difference is the conclusion of result which make the observation either science or pseudoscience. With the study of alternative medicine practice there always been a question whether it’s science or pseudoscience. Acupuncture is one example of an alternative medicine practice. Acupuncture has been practice in China for over thousands of years and recently became popular in western medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine life force or energy flows throughout the body called Qi. The Qi is influence
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Japanese Health Beliefs and Practices Kristin Santiago Cal State University‚ Dominguez Hills School of Nursing Concepts of Professional Nursing Practice BSN 306‚ Section18 Caole A. Shea‚ PhD‚ RN‚ FAAN Novemeber 4‚ 2012 Japanese Health Beliefs and Practices As the Japanese began migrating to the United States in 1885‚ throughout the decades‚ the cultural integration and assimilation of the western culture has been embedded into the Japanese Americans. Early traditional Japanese immigrants are called
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Nowadays‚ it is common for people to expect to live up to eighty years old or more‚ compare to people who live in eighteenth century mostly live up to forty years old. In 2000‚ the infant mortality rate falled by eighty percent since 1950 and between 1970 and 1992‚ infectious diseases nearly halved. These statistics clearly show that modern medicine has advanced so much alongside with the new treatments and marvelous surgery (Porter‚ 1997). Medicine has become one of the most important aspect of
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Alternative Medicine (CAM) to heal their pain and disease. One of the most practiced CAM today is Acupuncture‚ which is a practice used by the Chinese since the Shang Dynasty 1600 (BCE) to heal qi using ying and yang. While acupuncture was originated by the Chinese hundreds of years ago‚ this practice has spread worldwide and is still being used today to cure patients of many ailments. Acupuncture and Complimentary Alternative Medicine Conventional medicine is the general course of healing done
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with stress response) and cortisol (stress hormone) is reduced. It lowers the heart rate and blood pressure. All these changes reduce the level of stress and helps one to deal with depression better. Acupuncture: It is an ancient form of alternative medicine that originated in China. Acupuncture is based on the premise that overall health of the body depends
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Alternative or Complimentary medicine comes from China. This medicine was developed several thousand years ago. Shen Nong‚ the Fire Emperor‚ said to have lived from 2698 to 2598 BC is considered the founder of herbal medicine Chinese medicine is based on the text written by Huang Di‚ The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine. This book was written before the birth of Hippocrates‚ the father of modern medicine. Ancient Chinese medicine was based on the idea of balance. Life energy
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cerebrovascular accident‚ cerebral stroke‚ brain vascular accident‚ hypertension‚ fibromyalgia‚ bronchitis‚ asthma‚ headache Interventions Cupping therapy alone or cupping therapy combined with other therapies (other traditional complementary therapy such as acupuncture‚ or conventional therapy) Comparators Conventional therapy‚ medicines‚ placebo Outcomes Efficacy/effectiveness and safety of cupping therapy Study design Randomized control trials‚ systematic reviews‚ metaanalysis‚ case control‚ cohort and descriptive
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Contents page! Acupuncture…………………………………………………………………………………………….. page (3-4) Reiki…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. page (5-6) Reflexology……………………………………………………………………………………………….. page (7-8) Aromatherapy…………………………………………………………………………………………… page (9-10) Art therapy ………………………………………………………………………………………………. page (11-12) References……………………………………………………………………………………………….. page (12-14) What is acupuncture? Acupuncture is a therapy that is offer to service users
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Complementary therapies aim to treat the whole person‚ not just the symptoms of disease. Complementary therapy is known by different terms including alternative therapy‚ alternative medicine‚ holistic therapy and traditional medicine. Therapies include acupuncture‚ Alexander technique‚ aromatherapy‚ chiropractic‚ herbal medicine‚ homeopathy‚ naturopathy‚ osteopathy‚ reiki and yoga. Complementary therapy is known by many different terms‚ including alternative therapy‚ alternative medicine‚ holistic therapy
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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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