Chinese Heritage
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- The Chinese tend to describe their pain in terms of more diverse body symptoms, whereas Westerners tend to describe pain locally
- The Western description includes words like "stabbing" and "localized," whereas the Chinese describe pain as "dull" and more "diffuse"
- The Chinese tend to use explanations of pain from the traditional Chinese influence of imbalances in the yin and yang combined with location and cause
- Chinese cope with pain by applying oils and massages, using warmth, sleeping on the area of pain, relaxation and aspirin