Holistic healthcare: possibilities and challenges

This new book focuses on recent trends in holistic medicine, the art of maintaining proper balance between one's physical health and mental well-being. The books highlights the importance of maintaining a healthy life style for physical well-being and examines the advantages of using traditional medicine to combat multi-drug-resistance problems caused by modern-day antibiotics. It details the advantages of using holistic approaches to treat infectious diseases with relevant clinical data.

A tour around the world's medical systems using evidence-based medicine to point out what is the best medicine : holistic mind-body medicine is safest and most effective for most clinical conditions / Soren Ventegodt -- African traditional and alternative medicine implementation into primary healthcare systems in Africa : bottlenecks and prospects / Ernest Tambo, Emmanuel Chidiebere Ugwu, Ghislaine Madjou, Emmanuel Mouafo Tekwu, Anwar H. Gilani, and Jeanne Yonkeu Ngogang -- Postures / Tilak Kalra -- Integrative pharmacology : interconnecting the world of Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine (Tim), traditional Chinese medicine (Tcm), and conventional medicine (Cm)) / Susana Dinis -- Concept and principles of yoga / Gisala George -- The potential bactericidal properties of some plants commonly used in Ayurvedic medicinal practices of south India / Indu M. Nair and A.A. Mohamed Hatha -- Antibacterial effect of green tea and black tea extract against selected genera of bacteria / K.A. Treasa Nimy, Vincent Terrence Rebello, and T.K. Mukundan -- In vitro anti-platelet aggregation property of heracleum candolleanum (Wight et Arn.) gamble, a promising tribal medicinal plant from western …