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SUMMARY:Non-linear perspectives of health and disease in Indian medicine (
 Ayurveda): possible role of NMR - Dr Rama Jayasundar\, All India Institute
  of Medical Sciences - Cambridge Hamied Visiting Lecturer
DTSTART:20110902T090000Z
DTEND:20110902T100000Z
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CONTACT:Adrian Carpenter
DESCRIPTION:The enormous complexity of human body opens up a wide range of
  conceptual possibilities for its understanding. While modern medicine’s
  perspective of the body is from a predominantly structural viewpoint\, Ay
 urveda\, the indigenous medical system of India\, understands it from a fu
 nctional perspective. It has conceptualised the human body as an interdepe
 ndent set of functions and parameters\, each influencing the other in a nu
 mber of ways. Ayurveda’s determinants of health and disease deal with no
 n-linear relationships and do not follow the linear causal pathways of mod
 ern medicine. They reflect the functional interdependence and non-linear d
 ynamics of the human system. This different perception has given Ayurveda 
 its distinct approach to diagnosis and treatment. An important feature of 
 Ayurveda is its theoretical framework for health and disease\, under which
  it has put together an enormous body of observational data. The different
  viewpoints of Ayurveda and modern medicine have resulted in their contras
 ting approaches to health and disease. The lecture while elucidating this 
 distinct approach\, also explores the possible applications of Nuclear Mag
 netic Resonance (NMR) in ayurveda. 
LOCATION:Meeting Room\,  West Forvie Building
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