Ping-Chung Leung - From Ayurveda to Chinese Medicine

From Ayurveda to
Chinese Medicine

From Ayurveda to
Chinese Medicine

Editors

Ping-Chung Leung

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Debashis Panda

B.A.M.S.(Gold Medal), M.D.(Gold Medal), D.N.H.E.

Senior Medical Officer

Central Govt. Health Scheme

Govt. of INDIA, New Delhi

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Names: Leung, Ping-Chung, 1941 editor.

Title: From Ayurveda to Chinese medicine / edited by Ping-Chung Leung.

Description: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016039024 | ISBN 9789813200333 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects: | MESH: Medicine, Ayurvedic | Medicine, Chinese Traditional |

Phytotherapy | Complementary Therapies

Classification: LCC R733 | NLM WB 55.A9 | DDC 615.5/38--dc23

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About the Editors

Professor Ping-Chung Leung, OBE, JP, Hon DSSc, DSC, MBBS, MS, FRACS, FRCS(Edin), FHKCOS, FHKAM(Orth); is Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine; Director of Centre for Clinical Trials on Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medicine; Director, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996 2013; Director, Partner State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China (The Chinese University of Hong Kong). He is also the Past President of the International Research Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SIROT), 20092012.

Professor Leungs research areas including Orthopaedics, Osteoporosis, Microsurgery, Public Health, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and General Education. He is also the author of over 800 scientific manuscripts in journals and 27 books. Professor Leung has been appointed as editor of 11 International Journals since 1982. He is trying hard to develop a research methodology basing on modern clinical science requirements, to modernise TCM.

Dr. Debashis Panda is a noted name in the new generation of Ayurveda experts. He has established himself as a distinct persuader of ancient traditional wisdom of Ayurveda in the arena of therapeutics, research and education. He received his M.D. in Dravyaguna Vijnana (Ayurveda Pharmacology) from the National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur.

Dr. Debashis Panda was awarded Gold Medal for securing highest marks in the Utkal University and was also honored with The Best Thesis Award during Post Graduation. He has authored books & research papers in several peer reviewed journals. At present, he serves Government of India as a Senior Medical Officer under the Central Government Health Scheme.

List of Contributors

Au Wai-Chun, Edmond

Institute of Chinese Medicine

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin

New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, PR China

Bahadur, Shiv

School of Natural Product Studies

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India

Banerjee, Subhadip

School of Natural Product Studies

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India

Harwansh, Ranjit K

School of Natural Product Studies

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India

Kar, Amit

School of Natural Product Studies

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India

Ko, Erik Chun-Hay

Institute of Chinese Medicine

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin

New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, PR China

Koon, Johnny Chi-Man

Institute of Chinese Medicine

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin

New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, PR China

Lau, Clara Bik-San

Institute of Chinese Medicine

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin

New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, PR China

Mukherjee, Pulok K

School of Natural Product Studies

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India

Yue, Grace Gar-Lee

Institute of Chinese Medicine

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin

New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, PR China

Contents

Ping-Chung Leung

Debashis Panda

Debashis Panda

Debashis Panda

Ping-Chung Leung

Clara Bik-San Lau, Erik Chun-Hay Ko, Johnny Chi-Man Koon, Grace Gar-Lee Yue and Ping-Chung Leung

Pulok K Mukherjee, Ranjit K Harwansh, Shiv Bahadur, Subhadip Banerjee and Amit Kar

Ping-Chung Leung

Debashis Panda and Ping-Chung Leung

Ping-Chung Leung

Ping-Chung Leung and Edmond Au Wai-Chun

Ping-Chung Leung and Debashis Panda

Introduction

Ping-Chung Leung

Traditional Indian Medicine Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) are the oldest systems of health care: the former mastering 5,000 years of documentations, the latter at least 3,000 years. All ancient medicine has strong philosophical background and management varieties related to manual activities. Indeed, Ayurveda is strongly linked with Yoga and TCM with activities related to martial art and acupuncture. It is a common belief that in the United States, before Yoga was popularly practised, Ayurveda was hardly known. As for Chinese medicine, acupuncture has been taken as the hallmark. Medicinal herbs, which actually form the main core of treatment in Chinese medicine, were virtually unknown outside China.