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Southern New Hampshire University Tai Chi: The Medical Benefits Tai Chi Ch’uan part of the Shaolin martial arts styles with influential bonds to the Buddhist monasteries, often shortened to Tai Chi, dates back to the 12th century. The ancient Chinese martial arts involves three primary aspects: Health, Meditation, and Martial Arts. Tai Chi, although originally a martial arts, is now mainly practiced today as a form of exercise with a plethora of health benefits. It utilizes breathing,…

Pengalins are animals, similar to anteaters, and possess scale armor all over their body, a lengthy tail and four legs. Plated armor allow these animals to effectively defend themselves against predators. The bodily characteristics of pangolins include large, hardened, overlapping scales similar to armor plating, a newborn pangolin has a softer shell, but it hardens as the animal matures. This armor is made out of keratin. Pangolins curl up into a ball when threatened, and will tuck its face…

are constantly being explored. Treatment plans are rarely the same for any two people, which makes certain studies of medical practices superior to others during individual times. Depending on the context and situation, either allopathic or traditional Chinese medical practices could be used. From these base categories further specifications can be made. It is becoming more and more popular to see patients want to try to experiment with different solutions due to the negative context surrounding…

In this paper, I examine my interviewee Iris’s motive to visit her traditional Chinese doctor (zhongyi) and her preference for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to unravel her explanatory model, which centers around the concept of tiaoli, that is, a notion of health and well-being. It stands in contradistinction to biomedical scientific notions of health, since it does not perceive the body as a condition that needs to be cured and restored. Rather, tiaoli frames the body as a garden and the…

cupping therapy has been brought to the attention of the masses, it is not a new therapy. Cupping is an ancient medical technique of European, Asian, and Middle Eastern cultures has been practiced for thousands of years. While some consider the Chinese to be responsible for cupping, the earliest records date back to the ancient Egyptians around 1500 B.C. (This History of Cupping). The History of Cupping states “translations of hieroglyphics in the Ebers Papyrus, the oldest medical text book,…

History of Cupping and Its Techniques The history of cupping dates back as far as 5000 years. The earliest mentioned of this technique was found within the Ebers Papyrus from Egypt estimated date to be 1550 B.C.E (Priso, 200). Cupping has also been mentioned by Hippocrates in Greece around 400 B.C. The prophet Mohammad also refers to this modality in the Quran approximately 1400 years ago (Priso 18). China has cupping techniques mentioned as far back as 3000 years ago within their medical…

Some Asians value family, mind, body, soul, and Traditional Chinese medicine over Western medicine such as diagnostic testing, medications and surgeries for pain management. This type of pain interventions have existed for centuries and are held to a high regard by the Asian culture. They firmly believe in herbal…

ethnicity, or population, they hold certain values to practice and hold true to their everyday life – this is culture. These beliefs and practices highly influence the individual’s mindset, choices, and preconceptions regarding healthcare. Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM, involves the “use herbal medicines and various mind and body practices, such as acupuncture and tai chi, to treat…

Acupuncture is a healing technique used in traditional Chinese medicine. Very thin needles are used to stimulate specific points in the body. These points remain in energy paths called "meridians." Acupuncture treatments are designed to improve the flow and balance of energy along these meridians. Traditional Chinese medicine has existed for at least 2,500 years. Consider the human body as a system of energy flows. When these flows are balanced, the body is healthy. Practitioners take the pulse…

Pharmacological properties: From 2000 years Morchella species has been used in Traditional Chinese medicine as well as in Japan and Malaysia for the treatment of various diseases (Hobbs, 1995). They contain a wide variety of biomolecules which possess bioactive and nutritional properties, used as a healthcare by traditional hill societies (Wasser and Weis, 1999; Prasad et al., 2002; Ferreira et al., 2009; Ferreira et al., 2010; Alves et al., 2012). Morchella are commonly used for the treatment…