03761nam 2200565Ia 450 991096153110332120251116181632.01-61122-433-0(CKB)2550000001041704(EBL)3018904(SSID)ssj0000835108(PQKBManifestationID)11458145(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835108(PQKBWorkID)10989867(PQKB)11364470(MiAaPQ)EBC3018904(Au-PeEL)EBL3018904(CaPaEBR)ebr10661843(OCoLC)839304951(BIP)18717612(EXLCZ)99255000000104170420080307d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComplementary medicine systems comparison and integration /Karl W. Kratky1st ed.New York Nova Sciencec20081 online resource (313 p.)Health and human development series.Originally published in German as: Komplementare Medizinsysteme / Karl W. Kratky. c2003.1-60456-475-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-272) and index.Field of tension between orthodox and complementary medicine -- Understanding between ages and cultures -- Systemic view I: chaos and fractals -- Systemic view II: self-organisation and chaos control -- Homoeopathy and related methods -- Feedback diagnoses and feedback therapies -- Traditional Chinese medicine and its roots -- Ayurveda and Tibetan medicine -- Advancement of the cross-cultural model -- Western type assignments -- Chronobiology and chronomedicine -- Recent developments around homoeopathy -- A deeper understanding of falling ill and recovering -- Unity in diversity: ethnological and spiritual aspects.For almost all of us the question of health and illness is essential but although a considerable amount of relevant literature is available, the confusion concerning this subject matter still seems to grow. In general people tend to trust no less than their own personal approach, while alternate positions find themselves either ignored or opposed. This book chooses a different path as it investigates not only the potentiality of communication among the various disciplines but also considers four basic views or perspectives as interpretations of reality. In the process it becomes apparent that classical science and more recent developments, like chaos theory, no longer speak the same language. Furthermore, several well-known modes of healing are compared (like orthodox medicine and homoeopathy from the West, as well as Indian, Tibetan and Chinese medicine from the East). Apart from the expected differences, surprising parallels are emerging, above all the assertions concerning fundamental reactions of the human organism. This comparison leads to an integration of common results regarding the various medicine systems, which can be illustrated using a geometrical model (health disc, life spiral). Thus, the basis for the translation of insights and findings from one medicine system to another has successfully been established; therefore the utilisation of the (ancient) knowledge of one method of healing in other therapeutic systems proves to be possibleAlternative medicineMedicine, ComparativeAlternative medicine.Medicine, Comparative.610Kratky Karl W1865634MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961531103321Complementary medicine systems4472781UNINA