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“Alternative Medicine” ed. by Hiroshi SakagamiITAe | 2012 | ISBN: 9789535109037 | 306 pages | PDF | 12 MBThe content of this book does not cover all areas of alternative medicine, but provides the reader with insights into selected aspects of established and new therapies. The book will be useful to students, clinicians, teachers and researchers who have interest in advances in alternative medicines.Alternative medicine is recognized as medical products and practices that do not belong to the standard cares taken by medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy and allied health professionals. It has developed into a multitude of medical products and practices that significantly improve the body condition and show disease prevention actions.The book consists of 12 chapters that are separated into 4 parts: (1) Historical and Cultural Perception, (2) Compositional Analysis, (3) Therapeutic Potential, and (4) Action Mechanism and Future DirectionContentsPrefaceSection 1 Historical and Cultural Perception1 Cancer and Its Treatment in Main Ancient Books of Islamic Iranian Traditional Medicine (7th to 14th Century AD)2 The Cultural Perceptions, Folk Taxonomies and the Relationship with Alternative Medicine Practices Among Hong Kong PeopleSection 2 Compositional Analysis3 Herbal Drugs in Traditional Japanese Medicine4 Phytochemicals of the Chinese Herbal Medicine Tacca chantrieri Rhizomes5 Application of Saponin-Containing Plants in Foods and CosmeticsSection 3 Therapeutic Potential6 Energy Medicine7 Propolis: Alternative Medicine for the Treatment of Oral Microbial Diseases8 Functional Evaluation of Sasa Makino et Shibata Leaf Extract as Group III OTC DrugSection 4 Action Mechanism and Future Direction9 Promotion of Blood Fluidity Using Electroacupuncture Stimulation10 Enormous Potential for Development Liriope platyphylla Wang et Tang as a Therapeutic Drug on the Human Chronic Disease11 Investigation on the Mechanism of Qi-lnvigoration from a Perspective of Effects of Sijunzi Decoction on Mitochondrial Energy metabolism12 Network Pharmacology and Traditional Chinese Medicine