the topic of human relationships—be they positive and sympathetic, or negative and hostile—receives a great amount of attention in the qur’ān. human beings need to be aware of both their friends and their enemies in order to learn how to engage with both groups, how to make additional friends and defend themselves from harm caused by enemies, and, if possible, turn these enemies into friends. t...

the basis of acupuncture is still being studied from many different aspects. some preliminary views include: 1) the analgesic function of acupuncture derives from the clashing of the biochemical lines of acupuncture and those of the pain stimulus in the transmitting processes of the central nervous system, the former overriding the latter. 2) acupuncture strengthens the cerebral cortex's i...