Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Diabetics should look after their feet ( Alternative Medicine )
It is confirmed that the health of diabetic patient’s feet is very important and any injury or bruise, the size of a spot may cause problems right down to the bone and cause gangrene, so diabetics should take care of their feet from shoes to socks and nails to heels. Experts stated at a press conference that for diabetics the most vulnerable organ is their feet. The feet are the organs which are most exposed so when the flow of blood slows at the feet they start to lose sensitivity. An expert claims that even a little bruise might leave the feet more vulnerable to future injuries so diabetics should protect their feet:
”Your feet should be washed every night with warm water, be dried thoroughly and moisturised. After sports and walking, the underside of the feet should be checked with a mirror to ensure there are no bruises. Socks musn’t be too big or too small, musn’t be scrunched up or torn. Shoes should be made from soft leather, with smooth inside and not pointed or tapered at the front. Toe nails should be cut short. Nails should be cut straight across, not rounded.” ( Alternative Medicine )
Experts warn that if diabetic people don’t take these warnings seriously and don’t follow these guidelines they may lose their feet or legs, “treatment is too difficult and lengthy. If injuries don’t heal properly, even a little bruise the size of a spot can reach the bone and become gangrene and can cause loss of toes or whole feet.”
Alternative Medicine
Shcri.com: Research Report of the Third Terminal Market of Chinese Medicines, 2009
The medicine terminals refer to the places where the consumers face the medicines directly, realize the exchange between currencies and medicines and the last step for the medicines to circulate from the manufacturers to the consumers. Among the various circulation steps, the medicine terminals are the place for the manufacturers to realize the medicine sales.
The definition of the third terminal market is different from the first terminal market and the second terminal market. The first terminal market refers to the medicine sales in the hospitals; the second terminal market refers to the medicine sales in the OTC market, and the third terminal market refers to the medical service centers in the city communities, the town and countryside hospitals, private clinics in the countryside and the small medicine stores etc.
The major distribution areas of the third terminal market of Chinese medicines are the countryside and the resident areas in some towns, such as the clinics in the communities and countryside, health rooms of the enterprises and schools, rural doctors and the individual stores. With the extension of the market, the concept of the third terminal market is also extended.
The major medicine form in the third terminal market is the common medicine at low and medium prices or the medicine at high price because of the advertisement costs. There is no fierce competition in the medicines of the third terminal market, which is mainly purchased by the clinics, health rooms and pharmacies. These medicines do not take part in the public biding, most of which are obtained in the medicine wholesales market. Although the procurement volumes are small in each time, yet most take the cash transaction and settlement, low in ventures.
The consumers of the third terminal market have high loyalty on the medicine brands; buy a kind of medicine successively for long time and uneasy to change brands. They have strong trust on the medicine advertisements, especially the strong media. The consumers do not have strong independent sense to choose the medicines for the first time and they mainly choose the medicines depending on the recommendations from the rural doctors and stuff of the pharmacies. The consumers are sensitive to the medicine prices and effectiveness. In general, the consumers’ purchase power in the third terminal market shows the increasing tendency.
With the increasing demands for the medicines in Chinese market, the scale of the third terminal market of Chinese medicines had reached 6 billion USD, which had kept rising. Owing to the competitions between the first terminal market and the second terminal market becoming a flash point day by day, the third terminal market will gradually become the place of vital importance for the medicine manufacturers and medicine circulation enterprises.
Meanwhile, China Research and Intelligence obtained abundant first-hand information about the third terminal market of Chinese medicines through interviews and investigations. More following information can be obtained in this report:
- Present Development Situation of Chinese Medicine Circulation Industry
- Present Development Situation of the Third Terminal Market of Chinese Medicines
- Factors affecting the Development of the Third Terminal Market of Chinese Medicines
- Target Consumers’ Behaviors of the Third Terminal Market of Chinese Medicines
- Development Trends of the Third Terminal Market of Chinese Medicines
- Major Enterprises and Their Operation of the Third Terminal Market of Chinese Medicine
To get more details, please visit http://www.shcri.com/reportdetail.asp?id=310
Importance Of Medicine In Daily Life
With the advent of medical sciences, we have started living a better and longer life. Medicine is one of the crucial necessities of life. The word medicine has been derived from Latin “ars medicina”, which literally means “the art of healing”. It is that special branch of health sciences that is concerned with restoring and maintaining health through various studies, diagnosis, and treatments. This is the branch that provides methods of prevention of various diseases that helps us heal our wounds when we are injured and that helps us cure any kind of bodily or mental damages.
There are certain things in life that are not in our control, for instance, an unexpected accident, an unwanted disease or an unwanted failure of any of our body parts. These are some of the cases when we understand the importance of medicine. Although medicine was there even in the medieval times but during that age the medical science was not so advanced. At that time, the medicine branch did not have solutions for so many diseases but now things have changed. Today, medicine has the power of curing almost any disease, except a few that are still incurable.
The branch of medicine comprises all sorts of treatments that can cure human body. It also includes preventive systems that help on preventing many diseases, for example, there are many vaccinations that are used to prevent diseases. The treatment, under the branch of medicine, is done through diet, drugs, exercise and other non-surgical means. Besides curing some disease or healing a wound, medicine, at times, is also used to maintain good health. For example, a sugar patient has to take medicine regularly to control the sugar level in the body. Similarly, some people have to take medicine daily to maintain the blood pressure of their body. So, medicine is also important for maintaining good health.
There are many kinds of medicine – allopathic, homeopathic and herbal medicine. The herbal medicine is considered the best for most of the cases because of the sole reason that it is made from natural ingredients only. It makes use of berries, plant’s seeds, leaves, roots, barks and even flowers for medical purposes. Although it used to be a medicine that was kept outside the conventional medicine but today it is taking its place in the mainstream and even doctors recommend herbal medicines in many cases.
However, one should remember that giving importance to medicine does not mean that every medicine is useful for every individual. Every person has a different body and every body reacts differently to every medicine. So, just taking any medicine or combining two medicines without any recommendation or prescription can also be risky. You should consult your doctor before taking any kind of medicine on your own.
Summary: The importance of medicine has been there since the ancient times. Although the methods were different but medicine was there is some guise – always. Our ancestors did have diseases and that is why they found solutions through the branch of medicine. Today, the means and methods have changed. The technology and the medical science have advanced a lot and we have cure for most of the diseases, except a few. In the present age, the branch of medicine comprises use of drugs, exercises and all other non-surgical means to restore and maintain good health. Medicine is a sort of basic necessity of life because at some point of time our body needs an outer source to cure something ill-functioning part in the body. Moreover, medicine also helps in healing wounds when we are injured. Be it allopathic, homeopathic or herbal medicine, we need medicine and a life without the branch of medicine seems impossible.