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    in physical medicine, tests, and results, not in medical treatments that can’t be measured. With the sudden appearance of acupuncture, biomedicine practitioners were not given time to study the new healing method, and were also unconscious in what way to explain how the new field actually worked. For that same reason, we do not see biomedicine practitioners and acupuncture practitioners working together, in the same type of settings. One medical treatment is commonly sided with medicine, while the

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    Findings of Hoi Tin Tong

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    secondary and tertiary. Their occupations are chiefly student and clerk. The others include sales, professional, etc. And their incomes are majorly not more than $4000 or $8001 - $10000. Chinese Herbal Food : Nowadays, about one half of youngsters would eat Chinese herbal food. 70% of them would not buy Chinese herbal food more than 3 times per month since it is not a necessary food. The whole of youngsters

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    Taking a Look at Cupping

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    imbalance in the body. In this case, the imbalance causes musculoskeletal problems, lung problems, as well as swelling. Getting rid of the imbalance allows the qi and blood to flow freely in which diminishes any physical pain and illnesses. In the East, chinese healers first practiced this type of therapy approximately three thousand years ago to treat specific illnesses. They used animal horns because those were the only things that resembled a cup at that time. In addition, this therapy was known as the

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    Brainwave-Meridian Therapy - All-N-One Energy Therapy - Overview: [Read with peaceful, positive and convincing tone] Brainwave-Meridian Therapy (BMT), also called All-In-One Energy Therapy (AET), was invented by Dr. Jason Liu, MD/PhD, a certified alternative medicine practitioner, clinical hypnotherapist, oriental energy healing master, neuroscientist, composer of brainwave sound and five elements energy healing music. BMT or AET, is an integrative East-West Energy Healing art that combines multiple energy

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    Although it’s a gentle and non-invasive procedure that can be performed routinely and safely for most patients, wet cupping isn’t for everybody. Here are some simple guidelines when considering who not to cup: • Children. Wet cupping therapy should not be done on infants without a reason or simply for preventative reasons. We must be very careful and not treat infants or very young children as we would treat an adult. • Senior citizens. Hijama can be done on the elderly but we must be very cautious

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    Have you ever considered using Botox to make yourself look younger? If you have, you might want to consider natural alternatives to Botox first. It’s true Botox can make you look younger, but that’s not all it does. When you receive a Botox injection into your face it actually paralyzes your facial muscles so they cannot tighten, and this is what causes your skin to look smooth and firm. There are also other side effects like pain, nausea, and headaches. Besides this, these injections are very expensive

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    and beats of the heart held meaning to the health of a patient. Although ancient physicians understood pulsation they utilized a clock to measure the beats and pulsation of the heart per minute, rather than a Stethoscope, which is used in modern medicine to directly count the beats and sounds emitted from the heart. Ancient physicians being aware and understanding the importance of the pulse would aid them in properly diagnosing a patient even with advancements in modern medical research. A second

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    HOLISM AND CHINESE CULTURE Dena Roberts Grand Canyon University – NUR 502 July 16, 2017 , In Chinese culture, the world is viewed as a detailed system demonstrated by the principles of yin-yang and the Five Phases. This theory was developed more than 2000 years ago and continues to play a major part in Chinese health culture. The doctrine of yin-yang and the Five Phases describes the human organism as a micro-organism of the universe, constantly looking to maintain balance. Its elements swing

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    the yin and yang is embedded in all facets of my life. But its operations have taken the subtlest of forms, unfolding through a kind of shy conspiracy, an inner dynamism in the nature of things. Such qualities are inherent in the way Chinese traditions view things, as the web that has no weaver, an intricate and interlaced patterns of relationships of all that there is without a known creator and creation day. It is far different from a historical timeline or a linear

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    Yin Yang Symbol

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    power at summer solstice. Succinctly put, yang is the bright side and yin is the dark side. The balancing of yin and yang is an integral and fundamental aspect of Chinese medicine as well. It believes that everything in the universe can be classified into yin or yang. When a person becomes ill, physically or mentally, Chinese medicine looks for imbalance of yin and yang within the person. After those are established they use treatments aimed at replenishing what is missing. If a practitioner diagnoses

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