Cam notes part 2 Flashcards
Enumerate the principles of integrative medicine (READ ON PPT)
RA 8423
TAMA
an act that is responsible in the creation of the Philippine
Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC), which
aims to accelerate the development of traditional and alternative
health care in the Philippines.
RA 8423: Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) of 1997
when was TAMA established?
1999
READ OBJECTIVES OF RA 8423: Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) of 1997 (ON PPT)
sum of total knowledge, used in the prevention, diagnosis and elimination of physical or mental disorder.
Traditional and alternative health care
sum of total knowledge, maintain and improve their health towards wholeness of their being
Traditional medicine
Another name biomedicine
Western Medicine
or
Allopathic medicine
medical care advocating therapy with
remedies that produce effects differing from those of the diseases treated.
Biomedicines
Technique or process
Modality
Non-allopathic, occasionally non-indigenous or imported healing methods.
Alternative health care modalities
Enumerate some alternative health care modalities
Nutritional therapy
Acupressure
Reflexology
Chiropractics
Finish, labelled, medicinal products contain active ingredients
Herbal medicines
Foods that grow spontaneously in nature
Natural product
refers to foods that have been prepared from
grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, meats, fish, eggs, honey, raw milk, and the like,
without the use or addition of additives, preservatives, artificial colors and
flavors, or manufactured chemicals of any sort after harvest or slaughter.
Natural prodcut