Afghan Student Who Lost An Eye In Terror Attack Vows To Fight For Change

[ad_1] It was early morning in Kabul, Afghanistan, when Fatima Amiri first heard the gunshots from inside her classroom. She and hundreds of other students had been preparing for college entrance exams at the time, but then the girls began screaming in panic. Amiri swiftly stood up to calm the class down, but when she turned around, she saw a man with a gun deliberately firing at students. “I was afraid; I tried to take…

"Afghan Student Who Lost An Eye In Terror Attack Vows To Fight For Change"

Lost 8th century Japanese medical text by Buddhist monk has been found

[ad_1] Enlarge / Priest in Meditation, 15th century. Possibly the blind Chinese priest Jianzhen (Ganjin in Japanese; 688-763). Heritage Images/Getty Images The practice of herbal medicine in Japan is known as Kampo, and such treatments are often prescribed alongside Western medicines (and covered by the national health care system). The first person to teach traditional Chinese medicine in Japan was an 8th century Buddhist monk named Jianzhen (Ganjin in Japanese), who collected some 1,200 prescriptions…

"Lost 8th century Japanese medical text by Buddhist monk has been found"