...THE CONTRIBUTION OF HHERBAL PLANTS IN THE FILED OF MEDICINE A Research Paper in ENGLISH IV Submitted to: Mrs. Grace B. Amar Submitted by: Queeny Kenn A. Amar Cristelle Mae T. Gille IV – Faraday Sy: 2010 – 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I Page No. Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-2 Statement of the Problem - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Definition of Terms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Chapter II Findings of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - 14 Chapter III Conclusion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 Recommendations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Bibliography - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 - 18 i TOPIC OUTLINE I. Introduction II. Different types of Herbal Plants A. Luyang Dilaw (Ginger) B. Malunggay (Horseradish) C. Ampalaya (Bitter Melon) D. Mangosteen E. Sabila (Aloe Vera) III. Different practices and traditions of Herbal Plants in some countries. A. Greece B. China C. India IV. Conclusion V. Recommendations ii INTRODUCTION Herbal plants have a great contribution in the field of medicine. They are defined as the nature’s natural healers. The plants are use for treating common diseases and promotes...
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...Running head: ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR ALLERGIES AND RHINITIS IN ADULTS 1 Alternative medicine for allergies and rhinitis in adults Bernice .J. Edwin Temple University Author Note Bernice .J. Edwin, Department of Kinesiology, Temple University. Correspondence concerning this Alternative medicine for allergies and rhinitis for adults paper should be addressed to Bernice .J. Edwin, Department of Kinesiology, 1801 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA- 19122. E-mail: tud45169@temple.edu ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR ALLERGIES AND RHINITIS IN ADULTS 2 Abstract The nose is one of the defensive organs of the body that helps in maintaining the homeostasis of the body. The nerves in the nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses contribute to their function. If the nose or the sinuses gets disturbed, the nerve also gets affected thus affecting the nervous system. There is a serious of events that happen when the nasal mucosa encounters with an allergen. Certain symptoms of the allergic rhinitis are the self defense mechanism of the nose, but some are due to the interference in the nerves between the nervous system and the nose. Alternative medicine encompasses acupuncture, homeopathy, phytotherapy, chiropractic, and several others. They all help in restoring the balance in the body and the connection between the nervous system and the nose. By clearing out the disturbances in the body, the body can heal on its own through its healing power. The feedback from alternative treatment for...
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...most common being complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM refers to treatment methods that do not use conventional medicine. With time, the medical field is increasing research to establish the safety and efficiency of alternative medicine even though knowledge of CAM is still limited. Nonetheless, there is a difference between complementary medicine and alternative medicine. While complementary medicine refers to the conventional use of curative practices and products together with traditional medicine for instance a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy using marijuana to alleviate the effects of chemotherapy. On the other hand alternative medicine acts as a substitute of conventional therapy for example a cancer patient foregoing therapy and opts for dietary changes. CAM is on the verge of increase with the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) reporting that up to 40% of adults 12% uses some form of CAM (Barnes, Bloom, Nahin, (US) & others, 2008). As opposed to traditional medical treatments that are comprehensively tested and vigilantly regulated professional bodies such as Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the majority CAM therapies have undergone exceptionally modest scientific study if any to assess their safety and effectiveness. One of the most common forms of CAM being used today is acupuncture. Despite the fact that it is still considered to be outside the realm of conventional medicine, through scientific study and clinical...
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...Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2014, Article ID 369204, 32 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/369204 Review Article Jatropha gossypiifolia L. (Euphorbiaceae): A Review of Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Toxicology of This Medicinal Plant Juliana Félix-Silva,1 Raquel Brandt Giordani,2 Arnóbio Antonio da Silva-Jr,1 Silvana Maria Zucolotto,2 and Matheus de Freitas Fernandes-Pedrosa1 1 Laborat´rio de Tecnologia & Biotecnologia Farmacˆutica (TecBioFar), Programa de P´ s-graduacao em Ciˆncias o e o ¸˜ e Farmacˆuticas (PPgCF), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Rua General Cordeiro de Farias, s/n, e Petr´ polis, 59012-570 Natal, RN, Brazil o 2 Laborat´rio de Farmacognosia, Departamento de Farm´ cia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), o a Rua General Cordeiro de Farias, s/n, Petr´ polis, 59012-570 Natal, RN, Brazil o Correspondence should be addressed to Matheus de Freitas Fernandes-Pedrosa; mpedrosa31@uol.com.br Received 24 February 2014; Revised 1 May 2014; Accepted 1 May 2014; Published 5 June 2014 Academic Editor: Shi-Biao Wu Copyright © 2014 Juliana F´lix-Silva et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution e License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Jatropha gossypiifolia L. (Euphorbiaceae), widely known as “bellyache bush,”...
