body and mind. Their ways to treat non-communicable diseases reduce use of modern drugs with their side-effects. Scientific acceptan...
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| description | Background: India's AYUSH systems of medicine, Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa, and Homeopathy, use natural self-healing abilities of body and mind. Their ways to treat non-communicable diseases reduce use of modern drugs with their side-effects. Scientific acceptance requires them to be explained from a modern biological perspective. This paper indicates how to achieve such an integrative approach, using aspects of biology not yet taught in medical schools. Methods: A new, ‘Sandwich Model’ of biology is introduced that includes holistic epigenetic regulation; also, complexity biology's concept of self-organized criticality; a systems treatment of organism function from Ayurveda; and Ayurveda's six stages of etiology, Shadkriyakala. Results: Molecular biology is upgraded by the sandwich model's layer of epigenetics, leading to a new, scientific definition of health as optimized regulation. Fractal Physiology then expands this to explain self-healing, used in all AYUSH systems. Ayurveda contributes in two ways: its systems approach yields a holistic understanding of organism functioning, while Shadkriyakala improves our understanding of pathophysiology. Discussion: These additions create an integrative biology; modern biology expands to include AYUSH systems' concepts. It provides a scientific basis for India's plan for integrative medical education, with AYUSH systems treated as equal to modern medicine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-554643893fbe4743936a762b5e3d57c42023-12-28T05:14:49ZengElsevierJournal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine0975-94762023-11-01146100831Integrative biology for integrative medicine: A complete approachAlex Hankey0Anup Kale1Corresponding author. MIT World Peace University, 124 Paud Road, Kothrud, Pune, 411038, Maharashtra, India.; MIT World Peace University, Pune, IndiaMIT World Peace University, Pune, IndiaBackground: India's AYUSH systems of medicine, Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa, and Homeopathy, use natural self-healing abilities of body and mind. Their ways to treat non-communicable diseases reduce use of modern drugs with their side-effects. Scientific acceptance requires them to be explained from a modern biological perspective. This paper indicates how to achieve such an integrative approach, using aspects of biology not yet taught in medical schools. Methods: A new, ‘Sandwich Model’ of biology is introduced that includes holistic epigenetic regulation; also, complexity biology's concept of self-organized criticality; a systems treatment of organism function from Ayurveda; and Ayurveda's six stages of etiology, Shadkriyakala. Results: Molecular biology is upgraded by the sandwich model's layer of epigenetics, leading to a new, scientific definition of health as optimized regulation. Fractal Physiology then expands this to explain self-healing, used in all AYUSH systems. Ayurveda contributes in two ways: its systems approach yields a holistic understanding of organism functioning, while Shadkriyakala improves our understanding of pathophysiology. Discussion: These additions create an integrative biology; modern biology expands to include AYUSH systems' concepts. It provides a scientific basis for India's plan for integrative medical education, with AYUSH systems treated as equal to modern medicine.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947623001481Fractal physiologyHealthIntegrative medicineAYUSHOptimal regulation |
| spellingShingle | Alex Hankey Anup Kale Integrative biology for integrative medicine: A complete approach Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine Fractal physiology Health Integrative medicine AYUSH Optimal regulation |
| title | Integrative biology for integrative medicine: A complete approach |
| title_full | Integrative biology for integrative medicine: A complete approach |
| title_fullStr | Integrative biology for integrative medicine: A complete approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrative biology for integrative medicine: A complete approach |
| title_short | Integrative biology for integrative medicine: A complete approach |
| title_sort | integrative biology for integrative medicine a complete approach |
| topic | Fractal physiology Health Integrative medicine AYUSH Optimal regulation |
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