Holistic healing: Biology meets Ayush for integrative medicine
Holistic healing: Biology meets Ayush for integrative medicine
The Indian health system Ayush includes traditional healing methods such as Ayurveda, yoga, naturalopathy, unani, siddha, sowa-rigpa and homeopathy. These methods rely on the natural self -healing powers of the body and the mind instead of using modern drugs that often have side effects. In order to scientifically recognize these traditional methods, it is necessary to explain them with a view to modern biological knowledge.
A new research work presents a approach to achieve this integration. It proposes a "sandwich model" of biology that includes aspects such as the epigenetic regulation and the complexity biology, which deals with self-organized criticism. It also uses concepts from Ayurveda, such as the six stages of illness, known as Shadkriyakala.
The result of this research is that the molecular biology is expanded by the sandwich model by a layer of epigenetics. This redefines health as optimized regulation. Fractal physiology then explains how the body activates its self-healing powers, a principle used in all Ayush systems. Ayurveda contributes to integration through its systemic understanding of body functions and the analysis of disease processes using Shadkriyakala.
This new additions creates an integrated biology that integrates concepts from the Ayush systems. This offers a scientific basis for India's plan to make medical training more integrative and to treat traditional systems as equivalent to modern medicine.
possible future effects
This integrative perspective could fundamentally change medical practice in India. By including traditional healing methods in modern medical training, doctors could be able to offer patients more comprehensive treatment options. Finally, this could also lead to a reduction in the use of medication with potential side effects by considering natural healing methods more.
Basics and terms
- epigenetics: An area of biology that deals with how environmental influences regulate genetic activity at the cellular level without changing the DNA sequence.
- complexity biology: A field of science deals with systems that consist of many interacting parts and can organize themselves.
- fractal physiology: A concept that deals with the recurring patterns in physiology and explains how biological systems work at all levels.
- Shadkriyakala: Six levels of disease development in Ayurveda that help to recognize and treat diseases at an early stage.
abbreviations
- ayush: ayurveda, yoga and naturalopathy, unani, siddha, sowa-rigpa and homeopathy
2023
Integration of Ayush into modern biology through the sandwich model approach
The present research offers a new approach to integrating the Indian Ayush systems-Ayurveda, yoga and naturalopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homeopathy-into modern biology. By developing a 'sandwich model' of biology, a multi-dimensional method for the treatment of non-transferable diseases is presented to reduce the use of modern drugs and its side effects.
methods
The innovative 'sandwich model' approach is introduced, which integrates the holistic epigenetic regulation. This includes the concepts of complexity biology such as self -organized criticism and systemic considerations of the organism function from Ayurveda. In addition, Ayurveda’s concept of the six etiology levels, known as Shadkriyakala, is discussed.
results
- Molecular biology is expanded by the inclusion of an epigenetic layer in the sandwich model. This leads to a new scientific definition of health as an optimized regulation.
- Fractal physiology is used to explain the concept of self-healing that plays a role in all Ayush systems.
- Ayurveda’s systemic approach provides a holistic understanding of the organism function and improves the understanding of pathophysiology through Shadkriyakala.
discussion
The additions of these concepts to an integrative biological framework enables an expansion of modern biology, which now includes the concepts of the Ayush systems. This research offers a scientific basis for India's plan for integrative medical training, in which the Ayush systems are viewed equally with modern medicine.
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