Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine
WHAT HAPPENED IN KANAZAWA? THE BIRTH OF eCAM This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, (CAM) which was convened in Kanazawa Japan, November 8-10, 2002. The participants were mainly from Ja
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THE LOGO: International Symposium on Alternative and Complementary Medicine There are several characters that express a concept. ISACM: International Symposium on Alternative and Complementary Medicine. INMPRC: Ishikawa Natural Medicinal Products Research Center. THE WORLD: alternative and complementary medicine (ACM) has its source internationally. MEDITATING HUMAN: I) ACM is involved in human health; 2) meditation or Yoga is one form of ACM; SNAKE (LEFT) AND YIN & YANG (RIGHT): The idea is to combine Western medicine and Eastern medicine. Snake is the symbol of Hippocrates representing Western medicine, while Yin & Yang represent the philosophy of Eastern (Chinese) medicine; GINKO: Ginko is used in Chinese medicine especially for the improvement of brain functions; MAGNET: Magnetism is used to improve various physical problems; BEE: Proporis, which is the mixture of sap and bee secretion, has strong antimicrobial activity, a well-known potion; HERBS: Various herbs have been used historically; EARTHWORM: Used for many diseases in Chinese medicine; MUSHROOM: Mushrooms known to have immune enhancing effect, especially for cancer; MUSIC NOTE: Music therapy, which is also getting popularity as ACM. Designed by Edwin L. Cooper, Atsue Kamata, Shinji Kasahara.
Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine
ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
AND BIOLOGY Editorial Board: NATHAN BACK, State University of New York at Buffalo IRUN R. COHEN, The Weivnann Institute of Science DAVID KRITCHEVSKY, Wistar Institute ABEL LAJTHA, N. S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research RODOLFO PAOLETTI, University of Milan
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