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Research Design:

Rationale-

The rationale of this study is to compare effectiveness of direct moxibustion to acupuncture alone or standard recommendations on recovery time and ability to perform during training and events related to long-distance running in healthy young adults.

Method-

The method of this work will be that subjects will volunteer to allow treatment in the study and have preliminary exams, just following the first period of training (performed by trained practitioner of moxibustion and acupuncture) and will then be placed randomly into each of the three comparative study groups. The practitioner will then interpret results based on treatment results exhibited by improved range of motion and reported decrease or maintenance of fatigue by study participants. All participants, regardless of group placement will have intake and result exams following second period of training or after first running event and results will be compared and collated anonymously and be….

Records show that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is more than 2,000 years old, although there exist other written records that date back to 3,500 years earlier (Maclean and Shane 1999) and archaeological evidence that suggests it began at least 5,000 years ago. Although called traditional, it actually went through a series of changes and adaptations to various influences, such as politics, economics, science, technology and social and cultural alterations, to a point that Western medicine almost replaced it (Maclean and Shane), particularly with the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911. It was restored and regained popularity only by the middle 50s and, henceforth, has continued to serve and benefit the Chinese people, as well as the rest of the world today.
Traditional Chinese Medicine. TCM is founded on the qi, the natural life force or energy that constitutes everything and everyone in the universe.(Xi Yi Tang) - man, animals, plants….

Both the second and the third phases last seven days. Critical to the third phase from a Western point-of-view is the moment of ovulation. Finally, TCM describes a pre-menstrual phase that also lasts seven days. During the pre-menstrual phase, the yang is stimulated and liver chi is mobilized.
The uterus is an interesting organ from a TCM perspective because it is both yin and yang (p. 8). Moreover, the uterus is systematically linked to several other organs: notably the Kidneys and Heart. Proper relationships between Uterus and Kidneys and Uterus and Heart must be maintained. The connection between Heart and Uterus ensures restoration of Blood and proper flow. Liver chi must also flow properly during the time of menstruation (p. 10). Furthermore, the uterus is not conceived of in TCM as an isolated organ but as part of a whole gynecological system that includes fallopian tubes and ovaries. Treatment of….

Spicy or pungent taste generates a warming effect. It stimulates the circulation of blood, energy, lymphatic fluid, sweat, saliva and tears. The pungent taste counteracts poor digestion, poor circulation and mucus production. Because pungency helps scatter energy, it should be limited for individuals experiencing fatigue. Because excessive amounts of spicy foods can exhaust energy reserves, they should be used sparingly. Examples of foods with a spicy taste include ginger, black pepper and jalapenos.
Salty Taste

The salty taste generally reduces temperature, stabilizes and regulates fluid balance, and has a softening effect. Salty taste is beneficial to hardened lymph nodes and can reduce masses and cysts. However, excessive salt consumption can harm the kidneys by causing water retention and high blood pressure. Those struggling with dehydration and anemia are advised to avoid salty foods. Seaweed, salt and soy sauce are examples of foods with a salty taste.

Sweet Taste

Sweet tastes warm, tone, and harmonize.….

There are many estern doctors who do not accept the traditional views and system of acupuncture but they have realized that it has certain effective aspects. estern doctors have therefore adapted acupuncture and used it as a way of regulating the nervous as well as the endocrine systems. There has also been widespread recognition of the painkilling aspects of acupuncture. hile there is still a general resistance to the deeper implications and world -view that acupuncture represents, yet there is no doubt that it is having an increasing impact on estern forms of medicine and healing praxis.
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Acupuncture. May 4, 2007. http://skepdic.com/acupunc.html

American Academy of Medical Acupuncture: General Information. May 4, 2007. http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/acu_info/generalinfo.html

Definition of Allopathic. May 6, 2007. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=33612

Frequently asked questions. May 4, 2007. http://www.markgoulding.com/gpage.html

Pulse Diagnosis. May 4, 2007. http://www.answers.com/topic/pulse-diagnosis

The Fairbourne Clinic. May 4, 2007. http://www.fairbourneclinic.co.uk/therapies/acupuncture-Newbury-Berkshire.htm

Traditional Chinese Medicine: NHS. May 4, 2007. http://www.nhsdirectory.org/default.aspx?page=TCM&t=y

hite a and Ernst E. A brief history….

