Overview
- Presents an innovative interpretation of the “hot and cold theory” as a common ground between traditional medicines worldwide
- Incorporates a wealth of scientific research on the hot and cold theory, its physiopathology explanation, evidence in nutrition science, pharmacology, and systems biology
- Creates a bridge between years of experience of our ancestors and the future of our medicine with a holistic personalized approach
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1343)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Definitions and Beliefs
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Perspective
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Keywords
About this book
This book is about the theory of Hot and Cold, a mutual fundamental base of traditional medicines all around the world. The theory describes the dynamic balance state of the body on the axis of hot and cold for each individual and proposes the fact that deviation from this equilibrium is a predisposing factor for diseases. Such an approach helps practitioners to provide treatments tailored to the patient’s condition, not the disease.
This book, for the first time, has gathered native descriptions of Hot and Cold theory in different traditional medicines, including traditional Chinese medicine, Persian (Humoral, Unani) medicine, Ayurvedic medicine and Latin American and Caribbean medicines. After defining the common ground, contemporary research - in nutrition, pharmacology, physiology and systems biology - has been explored using scientific methodology. This work is the result of an international collaboration of more than 30 scientists and scholars with high reputations intheir fields.
Hot and Cold theory, as a holistic individualized approach in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, can be merged into the novel fast-paced concepts in systems biology and precision medicine. Through this bridge, the authors propose that the Hot and Cold theory should be revisited more deeply by medical scientists, who are the main audience of this book, to pave the way towards integrated holistic personalized medicine.Authors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hot and Cold Theory: The Path Towards Personalized Medicine
Authors: Maryam Yavari
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80983-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80982-9Published: 12 January 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80985-0Published: 13 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-80983-6Published: 11 January 2022
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 174
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Molecular Medicine, Human Physiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Clinical Nutrition