LINKS

Here you can find different links regading Natural Medicine

1. http://www.healthymedicine.org/html/articles.html
We found this link as an introduction of our project, because it explains what healthy medicine is, and its division. It’s easy to access to the different parts it contain, you don’t need any software to use it, and it‘s free. We can believe in the information it has, it comes from the Center of Healthy Medicine. Something that we don’t like about this link is that is addressed to American population. It doesn’t have a lot of visuals to catch people’s attention. If you want to read articles you have to download them which mean time spending.

2. http://www.naturalmedicine.com/
This is a very useful for our purpose, it has a part about articles where you can find different topics, if you get into one topic it will refers you to more topics for example lung cancer all that you need to know about it: symptoms, dietary, lifestyle changes, therapies, herbs that might be helpful. You will find the same with allergies, diabetes, men health, eye, and more health conditions.
Then, in the same space for articles you might get Natural Dieting where you can choose the right diet, find your ideal weight, and discover helpful weight loss supplements. Besides, if you are looking for an herbal remedies this is the link you have to get in, you will see a lot of remedies how they work, traditional use, and what is helpful for. You can also see herbal terminology.
This link will help students improve vocabulary, and reading skills.


3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medlineplus.html
This link is divided in 9 big topics within them Health Topics: Body Location/Systems, Disorders and Conditions, Diagnosis and Therapy, Health and Wellness; all of them with important subtopics to go through. Then, a Medical Encyclopedia which includes pictures and diagrams, and a Dictionary with spellings and definitions of medical words. This is an excellent source of reading, investigation, and vocabulary. Besides you can see this webpage in Spanish. It doesn’t have many visuals; most of the webpage is white and purple. We didn’t find it very user friendly because one topic didn’t take you directly where you want, you have to click in different subtitles until you find your desire option.

4. http://acupuncture.com/index.html
This link is about acupuncturist, a type of Natural Medicine; and Chinese Herbs and Medicine. Here you can find an explanation about Acupuncture, treatment for different conditions, herbal remedies, diet and nutrition and others. It’s useful for our final project, it’s free and you don’t need any software to use it, the information is reliable. Something that we didn’t like about this link is that it doesn’t have many illustrations, and it contains pop up’s which distract our attention. By this link we can improve students reading and vocabulary, and it’s a source of analysis.

5. http://www.wholehealthnow.com/homeopathy_info/glossary.html
This link is basically about homeopathy, another kind of natural Medicine. It offers a brief introduction to homeopathy, articles that will help you to develop a well rounded approach to the subject: History of Homeopathy, Methods of Preparation Homeopathic Medicines. Besides it has a section of frequently asked questions such as What are the physical, mental and emotional aspects of homeopathy ? What is the relationship between symptoms and homeopathy ? Can such small doses be effective ? How can the correct homeopathic remedy be found ? What is the difference between homeopathy and conventional medicine ? Is homeopathy merely psychological ? What is the patient's role ? Then it has a glossary to help students understand homeopathy terms.