Lecture 21 Alternative Medicine Flashcards
What’s conventional medicine?
What causes diseases and finds treatment using scientific method
The body in alternative medicine
Believed to have balance or ability to heal itself
What’s alternative medicine?
Group of practices used as an alternative from usual medicine
What’s complementary medicine?
Group of practices used together with conventional medicine
What’s integrative medicine?
Use of conventional medicine combined with CAM practices
Why do people use Complementary and Alternative medicine? (CAM)
Improve health and well-being
Relieve symptoms of chronic diseases
Often used in treatment of pain
2 types of CAM
Natural products (No pharmaceutical drugs)
Mind and body interventions (relieving body, brain, and behavior)
What’s dietary supplements?
Probiotics that restore balance of bacteria and yeast
What are herbal medicines?
Products that come from plants and other natural substances (Progesterone and Digitalis)
3 types of mind and body interventions
Energy therapy
Mind-Body therapy
Manipulative and body-based therapy
What’s energy therapy?
Flow of vital energy through the body
Whats Mind-body therapy?
State of mind that affects health of our body
What’s manipulative and body-based therapy?
Help our body heal itself
What does acupuncture and acupressure do?
Stimulates body’s healing innate ability
What’s moxibustion?
Application of heat by burning a herb called moxa
