Acupressure

Thanks to the immigrants that came to America, now Americans can taste Pho (the famous Vietnamese noodle soup) without going to Vietnam, or can benefit from traditional medical treatments such as acupressure and acupuncture from East Asia and herbalism from Latin America. Immigrants have brought with them the best things about the culture, language, foods and fashion style to America, making the country the interfering of diverse cultures. When Americans…

It is quite understandable that you are excited and happy to see a new bundle of joy added to your family. The excitement and anticipation can be quite exhilarating that you want to induce labor at the soonest possible time as soon as your baby reaches the full term of 38 to 42 weeks gestation. But is induction really safe for your baby and you... or not? Before you give out a consent for an induction to go through, you need to know what are the possible risks that you might have to face should…

Spiritually oriented interventions in psychotherapy with children and adolescents focuses on incorporating spiritual and/or religious content into secular models of treatment (Walker, 2012). This allows the therapist to provide the client with the best of worlds, theology and psychology. This combines spirituality and Biblically based theology with an addition of psychological sciences, creating a more complete treatment than either discipline could create on its own (Walker, 2012). If the…

Nursing has always been focused on the treatment of patients, promoting health and providing quality, effective and efficient care. Nurses often find themselves on the front lines of patient care. This fact alone allows nurses to have the unique ability to build trusting and many times lasting relationships with their patients. Nurses owe it to their patients to be up to date with the latest available treatments whether it be traditional medical treatments or alternative treatment modalities,…

and widely used practitioner-based forms of alternative medicine in the United States. Though most commonly thought of as the insertion of needles into energy pathways in the body, acupuncture also includes electroacupuncture, laser acupuncture, acupressure, Shiatsu, auriculotherapy, and moxibustion (heat therapy), among others. (Ulett, Han, & Han, 1998) Acupuncture is thought to have originated in China approximately 3000 years ago. During the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), texts written by…

In ancient China, it was relatively rare to dissect or otherwise violate human bodies due to a teaching from Confucius that the human body is sacred and not to be cut with a knife. Consequently, the knowledge of anatomy in ancient China was not based on scientific knowledge, but instead, assumption and reasoning (Singh, 2008; Quigley, 1996; Newton, 2003). Thus many, if not all, traditional Chinese medicine is considered pseudoscience because it lacks scientific evidence proving its effectiveness…

It is quite difficult to understand and believe that a healthy person, full of life, can also transform into just a living body losing the most precious gift of human being – the power of communication and control. Today a large population around the world is struggling with this dreadful silent killer disease called Parkinson. Parkinson affects the physically and psychologically while completely devastating of the patient’s life in long run. The mental trauma of the families dealing with…

Medieval Chinese Medicine Medieval Chinese medicine influenced modern day medicine, as well as advancing their own knowledge y inventing and discovering. Firstly, Chinese medicine was a system created 3,000 years ago. Through medieval Chinese medicine fatigue and food/herbal causes, atmospheric forces, acupuncture, t’ai chi, and discoveries for disease prevention were all formed. These elements helped shape the medicine used today and helped medieval Chinese medicine tremendously. Chinese…

The word “health” does not have a clear universal definition. As learned in class, cultures take “health” and run with it, making a definition that they see fit. As a future nurse, it is a responsibility of mine now to be familiar with a general conceptual meaning of health. Although health is not strictly defined, every healthcare provider should consider forming a loose definition of health based on a health model as to not act completely on ignorance. My definition of health is as follows:…

Nurses hold a significant role in leading the way towards integration of holistic healthcare practices among patients and other healthcare disciplines. In having 24 hour accountability and prolonged contact with patients and their families, nurses are in a unique position in witnessing and alleviating the impact of treatments and illnesses and in seeing their effect on individuals (Bridges et al., 2012). This distinctive position, places nurses as key players in unification of viewpoints…