Chapter 6 (CAM)

Question 1

CAM

Answer 1

complimentary and alternative medicines

Question 2

herb

Answer 2

crude drug of vegetable origin for treatment of disease or to improve/maintain health

Question 3

phytotherapy

Answer 3

use of herbs to treat/prevent illness

Question 4

homeopathy

Answer 4

holistic philosophy of the law of similars

Question 5

narutopathy

Answer 5

tailor-made combination of nutritionals, herbs, homeopathy, chiropractic, massage, etc.

Question 6

R trial

Answer 6

randomized trial

Question 7

DB trial

Answer 7

double-blinded

Question 8

PC trial

Answer 8

placebo-controlled

Question 9

complimentary medicine

Answer 9

used together with conventional medicine

Question 10

alternative medicine

Answer 10

used in place of conventional medicine

Question 11

herbs sold under Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994

Answer 11

require no proof of safety, efficacy, research, accurate claims, purity, correct amounts of ingredients

Question 12

herbals and botanicals

Answer 12

dietary supplements

Question 13

if natural compound has enough biological activity to produce benefit…

Answer 13

it can produce harm

Question 14

homeopathy is based on

Answer 14

law of similars

Question 15

law of similars

Answer 15

a substance that produces a certain set of symptoms in a healthy person has the power to cure a sick person manifesting the same symptoms
Agents are prepared via a diluting technique b/c potency is believed to increase with dilution

Question 16

10 cups of white willow bark tea

Answer 16

equals one 5g tablet of ASA