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level questions: REPORTING

Question	Answer
Aims to achieve the healing effects of medicines despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability, or evidence from clinical trials.	ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Aims to combine alternative practices with those of conventional medicine and rely on pseudoscience to treat specific health problems or conditions, and for general wellness or disease prevention.	COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Complete systems that include a defined philosophy and explanation of disease, diagnosis, and therapy It is practiced worldwide and have immensely evolved over hundreds of years.	ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL SYSTEMS or Whole Medical Systems
Healing systems and beliefs that have developed independently from or parallel to __, or __, medicine.	1 allopathic 2 conventional
ancient Indian medical system rely on a “natural” and holistic approach to physical and mental health	AYURVEDA
Ayurveda therapies	1. Herbal medicines 2. Special diets 3. Meditation 4. Yoga 5. Massage 6. Laxatives 7. Enemas 8. Medical oils
Ayurveda Doshas (Energies)	1. Vāta (air and ether) 2. Pitta (fire and water) 3. Kapha (water and earth)
a medical system based on the principle that like cures like	Homeopathy
primary health care system that stresses upon the body's self-healing mechanism	NATUROPATHY
First advocate of naturopathic medicine	Hippocrates
NATUROPATHY Therapies:	1. Diet 2. Medicinal herbs 3. Acupuncture 4. Physical therapies 5. Mind-body therapies 6. Exercise therapy 7. Hydrotherapy
complete medical system that has been used to diagnose, treat, and prevent illnesses based on a belief in yin and yang, defined as opposing energies	Traditional Chinese Medicine
1 YIN ORGANS 2 YANG ORGANS	1 Liver Heart Spleen Lungs Kidneys 2 Gallbladder Stomach Small intestine Large intestine Bladder Triple burner
The Five Phases (aspects of Qi)	1. Wood - Liver/Gallbladder 2. Fire - Heart/Small intestine 3. Earth - Spleen/Stomach 4. Metal - Lungs/Large intestine 5. Water - Kidney/bladder 6. The triple burner is subsumed into the fire element.
Practices used in TCM include:	Acupuncture and acupressure Moxibustion Herbal medicine Nutrition Tui Na (Chinese massage) Exercise(Tai chi and qi gong)