Chapter 33 Complementary and Alternative Therapies Flashcards
allopathic or biomedicine
Conventional western medicine
Therapeutic touch contain?
Diagnostic and therapeutic methods that require special training
Guided imagery and breathwork are?
Easily learned and applied with no special training
Whole medical systems include
Practices such as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Ayurveda, and naturopathy
Integrative health care emphasizes the importance of the?
Relationship between practitioner and patient; focuses on the whole person; is informed by evidence; and makes use of appropriate therapeutic approaches, health care professionals, and disciplines to achieve optimal health
-consumers are treated by a team of providers consisting of both biomedical and complementary practitioners
Holistic nursing treats the mind-body-spirit of patients, using interventions such as?
relaxation therapy, music therapy, touch therapies, and guided imagery
Integrative nursing is defined as
A way of being-knowing-doing that advances the health and well-being of people, families, and communities through caring healing relationships
-integrative nurses use evidence to inform traditional and emerging interventions that support whole person/whole systems healing
Fungi-based (mushroom) products
Mycotherapies
Healing touch
Biofield therapy; uses gently touch directly on or close to body to influence and support the human energy system and bring balance to the whole body (physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental); a formal education and certification system provides credentials for practitioners
Reiki therapy
Biofield therapy derived from ancient Buddhist rituals; practitioner places hands on or above a body area and transfers “Universal life energy,” providing strength, harmony, and balance to treat a patient’s health disturbances
Therapeutic touch
Biofield therapy involving direction of a pracitioner’s balanced energies in an intentional manner toward those of a patient, practitioner’s hands lay on or close to patients body
Process providing a person with visual or auditory information about autonomic physiolgoical functions of the body such as muscle tension, skin temp, and brain wave activity through the use of instruments
Biofeedback
Tai Chi
Incorporating breath, movement, and mediation to clense, strengthen, and circulate vital life energy and blood; stimulate the immune system; and maintain external and internal balance
Treatments balance the doshas with a combination of dietary and lifestyle changes, herbal remedies and purgative, massage, meditation, and exercise
Ayurvedic medicine
System of medical treatments based in the theory that certain diseases can be cured by giving small, highly diluted doses of substances made from naturally occurring plan, animal, or mineral substances that stimulate the vital force of the body so it can heal itself
Homeopathic medicine
Use of sweating and purging, herbal remedies, and ceremonies in which a shaman (spiritual healer) makes contact with spirits to ask their direction in bringing healing to people to promote wholeness and healing
Native American traditional healing
Focused on treating whole person and promoting health and well-being rather than an individual disease. Herbal medicine, nutritional supplement, physical medicine, homeopathy, lifestyle counseling, and mind-body therapies with an orientation toward assisting the person’s internal capacity for self-healing (vitalism)
Naturopathic medicien
Chamomile
Promote sleep and relaxation and treat mild GI disturbances and premenstrual symptoms
Aloe
- Skin disorders, including inflammation and acute injuries (used topically)
- GI ulcerations, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (taken orally)
Chamomile
1) Inflammatory disease of GI and upper respiratory tracts
Effects: Antiinflammatory
2) Generalized anxiety disorder
Effects: Calming agent
Echinacea
Upper respiratory tract infections
-Effects: Stimulant of immune system
Feverfew
1) Wound healing
Effects: antiinflammatory
2) Arthritis
Effects: Inhibition of serotonin and prostaglandins
Garlic
1) Elevated cholesterol levels
Effects: inhibition of platelet aggregation
2) HTN
Ginger
Nausea and vomiting
-effects: antiemetic
Gingko Biloba
Alzheimers disease and dementia
-effects: memory improvement
Ginseng
Age-related diseases
Licorice
GI disorders, including gastric ulcers and hepatics C
Saw Palmetto
1) Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Effects: Prevention of conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (needed for prostate cell multiplication)
Drug interactions: Finasteride (Propecia) and antiandrogen drugs
2) Chronic pelvic pain
Valerian
Sleep disorders, mild anxiety, and restlessness
Calamus
Contains carcinogenic (cancerous)
Chaparral
Induces severe liver toxicity & uterine contractions
Coltsfoot
Contains carcinogenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids
hepatotoxicity
comfrey
contains carcinogenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids
may induce venoocclusive diease
hepatotoxicity
ephedra (ma huang)
unsafe for HTN, diabetes thyroid disease
avoid caffeine
life root
hepatotoxicity
pokeweed
Do not use with children
A patient expresses the wish to use licorice instead of allopathic drugs to treat gastric ulcers. Which questions should the nurse ask the patient to ensure the patient can safely take licorice?
“Are you taking corticosteroids?”
“Are you taking antihypertensive drugs?”
“Are you taking immunosuppressive drugs?”
Licorice is used for the treatment of gastric ulcers. Licorice is known for interactions with corticosteroids, antihypertensive drugs, and immunosuppressive drugs. Before administrating licorice, the nurse should check the patient’s history for the use of corticosteroids, antihypertensive drugs, or immunosuppressive drugs. History about the use of anticoagulants and antiandrogen drugs is not important because they do not have any impact on the use of licorice.
