Ancient China
By: Mo, Ketak, Angelique
Illness
- seen as a violation of god, sin
- male doctors didn't directly examine women
- women would point to a certain spots on an ivory doll
- used acupuncture to treat alignments; still used today
Ivory doll
Since males doctors couldn't touch, or directly treat women, women used ivory dolls to show where they needed to be treated.
Acupuncture
- spread across asian continent, eventually used world wide
- started using stones, progressed to animal bones, then bamboo needles
- used life sized bronze figures to show where to put the needles
- students used for practice, covered the statues in wax, and inserted the needles
- used to treat alignments
- practitioners stimulate points on the body
- eases many types of pain: back, neck, knee
- effects both the body and brain
Medical herbs used to treat diseases:
Ginseng
reduces stress
Rhubarb
body strength
Licorice
muscle spasms
Ginger
treats diarrhea
Peony
regulates blood
Salvia
relieves pain of inflammation