Essays on Herbal Medicine

Introduction

Capital structure refers to a company’s alignment of the long-term and short-term debts, common equity and the preferred equity. The term also include the analysis of how the company decides on how to allocate the cash flow into various components including a portion that is allocated to meet the financing needs of the debt capital and the other portion that is allocated to the shareholders as part of the dividend. Capital structure is a subset of the financial structure. Financial structure refers to the relative proportion of the various sources of finances that are used in the business ...

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My course name Abstract In this paper I will compare and contrast Chinese views on food and dietary practices with those of Western countries. By appeal to empirical and historical research, I will provide various points of comparison and support the claim that that Chinese views and practices help promote good development, health, and well-being. I will address differences in Chinese and Western views on the properties of food, herbs, food as therapy. My aim will not be to argue that Chinese dietary theories and practice are superior to those of Western countries. Rather, it will be to show ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a medical condition that can never be completely healed, as the virus will remain in the organism despite treatment. Furthermore, HIV can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is the most advanced phase of HIV infection (Eramova, Matic & Munz, 2007). This chronic disease reached its peak in the mid-eighties, when an AIDS epidemic spread across United State and many other nations, causing the death of many individuals carrying this virus (Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). The virus continues to spread, increasing the number of people living with AIDS, which reached up ...

Medical Cultural Practices

The world being as big as it is, has a wide population having people from different regions. Each and every individual has their own culture and as such having their own cultural beliefs. There are very many cultures around the world and each culture has its own practices. These practices vary in a wide range from the types of food eaten to spiritual beliefs. Medical beliefs or rituals are one of the practices that differ across cultures. Some cultures do believe in using the modern medicine while others advocate for the use of the traditional medicines. Each and every ...

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1. What is the procedure for the approval of a medical device? The FDA's Centre for Devices and Radiological Health executes this mandate. They have the final say on who manufactures, repackages or imports medical devices for use in the US. The medical devices are grouped in classes: I. II and III. These classes depend on the need for controls, exemptions and premarket approval. There is an increasing severity of the regulation procedure from class I to Class III (FDA, September 2014). The following are steps that are followed in the registration and regulation procedure. First, the sponsor (manufacturer ...

The history of medicine in Asia dates back to the days of dynasties and emperors. The Shang Dynasty that existed between the 14th and 11th centuries BCE had medical practices within its society (Bynum et al, Page 12-54). Even though historians argue that the Shang never had a clear concept of medicine, certain practices showed that they engaged in medical activities, however, primitive they were. Various inscriptions that the Shang community did on tortoise shells and bones refer to various illnesses that affected the Shang royal family. Most inscriptions relate to diseases such as toothaches, eye disorders, and bloated abdomens. ...

The Scientific Method. As a biology student, I have had that phrase and what it means drilled into me for years. Observe, develop an idea, predict an outcome, experiment, assess, and refine the idea. Then repeat the experiment. If it reveals some interesting new aspect of science, document what you have done in the hopes that other people will experiment. In that the results and eventually your revelations can be proven. Western Medicine, as one aspect of science, follows the same basic pattern. Drugs are developed over years of experimenting in laboratories across the country. Eventually, this leads to the ...

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Herbs Used to Treat Psychiatric Symptoms

As the patients constantly need the effective treatment, the scientists have a rather difficult task of getting the information about all the aspects of herbalism. Herbs have been found to have an important role in historic psychiatric medicine practice and they have been used conventionally as a first line treatment. Nevertheless, these herbs have to go through series of quality standard checks to assess their safety, potency to cause adverse events and tendency to cause addiction (Wong, Smith and Boon, 1998). Modern online libraries provide information about each herb and some prescriptions. However, the quality and the amount ...

Traditional Chinese Medicine came into being several thousands of years ago. It encompasses the usage of different herbal medicines, as well as, other practices that involve the mind. In most societies, people have used TCM as an alternative approach to seeking cures for various ailments. This first source presents an overview of the Chinese medicine that would include its safety and efficiency. It affirms the fact that several traditional medicines in the world have largely borrowed from the TCM. This source is a publication of the National Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health. The NCCIH is a federal government institution ...

