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Traditional Chinese Medicine And Its Role In Women’S Health, Ezekiel Smith
Traditional Chinese Medicine And Its Role In Women’S Health, Ezekiel Smith
Senior Honors Theses
This paper is a literature review of traditional Chinese medicine and its role in women’s health. A search was performed and a group of 208 articles were initially found using the Liberty Summons search engine. Out of those 208 articles, only 16 were included based on various criteria. The articles were then read and analyzed and compiled into two main themes: maternal health and an “other” category. The findings resulted in strong evidence for some herbal treatments and acupuncture in a select few areas, with inconclusive evidence for other acupuncture treatments and a mixed review of the traditional “Doing a …