Complementary and Integrative Health Flashcards

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Acupuncture

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needles places at acupoints to change flow of energy

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Allopathic Medicine

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traditional medical care

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Aromatherapy

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Ayurveda

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  • India
  • integrate balance of body, mind, and spirit
  • dosha
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Chiropractic care

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investigates the relationship between structure and function of human body

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Complementary Health Approaches

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can be used with conventional medicine/ complement them

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Guided Imagery

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Healing Touch

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use of a collection of energy techniques to assess and treat the human energy system

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Holism

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connections and interactions between parts of the whole

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Holistic Nursing

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healing the whole person is the goal

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Homeopathy

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-support the body while symptoms run their course
- match patterns with remedies

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Integrative health

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combination of allopathic and complementary and alternative modalities

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Qi Gong

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  • system of posture
  • gentle/ dynamic exercise
  • breathing techniques
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Shamanism

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  • illness originates in the spiritual world
  • retrieve lost soul
  • native plants/ herbs, animals, rituals, ceremonies, purification
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Therapeutic Touch

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use of hands-on or near the body with intent to heal; goal is to break of tension

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Traditional Chinese Medicine

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  • Qi/ Chi
  • acupuncture, herbs, massage, energy exercise
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Health

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the absence of disease

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Mind-Body practices

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  • variety of techniques designed to enhance the mind’s ability to affect bodily function and symptoms
  • helps musculoskeletal pain
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Natural Products

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  • herbs, animal-derived extracts, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids, proteins, prebiotics/probiotics, whole diets, functional foods
  • helps all chronic pain
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examples of mind-body approaches

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meditation, guided imagery, biofeedback, and relaxation

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Energy Healing

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helps pain that lingers after injury heals, anxiety, depression, pain complicated by trauma

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Physical Manipulation

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  • helps musculoskeletal pain
  • massage, chiropractic, osteopathy
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Lifestyle changes

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  • helps all types of chronic pain
  • sleep hygiene, positive work environment, healthy relationships, exercise
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Psychoneuroimmunology

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  • study of neurochemicals
  • connects body and mind
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Yoga

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  • practiced in India
  • includes ethical models for behavior and mental and physical exercises
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Tai Chi

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  • martial arts
  • mind-body practice
  • improve balance/ coordination; reduce falls
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Vital life force

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pneuma, qi, chi, pran

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Sound Healing

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sound waves that vibrate at particular frequencies

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Qi

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invisible flow of energy

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Naturopathy

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  • vitalists doctrine
  • illness attributed to ignoring natural laws