Complementary & Alternative Medicine Flashcards
what is complementary and alternative medicine?
- complementary med = non-mainstream practice used together with conventional medicine
- alternative med = non-mainstream practice used in place of conventional medicine
what is the traditional and alternative act of 1997?
sum total of knowledge, skills, and practice on health care is not necessasrily explicable but recognized by people towards wholeness of their being, community & societuq
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what is the indigenous system of medicine in Pakistan?
Unani-Tibb
what is an ancient form of traditional therapy uses cups with suction to stimulate the flow of energ in the different parts of the body?
ventosa/cupping
* pain
* inflammation
* blood flowing
* relaxation and well-being
* type of deep-tissue massage
what are the 5 basic principles associated with traditional chinese med?
yin and yang
5 elements
5 substances
12 organs
the meridians
what is a type of vital energy responsible for the ff day to day body functions?
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what are the 6 acupuncture points?
large intestines (LI 4)
Pericardium 6 (P 6)
Small Intestine 3 (SI 3)
Spleen 6 (SP 6)
Stomach 36 (ST 36)
Urinary Bladder 40 (UB 40
Emergency acupuncture points
→ Kidney 1 (K 1)
→ Heart 9 (H 9)
→ Du 4 (DU 4)
→ Du 26 (DU 26)
what is the LI4 for?
effective for lung disorders like asthma
best analgesic point for all painfun conditions
C/I: prengnacy -> can cause premature uterine contractions
what is pericardium 6?
useful for motion sickness
nausea, vomiting, hiccups
heart dis, palpitation
numbness of forearm
anesthetic point for cardiac surgery
what is small intestine 3?
stiffness and rigidity of the neck
lumbago (muscle & joint pains in lower back)
occipital headache
what are spleen 6?
good tonification point
GI dosrders
Genitourinary disorders
Skin disorders
Hemiplegia & neurasthenia
Epilepsy and bronchial asthma
endocrine disorders
what is stomach 36?
improves, energy, balance, and certain other symptoms
homeostatic & tonicifaction effects are required
what is urinary bladder 40?
lumbosacral conditions
sciatica, back pain, paralysis of lower extermity, heat stroke, and other local disorders of knee joint
what is heart 9?
for acute emergencies if the heart & brain
what is heart 9?
for acute emergencies if the heart & brain
