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as a whole, so the patient is referred to as part of the environment. Therefore; the yin and yang energies need to be put back into balance so that one’s chi can flow. When this flow occurs, the individual may return to a balances state of physical and emotional equilibrium. Traditional Chinese medicine uses herbal medicines and the mind and body practices such as herbal healing, acupuncture, and yin/yang equilibrium. Chinese ethnology and ethnomedicine is a universal system that considers the different

International Expo: Cultural Interview In an effort to better understand the multitude of countries represented at OSU, I chose the International Expo was chosen for convenience and the variety of cultures it showcased. Specifically, I chose to look into the Chinese culture and interviewed a friend of mine from China. We had decided to go to the International Expo together and since we had become friends a year ago, my initial impressions of her and her culture were not from the expo. Since we had

traditional Chinese medicine is that disease is due to an internal imbalance of Yin and Yang; therefore disease can be treated by correcting the Yin Yang imbalance, thereby returning the body to a healthy state. It holds that the body's vital energy (chi or qi) circulates through channels, called meridians, that have

the yin and the yang. The yin and yang is basically a symbol created back in the 1000 B.C by a Taoist philosopher, to explain the natural world. The meaning behind this ancient symbol can mean that sometimes in life there will be 2 complete different forces ,but in natural ways the 2 forces are interconnected. Life is embedded with both positive and negative forces, but in the end you’ll realize that what seem 2 complete opposite forces are actually linked. The 2 forces yin and yang may appear to

Hypertension: Western and Traditional Chinese Medicinal Perspective Introduction Uncontrolled high blood pressure, hypertension, is considered to be one of the leading reasons of incapacity or death because of stroke, heart failure, heart attack and kidney failure. High blood pressure has been labeled as "the silent killer" since it frequently happens without the symptoms. Most people have, and need to have blood pressure. Devoid of it, blood cannot mingle through the body. So if it does not

gift from their parents and other fore bearers. Asians believe that their bodies are not their own personal property; it must be will maintained and well taken care of. Asians believe that the balance lies between the yin and the yang. Yin and yang are translated as hot (yang) and cold (yin), this is not temperature but it is considered to be quality. Asians usually will not say that they are feeling poorly someone may notice because their food was untouched at supper. The Chinese medicine teaches them

grain production, and caused widespread famine in China between 1959 and 1961 (Li and Yang 2005: 840). The Great Leap Forward movement was launched in 1958; the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, The People’s Daily, proclaimed that this social and economic reform movement would allow China to surpass Great Britain in industrial production in 15 years and the United States in 20 or 30 years (Li and Yang 2005: 841). At this time, the Soviet Union was heavily involved in the economic development

Yang Yuanqing is the current chief executive officer (CEO) and executive director of Lenovo and has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board on November 3, 2011. He is also a director and a shareholder of Sureinvest Holdings Limited which holds interests in the issued share capital of the Company. (Reuters.com, n.d.) Yang Yuanqing also holds a Master's degree from the Department of Computer Science at the University

Humanity is constantly searching for this idea of inner peace. In a modern world of sometimes seemingly endless suffering, how can one interpret this idea of peace into their daily life? The ancient Taoist text, the Daodejing of Laozi, makes many lofty and vague sentiments about how to find piece and rise above inner struggle in order to find an abstract “Way” which will guide one to inner piece. However, this text leaves much to be desired in how one is supposed to find this way amidst a world

life today. Yin and Yang is the most universally recognizable symbol for Taoism. The symbol is a circle with one half black and the other half white. Both halves have a spot with the opposite color which represents being part of the other. Yin and Yang are two complementary, interdependent principles or phases alternating in space and time; they are emblems envoking the harmonious interplay of all pairs of opposites in the universe. (Taoism, 2007) Taoist believe yin and yang exist in all aspects