Student Excerpts: Listing References

Students - please remember to list your references! This is a good example from a student who turned in a paper last week. She did a fantastic job of listing references at the end of her assignment:


Ali, AB and Blunden, G. (2003). Pharmacological and toxicological properties of Nigella Sativa. John Wiley and Sons. Extract accessed from internet on 26 June 2008 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12722128?dopt=Abstract

Boundok Sahbae. (2006). Barley Talbina : Advice from Prophet & a Scientific Tru. Accessed on July 15 2008 from http://sufi.forumup.co.uk/about357-sufi.html

Burns, K. (2006). Grains of the Prophet. Accessed on July 15 2008. from http://sufi.forumup.co.uk/about357-sufi.html

Burns, K. Islamic healing coursework notes: Unit 1

Burns, K. Islamic healing coursework notes: Unit 2

Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006 accessed on 15 August 2008 from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cotton

Ead, H. (1998). Arabic (or Islamic) Influence On the Historical Development of Medicine. Accessed from http://www.levity.com/alchemy/islam19.html
on August 14 2008.

Ehret, C. How the word cotton came to harlem. Liguistic wonders series. Accessed on 15 August 2008 from http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/cotton.html

Huskey, R. J. Immune benefits of breast milk at a glance. Accesed from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8148/bmilk.html

Khan, M.L.A. (unknown). Kalonji (Nigella Sativa). Accesed on 26 June 2008 from http://www.crescentlife.com/dietnutrition/kalonji.htm

Naiman I, (internet source). Black cumin seed. Accessed from www.kitchendoctor.com/articles/blackcumin on 22 June 2008.

Unknown Author, medical discoveries: general information and biographies. Accessed on August 23 2008 from http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/General-Information-and-Biographies/Par-Ambroise.html

Unknown Author, “Ambroise Pare”. Accessed from http://www.comptonhistory.com/compton2/pare.htm
Wikipedia, Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi. Accessed from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Qasim_al-Zahrawi

Wikipedia, (2008). Nigella Sativa. Accessed on 26 June 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_sativa

Williams, R.D. Breast-Feeding Best Bet for Babies. Accessed on July 26 from http://www.fda.gov/Fdac/features/895_brstfeed.html

Student Dialogues - Wikepedia Research

From a student assignment: "Wikipedia also states that the black seed shows significant results of improvement in cancer patients, as well as during the prevention stages of cancer and for patients who have undergone chemotherapy and surgery."

My Feedback: "This is correct information. However, do be careful of information found on Wikipedia. They can be used as a “starting block” for research, however, their information is not reliable enough to be used as a sole resource. "

Student Dialogues - Ayurveda and Diet

Student Assignment: On an ending note something else I find interesting is Ayurveda that is slightly similar. I found a short chapter in the book The Directory of Complementry Therapies by Norman Shealy.M.D. PHd. It briefly explains the three DOSHAS or principles. governs mental and physical health and helps to balance their source. The doshas are Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Vata is movement, Pitta goes with metabolism, and kapha with solid matter, flesh,a nd
bones. And an imbalance just like with Unani Tibb can cause illness. Simple remedies
are like the humours. For example to much pitta dosha associates with heat, then a
cooling activity, food, exercise or therapy can be prescribed to reduce it.
Vata personality seems like to be the Sanguine type. Pitta could be compared to
choleric type and and the Kapha could be compared to the Phelgmatic type .
Soooo Interesting. This is from India. I can see how they are all connected.

Yes, when it comes to measuring temperament of food with the body the Ayurvedic system actually has the most readily available information on the topic. If you are interested in doing more work with this topic and you need recipes and more inspiration – a good Ayurvedic cookbook would be a good place to start. Chinese medicine and Islamic medicine also work with these principles but sadly there are no really good cookbooks or books on either of those subjects (the specific subject of food and temperament) in English.

Consulting Client Tip #1 IHC: Balance - vs- Cure

Dear Students,

Every week as I correct tests I will share student excerpts, student dialogue, consulting client tips and more as I go through the exams and speak with other students. That way you all can benefit from the discussions I have with other students.

Here is a consulting client tip that I shared with a student this week:

This is something to remember in all healing – it is a matter of balance and not cure. We will always being dealing with imbalance in the body. When we look at healing as a method to cure we will be lost. When we look at healing as a method to balance the body we will always be able to heal from anything by seeking that balance over and over – no matter what happens to the body.

Student Questions: What is the best way to restart my studies?