Hyojung Lee, L.Ac.
Prophylactic Asthmatic Drugs and Traditional Chinese Formulas (EDIT)

Prophylactic Asthmatic Drugs and Traditional Chinese Formulas

In recent years there has been a notable increase in the diagnoses of allergies, asthma, and other diseases that affect the ability of people to breathe freely. The reasons for this are still the subjects of scientific debate and continued research. However, more effective drugs have been developed to treat the wheezing, shortness of breath, and other symptoms of allergies, asthma, and inflammation of the lungs. One of the most commonly-prescribed drugs for asthma is Cromolyn, otherwise known by its more popular brand name of Intal.

Cromolyn is usually inhaled through an atomizer as an aerosolized solution or is breathed in as a microfine powder. It inhibits the release of histamine, leukotrienes and other chemicals in the body that mediate inflammation. These chemicals are secreted from mast, macrophages, and other types of cells that have a….

Traditional Herbs
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Korean
What is the key question, problem, or need the project will address?

The key question this project will address is what role traditional Korean medicine plays in the daily lives of Koreans, and how traditional medicine is integrated with food and lifestyle. The research will rely on primary sources to show how Korean medicine is intended to work, what the major recipes are, and how those recipes has changed over the years or according to geographic constraints. Modern uses of traditional Korean medicine will also be discussed in the research.

Why is the project important?

Traditional Korean medicine is not documented as well as traditional Chinese medicine or traditional Indian medicine. There is also some fear that some of the knowledge of traditional Korean medicine may be lost without further research. I would like to add to a growing body of literature on the role and function of traditional Korean medicine, focusing on….

Nursing Process to Deliver
Application of the Nursing Process to Deliver Culturally Competent Care: Malay culture

Each society has devised its own methodology of dealing with diseases. As per the old Manuscript MSS1292 KitabTib (Book of Healing) (a 19th century Malay manuscript), people of Malay have successful and strong healing practices which work wonderfully well in case of integrative and complementary medicines (Baharuddin & Sidik, 2010). An analytical approach is required to study the contents of the Malay manuscript for understanding it deeply. As per the research, there are three kinds of methods in case of healing diseases (Baharuddin & Sidik, 2010). These are as follows:

Natural resources

Wafak (written symbols)

Quranic verses for healing purposes and offering respect to prophet (P.B.U.H)

It is quite evident that these traditional practices were ecological and holistic in origin, which is stressed upon even today (Baharuddin & Sidik, 2010).

Background

The roots of Malay conventional medicine lie in traditional Unani medicine….

Chinese Health Care System
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Global Health Care and Culture
Traditional Health Care Concepts

Modern Health Care in China and its Affordability

The public health system in China has been able to make progress in many aspects owing to the economic growth of the country. Problems like child mortality and life expectancy have shown considerable improvements over the last 20 years in conjunction with the rising economy. With significantly more hospital beds in the country compared to about 10 years ago, China has made all efforts to embrace the modern medical system and formulated policies to make modern health care affordable to every Chinese citizen (Mehlhorn, Wu & Ye, n.d.).

However give the above context, it is still a fact that Chinese system of health care is still governed and guided by the cultural values and traditions of ancient Chinese health care. This is in conformation to the ways the Chinese value their centuries old tradition and even after….

Traditional Healing
Often in the healing arts them most simple and obvious cures lie right in front of us, exposed and waiting to be utilized. The purpose of this literature review is to examine the specific ailment of anxiety and review the traditional sources of knowledge that can specifically apply to the treatment of this condition. The use of the individual's own psycho-spiritual faculties will be highlighted as the method in which these sources remedy the effects of anxiety and its sometimes debilitating symptoms.

