Types Of Hilot Flashcards
Is an ancient Filipino art of healing. It uses manipulation and massage to achieve the treatment outcome.
Hilot
Is a form of alternative medicine and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body.
Acupuncture
Is a form of alternative medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine.
Chiropractics
Aims to stimulate the body’s own healing capacity
Homeopathy
Seeks to identify the toxins in the body, aid the natural defense mechanisms in mobilizing these toxins, thereby rendering the body free of toxic debris
Homotoxicology
Is an ancient Chinese manipulative therapy used in an attempt to open the body’s defensive chi (Wei Qi) in order to allow energy to move along the meridians and in the muscles.
Tuina
Is a way of detecting, treating and preventing health problems by moving, stretching and massaging a person’s muscles and joints: Osteopathy is based on the principle that the wellbeing of an individual depends on their bones, muscles, ligaments and connective tissue functioning smoothly together
Osteopathy
(a Sanskrit word that means “science of life” or “knowledge of life” is one of the world’s oldest whole-body healing systems. It was developed more than 5,000 years ago in India. is based on the belief that health and wellness depend on a delicate balance between the mind, body, spirit, and environment.
Ayurveda
is a holistic approach to wellness. The underlying principles of _______ are the importance of a healthy diet, clean fresh water, sunlight, exercise and stress management.
Naturopathy
System of medicine at least 23 centuries old that aims to prevent or heal disease by maintaining or restoring yin yang balance. A large share of its claims are pseudoscientific, with the majority of treatments having no robust evidence of effectiveness or logical mechanism of action.
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
is an integrative multimodal treatment system based on a holistic understanding of man and nature and of disease and treatment. It builds on a concept of four levels of formative forces and on the model of a three-fold human constitution. Anthroposophic medicine is integrated with conventional medicine in large hospitals and medical practice.
Anthroposophic Medicine