Using Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine to Explain Acupuncture Dr. Keown’s book connects the Chinese medicine and Western medicine to helps understand science and medicine between the two cultures. The book explains the Chinese medicine in a simple term‚ so we as a Western culture can easily comprehend it. The book doesn’t talk much about acupuncture and how to perform it. However‚ it talks about the embryology and the function of human organs. In this book‚ Dr. Kewon interrelates the concept
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MALAYSIA HERBAL MARKET Currently‚ the value of global herbal market for nutraceuticals is at USD 70 billion and USD 20 billion for phytomedicines with an average growth rate between 15 to 20 percent annually. While the Malaysia herbal market is valued at RM 4.55 billion 0f which 90 percent of the raw material used was imported. It is with this potential in mind that Malaysia’s herbal industry can be one of the agriculture Entry Point Projects under the National Key Economic Areas in the Economic
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Australia is a place with a history that is not at all lost it is known as an area that has had a predominant and specific population by nomadic hunters. Carbon dating of skeletal remains proves that Australian Aboriginal history started some 40‚000 years ago. This history is not completely lost. It is retained in the minds and memories of compassionate generations of Aboriginal people‚ passed on through a rich oral tradition of song‚ story‚ poetry and legend. To the aboriginal culture and belief
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Aroma therapy is a type of alternative medicine which uses essential oils and other aromatic plant compounds which are aimed at improving someone’s health and mood. Many people would consider Aroma therapy to some people is classed as unscientific and wishful thinking-however scientist evidence has in fact proved that the effectiveness is growing. It is said to make an individual feel good although there is no evidence that it can make someone well. The theory behind aroma therapy is that the inhalation
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Introduction to Complementary Therapies Complementary Medicine includes many different approaches and techniques for treating an individual. These are based on systems created and practised thousands of years ago and can in fact be considered as one of the original forms of medicine. Furthermore‚ they all have one aspect in common which is they view and treat the person on a holistic level (which means to look at the whole person Spiritually‚ Physically‚ Intellectually‚ Emotionally and Socially)
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Home Study You need to research what each of the listed massages techniques are and state one benefit. You need to format your work and give pictures for each. The treatments are: Acupunture‚ Alexander Technique‚ Crystal Therapy‚ Lomi Lomi Hawain Massage‚ Hypnotherapy‚ Reiki‚ Shiatsu‚ Sports Therapy‚ Traditional Chinese Medicine‚ Yoga Therapy Lomi Lomi Hawain Massage Lomilomi‚ meaning "masseur‚ masseuse" in the Hawaiian language‚ is the word used today to describe Hawaiian massage
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INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE EROSION Jyoti Kumari Jyoti Kumari is a freelance researcher and doctoral candidate researching ‘Environmental History of Colonial Punjab’ at the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation in New Delhi. The author can be contacted at jyotikm202@rediffmail.com he indigenous communities in India are the original inhabitants of the natural region and they have been maintaining a historical continuity with pre-industrial societies by following traditional patterns of life. Scattered all over the
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RESEARCH INFORMATION SERIES ON ECOSYSTEMS Volume 14 No. 2 May – August 2002 Propagation Management Of Herbal and Medicinal Plants by Eduardo B. Principe and Aurora S. Jose Foreword This issue contains the first part of a series of information on the propagation management of medicinal plants. Medicinal plants abound in the country. They used to be sleeping treasure due to lack of knowledge on their importance and uses in alternative health care‚ limited research on the development of
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The History‚ Use‚ and Effectiveness of Medicinal Drugs I. The History‚ Use‚ and Effectiveness of Medicinal Drugs A. Introduction (Pg’s 1-2) II. Aspirin (Pg’s 3-6) A. Its Origin B. Dosages C. Relative Effectiveness D. Side Effects E. Alternate Treatment III. Sulfa Drugs (Pg’s 7-10) A. Its Origin B. Dosages C. Relative Effectiveness D. Side Effects E. Alternate Treatment IV. Antibiotics (Pg’s 11-14) A. Its Origin B. Dosages C. Relative Effectiveness D. Side Effects E. Alternate
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Medicine has improved in the course of the years. Cultures in the world have developed different ways to treat the same illnesses. Nowadays we can find two main types of medicine: alternative medicine and conventional medicine. As far as I know alternative medicine includes practices that incorporate spiritual or religious basis. In contrast‚ conventional medicine includes scientific practises. Before making up our mind if we are for or against alternative medicine we are going to consider its
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