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mayans also grew beans, squash, avocados, pears, sweet potato's, guava, chili peppers, papayas and tomatoes. Mayans used a farming technique called milpa,also known as the slash and burn technique.the Mayans would burn down the land that was covered and the cut down the remaining foliage. This technique posed a problem because the land wouldn't last very long. The Mayans cycled through different areas to keep a stable farming.
The team decided to use the Chinese system as a model in order to aid their understanding of Mayan medicine as Western medicine is so far removed from traditional Mayan medicine. In doing so many parallels and similarities of the two ancient medicinal practices were found.n the midline of the face, on the hairline of the forehead Called shenting in Chinese. In Mayan medicine this is generally punctured in conjunction with the afore mentioned point. Both practices use this point in the treatment of headaches. The Chinese also use this point for cases of insomnia, hysteria and asthma.