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Conventional Medicine |
Official medicine; pain killer |
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Allied |
group of individuals with a similar goals (friendly) |
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Osteopathy |
the study of pain; closely related to older patients (geriatric) |
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Physical therapist |
these are doctors who work with patients after surgery |
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Therapist |
doctor who is connected to feeling, emotions, the mind. |
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Alternative |
another choice (not the first choice; not the conventional first choice) |
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Herb |
a small plant that is used to improve the test of food, or to make medicine. |
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Encompass |
to include a wide range of ideas, subjects, etc. |
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Distinct |
Clearly different or belonging to a different type |
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Opposing |
conflicting |
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Vital |
extremely important |
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Harmony |
notes of music combined together in a pleasant way. |
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correspond |
have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly |
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Touching |
making you feel sadness |
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Palpate |
to touch part of someone's body in order to examine it. |
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Herbal |
made of herbs |
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acupuncture |
a treatment of pain and disease that involves pushing special needles into parts of the body. |
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Substances |
a particular type of solid, liquid, or gas; items; materials |
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Stimulating |
exciting or full of new ideas; making you feel more active |
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Blockages |
something that is stopping movement in a narrow place; the state of being block or prevented |
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Dilute |
to make a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid. |
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Trace |
to find someone or something that has disappeared by searching for them carefully. |
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Ingest |
to take food or other substances into your body-- digest. |
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symptom |
something wrong with your body or mind which shows that you have a particular illness. |
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Vigorously |
in a way that uses a lot of energy and strength or determination |
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remedy |
a way of dealing with a problem or making a bad situation better |
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healing |
the treatment of illness using natural powers or prayer rather than medicine |
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combat |
fighting, especially during a war. |
