Draws together an international group of basic scientists to explore the topic of biomedical research with an emphasis on complementary and alternative approaches. This book focuses on basic research behind CAM, offering information on the uses of natural products from animals as sources of potential therapies.

This book drew together an international group of basic scientists to explore the topic of biomedical research with an emphasis on complementary and alternative approaches. It covers six major topics: approaches to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), emphasizing China, Japan, Taiwan, and Europe, CAM approaches to specific diseases and biomedical conditions, physical interventions such as touch, hydrotherapy, and sound, dietary intervention in specific diseases, future approaches to novel molecules from CAM, and education and philosophy. The fifth section, which focuses on basic research behind CAM, is perhaps the most original, offering new and challenging information on the uses of natural products from animals as sources of potential therapies.

Preface -What Happened in Kanazawa? The Birth of eCAM -National Approaches to CAM -CAM Approaches to Specific Diseases and Biomedical Conditions -The Urgent Need for Evidence-Based CAM in the World -Beginnings -Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Japan -New Scientific Approach for Natural Medicine: Examples of Kampo Medicine -The Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan-Past, Present and Future -Qualitu Requirements for Herbal Medicinal Products in Europe -Integratin Medical Knowledge: Old Roots and Modern Science-Based Approach at the University of Milan -Identification of Diseases that may be Targets for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) -Complementary and Alternative Medicine during HIV Infection -A Polyherbal Formulation for a Wide Spectrum of Reproductive Tract and Sexually Transmitted Infections -Anticancer Therapeutic Potential of Soy Isoflavone, Genistein -Chinese Medicine and Immunity -Testing Efficacy of Natural Anxiolytic Compounds - Alternative Approaches to Pain Relief during Labor and Delivery -Alternative and Comparative Medicine in Dentistry -Methodological Concerns when Designing Trials for the Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Pain -Treatment for Atopic Dermatitis by Acupuncture -Hydrotherapy can Modulate Peripheral Leukocytes: An Approach to Alternative Medicine -Music Therapy, a Future Alternative Intervention against Diseases -Diet Instruction for Japanese Traditional Food in Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis -Kampo Therapy for Adult Atopic Dermatitis by Dieting and Herbal Medications: Evaluationg the Disappearance of Disease Phases -Management of Nutritional and Health Needs of Malnourished and Vegetarian People in India -Cultural Heritage: Porifera (Sponges), A Taxon Successfully Progressing Paleontology, Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Biomedicine -Earthworms: Sources of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Molecules -What Can We Learn from Marine Invertebrates to be Used as Complementary Antibiotics? -Nervous, Endocrine, Immune Systems as a Target for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -Scientific Thinking: Its History, Methods, and Advantages -Glycome: A Medical Paradigm -Abstracts -Index