The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon includes the many esoteric human tools such as mood, idea and spirit as important aspects of health and immunity from disease. This collection is the earliest and most important written work of traditional Chinese healing arts. The narrative of the story reveals the secrets of keeping a clear and sound mind and hence eliminating the anxious behavior that so often rises. Through simple….

popularity of Chinese Traditional acupuncture in the United Kingdom.
Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine that treats people by insertion and handling of solid, usually thin needles into the body. Through its beginnings, acupuncture has been deep-rooted in the notions of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Its general theory is based on the idea that bodily functions are synchronized by the flow of an energy-like entity called qi. Acupuncture tries to right inequities in the flow of qi by stimulus of anatomical locations on or under the skin called acupuncture points, most of which are linked by channels known as meridians. Scientific study has not found any bodily or organic correlate of qi, meridians and acupuncture points, and some modern practitioners needle the body without using an academic structure, instead choosing points because of their tenderness to pressure (Acupuncture: An Introduction, 2011).

Contributing Factors

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is becoming a more….

Chinese Herbalism
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Growing Wiser; Herbal Medicine," and it was published in The Economist (U.S.) in 2007. The article begins by referring to the age-old debate between traditional (pharmaceutical) medicine and herbal medicine. The irony here is that many of the sanitized, manufactured pharmaceutical cures we swallow today are herbal in origin. The process that purifies them and makes them more reliable and more effective is an improvement on herbal remedies that have been used for many years.
According to the article, Indian herbal remedies are being repackaged by an Indian-based company called The Golden Triangle Partnership. The purpose of the partnership is to legitimize herbal medicine by making it more scientific. This seems like a good idea to me, melding the old with the new in order to keep people healthy.

eference: Growing wiser; Herbal medicine. (Modernising herbal medicine) (2007) The

Economist (U.S.) v384 i8542 p71US

UNIT 8 DISCUSSION

Chinese herbalism has been used for over….

Heitage Assessment: Indian, Chinese and Ameican Cultues
In using the heitage assessment tool, thee (3) cultues wee consideed and compaed: Indian (autho's cultue), Chinese and Ameican.

Indian

The autho's cultue is highly influenced by ual Indian cultue, as s/he was aised in India until s/he was 25 yeas old. Because of this late influence of Ameican cultue, my Indian cultue has emained stonge within me. This is eflected in the autho's lifestyle, which stictly adheed to taditions and values held impotant by the Indians. Raised a Catholic, the autho is actively involved in the Chuch and paticipates in activities like Bible eading and celebating eligious holidays. The autho's stong Catholic Indian identity is also eflected in he social cicle, which pimaily consisted of Indians shaing the same cultual identity as he and pacticing Catholics.

Howeve, when talking about health maintenance, the autho mixes the influence of Indian cultue with the pinciples of Catholicism. While….

Chinese Wushu
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Wushu
What style is the preferred style of the generals and bodygaurds of Beijing?

bajiquan/piguazhang

What are the three treasures?

Jing, Qi and Shen

What are the 5 excellences?

calligraphy, poetry, painting, traditional medicine, and martial arts

What are the 5 elements?

Wood, fire, earth, metal, water

What are the 3 gates?

Faith, wisdom, and compassion.

What are the 8 powers of wushu?

Heaven/Sky, Lake/Marsh, Fire, Lightning, Wind, Water, Mountain, Earth

What are the 12 animals of Xing Yi?

Dragon, tiger, monkey, horse, alligator, chicken, falcon, swallow, snake, t'ai (roc), eagle, bear

What does the name Bagua mean?

Eight symbols

What styles are referred to as the wind, thunder, and clouds? In order

unknown

What the 5 zones of attacks?

unknown

What is the mathematical formula for power?

Power = work/time

Name 5 Northern styles?

Baguazhang, Bajiquan, Ch-quan, Chuojiao, Taijiquan

Name 5 Southern styles?

Choy Gar, Mok Gar, Choy Li Fut, Hak Fu Mun, Bak Mei

67. Name 3 internal styles?

Yang, Wu, Taijiquan

68. How many levels of black sashes are there?

9

69. What level of black sash is….

Traditional China
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power of China from the Shang Dynasty to the estern Han. There are eight references used for this paper.
China has seen a number of changes in terms of history and power over the years. It is interesting to examine the changing nature of the association as well as explore the relationship between history and political authority from the Shang Dynasty to the estern Han.

