PSY 3110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Acupuncture, Wu Xing, National Institutes Of Health
19 Sep 2016
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Alternative Medicine
WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE?
• Treatment based on non-western (science) views about causes and treatment of ilness.
o Not yet studied approaches
o Understudied approaches
o Studied and rejected approaches
COMMON JUSTIFICATIONS FOR USING ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES
• Extensive, long history of use of methods
o Assumption that occasional discoveries over long period of effort to find a cure
will eventually hit upon effective treatment
o Assumption that with long history of effort, trial and error and subjective
observations of outcomes of many cases justifies use.
• Clinical impressions and conclusions
o Observations and feedback from patients avowing that they got better
• Many approaches can add to or compliment standard western medicine.
o We aren't rejecting traditional medicine
o Not trying to compete with traditional medicine
o If your patient isn't getting better on your best traditional approaches what harm
can it do to try alternative approach that might work.
TRADITIONAL ORIENTAL MEDICINE (TOM)
• Traditional medicine in such places such as; China, Japan, Cambodia, Korea, and
Vietnam
o Basic Principles:
▪ Five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water.
▪ Tao = the way, significance of change and process
▪ Yin and Yang = 2 opposing forces that drive change
▪ Chi= invisible universal energy force that is believed to flow through all
living organisms.
▪ Acupuncture = opens the meridians and or directing the flow of chi to
promote health.
• Combines diet, acupuncture, meditation, physical exercise, healing exercise, herbal
medicine, and massage to promote health.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE SYSTEM OF MEDICINE
• Manipulating or altering vital force that flows through our bodies, CHI.
• Illness relates to blocked or stagnated Chi.
o Acupuncture
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Document Summary
Alternative medicine: treatment based on non-western (science) views about causes and treatment of ilness, not yet studied approaches, understudied approaches, studied and rejected approaches. If your patient isn"t getting better on your best traditional approaches what harm can it do to try alternative approach that might work. Traditional medicine in such places such as; china, japan, cambodia, korea, and. Traditional chinese system of medicine: manipulating or altering vital force that flows through our bodies, chi. Illness relates to blocked or stagnated chi: acupuncture, acupressure, herbal or naturalistic remedies, qigong and tai chi. Take home points: acupuncture: there is strong evidence to show that acupuncture is effective for treatment of headaches and osteoarthritis, headache: acupuncture is an effective adjunctive therapy for conventional medical treatment. Homeopathic system of medicine: like cures like, potentization, holistic view of health. Involves manipulation of soft tissue: benefits may include, reduced stress and pain. Improved circulation: lymph movement and motility, enhanced digestion and intestinal function, general relaxation.
