Ayshia Rohan Essay

Ayshia Rohan, who is a mother of two boys, was born and raised in India, specifically in a small village in Kerala. In 2009, she got married and moved to the United States. When I asked her about healthcare and the type of foods that are required for a good health she listed some interesting foods; then she described how satisfy she is with the healthcare and lifestyle in the United States. Ayshia believes that garlic, milk, fenugreek seeds, eggs and water are the master keys for a healthy life. She said, “those ingredients prevent illnesses and sickness that is why I add them to my daily meals.” For instance, if Ayshia by any case runs out of garlic cloves she would have use garlic powder or garlic supplements instead to get the same health …show more content…
Also, I drink herbal teas (mint, cumin, chamomile, green tea) to ease with the symptoms”. She added that she rarely went to the doctor, she said, “ during my life in India I visited the doctor only three times because my family did not trust doctors and medicines due to that whenever a family member gets sick we use home- remedies to cure him/her” Finally, when I asked her about the food quality and which country has better foods that promote health, she responded, “even though India has organic foods and Halal meat the U.S has more food options for people to consume. For example, I used to drink milk that was directly milked from a caw which is whole milk unlike here in the States where you can find many milk options (fat free, 1%, 2%, and whole …show more content…
However, as she moved to the United States she began to rely more on biomedical therapies, especially with her kids. Now that physicians and biomedicine are at her disposal she relies on them, so she prescribes to that model. The reasons she and her family relied on home-remedies are because of the lack of good healthcare professionals and the lack of trust in doctors’ ability and medicine effect. While talking to her, she mentioned how she has a good relationship with her care-takers and how respectful they are when it comes to her culture, which create positive and strong intercultural communications. Her health taskers understand that she is more comfortable with female physicians and they do understand that sometimes she has a language barrier, so they always have an interpreter available on phone just in case. The only complaint she had was once, which was letting her husband in the delivering room watching her giving birth to their first child. She said, “I have never seen my father being in the delivering room with my mother. My family and I would not do it in