What is Pharmaca? Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy is an online pharmacist’s shop where you can get hold of various supplements and health supplies. The pharmaceutical products cater to various health goals such as weight management, intimate health and pregnancy, cardiovascular support, general wellness, and more. Additionally, shoppers can find personal care products, gift items and other health accessories like monitors on the website.…
Affordable health care is a huge problem facing the nation today. Health care should not be addressed as a privilege, but as a right. The United States Department of Health and Human Services has made it its mission to enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans. They provide effective health and human services while also making advancements in medicines, public health and social services. While these are great things for the organization to be doing, there should be some reform to the system of The U.S. Department of Health and Human services that ensures that all people, nationally, are provided with the affordable health care that they deserve.…
Not to be confused with Addison' Disease or Cushing Disease, adrenal fatigue syndrome (ASF) remains one of the most mis-diagnosed illnesses to plague modern man or woman. Almost 80 percent of the American population may now have AFS without it ever being fully diagnosed. That said, women by far outweigh the men in manifesting symptoms and generally begin showing symptoms in their early thirties depending. Unless a person is truly diagnosed by a holistically-inclined medical doctor, a patient may never fully recover unless they take an alternate, holistic and disciplined approach in treatment.…
INTRODUCTION Different forms of treatments comforts patients in different ways, so patients’ complementary therapies to assist in their wellbeing. They have the right to choose their form of treatments; complementary and alternative therapies. The purpose of this paper is to bring to readers the understanding of complementary therapies, types of complementary therapies, historical background and context, regulation and uses; EBP and research utilization in the traditional environment of complementary therapies. In this paper will mainly focus on complementary therapies, but you will also learn a little about alternative therapies for the whole person. DEFINITION…
1. Discuss the components involved in the Holistic approach to health. How does this approach differ from the Biomedical Model? In 1948 the World Health Organization defined health as “a state of complete, physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity”. (Ragin, 2011, pg. 13) Although this isn’t a new concept, it is an affirmation that the mind, body and social environment have a relationship to the overall health of individuals.…
Today, it is considered by doctors and other healthcare professionals as an effective and integrated alternative to modern medicine, being performed all over the world. It is designed to benefit health conditions and provide patients with a feeling of mental clarity and calm. It is based on the theory that the body has a natural energy which flows throughout the body in channels and that illnesses are a result of the flow of this energy becoming blocked or clogged. When the natural flow of energy is clogged or the flow becomes interrupted and weakened the body becomes more susceptible to illness.…
Introduction This report is going to study the differences between orthodox medicine and complementary therapies for the treatments of conditions that affect different systems of the body. Next, the attitudes of the population towards complementary therapies will be analysed, as well as their psychological effects and contra-indications. The sources of information that claim the benefits of complementary therapies will be evaluated to know their reliability. Finally, it is going to be evaluated the effectiveness of the current regulations for complementary therapies, giving some recommendations that could be implemented in order to provide patients with a common framework for these therapies.…
Health Promotion Concepts Define concepts Health Defining the word and meaning of health can be both complex and challenging. The concept that health is a state of being without disease or illness does not encompass all the variables that make up an individual’s “health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) “health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (1948). Well-being: Health can be seen as a person’s overall wellbeing.…
Alternate therapies are a good way to find effective cures to common as well as unusual ailments that might plague us. People resort top alternate therapies when chemicals and medicines prove ineffective is alleviating their pain and illness. While there are several alternate therapies that are practiced by professional therapists all across the world, magnetic therapy is known to be the most scientific and popular form of alternate healing. Magnetic therapy is a natural and non-evasive therapy that is believed to have been practiced by ancient Greeks and Egyptians thousands of years ago. Magnetic therapy involves the application of a temporary magnetic field comprising electromagnetic devices or fixing permanent static magnet to specific…
Many options are available today for people looking for alternatives to traditional methods of healthcare. Most people are not aware of the different approaches to health and healing that can be taken. The term alternative medicine is, “used simply to denote approaches to health and healing that do not rely on drugs, surgery, and/ or other conventional medical procedures for treating illness.” (Goldberg). When becoming involved in alternative medicine, a world of possibilities is introduced.…
Everything is connected and what is good for one is good for all (Smith). What harms one, harms all (Smith). Tying the physical and mental beings together, it is believed that what is bad for the heart is bad for the body (Smith). Man is so intertwined with nature that they cannot be separated, and, when it come to medicine, “man assists, but nature heals” (Smith). Western medicine takes a structural approach, while traditional Chinese medicine uses a functional approach (Smith).…
The therapeutic relationship is the central principal of all treatments in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practice. The professional therapeutic relationship is a collaborative relationship, rich with feelings and a sense of connection that involves the commitment to provide quality care to clients without bias with respect to age, ethnicity, culture, race, disability, gender, religion or socioeconomic status (REF). The interaction between the practitioner and client establishes framework for shared understanding and building a trusting relationship. The relationship and treatment relies on interpersonal skills that both impact on the eventual outcome. The purpose of this essay is to outline the therapeutic role by contrasting…
Western medicine is also known as conventional medicine and is the science of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease. It often utilizes multiple medications and advanced diagnostic and screening tools. Healthcare providers rely on these tools and standardized tests to match symptoms to an accepted paradigm of diseases and disorders to establish a diagnosis. By mainly focusing on a particular aspect of the disease, instead of the body as a whole, conventional medicine usually does not require lifestyle changes to support the prescribed medication or treatment. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is also sometimes called holistic medicine.…
The Medical fraternity themselves are starting to recognise the importance of evaluating a person holistically, and in response to disease “Biomedicine now admits multiple and interactive causes, and that the whole may be more than simply the sum of the parts. ”(………..date). Supporters of the social model of health also largely acknowledge that the Biomedical approach is needed to deal with many illnesses, disabilities, and diseases, but would like to see other approaches such as natural therapies included in the prevention and cure of individuals, and for the medical profession to not only holistically assess an individual, but to interrelate with social agencies and the community to optimise the best functional result for individuals and…
The Integration of Traditional and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Shauna Uharriet FD ENG 101 B5 (online) Sister Scott March 16, 2016 The Integration of Traditional and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Introduction Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary (2012) defines the term medicine as “the art and science of the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health” and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as “a large and diverse set of systems of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention based on philosophies and techniques other than those used in conventional Western medicine,..” It further states that “CAM is characterized by its focus on the whole person as a unique individual, on the energy of the body and its influence on…