A student wrote to me earlier last week asking what the best way to re-start their studies was. This is a popular question as some students sign up, do a little work (or not) and then leave their work for a while. Oftentimes picking up the work again is confusing. Here are some tips I shared:

Dear A,

You are registered for the Islamic Healing Course as well as the Naturopathic Healing Course Online. Because you have so many classes you are registered for and because your schedule in completing them may be irregular I would advise that you do them "in order" (do unit 1, then unit 2, etc...) You are not required to do them in order but this will probably work best for you.

The first unit of the Islamic healing course is located at:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/islamichealing/files/

Using that link above you can download your files from that link OR you can download the password from that link and access online. Most students tend to prefer this NEW online method. So I would recommend that you download the password from the link above and use that.

The first unit of the Naturopathic Healing Course online is located at:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/nutritionalhealingcourse/files/

Same instructions as above... When you are deciding which to do first, keep in mind that the Islamic Healing Course focuses heavily on medicine of the prophet and healing of the Arab world, whereas the NHCO has courses in iridology and reflexology included.

If you have any additional questions please IM, e-mail me or call me anytime.

All my contact information is posted at http://www.thedreamangels.com/

Blessings & Health,
Kristie Karima Burns, MH, ND

Student Questions: What is my Bravenet Password for the Course?

A student wrote to me requesting access to the course and asking me to send this access to a new e-mail address. This was my reply:

Dear (H),

Thank you for asking!

If you need your e-mail address changed for the course you can go to:

To Change your Yahoogroups e-mail or settings to Vacation, Special Notices Only, No-Email or Leave Group please visit:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/(Name of Group)/join

The password for the course is located in the files section of each unit. Members of the entire healing course can locate their ONE-PAGE access code at:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/IHC_Unit12/files/

Blessings & Health,
Kristie Karima Burns, MH, ND

Student Excerpts: Aisha and the Melancholic Temperament

I really enjoyed Huda's application of the temperaments to different people in Islamic history. Here is her description of Aisha as a person of the melancholic temperament:

‘Aisha (ؓ) was one of the seven who narrated more than a thousand hadiths; she was also one of the seven most prolific in giving legal opinions. In both sets she is the only female, which is a remarkable feat; she was revered by women and men alike. She is known for her deep love for the Prophet (ﷺ); she would sometimes get angered out of love for the Prophet (ﷺ). ‘Aisha had heard news of the Prophet marrying a new wife by the name of Saffiya, she was of Jewish heritage. ‘Aisha went to the wedding and remained veiled, the Prophet noticed her. When the Prophet saw ‘Aisha he asked her what she thought of Saffiya, she answered “she is the same as any other Jewess.” The Prophet (ﷺ) was always patient with ‘Aisha and his other wives, he understood their temperaments and knew how to handle each one. Every one of his wives thought she was the most beloved to him, it was only when he fell ill at the end of his life that his request to stay at ‘Aisha’s house let them know that ‘Aisha was the most beloved to him (although he loved them all very dearly).

Student Dialogues - Different Methods of Healing

This is another excerpt from my dialogues with students this week...

Huda observes in her assignment:
There are some in homeopathy that are shied away from the idea of temperaments and humours, James Tyler Kent* seems to be one of them. Kent’s constitutional medicine had nothing to do with giving remedies by classical temperaments. Kent spoke out against the use of classical temperaments in Homoeopathy in his Lesser Writings.

Kristie Karima Burns, MH, ND commented back:
I am sure his system works well too. The trick to a system working is deep knowledge of the system, continuing education, faith and immersion in the system. When people ask me what the “best” healing method is I always say, ‘One that the practitioner and client deeply resonate with”

Student Dialogues - Typology in Different Traditions

Each week or two I like to share some conversations I have had with students or excerpts from student work that I think would benefit other students. This week, student Huda, brought up a very good point in one of her assignments. This is an excerpt from her assignment and my comment on her assignment:

Huda:Personal Reflection: it is more suitable to look at the Chinese (and any other) typography as a system in its own right.

Kristie Karima Burns, MH, ND: You make a good point. I will be sure to include this in the student BLOG so other students can understand that this is the intention of the assignment - to look at a system within its own right is the best way to evaluate a person. Because each system has it own way of looking at things which encompass the entire system. There is a core belief that runs each system and without that you are missing out on the depth. So when you are diagnosing you do need to stay within one system.

However, for educational purposes it helps to see how the systems correlate so you can get a better feel for the way typology works and the way the different systems may or may not work together. Cross referencing typology is like studying history – you are not going to use the information...but your knowledge and ability to make decisions and learn will be enhanced by studying it.