STANDARDIZATION OF HERBAL MEDICINES/PRODUCTS: PREAMBLE: Herbal medicine is the most primitive traditional approach to the treatment of diseases and ailments. It is called herbal medicine because it involves the use of plants or plant parts. There is no doubt that herbal medicines provided the first basis for therapeutics before the development or advent of orthodox medicine. Despite the fact that‚ over the years‚ chemists have synthesized a large number of chemical substances‚ many of which have
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patient’s needs. The study of personalized medicine can change every treatment into one which works. This removes trial and error from the treatment plan‚ which in turn reduces the amount of time taken to heal‚ lowers medical bill costs‚ and overall improves the quality of life in the future generations of the twenty-first century. Just one gene in a patient’s DNA can be responsible for proving susceptibility to a disease and whether or not if a medicine or treatment
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[U MAD BRO?] Legal Medicine Notes 2011-2012 (Prelims Ed.) I. INTRODUCTION What the hell is legal medicine‚ anyway? Legal medicine is a branch of medicine which deals with the application of medical knowledge to the purposes of law and in the administration of justice. It is the application of basic and clinical‚ medical and paramedical sciences to elucidate legal matters. What is the legal basis of the inclusion of the subject “Legal Medicine” in the medical school curriculum? Sec. 6 of RA
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TCM‚ or Traditional Chinese Medicine‚ can be traced as far back as 1000 BC‚ where stone acupuncture needles were believed to be used. Texts from that period also talked of Yin and Yang and other concepts. The first written work on TCM is titled the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic‚ Huangdi Newijing (Gascoigne 11). This book was written in 300 BC‚ but entries date back to the early 2700’s BC. The book is still used in universities of Chinese Medicine around the world and is often called the bible
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value to a hospital is required to compare these two drugs. First of all is necessary to analyze the differences in effectiveness of the products in treatments. The use of heparin has associated some general disadvantages like: • Unpredictable effects: it is difficult to use properly since its effectiveness depends on achieving a certain level of anticoagulation of the blood‚ too much might lead to uncontrolled bleeding and too little might not prevent a blood clot • • High risk of uncontrolled
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In Lu Xun’s Medicine it is implied that in the early 1900’s the Chinese (at least in the village) believe that blood directly relates to the soul. And if the blood of a person with a good soul in ingested by a sick person then the sick person will be cured. In the story Medicine a little boy named Little Bolt has tuberculosis. In the story you can tell that his family tries everything to cure him‚ they event tried the “guarantied cure” which is a mantou (roll) that is covered with the blood that
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Establishment Class XXXX‚ Section XXXX‚ Fall 2011 Outline I. Introduction 1. History of socialized medicine 2. Definition of socialized medicine II. Advantages 1. Social advantages 2. Economic advantages III. Disadvantages 1. Social disadvantages 2. Economic disadvantages IV. Conclusion INTRODUCTION History of socialized medicine Socialized medicine was first introduced in Germany by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in 1883 but was only intended for factory
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The theory of cultural imperialism in media is where one culture controls another‚ forcing it ’s culture to change to the controlling one . This theory is said to have first developed in the mid-twentieth century‚ and initially it was a response to the changes society was undergoing after the development of improved telecommunications. Various terms such as "media imperialism"‚ "structural imperialism"‚ and "cultural dependency and domination"‚ (L. White) have all been used
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10 Herbal Medicine RA NO. 8423- Phil Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) Mnemonic is BUBLY/SANTA B-AWANG (Hypertesion‚Lowers Cholesterol‚ Toothache) U-LISIMANG BATO (PANCIT-PANCITAN) (Lowers uric acid‚ Rheumatism) B-AYABAS (Diarrhea‚ Wounds‚ Toothache) L-AGUNDI (Cough‚ Asthma‚ Fever) Y-ERBA BUENA (Muscle Pain‚ Athritis‚ Rheumatism‚ Cough‚ Headache) S- AMBONG (anti-Edema‚ Diuretic‚ Anti-Urolithiasis) A-MPLAYA (Diabetes‚ Mellitus) N-NIOG-NIOGAN (Paratism‚ Arcariasis
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to make the best possible use of medicines so as to improve health outcomes.[1] Quality use of medicine involves careful selection of management options wisely either by healthcare practitioner or the consumer‚ choosing suitable medicine when medicine is necessary and to use medicine safely and effectively to get the best possible result. As a part of the government’s initiatives to improve quality of drug use in Malaysia‚ a campaign known as “Know Your Medicine” or
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