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...How Protein Assists with Immunity I have recently been turned on to whey protein as a form of meal replacement while on a diet. I was not aware of many of the healthy side effects to the human body and immunity system. I always knew protein had to be part of an everyday healthy diet, but did not know why. According to the article I read, the authors refer to whey as "the magic protein". From a study of whey protein, in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition and Alternative Medicine Review, it enhances the bodies natural production of glutathione, which is our most important antioxidant. Whey protein is made up of many different ingredients or components, and can vary depending on the product. Beta-lactalbumin, Alpha-lactalbumin, Immunoglobulin, Lactoferrin, Lactoperoxidase, Serum Albumin, Glycomacropeptide, and Proteose Peptone are all components that can compose whey. Many of these components are linked to helping the body fight infection, preserve muscle mass, both before and after work outs, as well as have antioxidant, antiviral, anti bacterial, and antifungal properties. Others may help prevent cancer, improve chemotherapy results, and help control blood pressure (Tweed, 2011). From what I can discern from this article, the authors are promoting whey protein as more than just a weight loss, muscle building protein. I was not aware of the benefits available to me. Using this as a meal replacement has help me in many ways. It has enabled me to lose some weight...
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...http://www.nckvietnam.com Understanding the Global Spa Industry http://www.nckvietnam.com This page intentionally left blank http://www.nckvietnam.com Understanding the Global Spa Industry: Spa Management Marc Cohen and Gerard Bodeker AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON • NEWYORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier http://www.nckvietnam.com Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA01803, USA First edition 2008 Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone ( 44) (0) 1865 843830; fax ( 44) (0) 1865 853333; email: permissions@elsevier.com. Alternatively you can submit your request online by visiting the Elsevier web site at http:/ /elsevier.com/locate/permissions, and selecting Obtaining permission to use Elsevier material Notice No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any...
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...coming to investigate American civilization through the observation of cultural activities, I find the ritual of medicine men and women (doctors, psychiatrists and pharmacists) very interesting. “Medicine man" or "medicine woman" are English terms used to describe traditional healers and spiritual leaders among Native American and other indigenous or aboriginal peoples (Unknown 2012 ¶2). Native Americans held the “medicine people” in very high regard. It was believed that the knowledge they possessed was privileged and linage was restricted to remain in particular families. The power bestowed upon and held by the “medicine people” made them mystical. They were viewed as having supernatural powers allowing them the ability to cure disease and control the spirits. This led to the term of “witch doctors”. Witch doctors were used to describe African traditional healers, as in Nacirema. The “witch doctors” were known for their connection to the spiritual world. Through their intimate relationship with the spirits they were often called on to heal disease or the psyche. They were believed to have the ability to bridge the natural world and spiritual world and provide inner harmony. These practices opened the door for herbalists, acupuncturist, and other alternative approaches to healing. One of the first forms of alternative medicine practitioners outside of witch craft was the folk healers. Because the physicians were not accessible to the lower...
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...T Old cures,other wise known as Folk Medicine,have been used for centuries to aid the sick.Though many advancements have been made in the medical world,folk medicine has survived time and is still used around the world. While something as simple as chicken soup drew controversy among many medical doctors,some have finally come to agree that it has medical benefits, but they're not sure why.Like many of the old cures used during the early years,the old folks didn't know why their boiled herbs worked,but only that they did.Many cultures such as the Indian, Japanese, Mexican, African and many others, were deeply rooted in folk medicines, folklore, voodoo,or old folktales. They didn't know anything about test tubes or pills, but there was the boiling of the roots and leaves;some were even smoked. This form of healing has laid the foundation for what is, and what will be,in the medical Future.My study of Old medical documents;one being an old home medical book dated 1926 by William Evans M D.,shows a close relationship between traditional healing and folk healing. This old book is truly an antique and covers a wide range of old cures like: home remedy for ringworm, pink eye, sore throat, tooth ache, how to get rid of pimples, hives, the history of small pox, scarlet fever, scurvy,malaria symptom, rickets disease,eczema and many other interesting subjects.Many ingredients that were contained in old home remedies are used in todays prescription Drugs. Though these ingredients...
