Alternative therapy Flashcards
are approaches to
medical diagnosis
and treatment that
are not fully accepted
by the established
medical community.
Alternative therapies
recognize the connection
between the mind and the
body, how individuals
think and feel, their
attitudes and habits.
Mind-body interventions
is the use of special
devices to convey information
about heart rate, blood pressure,
skin temperature, muscle
relaxation, and the like to enable
the person to learn how to
consciously control these
medically important functions.
biofeedback
invoking divine
intervention without the use of
medical, surgical, or other
traditional therapy.
faith healing
uses hypnosis and the power of
suggestion to improve health
behaviors, relieve pain, and
reduce stress and anxiety.
Hypnotherapy
technique that
guides a person to achieve a
desired physical, emotional, or
spiritual state by visualizing
himself or herself in that state.
Imagery
is a technique of
reducing stress by letting the
brain relax for a few moments.
meditation
use electrical energy,
magnetic energy, or both,
to stimulate bone repair,
wound healing, and tissue
regeneration.
Bioelectromagnetic
medical applications
include the following: acupuncture,
ayurveda, homeopathic medicine,
and naturopathic medicine.
include the following: acupuncture,
ayurveda, homeopathic medicine,
and naturopathic medicine.
piercing the skin with thin long
needles at specific anatomical
points to relieve pain or illness.
Acupuncture
a Sanskrit word meaning the
“science” or “wisdom of health.”
This is an ancient philosophy
based on a deep understanding
of eternal truths about the human
body, mind, and spirit.
Ayurveda
is a
system that integrates
traditional medicine with
botanical medicine.
Naturopathic
are biofield
therapeutics,
chiropractic, and
massage therapy.
The manual healing
methods
directs a healing force from
an Outside source through
the practitioner and into the
sick person’s body through
laying on of hands.
biofield
therapeutics
a manual healing method of
manipulating the vertebrae to
relieve musculoskeletal pain
suspected of causing
problems with internal
organs.
Chiropractic
applied to the part or whole of
the body and is designed to
eliminate waste products,
free up muscles and joints,
improve circulation of the
blood, and speed up
metabolism.
MASSAGE
chelation, and ozone
therapies.
Pharmacological and
biological treatments
the use of cleaned and
powdered connective tissue,
like collagen, to improve
health.
cartilage theraphy
the use of ethylene diamine
tetraacetic auld (EDTA) to
bind with metallic ions,
healing the body by removing
toxic metals.
chelation theraphy
enhance the body’s immune
system.
Ozone therapy
to the use of plants to
treat disease or
improve health.
herbal medicine
a technique that uses oil
extract from plants, flowers,
leaves, fruits, roots, or seeds.
aroma therapy
use of
natural food in the
prevention and
treatment of chronic
disease.
Diet and Nutrition
a diet that uses brown rice,
miso soup, sea vegetables,
and other traditional
Japanese food.
Macrobiotic Diet
Mind-body interventions:
Biofeedback
Faith healing
Hypnotherapy
Imagery
Meditation
Alternative system of medical pratices
1.Acupuncture
2.ayurveda
3. Naturopathic
Manual healing method
- Biofield therapeutic
- Chiropractic
- Massage
Pharmacological or biological treatment
- chelation therapy
- cartilage therapy
- ozone therapy
Herbal medicine
aroma therapy
diet and nutrition
macrobiotic diet
Orthomolecular medicine