Political Power

China's history has been documented in a number of ancient writings.

Centuries of migration, amalgamation, and development brought about a distinctive system of writing, philosophy, art, and political organization that came to be recognized as Chinese civilization (Shinn, 1991)."

The fact that this civilization has continued over 4,000 years provides it with a unique position in world history.

Until the twentieth century, members of the ruling scholar-official class were responsible for documenting the history of China, which was "meant to provide the ruler with precedents to guide or….

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Term Paper

Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine Moxibustion or

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Psychology

Records Show That Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM

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Length: 10 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Records show that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is more than 2,000 years old, although there exist other written records that date back to 3,500 years earlier (Maclean and Shane…

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Women's Issues - Sexuality

TCM Gyn Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Length: 3 Pages
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Both the second and the third phases last seven days. Critical to the third phase from a Western point-of-view is the moment of ovulation. Finally, TCM describes a…

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Research Paper

Agriculture

Five Tastes in Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Length: 1 Pages
Type: Research Paper

Spicy or pungent taste generates a warming effect. It stimulates the circulation of blood, energy, lymphatic fluid, sweat, saliva and tears. The pungent taste counteracts poor digestion, poor circulation…

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Term Paper

Medicine

Acupuncture Is a Traditional Chinese

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Length: 5 Pages
Type: Term Paper

There are many estern doctors who do not accept the traditional views and system of acupuncture but they have realized that it has certain effective aspects. estern doctors…

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Medicine

Prophylactic Asthmatic Drugs and Traditional Chinese Formulas

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Length: 2 Pages
Type: Research Paper

Hyojung Lee, L.Ac. Prophylactic Asthmatic Drugs and Traditional Chinese Formulas (EDIT) Prophylactic Asthmatic Drugs and Traditional Chinese Formulas In recent years there has been a notable increase in the diagnoses of allergies,…

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Medicine

Traditional Herbs

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Length: 2 Pages
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Korean What is the key question, problem, or need the project will address? The key question this project will address is what role traditional Korean medicine plays in the daily lives…

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Essay

Medicine

Traditional Methods of Healing

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Length: 8 Pages
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Nursing Process to Deliver Application of the Nursing Process to Deliver Culturally Competent Care: Malay culture Each society has devised its own methodology of dealing with diseases. As per the old…

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Healthcare

Chinese Health Care System

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Length: 6 Pages
Type: Chapter

Global Health Care and Culture Traditional Health Care Concepts Modern Health Care in China and its Affordability The public health system in China has been able to make progress in many aspects…

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Literature

Traditional Healing Often in the Healing Arts

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Length: 3 Pages
Type: Essay

Traditional Healing Often in the healing arts them most simple and obvious cures lie right in front of us, exposed and waiting to be utilized. The purpose of this literature…

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Medicine

Popularity of Chinese Traditional Acupuncture in the

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Length: 6 Pages
Type: Essay

popularity of Chinese Traditional acupuncture in the United Kingdom. Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine that treats people by insertion and handling of solid, usually thin needles into…

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Essay

Medicine

Chinese Herbalism

Words: 701
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

Growing Wiser; Herbal Medicine," and it was published in The Economist (U.S.) in 2007. The article begins by referring to the age-old debate between traditional (pharmaceutical) medicine and…

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Family and Marriage

Heritage Assessment Indian Chinese and American Cultures

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Length: 4 Pages
Type: Essay

Heitage Assessment: Indian, Chinese and Ameican Cultues In using the heitage assessment tool, thee (3) cultues wee consideed and compaed: Indian (autho's cultue), Chinese and Ameican. Indian The autho's cultue is highly…

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Teaching

Chinese Wushu

Words: 584
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Wushu What style is the preferred style of the generals and bodygaurds of Beijing? bajiquan/piguazhang What are the three treasures? Jing, Qi and Shen What are the 5 excellences? calligraphy, poetry, painting, traditional medicine, and…

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Drama - World

Traditional China

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Length: 5 Pages
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power of China from the Shang Dynasty to the estern Han. There are eight references used for this paper. China has seen a number of changes in terms of…

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