LAGUNDI Lagundi (scientific name: Vitex negundo) is a large native shrub that grows in the Philippines and has been traditionally used as herbal medicine. The Philippine Department of Health has conducted research and study for Lagundi and has suggested that the lagundi plant has a number verifiable therapeutic value Lagundi is an erect‚ branched tree or shrub‚ that grows to as much as 5 m high. Lagundi has a single thick‚ woody stem like a trunk and is usually seen in swamps of the Philippines
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ALTERNATIVE MARKETING I. Introduction: TRADITIONAL MASS MEDIA faces many challenges. Although advertisers are not ready to abandon traditional media alternative forms of media and marketing arises. This alternative marketing will be discussed in this chapter. II. ALTERNATIVE MARKETING PROGRAMS In developing Alternative Marketing Programs it requires creativity and imagination. Marketers seek to identify new places where a consumer’s path intersects with a brand’s presence‚ or create a new
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Alternative Energy Alternative Energy whether used for transportation or utilities such as generating electricity for home or business is a very significant subject going on right now because of the benefits it would provide for us‚ such as environmental‚ economic‚ job security and energy security. I believe alternative energy would be beneficial to our society‚ especially if it is used in transport; there is many other better‚ leaner and reusable energy sources out there‚ for example fuel for
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it all‚ Doctors and I both agree that musical therapeutic practices have had very strong results are necessary in the medical field each and every day. Doctors Prescribe Music According to an article written by NBC News (4 Ways to Use Music as Medicine)‚ music is being used in hospitals all over the world to help treat patients. For example‚ a small institution in New Jersey successfully used music to treat a 68-year-old patient who was having problems recovering after a major
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Regenerative medicine Regenerative medicine is the process of replacing or regenerating human cells‚ tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function. It can be used for many things by many different techniques. It can benefit many different people in many different ways. Regenerative medicine replaces/repairs tissues that the body cannot repair on its own. This includes things such as organs like kidneys; if one needs to be removed we may be able to replace/repair it. Regenerative
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INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE It’s not every day that you hear a medical doctor suggest that lifestyle changes can be a form of treatment that can reverse -- not just help prevent -- many of the most common and costly chronic diseases‚ including heart disease‚ prostate cancer and Type 2 diabetes. But that is exactly the message -- hard-earned through 35 years of scientific research -- that Dean Ornish‚ M.D.‚ best-selling author and HuffPost’s medical editor‚ communicated in his recent keynote address at
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Psychosomatic Medicine This field of study closely examines the relationship between the body and the mind. It studies the impacts of internal factors on bodily processes. It combines knowledge from psychology‚ psychiatry‚ neurology‚ biology and psychoneuroimmunology 1. It investigates to what degree the psyche influences the body. It is not solemnly human affair‚ for example experiments showed that rats react to certain mental stimulus similarly like men. Although psychosomatic medicine is quite
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SECTION 3. - ALTERNATIVE OBLIGATIONS An alternative obligation is one wherein various prestations are due but the performance of one of them is sufficient as determined by the choice‚ which‚ as a general rule‚ belongs to the debtor. Right of choice‚ as a rule‚ given to debtor. GENERAL RULE: The right to choose belongs to the debtor/ obligor Except: When the right has been expressly granted to the creditor Right of choice of debtor not absolute. LIMITATION ON THE DEBTOR’S CHOICE (1) The debtor
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The Eden Alternative The Eden Alternative is a fascinating and relatively new philosophy that has had an enormous impact on nursing homes and long term care facilities across the country. Founded by Dr. William Thomas in 1991‚ the Eden Alternative has seen tremendous growth and expansion. Researching this topic I spent a lot of time on the Eden Alternative website reading about their philosophies‚ values‚ and principles. The Eden Alternative is a nonprofit organization that with the help of grants
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Book Club Novel Study vs. Conventional Core Novel Study Although the Book Club approach and the conventional novel study approach are group discussion oriented‚ the Book Club method is a more efficient way of extracting thorough analysis from multiple perspectives. In the Book Club approach‚ students are forced to read because we are constantly being evaluated. During discussions‚ the teacher is always walking around evaluating groups. My group especially was always prepared because of the fear
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