Alternative medicine

people are reaching for drugs to suppress even the smallest ailments, but no one considers the long term effects that these drugs can have on their health. Have no fear; there is an alternative option to cure or alleviate symptoms without the side…

This article was published in the International Journal of Ayurvedic medicine, which describes itself as “An international peer reviewed online open access journal. It is intended for the publication of original research articles in the field of Ayurveda and other allied systems of medicine.” It is a realtivley small jorunal only publishing four issues a year, it also reports that all of its articles are reviewed by at least one…

compassionate and competent patient care (Blais & Hayes, 2011). My chosen culture and value conflict is the use of herbal or nutritional therapy. Throughout my reading from this week’s reading section, I learned there is an increase in the interest of alternative medicine of the efficacy of folk healing techniques and herbal…

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.…

are still reflected to this day throughout their culture. In Northern Norway and other Scandinavian countries, there are still traditional medical practices that occur from day to day (Sexton & Buljo Stabbursvik, 2010). Before the use of modern medicine and health care, the people of Norway used natural healing properties of herbs, roots, and other plants in their traditional healing ways (Ainsworth, 2008). Still to this day, there are some groups of people that still use old the traditional…

Is Naturopathy Real Medicine? Naturopathic doctors (or NDs) are in fact licensed to perform minor surgeries, and prescription drugs, even though they prefer to find all/any alternatives available before doing so. Naturopathy is defined as “a branch of medicine in which a variety of treatments are used to heal illness using a system of medical diagnosis.” (Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, edited by Laurie Fundukian. Gale. 2009. Web.) The same can be said for much of medicine, however. To go…

questions while doing intakes instead of having a conversation with the clients and now I am much better at shifting away from closed-ended questions. I noticed that in the initial intervention I only asked one closed-ended question and none in the alternative statements. I also noticed that I am better at having more of a conversation-based intake with clients at my practicum site, just by rewording the question that I want to ask and I am able to get more information out of…

Allopathic medicines have always been the types of treatment that many relied on, however, lately, the use of complementary and alternative medication has been on the rise. Complementary and alternative medicines, also known as CAMs are natural way like herbal teas, acupuncture, naturopathy and so forth, used to mend the human body of its problem like diseases or injuries (Warren et al., 2012, 326). Although the use of these remedies are revolutionary, many are at stake when it is in use. The…

talk show host, who is also known to be a mental health professional. Deepak Chopra who is alternative medicine Guru makes medicine and he also has the chopra center. FDA has not approved his medicines yet. He believes that spiritual healing can change your medicine. Dr. Weil who is also a graduate from Harvard, he has wide range of services especially alternative…

diseases need to be tended to by someone who specializes in restoring normal body functions which would be a licensed physical therapist. Physical therapy is the treatment of injuries or diseases of the muscles and/or joints with exercises, massages or medicine. There are five different kinds of physical therapists; orthopedic, geriatric, neurological, cardiopulmonary and pediatric. Orthopedic therapists deal more with restoring mobility to the musculoskeletal system (e.g. joints, ligaments,…