Chinese Medicine or Treatment |
What is it? |
Disease or Condition |
Western Medicine or Treatment |
Ginseng |
Traditional Chinese herb |
1. heart diseases
2. nervous system disorders
3. stress
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Anti-depressants
Exercise
Surgery |
Caterpillar Fungus |
Fungus living on the larva of a moth |
1. cough
2. asthma
3. anaemia
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Coughing syrup
Pills
Iron supplements
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Acupuncture |
Treatment involving the insertion of needle tips into skin at specific points of the body |
1. headache
2. low back pain
3. nausea
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Headache pills
Exercise
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Medicinal pillows |
Pillows stuffed with special combination of herbs to help stimulate specific acupuncture points |
1. various conditions depending on the combination of herbs used
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