Unit 1,2,3 Flashcards by Tian Remedios

_____is an umbrella term for a number of
practices beyond the scope of conventional medicine that are built upon
a complete system of ideas and practice and may have evolved in
Western or non-Western cultures

Alternative system of medicine

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This field includes the more mainstream
and accepted forms of therapy that has been practiced for centuries
world-wide such as acupuncture, ayurveda, homeopathy, naturopathy,
Chinese or Oriental medicine

Traditional alternative medicine

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many ____and _____approaches attempt to balance
the body’s nutritional well-being that include, dietary supplements,
herbal medicine and nutrition/diet

dietary , herbal

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some people believe external energies from objects or
other sources directly affect a person’s health for example,
_____, _____, ______

electromagnetic therapy,Reiki and Qigong

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This therapy is based on the idea that illness or injury
in one area of the body can affect all parts of the body, if, with manual
manipulation, the other parts can be brought back to optimum health,
the body can fully focus on healing at the site of injury or illness

Body therapy or healing by touch

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Examples of body therapy are:

chiropractic and osteopathic medicine, massage, body movement
therapies, Tai chi and Yoga

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Tai chi is a type of mind therapy, true or false

false, body therapy

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therapies using the mind include:

meditation, biofeedback and hypnosis

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5 basic senses are

touch, sight, hearing, smell, and
taste

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examples of using senses as therapy include

art, dance, and
music, visualization and guided imagery

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The term, ________, is used to emphasize the
civilizational origin of a particular system of medicine

indigenous systems of medicine

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biomedicine, homeopathy and naturopathy have their
origins in _______

Europe

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The Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems of medicine have their
civilizational origins in ______

India

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_________ can be defined as the employment of more than one
medical system or the use of both conventional and complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) for health and illness

Medical Pluralism

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a key issue in _____ in India is the existing unequal
power relations between different medical systems as well as between
“providers” and “receivers” of healthcare

medical pluralism

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The term ______was used for, “bureaucratic
convenience and included Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy, all
ancient medical systems practiced in India”

Indian System of Medicine (ISM)

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is a system of medicine that evolved across many historical periods
in terms of knowledge as well as practice

ISM

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India has a rich heritage of medical wisdom derived from the ____ that
prevailed as Ayurveda

Vedas

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These were the principal medical practices of the country for centuries,
forming part of Indian ethos and culture

Ayurveda, Siddha
system and Yoga practices

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_______ that was known from period of Hippocrates came to India
during ______

Unani Tibb, 8th century

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Western medicine that is based on
biomedical concepts is commonly known as ______

Allopathy

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_________ a system developed in _______ in _____ century quickly
gained popularity and has got blended with the Indian traditional
medical practices due to similarity in its holistic medical philosophy and
principles

Homeopathy, Germany, 18th

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______is a drug less system of healthy living practices

Naturopathy

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The_______ also helped in establishing western medicine
in India during 19th century

indigenous practitioners

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The _____ and _____were given training during 1860-70s and traditional midwives (dais) were also trained in 1900s

Vaids, Hakims

traditional midwives also called ___

dais

The colonial system viewed dais as, _______

“unhygienic and dangerous women, the prime cause of maternal and infant deaths in India”

Towards the end of nineteenth century,_____was informally an integral part of medical services

ISM

When the dispensaries used to run out of medicines, they relied on ______

Indian medicines

The surgical instruments were similar to the one mentioned by ______

Sushruta

The use of _____ and ______ to perform surgeries was a method adopted from the teachings of Sushruta

chloroform, morphine

The ________and _____were regularly used to assist hospital staff and were a part of routine work of western medicine

indigenous practitioners , dais

By the start of ____ century, there started a colonial discourse against indigenous system

20th

The various merits of ISM recognized by policy makers were : (3 points)

a)the people of country had faith and belief in these systems, b) the country had rich biodiversity to provide for traditional medicines, c) the emphasis of ISM was on ensuring prevention of diseases and adopting healthy lifestyles

