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What is alternative medicine?
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A group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not currently considered part of conventional medicine.
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What is complimentary medicine?
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When people combine alternative medicine with conventional treatments to control discomfort.
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How do CAM treatments progress?
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CAM treatments become more mainstream over time and can eventually become part of traditional medicine.
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What are some examples of traditional chinese medicine?
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Balancing chi's, herbal teas, acupuncture, massage.
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What is acupressure?
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A manipulative technique that involves the application of pressure rather than needles to the points in acupuncture.
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What is Ayurveda>
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An ancient system of medicine that came from India--The goal is to integrate body mind and spirit.
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What is naturopathy?
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A medical system that arose in Europe. Its central belief is that nature contains the power to heal, and the human body has the ability to maintain and return to a state of health.
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What are the key principles of naturopathy?
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1) Promote the healing power of nature
2) First do no harm 3) Treat the whole person 4) Treat the cause rather than the symptoms 5) prevention is the best cure 6) The physician is a teacher, helping patients in taking responsibility for their health. |
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What is homeopathy?
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A medicine system that diverges from the background and assumptions of conventional medicine.
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What is potenization?
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The notion that systematically diluting a substance and shaking it vigorously after each dillution makes the mixture more potent.
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What are some forms of healing that aren't whole forms of care?
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Massage, chiropractors, diets, energy healing, dietary supplements.
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What is mind body medicine?
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Relaxation techniques that apply to a variety of things such as the mind, body, emotions, and behaviors.
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What is transcendental meditation?
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Very traditional meditation, eyes closed, relaxed posture, reduction of mind chatter etc.
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What is mindfulness meditation?
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Relaxed, upright posture, focused on thoughts and sensations as they occur. Tries to enhance awareness, perceptions, and thoughts in a non-judgemental way.
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What is guided imagery?
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People conjue up a calm peaceful image, such as an ocean scene, then people focus on painful experiences, hoping the ocean scene will help.
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What is Chi Gong?
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Traditional chinese movement based approaches to unblock the chi and improve health.
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What is Tai chi?
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A technique that has evolved as a martial art but grown to be therapeutic.
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What is biofeedback?
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People try to regulate things like heart rate and digestion consciously and began to be successful.
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What is hypnosis?
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A technique similar to relaxation that tries to change the focus of attention to expand peoples minds to new ideas.
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