Traditional medicine

Correction of Non Cephalic Presentation Within the realm of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a marvelous treatment option for pregnant women whose unborn child has not yet inverted to the position of head down as the time for birth approaches. Cephalic presentation is typically expected in the third trimester by the 34th week. When discussed in Western Medical practices this condition is known as Non-Cephalic Presentation (NCP). In more non-scientific circles the common title is known as a…

Yin and yang symbol in the Daoist religion is the symbol depicts that how actually the opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other as they join up to one another. The characteristics of Yin is given as like it is slow, soft, yielding, diffuse, cold, wet, and passive and it is linked with the earth, water, the moon, feminineness, and night. Most of the prominent dualities such as light and…

The Chinese have been practicing medicine for nearly five thousand. Although the first written evidence dates back to the 2nd century BC, references in these documents and archeological finds prove that the Chinese have been refining the practice for thousands of years. An important aspect of Chinese culture and medicine is philosophy. As a major contributor and stop along the Silk Route they were exposed to the cultural and religious beliefs of the people of India, Africa, Egypt, Greece, and…

The concept of yin and yang was originated in ancient Chinese philosophy and was later adopted by Daoism. Wisdom in China is highly associated with understanding the interaction of these two forces. The symbol of yin and yang is a complete round circle, dividing the dark with white spot and the bright side with a black spot in a half. According to Daosim, the yin and yang are present in everything and are found everywhere. The yin and yang are the two interacting, interdependent, and…

Medicine in Africa Long before the introduction of cosmopolitan medicine, diseases existed and ancient people had their ways of dealing with them. Traditional medicine, dominated the ancient world with different societies embracing different methods of eliminating or reducing the impacts of the prevailing diseases. According to WHO, Traditional medicine refers to the entire knowledge and skills as well as practices that ancient people applied to curb the negative impacts associated with…

Supernatural is a concept frequently used in society, yet is still a broadly misunderstood term. Traditionally supernatural is understood to be everything that is not considered natural, interpreted by things you can’t physically see such as magic and Gods. The supernatural is related to things or actions that can’t logically be explained. However in Ancient China, the supernatural was believed to be controlled by human destiny and nature. They also believed that ghosts inhabited the earth.…

The mature period of Chou Wen-Chung’s compositional output was marked by the gradual formulation of his musical language from I Ching, or the Classic of Changes from the Western Zhou period (1000-750 BCE). The most documented aspect of Chou’s language was his system of pitch organization, which he named variable modes. It took Chou more than three decades to arrive at its final version, and it formed the backbones of his compositional structure. The theoretical foundation of this system is…

Qi gong has been a part of the Chinese medicine health-care system which is a ancient form of martial art, by practicing movement, breathing and meditation these skills have been around for at least 5,000 years (Jwing-Ming, 1989/1997). In the past only, the superior people were allowed to know the secrets of qigong, but since then it has been available for the use of the public to learn and gain its benefits from the positive effect it brings to one’s health and has been recommended for people…

The stem cell research compared with the classification of a person through Dosas is just proof in how much there is to be learned about Ayurveda and other traditional methods. The stem cell research is new to me and I am coming from a place of little wisdom on studies such as the Human Genome Project but if the evidence out there is connecting our bodies molecularly to the earth than we need to continue studying…

care preferences Does your family prefer using Western medicine? Which parts of Western Medicine are common for your family to use? Interviewee A: They use mostly Western medicine in her family. She was sick a lot as a child and spent a lot of time in hospitals, so her family really depending on Western forms of medicine. Her dad is also a doctor, so he spends a lot of time surrounded by Western medicine. The most common parts of Western medicine are medications and testing that helped her get…