Plants and animals help keep the soil fertile. Plant roots tunnel through the soil and break it up, and decaying plants form humus. Burrowing animals mix the soil; the excrete of animals contribute nutrients and improve soil structure.
Chinese medicine is a system of medicine partly based on the idea that an energy, called qi (say chee), flows along pathways in the body called meridians. In this belief, if the flow of qi along these meridians is blocked or unbalanced, illness can occur.
THE HISTORY OF ACUPUNCTURE. The oldest known book on Chinese medicine is the Neiching, also known as The Yellow Emperor's classic of internal medicine. It is written in the form of a dialogue between the Yellow Emperor Huang Ti and Chi Po a Taoist teacher and physician.CUPUNCTURE IN INDIA. Acupuncture has been practised in India for thousands of years as a part of Ayurveda. It is common to see Indian villagers with earrings placed at specific points in the ear, to treat diseases elsewhere in the body.