Chinese & Mayan Traditional Medicine Education Movie Review

Chinese & Mayan Traditional Medicine
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1. Identify one plant from Traditional Chinese Medicine that is believed to help support the immune system. Describe how the plant is used (i.e in a tea, in a pill, as a tonic, as a salve, etc…)
Tea is one of the most common Chinese plants used to support the immune system. There are different types of teas; green tea, in particular, benefits the immune system. Tea is consumed as a beverage without the leaves being processed, where the freshly picked leaves are referred, but dried leaves are also used as they are preserved. Nowadays, green tea is more associated with cancer prevention; black tea is thought to reduce blood pressure and cholesterol, while red and yellow tea have different healing properties.2. Identify one plant from Mayan traditional medicine that is believed to aid in women’s health. Describe how the plant is used (i.e in a tea, in a pill, as a tonic, as a salve, etc…)
Verweyen & Langsdorff (2002) highlighted that Mayans boiled rose leaves and fed tea to women who suffered postpartum bleeding, and this stopped the bleeding. Traditional healers use different plant species, and there is increased interest in herbal medicine to improve health (CGTN America, 2020). While the Chinese have used tea for thousands of years, the Mayan use tea to reduce blood pressure. Tea is a beverage and medicinal plant; the different types have differen...