Chapter 15A

Question 1

Complementary Health Approaches

Answer 1

Practices and products that originated outside of, but are used in conjunction with, conventional medicine

Question 2

Alternative Health Approaches

Answer 2

Practices and products that originated outside of, and are used in place of, conventional medicine

Question 3

Integrative Health

Answer 3

Health care that brings conventional and complementary approaches together in a coordinated way

Question 4

Holistic

Answer 4

Relating to or concerned with the whole body and the interactions of systems rather than treatment of individual parts

Question 5

Complementary Medical Systems

Answer 5

Approaches to health care that reflect specific theories of physiology, health, and disease that have developed outside of conventional medicine

Question 6

Traditional “Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Answer 6

An ancient comprehensive system of healing that uses herbs, acupuncture, massage, and qigon to bring vital energy, qi, into balance and to remove blockages of qi that lead to disease

Question 7

Ayurveda (Ayurvedic Medicine)

Answer 7

A comprehensive system of medicine, originating in ancient India, that places equal emphasis on the body, mind, and spirit and strives to restore the body’s innate harmony through diet, exercise, meditation, herbs, massage, sun exposure, and controlled breathing

Question 8

Homeopathy (Homeopathic Medicine)

Answer 8

An unconventional Western system of medicine based on the principle that “like cures like” and the “law of minimum dose”

Question 9

Naturopathy (Naturopathic Medicine)

Answer 9

A system of medicine in which practitioners work to support to body’s innate healing mechanisms and use treatment approaches such as diet, exercise, and massage that are minimally invasive

Question 10

Manipulative Therapies

Answer 10

Treatments involving manipulation or movement of one or more body structures or the whole body

Question 11

Chiropractic Medicine

Answer 11

A system of treatment that involves manipulation of the spine and neuromuscular structures to promote proper energy flow

Question 12

Massage Therapy

Answer 12

Soft-tissue manipulation by trained therapists for relaxation and healing

Question 13

Energy Therapies

Answer 13

Therapies using energy fields such as electromagnetic fields or biofields

Question 14

Acupuncture

Answer 14

A technique of traditional Chinese medicine that involves the placement of long, thin needles to affect the flow of energy (qi) along energy pathways (meridians) within the body

Question 15

Acupressure

Answer 15

A technique of traditional Chinese medicine that uses application of pressure to selected points along meridians to balance energy