Sentence examples for medicinal practices from inspiring English sources

This progressive loss of traditional knowledge is further exacerbated by the displacement of traditional medicinal practices by Western medicine in the modern Trinidadian society.

Thirty physicians (15.6%) indicated that they accepted herbal medicines as a viable healthcare option, as they were aware of traditional medicinal practices, such as Ayuvedic medicine, and clinical trials that supported safety and efficacy of herbal remedies.

Avicennia officinalis is a medicinally important mangrove plant and used in traditional medicinal practices to treat various ailments like rheumatism, paralysis, asthma, dyspepsia, tumors etc.

The tremendous diversity of ecosystems and climates and the blend of medicinal practices inherited from Ayurvedic and Traditional Tibetan Medicine are well suited to a study aimed at discovering information about medicinal plants to treat Parkinson's disease (PD).

Cultivation is often tied to traditional, ceremonial and medicinal practices.

The Siddha system is based on a combination of ancient medicinal practices and spiritual disciplines as well as alchemy and mysticism.

He was interested in the improvement of agricultural methods, in the possibility of extracting fresh water from salt, in the improvement of medicines and medicinal practice, in the possibility of preserving food by vacuum packing, and in a number of other useful results, actual or potential, of experimental philosophy.

In 1873, a group committed to removing alcohol from medicinal practice set up the London National Temperance Hospital, which later became simply the National Temperance Hospital.

The translation of this discipline to medicinal practice has tremendous potential, but in many applications technological issues need to be overcome.

Acupuncture may seem unappealing to some -- it does, after all, involve pricking lots of little needles into your skin -- but research has shown that the ancient Chinese medicinal practice can really work.

Nitschke's teachings have a particular focus on nations like Britain, America and Australia, because he wants to dispel the idea he considers central to Western medicinal practice: that, as he says, "the holy grail is, in effect, immortality".