代替医療と統合医療

The WHO decided in March 2020 to implement a nationwide lockdown to prevent spread of the COVID-19 virus. The lockdown had vast socioeconomic consequences for the society. The aim of this study was to investigate how COVID-19 affected Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) providers’ practice, financial situation, recommendations to patients and how they perceived their future practice as CAM providers.

Background: Gout is a painful type of arthritis that occurs due to an increase in serum uric acid levels i.e. Hyperuricemia. Hyperuricemia is a worldwide health problem that is often dealt with Homeopathy. The objective of this review will be to assess the role of homeopathic medicines in the management of Hyperuricemia and primary Gout.

Methods/Design: To conduct syatematic review, authors will 3.6 search Medline, EMBASE, CENTRAL, AMED, CAM-Quest, CORE-Hom, ChiroACCESS (MANTIS interface), LILACS (Biblioteca virtual em salud interface), Google Scholar studies from January 2001 up to January 2022. The review will include all types of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs), Observational studies, well-presented case reports published in peerreviewed journals, in vitro studies and animal experimentation. Studies with participants of all ages and both sexes will be included. Cases with either acute gouty attack, those in inter critical period, or chronic gout will also be included. Studies related exclusively to allopathic and other CAMs (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Yoga and Naturopathy) will be excluded from this review. The methodology will include Jadad scoring for clinical trials, the internal validity of RCTs by the Cochrane collaboration tool and the internal validity of observational studies and case reports by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) criteria and JBI appraisal checklist, respectively.

Background: Homeopathy is a two-century old factual system of healing. It was conceived by a German physician Samuel Hahnemann in 1796. The substance that reasons signs and symptoms of a disorder in healthy humans can cure alike symptoms in ill humans; this principle is known as similia similibus curentur, or "like cures like". The sources of homoeopathic medicines are herbs, animal or animal products, minerals, diseased tissues, healthy tissues and imponderables (energy sources) and are prepared through potentization, serial dilutions are performed with strong strokes at each step of dilution.

Aim: To investigate the nanoscience mechanisms of action of homeopathic medicine Calcarea carb (CaCO₃) and Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum).

Conclusion: As per article “Homoeopathy emerging as nanomedicine” homoeopathy can be represented as nanomedicine with further research. During the violent strokes of potentization, information arising from the serially diluted starting-substance can be encrypt by nanoparticles present in the resulting homeopathic medicine. The size of the information encrypted on nanoparticles might differ with the degree of dilution. Homeopathic medicines exhibit healing effects, these nanoparticles might carry the information - which biological systems are able to identify - to the target. As numerous kinds of debris are recognized to have interaction with proteins and cells of the immune machine, homeopathy would possibly constitute a nanomedicine machine.

The Holistic Health Minor (HHM) is an interdisciplinary program that seeks to advance the understanding of complementary and alternative health care through interprofessional education, critical thinking and evidence-based research that can be applied within a variety of different healthcare professions. This interdisciplinary minor provides students the knowledge and background necessary to understand relevant issues in the holistic health field by emphasizing the importance of Interprofessional Education and Information Literacy/Research Skills. This manuscript provides an overview of the minor’s curriculum, review of students’ capstone portfolios, essential learning outcome assessment and alumni data from graduates over the last 5 years. More specifically, this paper provides logistical data about the minor, students’ capstone portfolio instructions along with implementation, completion and assessment of this process through a grading rubric. Alumni data, both quantitative and qualitative data suggests long-term impact of the HHM in graduate’s personal and professional lives. Results of descriptive statistics and qualitative data indicate the majority of participants currently incorporate knowledge, obtained during their minor, in their daily lives. Over half of the participants reported obtaining the minor contributed to securing their first job upon graduation. This material can assist institutions in establishing or rethinking and expanding interdisciplinary programs educational and professional growth. Finally, this article touches on areas of future research needed to assess and strengthen similar program offerings with a focus on sustainable impact.