This symbol represents the dynamic balance of opposites in all aspects of life
What is yin-yang?
Consderations include quantity, season and timing
What is an Ayurvedic diet recommendation?
What is
-Chi?
-Prana?
-Qi?
This is the underlying principle of homeopathy
What is “like cures like”
This approach posits that we are completely connected to nature and we have a natural self-healing ability.
What is Traditional Chinese Medicine
The 4 key principals re:-Your body is an integrated whole.
-You are completely connected to nature. .
You were born with a natural self-healing ability.
Prevention is the best cure.
What are:
Acupuncture / Acupressure (Tuina)/ Moxibustion/ Cupping
Herbal therapy
Food for healing
Qi Gong
5 Element Psychology
Vata, Pitta and Kapha are types of this.
What are Doshas?
This form of energy medicine seems to be safe.
What are all of them?
The paradox of homeopathic dosing that is counterintuitive to most people
What is that increasing dilution increases potency?
One of the oldest systems of medicine that is practiced frequently in India and Nepal
What is Ayurveda?
Examination of these two items are integral to TCM diagnosis
What are Tongue and pulses
the bio-energy residing primarily in the GI track responsible for digesting food, metabolic and transformative processes at the physiologic and cellular levels
What is Agni?
- some speculate that it's an early understanding a biofilm from infection
These are 2 examples of ways to affect the energy of a person.
(bonus 100 points for each additional one)
What is :
- Reiki
- Therapeutic Touch
- Healing Touch
-Acupuncture
- Pranayama
-Qi gong
-Polarity therapy
What is Teething Remedy?
This modality was shown to have good evidence for efficacy in a systematic review of meta-analyses
2 clues as to how acupuncture works are in these effects on fMRI
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What is:
-acupuncture can modulate activity within specific brain areas
-combination points activate wider areas than single point;
- regulated areas are mostly related to the emotional, cognitive, and painful functions;
- limbic system and subcortical areas are found to be hubs after acupuncture
-sham acupuncture showed less effect than true acupuncture
An Ayurvedic plant formulation was found to be just as effective as celecoxib and glucosamine sulfate in a clinical trial in this disease process
What is knee osteoarthritis?
Curcumin has also been found effective
Energy modalities such as Reiki and therapeutic touch have been shown to help patients with this
(extra 100 pt for each additional)
-Pain, especially acute pain
- Fatigue
- wound healing
-Joint function
-Mood ; depression related to cancer tx; pre-op anxiety
https://www.va.gov/wholehealthlibrary/passport/chapter-17.asp
One of the several advantages of homeopathic treatments
- if it doesn't help it won't hurt
-relatively inexpensive
-can get over the counter
-combination products may help different presentations of an issue such as allergies
This is the daily schedule they would recommend:
Get up at 6am; Yoga; 12pm biggest meal of your day; other activities, 6pm dinner; take a walk
Ayurvedic practitioner
Of Lateral epicondylitis, Patellofemoral pain, HTN, Depression, CTS, and Post-herpetic neuralgia, This is the only one not shown to improve with acupuncture
What is Depression - although what is being treated doesn't correspond to our diagnoses, and mood may be affected as well as other symptoms
This level of training offers comprehensive clinical training in Ayurvedic disease pathology and management, including diet, lifestyle, herbs, and therapies. It typically requires 1,500 hours of training (which can include AHC hours) and 150 supervised client encounters. Some programs offer this as a 1.5-year commitment.
What is an Ayurvedic practitioner?
This is more advanced than
And less than Ayurvedic Doctor (AD): This level represents specialized training that may integrate Ayurvedic and Western allopathic medicine for a more comprehensive approach. It requires a minimum of 4,000 hours of training (including AHC and AP hours) and 300 client encounters
A meta analysis showed that short term sesson of this intervention can help chronic disease and pre-procedural anxiety
What is Reiki?
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-024-01439-x
These are 4 questions a homeopathic practitioner might ask to choose a remedy for a child with a cold
What are:
-consistency of mucus
-Skin warm and dry or cool and clammy?
-want to be held or left alone?
-timing of symptoms?
This type is described as having a "muscular body, penetrating mind and determined spirit".
What is Pitta?