The British colonial authorities in India set up the _____Committee in ____

“Health Survey and Development Committee (Bhore committee), 1943

The________ showed a contemptuous attitude towards indigenous system of medicine and termed it as ‘unscientific’

Bhore Committee

Bhore Committee also called

Health Survey and Development Committee

Which committee contradicted to the recommendations of Bhore committee regarding Indigenous systems of medicine

Sokhey committee

Sokhey committee also called

(National Planning Committee)

________committee gave due recognition to the Vaids and Hakims, and proposed their training to mainstream them with the physicians or surgeons or gynaecologists and obstetricians

Sokhey committee (National Planning Committee)

Sokhey committee (National Planning Committee) gave due recognition to the ____and _____ and proposed their training to mainstream them with the physicians or surgeons or gynaecologists and obstetricians

Vaids , Hakims

this committee recommended, “the best scientific training in medicine in schools of a university standard”

Sokhey committee (National Planning Committee)

_______ was set up in 1946 to plan for ISM in independent India

Chopra Committee

Chopra Committee was set up in ____ to plan for ISM in independent India

1946

This committee recommended, “mutual learning between allopathy and the indigenous systems, some practitioners of each being given education in the other so that all systems could be enriched and evolve in to one integrated knowledge system”

Chopra Committee

The ______ was set up at the end of second five year plan in 1959 to survey the progress made in health services since the submission of Bhore committee report and to make recommendations for future development and expansion of health services

Mudaliar Committee (Health Survey and Planning Committee)

Sokhey committee and the Mudaliar committee emphasized the need for

giving a degree qualification in modern medicine to the students qualified in Ayurveda

The ________led to adoption of Primary Health Care approach with its principles being community participation, appropriate technology, comprehensive healthcare, and universal accessibility

Alma-Ata declaration of 1978

____recognised traditional medical practitioners as important allies and recommended their training and engagement in primary health care

Alma-Ata

_______of 1983 referred to ISM as, “our rich, centuries old heritage of medical and health sciences”

National Health Policy

the ______ policy recommended integration of indigenous systems and their services to the overall healthcare delivery system at various levels

National Health Policy

The department of _____ was created in March 1995

ISM&H (Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy)

The department of ISM&H (Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy) was created in ___

March 1995

The department of ISM&H was renamed as ____in November 2003

AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy)

AYUSH stands for

Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy

The department was renamed as AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) in _____

November 2003

The Central Council of Indian Medicine was set up under ______

Indian Medicine Central Council Act 1970

The ______ council was framing and implementing various regulations related to ISM including the curricula and syllabi of ISM institutions

Central Council of Indian Medicine

The ______is included in the central council of Indian medicine from the year 2012

Sowa-Rigpa system of medicine

The _______ is a centuries old traditional medical system originated from Tibetan medicine and employs complex approach for diagnosing patients

Sowa-Rigpa

The system incorporates techniques such as pulse-analysis and urinanalysis

Sowa-Rigpa

____uses behaviour and dietary modification techniques and uses natural materials (e.g. herbs and minerals) and physical therapies to treat illness

Sowa-Rigpa

In 2002, the World Health Organisation came up with its strategy on traditional medicine and concurrently the, _______emerged

National Policy on ISM and H

On_______, the department of AYUSH has been upgraded as “Ministry of AYUSH”

9 November 2014

On 9 November 2014, the department of AYUSH has been upgraded as

“Ministry of AYUSH”

The vision of ministry of AYUSH is,

“to position AYUSH systems as the preferred systems of living and practice for attaining a healthy India”

“National AYUSH Mission” (NAM) was launched on

29 September 2014

_____was launched on 29 September 2014

“National AYUSH Mission” (NAM)

The Ministry of _______________abbreviated as AYUSH, is a governmental body in India purposed with developing, education and research in the field of alternative medicine

Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy

The Ministry of AYUSH is headed by

Sarbananda Sonowal

•Ayurveda (Ayu= ____; Veda= _____ ]or science) means the science of life

life, knowdledge

Unit 1,2,3 Flashcards

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