Alternative splicing

Acupuncture is of no exception. The way western medicine and alternative medicine treat illnesses and injury are vastly contrasting. To put this concept into simple terms, western medicine tends to treat the problem at hand, whereas Chinese or alternative medicine attempt to treat the whole body, mind and spirit. It is important to have both of these types of medicine in practice, however over the years many people have belittled the alternative medical profession on the basis of lack of…

Tai Chi on the symptoms of osteoarthritis in women. The results showed that the Tai Chi group had significantly less joint pain and stiffness. (Song R, Lee EO, Lam P, Bae SC , J Rheumatol. 2003 Sep;30(9):2039-44) Tai Chi can be considered a safe alternative therapy and appears to have therapeutic benefits. (Kim, YH,…

The core principals of osteopathic medicine have resonated with me since the first time I read up on the subject. To me the holistic approach of osteopathic medicine makes the most sense because the body is a complex network of systems that continually regulates one another interdependently; that being said I feel it is important to take into account all the factors that cause certain symptoms. It is not beneficial to patients if physicians just treat the symptoms presented, it is my opinion…

Task 3. From my research, I have determined that homeschooling families have a vast network of home education choices including online education and traditional book education. The resources are there for these families to give their children a great education from home, sometimes even with little cost to the family and no cost to the state. Task 4. From this research, I have concluded that home education not only works, but is highly successful at creating well-educated children and adults.…

Rudolf Steiner is the founder of the first Waldorf School in Stuttgart, Germany. Steiner wanted to make the school to teach children to become whole human beings who have a healthy body, soul and spirit, so they would be able to find their purpose of life and pursue it positively among the community. Steiner wrote that Whoever seeks higher knowledge must create it for himself. He must instill it into his soul. It cannot be done by study; it can only be done through life. Whoever,…

Before the advent of compulsory education laws in the United States from 1852-1918 a majority of children were educated by their families or communities. This early type of home education was the norm worldwide until the turn of the century, and is still widely practiced in developing countries. However, in developed countries since the universal adoption of such compulsory education laws home education has been driven into a more deviant subcategory. As a result, the homeschooling community as…

Description and Analysis The Philippines have 7,000 islands total (it is an archipelago) and consists of regions with different dialects. Many beliefs and traditions are similar to Spanish ancestors since the Philippines were colonized by the Spaniards for 300 years. Despite the Western influences like buildings, food, medicine, music, and fashion, some provinces like the Negro Occidental still practice some traditional healing methods due to their cultural beliefs and lack of access to Western…

Should Children be Homeschooled? “There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent” Mahatma Gandhi. Before 1852, Homeschooling was the most prominent method of teaching. According to Christine Foster, the most preeminent reason that households began taught from their home was the presumption that the public school system “declined in academic rigor and lacked of moral guidance”. However, many parents felt that neither public nor private schools suited the…

Introduction Of the CAM therapies, acupuncture and chiropractic manipulation are the most widely accepted (Barnes, Bloom & Nahin, 2007); both have been scientifically validated for the treatment of chronic pain (Bronfort, Haas, Evans, Leininger & Triano, 2010; Vickers, Cronin, Maschino, Lewith, MacPherson, Foster, Sherman, Witt & Linde, 2012). However, as the conventional medical view tends to reduce chiropractic care and traditional Chinese medicine to the manipulation of the spine and…

Renewable sources of energy Nicholas Reibel Northeastern University 8/12/14 Abstract Environment degradation has taken a global dimension. Human activities continue to cause interfere with the natural surroundings. The balance of the ecosystem has been defiled due to technological advancement, prominence of materialism, human greed, and misuse of nature and egoism of human nature. Non-renewable energy sources have been cited as responsible for environmental degradation. Efforts have…