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-"Harmony means health, good weather, good fortune, while disharmony leads to disease, disaster, and bad luck"

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Another religion part of Southern Asian culture; No Gods are worshiped in Buddhism. Based off Buddha's life.

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More common in Western Asia; Built around the teachings of Confucius.

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Hinduism:
South Asian culture; Polytheistic religion.

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Yin/Yang Symbol:
Describes how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another.

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-"Health is a state of physical and spiritual harmony with nature."
-"Balance of two energy forces, Yin (cold) and Yang (hot)."
-(Health Care beliefs corresponds with Health concepts)

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-The Asian Culture comes with many regions, which comes with many different beliefs and forms of healing.
-Traditional medicine (Chinese): Acupuncture, herbs, food to recover and sustain health.
-Herbal Medicine- "used to regulate the natural balance of the body and restore health."
-Tibetan Medicine-"Treatment carried out through diet, lifestyle adjustments, and herbal medicines."
-Acupuncture is used to treat illness such as muscular pain, headaches, asthma, depression, anxiety, etc.

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-Balance of Yin and Yang for good health
-Some Asian Cultures follow the views of Western Medicine and many times combine these views with the traditional healing ways of their culture.
-The Asian Culture, especially the Chinese believe in the restoration of Harmony.
-"Harmony means health, good weather, good fortune, while disharmony leads to disease, disaster, and bad luck"

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- TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) originated in ancient China and has evolved over thousands of years.
- TCM practitioners use herbal medicines and various mind and body practices such as acupuncture and tai chi to treat or prevent health problems
- TCM encompasses many practices including acupuncture, moxibustion, Chinese herbal medicine, diet therapy, tai chi, and qi gong.

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-Some Asians are given a new name right before death.
-Some Asian deceased are buried on the land that they grew up on.
-2 years after burial, some Asians dig up the remains of the deceased and clean the remains, and rebury them in their family garden.
-Some bodies are also placed in a sarcophagus and cremated to set the dead person's spirit free.

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- Expected to exemplify stoicism in the face of pain (cannot complain)
-  Directly related to strong cultural values about self-conduct
- Behaving in dignified manner is important to their culture
- A person that complains openly or is assertive is considered to have poor social skills

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health.howstuffworks.com
dimensionsofculture.com
euromedinfo.eu
https://www.babble.com/pregnancy/childbirth-traditions-china/
http://traditionscustoms.com/death-rites/asian-death-rites
http://www.dimensionsofculture.com/2010/10/traditional-asian-health-beliefs-healing-practices/
www.dimensionsofculture.com/2010/11/cultural-aspects-of-pain-management
https://nccih.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/chinesemed.htm
Simmers DHO Health Science textbook

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-Some Asians don't name their children before birth.
-Some Asians take a one month recovery after labor
-Zodiac signs, determined by time of birth, supposedly determine the course of life of some Asian babies.
-Some Asian families celebrate the birth of the baby one month after the first birthday.

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- In Asian culture, health is seen as a state of balance between the physical, social, and supernatural environment.
- Disease is either physical or mental
- Western Asian Beliefs: Caused by viruses & bacteria
- Eastern Asian Beliefs: obstruction of the Yin/Yang; Internal: Anger, joy, and fear, worry, pensiveness, shock. External: Wind, cold, heat, dryness, dampness, summer heat.
- Diet, lifestyle, and accidents are also major causes of illness in Asian countries
- Some cultures avoid mental illness because it makes them seem weak, which causes other illnesses.