The Theory of Endobiogeny
Volume 1: Global Systems Thinking and Biological Modeling for Clinical Medicine

A comprehensive introduction to global systems theory and the theory of endobiogeny

Kamyar M. Hedayat (Author), Jean-Claude Lapraz (Author)

9780128169032, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 18 June 2019

306 pages, Approx. 150 illustrations (150 in full color)
27.6 x 21.6 x 2 cm, 0.95 kg

The Theory of Endobiogeny Volume 1: Global Systems Thinking and Biological Modeling for Clinical Medicine offers researchers and clinicians a detailed introduction to the theory of Endobiogeny. The book presents a new approach to medicine that is at once scientific and humanistic, quantitative, and qualitative. The philosophical and experimental basis of a global complex systems approach to physiology is presented along with a mathematical approach to modeling the dynamism of the terrain. The importance of the history and physical examination are renewed as a source of “big data” readily available to clinicians for greater insight into the patient’s state. Expansion of the therapeutic compendium is proposed based on a rational, clinical approach correlated to mathematical indicators of the physiologic state. What is proposed in this work is a fundamental shift in scientific thinking with a resulting expansion of the boundaries of clinical medicine for the 21st century and beyond.

1. Origins of endobiogeny2. A general overview of systems theory, integrative physiology, and the theory of endobiogeny3. The autonomic nervous system4. A clinical introduction to the endocrine system according to the theory of endobiogeny5. The pineal axel6. The corticotropic axis7. Gonadotropic axis8. Thyrotropic axis9. Somatotropic axis10. Endocrine associations: Coupling, linking, and yoking11. Endocrine-organ relationships: Drainage, detoxification, and disease12. Adaptation syndromes13. Art of history taking in endobiogeny14. Art of physical examination in endobiogeny15. A new approach to biological modeling: Introduction to the biology of functions16. Introduction to the usage of medicinal plants17. Therapeutics according to an endobiogenic reflection

Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA], Physiology [MFG]