Main description:

This book is about the theory of Hot and Cold, a mutual fundamental base of traditional medicines all around the world. The theory describes the dynamic balance state of the body on the axis of hot and cold for each individual and proposes the fact that deviation from this equilibrium is a predisposing factor for diseases. Such an approach helps practitioners to provide treatments tailored to the patient's condition, not the disease.

This book, for the first time, has gathered native descriptions of Hot and Cold theory in different traditional medicines, including traditional Chinese medicine, Persian (Humoral, Unani) medicine, Ayurvedic medicine and Latin American and Caribbean medicines. After defining the common ground, contemporary research - in nutrition, pharmacology, physiology and systems biology - has been explored using scientific methodology. This work is the result of an international collaboration of more than 30 scientists and scholars with high reputations in their fields.

Hot and Cold theory, as a holistic individualized approach in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, can be merged into the novel fast-paced concepts in systems biology and precision medicine. Through this bridge, the authors propose that the Hot and Cold theory should be revisited more deeply by medical scientists, who are the main audience of this book, to pave the way towards integrated holistic personalized medicine.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Hot and Cold Theory, the Path Towards Personalized Medicine

Maryam Yavari

Part I Definitions and Beliefs

2. Principle of Hot and Cold and Its Clinical Application in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Katayoon Keyhanian

3. Principle of Hot and Cold and Its Clinical Application in Persian Medicine

Mojgan Tansaz, Mahshid Chaichi-Raghimi, Shahpar Kaveh, Farooq A. Dar, and Morteza Mojahedi

4. Principle of Hot (Ushna) and Cold (Sheeta) and Its Clinical Application in Ayurvedic Medicine

Sanjeev Rastogi and Ram Harsh Singh

5. Principle of Hot and Cold and Its Clinical Application in Latin American and Caribbean Medicines

Carlos A. Vasquez-Londono, Luisa F. Cubillos-Cuadrado, Andrea C. Forero-Ozer, Paola A. Escobar-Espinosa, David O. Cubillos-Lopez, and Daniel F. Castano-Betancur

Part II Scientific Evidence

6. Hot and Cold Theory: Evidence in Nutrition

Simone Maree Ormsby

7. Hot and Cold Theory: Evidence in Pharmacology

Roodabeh Bahramsoltani and Roja Rahimi

8. Hot and Cold Theory: Evidence in Physiology

Parva Namiranian, Ayeh Naghizadeh, Mohammad Sadegh Adel-Mehraban, and Mehrdad Karimi

9. Hot and Cold Theory: Evidence in Systems Biology

Farideh Bahari and Maryam Yavari

Part III Perspective

10. Hot and Cold Theory: A Personalized Medicine Approach

Yibai Xiong, Lan Yan, Xiaona Li, Naifan Duan, Lin Lin, Mozheng Wu, Cheng Lu, and Aiping Lyu

11. Hot and Cold Theory: Future Perspective

Maryam Yavari