Newsmax tells about the five cultures that have strong focuses on natural medicine: Native Americans, Middle and Near Easterners, the Maori culture in New Zealand, Chinese and Indian (Holistic). Native Americans use their “native medicine” that is based around man being part of nature and nature being part of man (Holistic). In the Middle and Near East, their alternative medicine practices date back to 2635 BC (Holistic). The physicians then, most commonly women, started the use of mummification and surgery techniques (Holistic). The Maori culture in New Zealand focus on mauri (spark or life force), wairua (spirit) and tapu (natural law) (Holistic). They believe there is an important connection between the elements and medical problems (Holistic).
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This means that the variance of plants that can be used for medicine is extremely broad (Traditional). The folk healers in this area use medicine that was written about in the Bible, as it is one of the founding areas for this type of healing (Traditional). Unfortunately, this practice is fading because healers are not passing on their knowledge, and the environment is being destroyed by today’s urbanization, killing off many exotic species of plants regularly used for medicinal purposes (Traditional). A lot of plants in Israel have been traditionally used for the “rejuvenation” process; they are known to help with anti-aging (Traditional). They affect the death of cells and are now being further studied (Traditional).
According to Te Papa, a museum in New Zealand, Maori has had a strong impact with its own form of healing (Maori). With Maori medicine, illnesses are treated with spiritual healing, the power of karakia, the mana of the tohunga and by the use of herbs (Maori). Learning how to use plants for treatment can be very confusing because many of the names are similar or used for more than one plant (Maori). The most commonly used plants are Manuka, Koromiko, Harakeke and Kawakawa
This means that the variance of plants that can be used for medicine is extremely broad (Traditional). The folk healers in this area use medicine that was written about in the Bible, as it is one of the founding areas for this type of healing (Traditional). Unfortunately, this practice is fading because healers are not passing on their knowledge, and the environment is being destroyed by today’s urbanization, killing off many exotic species of plants regularly used for medicinal purposes (Traditional). A lot of plants in Israel have been traditionally used for the “rejuvenation” process; they are known to help with anti-aging (Traditional). They affect the death of cells and are now being further studied (Traditional).
According to Te Papa, a museum in New Zealand, Maori has had a strong impact with its own form of healing (Maori). With Maori medicine, illnesses are treated with spiritual healing, the power of karakia, the mana of the tohunga and by the use of herbs (Maori). Learning how to use plants for treatment can be very confusing because many of the names are similar or used for more than one plant (Maori). The most commonly used plants are Manuka, Koromiko, Harakeke and Kawakawa