Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine guidelines

Ayurvedic medicine

Guidelines, reviews

Alzheimer disease - Ayurvedic medicine

• Articles in journals
  • Current Alzheimer Research
    • A Potential Role of the Curry Spice Curcumin in Alzheimer’s Disease [2005]
  • Yakugaku Zasshi
    • Overcoming several neurodegenerative diseases by traditional medicines: the development of therapeutic medicines and unraveling pathophysiological mechanisms [2008]

Dental diseases - Ayurvedic medicine

• Articles in journals
  • Indian Journal of Dental Research
    • Dentistry and Ayurveda - IV: classification and management of common oral diseases [2008]
    • Dentistry and Ayurveda--III (basics-ama, immunity, ojas, rasas, etiopathogenesis and prevention) [2007]

Diabetes - Ayurvedic medicine

• Articles in journals
  • Alternative Medicine Review
    • Therapeutic applications of fenugreek [2003]
  • Current Science
    • Karela: A promising antidiabetic vegetable therapy [2007]
  • Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry
    • A study on the hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of an ayurvedic drug Rajanyamalakadi in diabetic patients [2009]

Education - Ayurvedic medicine

• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Benchmarks for training in traditional / complementary and alternative medicine: benchmarks for training in Ayurveda [2010]

Multiple indications - Ayurvedic medicine

• United States of America
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Ayurveda
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • Ayurvedic Medicine: An Introduction
• Articles in journals
  • African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative medicines
    • Indian Systems of Medicine: A Brief Profile [2007]
  • Alternative Medicine Review
    • Anti-inflammatory properties of curcumin, a major constituent of Curcuma longa: a review of preclinical and clinical research [2009]
    • Coleus forskohlii [2006]
    • Bacopa monniera [2004]
    • Scientific basis for the therapeutic use of Withania somnifera (ashwagandha): a review [2000]
  • Asian Journal of Plant Sciences
    • Leptadenia reticulata a Rasayana Herbs: A Review [2010]
  • Current Science
    • Ayurveda: a distinctive approach to health and disease [2010]
    • Ayurveda and natural products drug discovery [2004]
  • Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • Traditional Phytochemistry: Identification of Drug by 'Taste' [2007]
    • Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Comparative Overview [2005]
  • Indian Journal of Medical Sciences
    • Asparagus racemosus--an update [2003]
  • Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
    • Tamalaki — An analytical review [2009]
    • Bhallatak (Semecarpus anacardium Linn.) - A Review [2007]
    • Traditional medicinal formulation, Chyawanprash - A review [2006]
    • Chemistry and pharmacological profile of guggul - A review [2006]
    • Ayurveda in Rajtrangni-Kalahana's treatise of ancient Kashmir [2006]
  • International Journal of Pharmacology
    • Therapeutic Potential of Pergularia daemia (Forsk.): The Ayurvedic Wonder [2010]
  • Internet Journal of Alternative Medicine
    • Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia): Biological and Medicinal properties, a review [2009]
    • A Review of Pharmacology of Phytochemicals from Indian Medicinal Plants [2007]
  • Journal of Translational Medicine
    • Merger of Ayurveda and tissue culture-based functional genomics: inspirations from systems biology [2008]
  • Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension
    • A Review on Medicinal uses of Weeds in Sri Lanka [2007]

Neoplasms - Ayurvedic medicine

• United States of America
  • Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
    • Ayurveda
• Articles in journals
  • Alternative Medicine Review
    • Ancient medicine, modern use: Withania somnifera and its potential role in integrative oncology [2006]

Research - Ayurvedic medicine

• Articles in journals
  • Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
    • Problems associated with clinical trials of Ayurvedic medicines [2010]

Safety - Ayurvedic medicine

• United States of America
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Lead Poisoning Associated with Ayurvedic Medications --- Five States, 2000--2003 [2004]
• Articles in journals
  • Indian Journal of Medical Research
    • Medicinal plants in India [2004]
  • Indian Journal of Pharmacology
    • Pharmacovigilance of ayurvedic medicines in India [2008]

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