FMCH3 Midterm Flashcards
The threat of incapacity of the person to fulfill expectations or perform social role tasks
ILLNESS
Contribution to the maintenance of health ○ e.g. economic security, adequate housing and
food security, good relationships
POSITIVE HEALTH FACTORS
RA 10767
Comprehensive TB Elimination Plan Act of 2016
A group of diagnostic and therapeutic disciplines that
are used together with conventional medicine.
complementary medicine
Co-management
• 2 practitioners, 1 from western practice and 1 from
another type of practice
Complementary medicine
Medical care that combines conventional
medicine with complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) approaches that have been shown
to be safe and to work.
Integrative
a group of disorders, or a method of
Scientific treatment, but an approach, a way of thinking.
Scientific integrative medicine
RA 8423
Traditional and
Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) of 1997
Presidential Proclamation no. 698
NOVEMBER as ‘Traditional and Alternative Health Care Month’
Blatta orientalis,
The chemicals from the tincture derived from the
lowly and despicable cockroach, believed to provide remedy for bronchial asthma and bronchitis.
Alphitobius leavigatus
In themselves, the insects are harmless but become
dangerous when the mambabarang decides to use
them for purposes of sorcery and possession.
A well established as a treatment for depression and
anxiety.
• Effectively used to treat back pain, heart conditions,
asthma, chronic fatigue, hypertension, multiple
sclerosis, and side effects of chemotherapy
Yoga, taichi
Can be called “Thai massage for gourmets”
Tok Sen/ Tapping Line/
Hammer Massage
Blumea balsamifera
• Aka. ‘Blumea camphor’
For edema
Sambong for urinary stones
Cassia alata
• Aka. ‘bayabas-bayabasan’, ‘ringworm bush’
Akapulko for ringworm and skin fungal infection
Quisqualis indica
• Aka. ‘Chinese honeysuckle’
Only the dried mature seeds are medicinal
Niyog-niyogan, Effective in the elimination of worms, particularly
Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichinella spiralis.
Ehretia microphylla
• Prepared as a tea
Also used as mouthwash since leaves have a high
fluoride content
Tsaang-gubat
• Effective in treating intestinal motility
Momordica charantia
Ampalaya
• Most known treatment of non-insulin dependent
diabetes mellitus patients
Peperomia pellucida
• Leaves can be eaten fresh as a salad or brewed as a tea
Ulasimang bato, • Effective for treatment of arthritis and gout
Allium sativum
• effects only last for 3 months
Bawang
Mainly reduces cholesterol in blood and hence can
control blood pressure
Psidium guajava
Also, can be used as mouthwash to treat tooth decay
and gum infection
Primarily used as an antiseptic to disinfect wounds
Bayabas
Clinopodium douglasii
• Aka. ‘peppermint’
Can be taken internally as decoction or applied
externally by pounding the leaves and put directed
on affected area
• Used as analgesic to relieve body aches and pains
Yerba Buena
Aka ‘5-leaved chaste tree’
Lagundi
The state recognizes the role of women in
nation-building, and shall ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men”
Art. II, Sec 14, 1987 Constitution
