Midterm Exam (TAMA Act ㅡ Homeopathy ㅡ Naturopathy) Flashcards
TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE/TAMA ACT OF 1997
(RA 8423)
the late senator and former health started the tradition health care program in 1992 and the program aims to provide an affordable, safe and effective traditional medicine for the Filipino people
Dr. Juan Martin Flavier (1992)
When was TAMA Act signed?
December 8, 1997
Who is the president that signed the TAMA Act?
President Fidel V. Ramos
is a government-owned and controlled corporation attached to the Department of Health (DOH) which was created in December 7, 1997 per Republic Act No. 8423, otherwise known as the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) of 1997 authored by Senator Juan M. Flavier.
Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC)
the sum total of knowledge, skills and practices on health care, other than those embodied in biomedicine, used in the prevention, diagnosis and elimination of physical or mental disorder.
Traditional and alternative health care
the sum total of knowledge, skills, and practice on health care, not necessarily explicable in the context of modern, scientific philosophical framework, but recognized by the people to help maintain and improve their health towards the wholeness of their being, the community and society, and their interrelations based on culture, history, heritage, and consciousness.
Traditional medicine
that discipline of medical care advocating therapy with remedies that produce effects differing from those of the diseases treated.
Biomedicine
Biomedicine is also called ___?
• “allopathy”
• “western medicine”
• “orthodox medicine”
• “Cosmopolitan medicine.”
other forms of non-allopathic, occasionally non-indigenous or imported healing methods, though not necessarily practiced for centuries nor handed down from one generation to another.
some ____________ include reflexology, acupressure, chiropractic, nutritional therapy, and other similar methods.
Alternative health care modalities
finished, labeled, medicinal products that contain as active ingredient/s serial or underground part/s of plant or other materials or combination thereof, whether in the crude state or as plant preparations.
Herbal medicines
those foods that grow spontaneously in nature whether or not they are tended by man.
it also refers to foods that have been prepared from grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, meats, fish, eggs, honey, raw milk, and the like, without the use or addition of additives, preservatives, artificial colors and flavors, or manufactured chemicals of any sort after harvest or slaughter.
Natural product
any and all operations involved in the production, including preparation, propagation, processing, formulating, filling, packing, repacking, altering, ornamenting, finishing, or otherwise changing the container, wrapper, or labeling of a consumer product in the furtherance of the distribution of the same from the original place of manufacture to the person who makes the final delivery or sale to the ultimate consumer.
Manufacture
the relatively old, highly respected people with a profound knowledge of traditional remedies.
Traditional healers
is the legal basis by which the indigenous communities exercise their rights to have access to, protect, control over their cultural knowledge and product, including, but not limited to, traditional medicines, and includes the right to receive compensation for it.
Intellectual property rights
an ancient medicinal system that emerged in India; promotes specific lifestyle interventions and natural therapies.
Ayurveda
Ayurveda = _______ ?
“knowledge of life.”
Ayurveda treatment starts with:
a. internal purification process
b. special diet
c. herbal remedies
d. massage therapy
e. Yoga
f. meditation
partly based on old spiritual and herbal medicine in remote rural communities.
TCAM’s credibility
spiritual mediators, preserved healing practices in their communities.
“Babaylans” or woman healers
have the same level of trust, respect, and authority in their individual communities.
TCAM practitioners and indigenous healers
ancient system of health and wellness that’s been used in China for thousands of years.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
focuses mainly on treating disease but TCM looks at your entire well-being.
Western medicine
in charge of conducting research, managing operations, and setting standards for traditional and alternative medicine established after the Bill 8423, was passed in 1997.
The Philippine Department of Health’s Institute of Traditional and Alternative Medicine
ARTICLE I, SECTION 3
(a) To encourage scientific research on and develop traditional and alternative health care systems that have direct impact on public health care;