Traditional Remedies in Various Cultures

Abstract:
The topic of our research paper revolves around the idea of cultural medicine. After contemplating for a while we came to the conclusion that our research question would be: Why do people still use natural remedies today, and why is this significant? Our paper first begins with us explaining why we each wanted to do this topic. We each have had an experience with being sick where a natural remedy rescued us rather than the standard medicine from a doctor’s office. Therefore, we were intrigued by this topic, and committed to exploring and finding more information about it. How we found this information is explained in the next part of our paper. After we discuss how our research was found and what we used, we then discuss our actual research. We decided to focus on three cultures which included the Mexican, Chinese, and Armenian cultures. We talk about the different natural remedies used among these cultures as well as our personal experiences and insights. We also answer our research question in which you have to read our paper to find out. Finally, we end our paper with the connection back to our class theme of Myth America as well as describing our thoughts in regards to the research paper and the process we took.

Advice:
DO NOT PROCRASTINATE! Some ways you future English 102 students can do this is by setting up a schedule and more or less sticking to it. Having a set schedule helps keep tasks organized, and if you're working in a group, it helps each group member know what he or she is going to contribute. Another noteworthy piece of advice is, start your research early. Why? This is the hardest part of the paper, finding credible sources that you can quote. The faster you get this done, the easier the writing process of the paper is going to be.

Sources:
If our topic sparks your interest, here are some sources that you can begin with...

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