Utilization of Ayurveda in health care: An approach for prevention, health promotion, and treatment of disease. Part 2 - Ayurveda in primary health care

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1135-1150

  Sharma, Hari ^a   Chandola, H M ^b   Singh, Gurdip ^b   Basisht, Gopal ^c,d  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GUJARAT AYURVED UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Full Circle Community Development ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA EXTRACT; GUDUCHI RASAYANA EXTRACT; KINO EXTRACT; MAMSYADI VATI EXTRACT; MUCUNA PRURIENS EXTRACT; SHIRODHARA EXTRACT; SWERTIA CHIRATA EXTRACT; TOLBUTAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YASHADADI VATI EXTRACT;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; AYURVEDA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; PANCHAKARMA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASAYANA; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); NEOPLASMS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 37649022854     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.7017-B     Document Type: Review

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