Complementary and Alternative Therapies Flashcards
Conventional medicine
Western medical practices
Biomedicine
Western medical practices
Allopathic medicine
Western medical practices
Greater emphasis on prevention, natural healing
Eastern medicine
As many as 1,800 other therapies practiced all over the world over thousands of years
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
Based on ancient medical systems
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
CAM together with conventional medicine
Complementary
CAM in place of conventional medicine
Alternative
Treatments from conventional medicine
CAM for which there is high-quality evidence of safety and effectiveness
Integrative
Paradigm of whole systems
Holism
Belief that people are more than physical bodies
Holism
Combined mental, emotional, spiritual, relationship, and environmental components
Holism
Interventions individualized within the entire context of a person’s life
Holism
Mind and body are indivisible.
Humanism
People have the power to solve own problems.
Humanism
People are responsible for patterns of their lives.
Humanism
Well-being is combination of personal satisfaction and contributions to larger community.
Humanism
Connection with the ground
Contact with reality
Stability, security, independence
Grounding
Force that integrates body, mind, and spirit
Energy
Has prevented Western health practitioners from learning new ways to promote health and prevent illnesses
Ethnocentrism
Assumption that one’s own culture or ethnic group is superior to others
Ethnocentrism
Indian system of medicine
Ayurveda
State of imbalance among body systems
Ayurveda
Mentally healthy people
Good memory, comprehension, intelligence, reasoning ability
Ayurveda
Dosha
(body)
Emotionally healthy people
Balanced emotional states, sense of well-being or happiness
Ayurveda
Physically healthy people
Proper functioning of senses, digestion, elimination
Exercise program
Yoga
Breathing exercises
Meditative techniques
Ayurveda
Mind, body, spirit, and emotion are never separated.
traditional chinese medecine
Imbalance or interruption in the flow of qi
Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine
Treatments include:
Acupuncture
Acupressure
Herbal medicine
Spirituality and medicine are inseparable.
Native American healing
Only healer is the One
Native American healing
Healers use medicine objects and ceremonial treatments.
Native American healing
Harmony between mind and body
Native American healing
Cultural healing found in Latin America and Latinos in United States
Curanderismo
Traditional healing system with Western biomedical beliefs, treatments, and practices
Curanderismo
Used by 80% of the world’s population
Botanical Healing
Self-healing system
Homeopathy
Therapeutic use of essential oils
Aromatherapy
Law of similars
Homeopathy
Remedies stimulate self-healing capacit
Homeopathy
System of medicine and a way of life
Emphasis on responsibility, health maintenance, and disease prevention
Do not provide emergency care or major surgery
Rarely prescribe drugs
Treat clients in private practice and outpatient clinics
Naturopathy
Third largest independent health profession in Western world
Chiropractic
Correct spinal dysfunction
Chiropractic
Scientific manipulation of soft tissue of the body
Aids ability of the body to heal itself
Aimed at achieving or increasing health and well-being
Massage
pply pressure or stimulation to specific points on body
Treatments rooted in traditional philosophy about qi, or life energy
Acupuncture, acupressure, and reflexology
Includes Therapeutic Touch (TT), Healing Touch (HT), and Reiki
Hand-mediated biofield therapies
Imagery refers to two-way communication between conscious and unconscious mind and involves whole body and senses
Guided imagery
Learn to control certain physiological responses of the body
Biofeedback
Breathing and mental exercises combined with body movement
Physical fitness
Meditation
Self-defense
Qi gong and t’ai chi
Stretching
Strength
Balance
Pilates
Detoxification
Types
* Use of water as a healing
treatment
* Uses body’s response to heat
and cold
* Used to:
o Decrease pain and
fever
o Reduce swelling and
cramps
o Induce sleep
o Improve physical and
mental tone
Hydrotherapy
Detoxification
Types
Procedure for washing inner walls of colon by filling it with water or herbal solutions and then draining it
Colonics
Detoxification
Types
Introduction of chemicals into bloodstream that bind with heavy metals in the body
Chelation therapy
Specifically selected animals used as a treatment modality in health and human service settings
Animal-assisted therapy
Live at long-term health care facilities
Gravitate to most isolated or depressed clients
Resident animals
Adjunct therapy to occupational and physical therapy
Gardening, healing garden
Stimulates five senses
Provides leisure activities
Improves motor function
Provides sense of achievement
Improves self-esteem
Horticultural therapy
