Types Of Hilot Flashcards

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Is an ancient Filipino art of healing. It uses manipulation and massage to achieve the treatment outcome.

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Hilot

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Is a form of alternative medicine and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body.

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Acupuncture

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Is a form of alternative medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine.

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Chiropractics

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Aims to stimulate the body’s own healing capacity

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Homeopathy

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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

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Homotoxicology

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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.

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Tuina

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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

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Osteopathy

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(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.

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Ayurveda

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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.

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Naturopathy

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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.

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  1. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
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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.

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Anthroposophic Medicine

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