Luhang-dalaga General info: The name derives from the Greek words pedilon‚ meaning "slipper‚" and anthos‚ meaning "flower." Botany Half-Woody plant growing to a height of 1.5 meters or less‚ with fleshy branches which produce milky juice. The leaves are fleshy‚ smooth‚ alternate‚ deciduous‚ ovate or oblong‚ 3.5 to 7.5 cm long‚ pointed at both ends. Flowers are reddish. Capsules are 9 mm broad. Parts utilized Leaves Properties Considered emetic‚ anti-inflammatory‚ antibacterial
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Alternative medicine has been around for centuries‚ although it has just started to become very popular in countries such as The United States. Many people now are following the trend without knowing anything about alternative medicine. People should be aware of the benefits as well as the precautions involved in taking these natural remedies. The most common form of alternative medicine nowadays is herbal medicines. These natural remedies can be found in millions of American homes today. Herbal
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Why Is Smoking Bad For You? Smoking is responsible for several diseases‚ such as cancer‚ long-term (chronic) respiratory diseases‚ and heart disease‚ as well as premature death. Over 440‚000 people in the USA and 100‚000 in the UK die because of smoking each year. According the US CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)‚ $92 billion are lost each year from lost productivity resulting from smoking-related deaths. Of the more than 2.4 million deaths in the USA annually‚ over 440‚000 are
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Evolutionary Medicine For many years‚ evolutionary principles have helped with many different aspects of the medical field. These principles have significantly helped with providing scientists with helpful information in understanding different illness‚ and issues that arise in the medical field. More specifically‚ the cooperation of evolutionary biology with modern medicine has helped with understanding antibiotic resistance and susceptibility‚ spread of disease‚ and development of cancer. I will
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Cocker and Walton Prizes 2012 Physics in Medicine By Fayaz Rahaman ➢ Introduction Physics is about understanding the laws that govern the world around us. Most people know about the problems solved and the discoveries made by physicists in the past‚ such as the orbits of planets found by Galileo‚ the law of gravity first unravelled by Newton and later extended by Einstein. It is not as widely
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Sports Medicine Georgia Smith Discuss the impact of climatic conditions on the body’s temperature regulation mechanisms and how they affect safe sports participation for athletes competing in the Tour de France. The Tour De France is a multiple stage bike-riding event competed in France every year. Starting on the 2nd of July at Passage du Gois and finishing at Champs-Elysées on the 24th of July. It consists of 21 daylong stages over a 23-day period. Based on the Tour de France in 2011
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Why should you be Moral? Why should we be moral? We should be moral‚ because it is a way of how to behave towards each other‚ with focusing on being mostly concerned with situations of humans living with other humans. Questions like how should we behave towards each other? What are the rules and how do we learn them‚ also why do we have to have them? Let’s say there were no laws. How would we treat strangers or people that we know? Would the society be safe to live in? Without laws‚ there would
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have spent about 4 million dollars on plastic surgeries. The “before and after” photos of her can be found online easily‚ so you can make your conclusions looking at the results of the numerous plastic surgeries she has undergone. Janice Dickinson‚ Michael Jackson‚ Courtney Love‚ and other famous personalities who had undergone plastic surgeries can also be a good example of why this kind of surgery should be abstained from. Plastic surgery does not solve the main problem of a person who decides to
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Jennifer Jones Professor Rodger Smith English 1301 20 September 2012 Working against the Clock Many people who strive for a career that will pay the bills with ease often resort to the medical field. In the article‚ “Medicine”‚ by Matt Richtel‚ manifests the different level of duties each field contains and how that influences medical students to determine which specialty they will pursue. Dr. Jennifer C. Boldrick graduated from Stanford University Medical School in preparation to become
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“In Native American Spirituality‚ the medicine wheel represents harmony and connections and is considered a major symbol of peaceful interactions among all living beings on earth” (“Medicine Wheel”‚ 2013‚ p. 1). The medicine wheel has been used for many generations of various American native tribes and are still used today in the Native American spirituality. In an interview with an aboriginal woman B.C‚ B.C stated “the wheel has been passed down from generation from generation and the meaning of
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