ANT-2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Malay Peninsula, Emic And Etic, Rheumatism
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Encompasses the social context as crucial to healing. Based on a philosophy of balance among certain elements within the body and the person"s environment. Food and drugs have different effects on the body and are classified as either heating or cooling . Diseases are the result of bodily imbalances too much heat or coolness that must be counteracted through dietary and behavioural changes or medicines that will restore balance. Among the orang asli of the interior of the malaysian peninsula. Excessive is the primary cause of mortality. Heat emanates from the sun and is associated with excrement, blood, misfortune, disease, and death. And the consumption of meat speeds the process. Heat causes menstruation, violent emotions, aggression and drunkenness. Coolness, in contrast, is vital for health. Staying in the forest protects against the harmful effects of the sun. The treatment of illness aims to reduce or remove heat.
