Traditional Medicine
TraditionalComplementary/Alternative
Catagories of Medicine
Traditional medicine is the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness.
What is Traditional Medicine?
They refer to a broad set of health care practices that are not part of that country's own tradition and are not integrated into the dominant health care system.
What is Complementary/Alternative Medicine?
Yin and Yang5 elementsChecking the Tongue and Pulse
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Doctor OzAcupunctureHow does cupping reduce Stress?
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Interaction of the body, mind and spirit, and the combination of energy and matter
Fire, Water, Earth, Air, EtherVata-MotionPitta-DigestionKapha- maintenance of bodily function
Ayurveda
Ayurvedic Bodytypes
Ayurveda
constitution and lifestyleImbalance of doshasPanchakarma- cleansing and rejuvenating
program including vomiting, purging, enemas, breathing in vapors of herbal medicines, and purification of the blood.
Ayurveda
Medicines from natural sourcesDietary regimensBehavior modifications
Remedies chosen based on attributes and taste.
Ayurveda
Sweet tasting foods: Sweet: sugar,* milk, butter, rice, honey, bread
Sour: yogurt, lemon, cheese Salty: salt, seaweed, soy sauce, pickles Pungent: spicy foods, pepper, ginger, cumin Bitter: spinach, other green leafy vegetables Astringent: beans, pomegranate
Ayurveda
Native American
Developed by Galen, physician to Marcus Aurelius
Based on Ayurveda and Egyptian medicine
Humorism
Four elements-Earth, Fire, Water, AirFour Fluids-Black Bile, Blood, Phlegm, Yellow
Bile
Humorism
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