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...Why We Revered Doctors Jan. 2012 Most of us have since childhood come to think of doctors as “those who can heal the sick”. And what is more pleasing, more anticipated than to be healed of a blight or malady which has interrupted our pursuit of happiness? Is it the fact that a doctor spends a large amount of his life in study of the human body? We don’t know this as children, nor do we care when adults, we only care that a “doctor” is a solution to the one commodity we most abhor, and in most cases can do nothing about, pain. In fact, there are doctors in locales around the earth who have had little formal education, but they can take away pain, or so appear to do. And one reason these “doctors” can take away a person’s pain or at least reduce it, is the ability to confront pain or its source. I think of Solomon and his handling of the two women who were fighting for the possession of a baby, each saying to the great king that it was hers. Finally Solomon declares, “since neither of the two women will relent, let the baby be divided in half.” This the true mother would not allow it, instantly, and thus the debate ended there. For ages, there have been “natural cures” and there have been “country doctors” using holistically based (meaning non-pharmaceutical) preparations to sooth pain and relieve discomfiture in humans and in animals. And still do. But even they have degrees. And have to have or they go to the hoosegow. Since it is against the law...
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...Report Proposal on Market Prospects of Herbal Medicine in Bangladesh 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background “The global demand for medicinal plants is expressed from four identifiable sources: ( i ) pharmaceutical industries, (ii) traditional healthcare systems, (iii) individual traditional health practitioners, and (iv) women in family health care” (Lambert J., 1997). The medicinal plants are not only using in medicines but also in cosmetics, detergents, dyes, insecticides, foods and paints etc. According to World Health Organization (WHO), medicinal plants are an accessible, affordable and culturally appropriate source of primary health care for more than 80% of Asia’s population 1.2 Objectives 1.2.1 Broad Objective To find out the market prospects of herbal medicines in Bangladesh 1.2.2 Specific Objectives • To explore the factors that motivate the farmers in cultivating medicinal plants • To find out the size of the herbal medicine sector and its demand for medicinal plants as raw material • To find out the medicinal plant supply chain; • To analyze the impacts of medicinal plants on Bangladeshi economy. 1.3 Rationale Herbal medicine has been existent in the nation for many years, yet unfortunately this sector has not transformed as a structured and formal industry. Thus, we would like to find out the prospect of the herbal medicine in the country. 1.5 Scopes and Limitations 1...
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...More people are using alternative medicine, using alternative medicine takes the body longer to heal than conventional medicine, alternative medicine is used more today building our immune system using natural remedies. Without the use of expensive prescription drugs we can heal, repair, and restore our body. Every day our body encounters challenges with these challenges society needs to keep in mind that the immune system needs to stay strong. Alternative medicine uses natural remedies many use, herbal medicine to fight against infectious diseases killing germs and viruses they strengthening the immune system. People have been using herbal medicine since the dawn of time. Many people are addicted to prescription drugs. The side effects from prescription drugs can make you very ill and have been known to cause death. The lack of diagnosis of the patient along with what the patient needs have caused many deaths because drugs were prescribed. Conventional medication uses chemicals may become life threatening or it could have life altering side effects! The pharmaceutical industry pushes for prescriptions’ the industry wants you to use their medicine, trying to keep alternative methods from being taught. The media provides information on conventional medicine this gives society information on over the counter and prescription drug, while there is little information given on alternative medicine. Alternative medicine relies on natural substances making it much healthier to use with...