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Abstract

The “Ginkgo Biloba: Evaluation of Memory” study is about the effectiveness Ginkgo Biloba herbal medicine, which’s primary purpose is to increase cognitive health in aging patients through double blind and placebo controlled study. The study included 3072 out 7709 participants randomly selected from four communities in the US i.e., Hagerstown, Maryland; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sacramento, California; and Winston-Salem and Greensboro, North Carolina over a period of 20 months from September 2000 to May 2002.

Ginko Balboa: Evaluation of Memory

The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory study is about Ginkgo Biloba herbal medicine, which's primary purpose, is to increase cognitive health in aging patients through double ...

Complementary and alternative medicine continues to gain popularity. It is worth noting that most of the adults reports using complementary and alternative medicine. Doctors embrace the use of complementary and alternative therapies. In fact, the medical practitioners combine the mainstream medical therapies with complementary and alternative medicine. The alternative medicines tend to be dynamic as treatments undergo various testing before moving to mainstream medication. Complementary and alternative therapies are medical practices that are not in the standard care. The claims that complementary and alternative therapies providers make seem to be promising. Critical study is carried out to determine the ...

There are many types of sleep disorder, but they have the following general symptoms: (a) increased irritability, (b) sleepiness during the day, (c) difficulty in staying awake while in the sitting posture, (d) concentration difficulty, (e) looks tired, (f) slow reaction or response to stimuli, (g) napping every day, (h) and craving for caffeinated drinks just to stay awake. Each type of sleep disorder has its own distinct features, occurrence or demographics, and risk factors. Physicians treat them using various means (Chokroverty 127). There diverse risk factors associated with sleep disorders, but the most common include: (1) medical and psychiatric ...

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Introduction: 4 What is Alternative Medicine? 4 Cons of Alternative Medicine 5 Pros of Alternative Medicine 7 Conclusion 9

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Abstract: Medicine has evolved rapidly since early history to cater to the treatment of man’s many ailments and complications. Some medicines are now available to cure the simplest problems such as colds, others could treat diseases like diabetes and cancer, and a few would help as a supplement to one’s diet. While there are new treatments available in the market today, there are a few people who would prefer using alternative medicine and treatments despite the ...

Company Introduction, Market Segmentation, and Product Positioning

Introduction The use of herbal products as a supplement to health and nutrition has been practiced for many decades now. In order to achieve this vision of a healthy life, the Organica-herbal Company offers its products on herbal supplements to a growing clientele. Healthy living and the maintenance of high standards for nutrition is the goal of Organica-herbal. In this company, we dream of market dominance and international expansion by becoming a leading herbal medicine manufacturer and provider. Everyone is entitled to a healthy way of life no matter what their age or economic status. Hence, this company seeks to make its services ...

Introduction

The history of natural medicine goes years back to 2000 B.C. when it was first used in Egypt. In today’s society, natural medicine, also known as herbal medicine is marketed insistently throughout the world. It is estimated that about 80% of people in the world use the natural medicine. This indicates that the majority of people living on earth prefer the use of natural medicine to the conventional medicine. It is therefore worth finding out the reasons that are making the majority of people in the world to prefer the natural medicine to the conventional one. The aim ...

When the first congress on alternative medicines was organized by the Faculty of Medicine in the University Of Rome in the year 1973; private practitioners from across the world presented more than one hundred and fifty brands of alternative medicines (Whistler 14). The congress, which sought to establish the validity and effectiveness of alternative medicines established that most of the alternative therapies were indeed functioning and that they could be tested and proven scientifically. Some of the therapies were found to be common in more than one community with most of the communities coming from the Asian continent. The ...

Discuss the roles of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in the provision of drugs. Therapeutic Goods Administration is one of the major Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing branches and it focus mainly on helping the government to regulate various forms of therapeutic goods such as the medicines, medical equipments, implants, vaccines and haematological products. The importance of their role to the community is that those goods are something that people use every day. The goods are used in the management of different major medical conditions (Australian Government, 2011). The ...

The Pokot is a tribe in Africa living in both Kenya and Uganda. However, most Pokots live in the Northern part of Kenyan Rift-Valley which lies along the Kenya /Uganda border. An interview with Daniel Lotodo, a 78 year old man from the community revealed a lot about the ethnography of the community The Pokot for a long time are predominantly pastoralists’. Their occupations of cattle keeping has been necessitated by environment factors. The area is semi arid and agricultural produce can hardly do well. However, through barter trade with neighboring communities such as the Samburu and the Marakwet, the society would ...