Lesson 1 Flashcards
Complementary Medicine
goes hand in hand with conventional and modern medicine
Method that enhances or supports other forms of treatment
Complementary medicine
Other term for complementary medicine
Alternative or integrative medicine
Maintains a mind-body connection
Alternative medicine
Alternative medicine
are medical treatments used instead of traditional medicine
Allopathic medicine
methods that attempt to counteract diseases or the cause of diseases directly
What is “allos”?
other
What is “pathos”?
disease or suffering
CAM Categories
- Alternative Medical Systems
- Mind-Body Interventions
- Biologically Based Therapies (BBT)
- Manipulative and Body-Based Methods
- Energy Therapies
Examples of Alternative Medical Systems
- Ayurveda
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
Examples of Mind-Body Interventions
- Meditation
- Yoga
Examples of Biologically Based Therapies
- Herbal supplements
- Dietary
Examples of Manipulative and Body-Based Methods
- Chyropathy
- Massage therapy
Examples of Energy Therapies
- Reiki
- Acupuncture
Indigenous, spiritual guides, healers, and priests in the EARLY SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Babaylans
Pre-colonial Period
Traditional healing practices
In the PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD, they use a variety of natural remedies, including herbs, plants, and animal parts, to treat illnesses
Albularyos or Herbolarios
In what period were traditional practices influenced by Western medicine
Colonial Period
The first faculty of medicine in the Philippines
University of Santo Tomas (1871)
They served as the primary healthcare providers
Friars and missionaries
Post Colonial and Modern Era
resurgence of interest in traditional medicine
Act that integrate traditional and alternative medicine into the national healthcare system
Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997 (TAMA)
TAMA led to the establishment of…..
Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC)
Reasons or causes on why CAM related research has been slower in the last years
- Time and funding problems
- Regulatory issues
- Conflict in finding researchers willing to conduct ample research/ lack of researchers
In Alternative Medicine, what is CHAHARA?
- Chiropractic
- Homeopathy
- Ayurveda
- Herbal Medicine
- Acupuncture
- Reflexology
- Aromatherapy
In Allopathic Medicine, what is W-COMB?
- Western Medicine
- Conventional Medicine
- Orthodox Medicine
- Mainstream Medicine
- Biomedicine