Comments on: The differences between East and West: more than just geography http://polyscience.org/2005/08/east-vs-west/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:30:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: polyscience.org » Water cooler medicine http://polyscience.org/2005/08/east-vs-west/#comment-142 polyscience.org » Water cooler medicine Sat, 03 Sep 2005 03:21:15 +0000 http://polyscience.org/?p=73#comment-142 [...] A few days ago, I wrote about the differences between Chinese and Western students and the way they perceive things. The Chinese students viewed images more holistically, and the American students viewed images as individual pieces. For a long time, so-called “eastern” medicine has been synonymous with “holistic healing.” This has included some practices of questionable benefit, but one of the overarching themes of eastern medicine has long to view the body as a whole, rather than a collection of pieces to be fixed individually. This also includes taking into account people’s lifestyles and habits, and perhaps making recommendations to alter them if necessary. [...] [...] A few days ago, I wrote about the differences between Chinese and Western students and the way they perceive things. The Chinese students viewed images more holistically, and the American students viewed images as individual pieces. For a long time, so-called “eastern” medicine has been synonymous with “holistic healing.” This has included some practices of questionable benefit, but one of the overarching themes of eastern medicine has long to view the body as a whole, rather than a collection of pieces to be fixed individually. This also includes taking into account people’s lifestyles and habits, and perhaps making recommendations to alter them if necessary. [...]

]]> By: Jacqui http://polyscience.org/2005/08/east-vs-west/#comment-120 Jacqui Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:00:19 +0000 http://polyscience.org/?p=73#comment-120 Ha ha! I feel so loved. Anyway yeah, I guess the part you quoted sums it up pretty well actually. Ha ha! I feel so loved.

Anyway yeah, I guess the part you quoted sums it up pretty well actually.

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