medicine
Tuesday 24 January 2012 | 01:38 | 0 comments
Medicine applies health science, biomedical research, and medical technology to diagnose and treat injury and disease, typically through medication or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints & traction, prostheses, biologics, ionizing radiation and others. Traditional medicine
Traditional medicine is comprises systems of medicine that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine. Practices known as traditional medicines include herbal, Ayurveda, Siddha medicine, Unani, ancient Iranian medicine, Islamic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Korean medicine, acupuncture,and other pseudomedical knowledge and practices all over the globe.
sources and uses of traditional medicine
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- A primary source in medicine is one in which the authors directly participated in the research or documented their personal experiences. They examined the patients, injected the rats, filled the test tubes, or at least supervised those who did.
- A secondary source in medicine summarizes one or more primary or secondary sources, usually to provide an overview of the current understanding of a medical topic, to make recommendations, or to combine the results of several studies.
- A tertiary source usually summarizes a range of secondary sources. Undergraduate textbooks, lay scientific books, and encyclopedias are tertiary sources.
uses > Aloe Vera: to produce juice and taken orally or rubbed on body
>Ginseng : the roots is dried and used to make tablets , capsules and powder
>Garlic : clovers can be eaten raw or cooked
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