Chinese massage originated from the principle that disease and illnesses arise due to imbalance energy and specific pathways or meridians that present. Through massage techniques, the body has a chance to heal its self naturally (Natural Healers 2002). Over the years massage has not so much changed but developed. Starting out thousands of years ago masseurs used to kneed the muscles, throughout history more research had been done and through that research they have developed different styles of massaging, and have discovered the reason to why massaging can help with injuries. Traditional Chinese medicine is much similar to that of massage, but over time there has been more research done and more development to improve different treatments.
The physiological effects of acupuncture warrant its application for the treatment of pain; Critical discussion. Pain defined in 1996 by international association for the study for pain (IASP) as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that is associated with actual or potential tissue damage(Steeds C 2009). It is a complex sensation requiring integration of nociceptive and other sensory information at the cortical level (Lemke 2004) ; see Figure 1.. Effective treatment of pain has been one of the great challenges in medicine and acupuncture itself has been practiced worldwide for pain treatment, since it has been developed in china around 2000 BC, however it has been looked at with considerable scepticism by western medicine(Culliton 1972;NIH 1998) The attitude of the West started to change in 1971 as a member of the US press corps was given acupuncture during his recovery from an emergency appendectomy during President Nixon’s visit to China. He described his experience in the New York Times (Reston 1971) Subsequently teams of US doctors made fact-finding tours of China to assess acupuncture, particularly its use for surgical analgesia(Dimond 1971).
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First, I will give you a little bit of a background on the polygraph, then I will explain some of the testing procedures, and finally, I will discuss the controversy behind the polygraph tests. How did the Polygraph test come about? The polygraph has been in use for almost a hundred years. The official website for the International League of Polygraph Examiners (2009) outlines, that in 1921 the polygraph was invented by John Larson, who was a medical student at the University of California, and he was a local police officer in Berkley. Mr. Larson invented the machine based on the theory that when a person tells a lie, they will have a fear of being caught, and their body will react to that fear.
How We Die by Sherwin Nuland Sherwin Nuland, a medical surgeon, is concerned about the different ways people die. He focuses closely on the physical aspects rather then emotional or spiritual. It can be disturbing at some points but it’s necessary to learn the reality of death and not beat around the bush. Through personal experiences and death within his own family, Nuland analyzes the most common causes death including old age, cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer’s, accidents, heart disease, and strokes. He ends the book with the lessons learned.
The business strategy of Lululemon is developed around a new concept of products, which stands between fashion, sport and wellness. In the last two decades, wellness moved from being a “niche” interest to represent one of the main concerns for young/middle aged people in the western part of the world. It’s not just about the concept of healthcare: the wellness market trend, in which Lululemon is operating, is most of all about “self-care”, both at a physical and at a psychical level, to reach an equilibrium which can be obtained and maintained only with the right lifestyle. This phenomenon can be seen as the main reason of the great boost, in the last years, of wellness-related companies, and of the birth of new kind of products/services which didn’t existed before (for example nutriceuticals, alternative medicine, vegetarian/vegan products, wellness-oriented disciplines, self-development literature, etc.). As said before, Lululemon’s strategy is clearly developed to target the growing group of people involved in the wellness trend, providing them with products that serve not only as clothes, but also as devices to improve their life quality, or, as a yoga master would say, their equilibrium, peacefulness and happiness.
Insomnia can be generally defined as the inability to sleep or to stay asleep. While it is simple to define, the consequences of not having enough sleep regularly are far reaching, such as “mental health problems, poor immunity, heart disease, and increased accidents” (Antoniades et al. 2012, p. 136). Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is a herb traditionally used as a calmative in various nervous conditions and was thought to also induce sleep (Thornton 1810, p. 35). Valerian “was used in both ancient Greece and China, as noted by Dioscorides, Galen, and in early Chinese medicine texts” (Monograph: valeriana officinalis 2004, p. 438).
To most Americans it is believed that germs cause disease. Other cultures, however, feel differently. These other causes include imbalance of the body, loss of the soul or theft of the soul, and the possession of the spirit. Geri-Ann Galanti (2008) states that “treatment for disease from such etiologies must vary to be appropriate to the cause.” An example of this can be seen with an upset in body balance which appears to have originated in China. There they believe that a healthy body must be in a balanced condition.
As other countries adopted this practice, different styles have developed due to various geographic aspects. Acupuncture traces back about 2,000 years but, according to some authorities, China used it for more than double that amount of time. Health is achieved though the balance of the opposing forces between "yin" (spirit), and "yang" (blood). The attraction between them creates an energy called "Qi"Therefore, Chinese believed that a person’s health corresponds to the proper flow of qi, also known as “vital energy”, through pathways. Illness and pain will result if the proper flow of qi is not flowing to a certain part of the body.
(National Cancer Institute). Each type of tea has a similar ingredient that helps to enhance our wellbeing. Tea would not service our bodies without the one entity it includes: antioxidants. Due to the presence of antioxidants, experts say that tea is healthier than water. Dr. Carrie Ruxton, a nutrition team leader at Kings College, declares, “Drinking tea is actually better for you than drinking water.