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...health, well-being, medicine and their effect on ourselves and others. Health and healing are always evolving. The 19th century’s use of toxic mercury to treat most ailments, and surgery and medication used almost exclusively to treat the sick was what was known to practioners as best practice at that time. Today there are more methods to treat, heal and improve health than I can name. Some of these merge faith and wellness, others deal solely with the mind to heal the body others deal strictly with the body and there are infinite combinations between them. There are three models of health and healing. They are categorized by Dr. Larry Dossey as Era I, Era II and Era III. Era I began in the 1860s, and is described as plain old mechanical medicine. It sees the body as a machine and the doctor as a mechanic or technician. The technician uses whatever tools available to fix the problem the machine is having. In Era II or “Mind-Body Medicine, we recognize that thoughts, emotions, attitudes, and feelings can be used to make people healthy. So Era II recognizes the impact of thought, feeling and belief within an individual. Era III adds the psyche. The consciousness plays a role over and above the brain and body (DiCarlo 1996). Era I and Era III are the most different. Era 1 sees medicine emerging, crawling from infancy into the next early adulthood. Era I is the time from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s and was an important time for the development of medicine. Medical schools...
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...New England, states, “ answering this question is not as straightforward as it might appear,” when asked, what it means to be human (Smith, 2012). It can therefore be said that as the definition of being human changes and evolves so does the way we care for others in medicine. Dr. Larry Dossey describes three eras of medicine, each evolves from ideas of the previous and has changed over the years. In the first era, medicine has a “mechanical” approach which only involves drugs, procedures, and surgical intervention (Dossey, n.d.). In era two Dr. Dossey discusses a change that began to appear in medicine, that is, “that disease has a ‘psychosomatic’ aspect: that emotions and feeling can influence the body’s functions,” (Dossey, n.d.). Finally in era three it is said that, “ an individual’s mind may affect not just his or her body, but the body of another person at a distance, even when that distant individual is unaware of the effort,” as well as the idea of the consciousness having a bigger impact in life and the the human body (Dossey, n.d.). It is evident that in each era change began to impact the thinking in medicine as did the idea that healing can come from more than just “mechanical medicine”. There are multiple models to health...
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...Pain management: Comparison of application times for ice packs used to relieve perineal pain after normal birth I have chosen this article for my critique because my client was a mother who experienced 1st degree perineal lacerations during the birthing process and was being treated with cryotherapy as an alternative to narcotic pain relief. This article addressed the trends of using cryotherapy to promote healing and pain reduction in perineal lacerations and episiotomies. I found this article to be extremely insightful as it addresses one of the key nursing interventions used to treat perineal lacerations to this day, as well as its rationale. This particular article is the second part of a two-stage study that was performed using controlled parallel, randomized clinical trials, with the evaluator blind to the outcome regarding the use of an ice pack to relieve perineal pain after normal birth. While evidenced based practice shows that using ice packs for perineal pain is effective this study asks the question, whether applying ice packs to the perineal area to relieve the pain after birth for 10, 15, or 20 minutes made any difference? The results confirm the hypothesis that there is no difference in the analgesic effectiveness of the ice pack applied for the three different application times on women who report moderate or intense pain. The results showed that all postnatal women submitted to cryotherapy responded favorably despite the high number of women who refused to...
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...ABSTRACT This report shows the purpose to write this report and introduction about our company’s background (including their vision and mission). In the finding and discussion part, we explain our company’s problem. It lets us can understand about our company’s problem. In addition, we use the recommendations to explain the solutions. Most of the problems and solutions about our company were using the secondary sources to find out. In the appendixes and bibliography part, we make use of chart to explain the relationship between annual sales revenue and total annual profit. We also show the annual sales revenue and total annual profit of the last five years in that part. PURPOSE OF REPORT (a) Surveyed and analysed our company’s problems. (b) Find out the suitable solution to retrieve our company’s sales and profit. (c) Explain how to solve the problems. INTRODUCTION Our company specializes in medical industry, sales rate and profit of the company was increasing since establishment in 1996 until 2010. In 2011 and 2012, total annual profit was declining from 186.75 million to 99.41 million. This report introduced our company background and found out the company’s problems. After that, we found out solutions to overcome these problems. This report recorded some important details about our company’s sales and profit. Besides that, this report involved discovering something that we had never mentioned about it such as the company potential resources and potential...
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