Essays Tagged: "Traditional medicine"

Chinese Medicine

Traditional medicine of China has a long historical and cultural background dating back about 2500 y ...

(6 pages) 177 0 4.6 Apr/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Chinese medicine History

Chinese MedicineTraditional medicine of China has a long historical and culturalbackground dating back about 2500 ye ...

(5 pages) 136 0 4.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Holistic Medicine: The use of holistic medicine and the use of alternative therapies.

to sports injures on them. Today massage therapy is widely recognized as a sensible alternative to traditional medicine, in that it relieves pain and soreness otherwise helped by taking pills or othe ...

(5 pages) 85 0 5.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Discuss how notions of 'consumerism', 'pluralism' and 'modernity' are linked to the resurgence of CAM

alternative medicine has always been available to people from lay practitioners such as herbalists, traditional medicine such as Chinese medicine, acupuncture (which dates back thousands of years) and ... no longer just accepting orthodox medicine as always being right, but are using orthodox medicine, traditional medicine such as Chinese medicine and acupuncture and CAM therapies such as reflexology, ...

(6 pages) 115 1 5.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Tofu

ean." The bean curd from this "great bean," is what is known as tofu. Tofu was used a great deal in traditional medicine. The "greater bean" curd was used to aid everything from ulcers to the common c ... Mounting the large amount of evidence from the years of research, today is verifying many of tofu's traditional characteristics, along with a few new ones.

(2 pages) 1453 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Aids in Africa

rapid increase in AIDS. Such practices include sharing blood in rituals establishing "brotherhood." Traditional medicine using shared instruments have also been linked to the spread of aids. Lastly, a ...

(1 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Rhetorical Analysis - Just Say No To Flu Vaccines

American male with Christian beliefs or affiliated with a particular religion that does not support traditional medicine because he seems very concerned about what is going on in American government a ...

(5 pages) 28 0 0.0 Jan/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Traditional Medical Systems

Traditional Medical Systems Traditional Chinese medicine can be traced back thousands of years and ... proven effective while withstanding the ultimate test of time over the past centuries. The base of Traditional Chinese Medicine is the concept of Qi, or Chi, which is most simply defined by Karen Fon ... ntaine 51) One must understand this concept of Chi in order to begin to understand the practices of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Traditional Chinese Medicine has both its positive attributes and ben ...

(3 pages) 23 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Benefits of Khmer traditional Medicines

of Foreign Languages Writing Skills 202Department of English 2013-2014Final DraftBenefits of Khmer traditional treatmentWhen you injure or sick, which remedy do you usually turn to? While the majorit ... majority of people in Cambodia nowadays trusts modern medicine, some people still keep using Khmer traditional medicines to treat their diseases or wounds. With the small, black and ugly appearance o ...

(4 pages) 4 0 0.0 May/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine