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Vietnam
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Health beliefs : Causes of illness
Health practices
- Prevention & treatment of diseases
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth & care
- Postpartum
- Other significant health practices
Index
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Health Beliefs :
cause of illness
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Cause of Illness
- Naturalistic (folk medicine)
- Supernaturalistic (animistic beliefs)
- Metaphysical (the theory of hot and cold)
health beliefs : Causes of Illness
Western techniques
Chinese medicine
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- Natural or obvious cause of the symptoms
- The information is usually transmitted orally
Natural causes
obvious
cause-and-effect
Contaminated water
Bad food
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The blame on supernatural powers
- A punishment for a fault
Supernatural Causes
spirits
demons
gods
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¨ç Prevention & treatment of diseases
¨ç Prevention & treatment of diseases
¨è Pregnancy
¨è Pregnancy
¨é Childbirth & care
¨ê Postpartum Practices
¨ë Other significant health practices
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ssisting in child
birth deliver babies.
When a child is born, it is considered one year old.
¨é Childbirth & care
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¨ê Postpartum Practices
DO
After birth, herbal solution is used.
Eating spicy foods and drinks.
Eat pork hocks for one month.
Eat boiled beef down in soy sauce
DO NOT
Taking a bath
Drink cold juice or water
Wash their hair
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¨ë Other significant health practices
Do not eat Tht cho(dog meat) between the
1st and 14th of each month in lunar calendar.
¡æ not good for health and feeling.
When the full moon set, eating dog meat is good for
health.
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Medicinal herbs in Vietnam
Cci ( white radish)
¢Ñ effective in asthma, cough,
nausea, digestion.
Cay dau tm
¢Ña long asthma, they eat
decocted its roots with lemon.
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Medicinal herbs in Vietnam
Ci cuc(Chrysanthemum)
¢Ñ It is effective in slight
cough
xong la
¢ÑEat this when Vietnamese catch a