.Monday, September 29, 2008.
Promotional examination is finally over :)
and definitely it would end up good cause i gave up.
now can only 'Zhou yi bu suan yi bu'
rotted at home straight after the exam, no one to go out with :
and now im down with fever, flu, migraine, cough, sorethroat & kidney failure {?}
Argh, feel terrible the whole night, couldnt sleep.
Coughing and sneezing and my back hurts alot, guess its really kidney failure huh.
Theres so much more that i haven done and theres somethings that i haven tell some people,
so actually i'm not prepared to go yet.
But oh well, who knows the next minute i might just ~
*Live every second like it was my last one`
.Tuesday, September 09, 2008.
The Origins of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The exact origins of traditional Chinese medicine are vague as much of its development occurred before written history. The use of plants as medicine can be dated back to origin of mankind. As early man experimented with new plants in search of food, he also began to discover the effects these plants had on the human body. The exact origin of acupuncture is not known, but the use of medical tools dates back well into the Stone Age.
Many medical texts were written in ancient history, but most did not survive the test of time. We are not sure how much was really known about acupuncture and herbal medicine in very early times. The first medical books to appear were quite advanced and indicate that there was probably a great deal of medical development before them.
Although the use of herbal medicine and acupuncture tools began much earlier, the origin of the Chinese medical system is probably about 2,500 years old. The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic (Huang Di Nei Jing) was written in about 200-300 BC and it included the first explanations of the pathological concept, diagnostic method, and treatment strategy. The theories described in this book and others to follow make up the system known as traditional Chinese medicine.
Footnote : http://ourworld.cs.com/edgeacup/ancient.html
*only can find TCM, cannot find TM :\
The origin and history of TM, would help the people know more about the roots of TM. Knowing its roots would give them a better understand which then slowly develop their trust on it.
*This is wad i found and commented about it.You can choose to add in to the project or not. :\
Anything sms me again :X ~
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Survey Results
Q1. What is your gender?
Male 41.4%
Female 58.6%
Q2. How much do you know about Traditional Medicine(TM)?
Q3. Do you prefer TM over Modern Medicine (MM)?
Yes 24.2%
No 75.8%
Q4. Rate your level of interest in TM:
1- Not interested at all 10.1%
2- Neutral 65.7%
3- Interested 20.2%
4- Very interested 4.0%
Q5. Have you ever consulted a traditional practitioner (Sinseh/Acupuncturer/etc.)?
Yes 59.6%
No 40.4%
Q6. If you answered ‘No’ to the above question, Why?
Do not know where to find one 16.7%
Trust Modern doctors more 42.9%
Others (please specify) 40.5%
Q7. Will you be interested in a modern approach to TM? (e.g. health supplements containing extract from traditional medicinal herbs)
Yes 76.8%
No 23.2%
Q8. If give a choice would you attend a TM related event?
Yes 32.3%
No 67.7%
Q9. What about TM will interests you?
Acupuncture 46.5%
Chinese Orthopedics 21.2%
Pilates 15.2%
Yoga 33.3%
Massages 55.6%
Use of medicinal herbs 52.5%
Q10. Which of the following activities & methods do you think will help you understand/interest you about TM better?
Yoga Workshop 26.3%
Exhibition on TM 32.3%
Talks about TM 16.2%
Hands-on acupuncture on dummies 39.4%
Display shows (Preparation of TM) 20.2%
Game/Race/Obstacle Courses involving TM (e.g. snacks/sweets/ice-creams/etc.) 24.2%
Advertisements on TM 26.3%
Animation/Video on TM 31.3%
Others (please specify) 6.1%
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MSN and related webs all cant be access! GRR, so new way to 'send' project to friend ! VIA BLOG. ;\
Area A:
This section will contain information applicable to the teenagers’ lifestyles. This is to allow these youths who are attending to be more interested in how they can help themselves further through the use of traditional medicine.
Exhibition with display boards will also be here, displaying all the information the people need to know about TM. There will be people to explain to them more about what all these information are about and help them further understand it. Interesting facts like ‘The Four Techniques’– Listening, smelling, asking and palpating, is performed on patients when a TM doctor diagnose a patient. There are also 7 emotions namely; joy, anger, sadness, grief, pensiveness, fear, and fright that are connected with health of an individual when treating diseases using TCM. This is also what makes TM different from MM, as through this Four Techniques and 7 emotions, the patient is more deeply diagnosed. Something different and not known by many people like these information will sure interest people to want to understand more about it.
Of course, TM of different races will be available at the display, like Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Traditional Malay Medicine (TMM) and Traditional Indian Medicine (TIM) as not everyone accepts all kinds of TM. We will collaborate with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and they will set up a booth to promote the majors they offer on TCM, lecturers will explain to the people there who are interested in the course.
footnote for 7emotion :http://www.darcynat.com/About%20Acupuncture.asp
