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Alternative Medicine
Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
Acupressure
Acupressure
Method of maintaining health,
treating disease and alleviating pain
by applying pressure or massaging
certain points on the body surfaces
Acupuncture
Acupuncture
often called "Oriental medicine" or
"traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
involves the insertion of stainless steel
needles into various body areas
A low-frequency current may be applied to
the needles to produce greater stimulation
claims to restore balance
Tui Na Massage
Tui Na Massage
Chinese therapeutic massage
Pushing and grasping
combination of all massage styles
including relaxation, deep tissues,
acupressure, joint, or bone
manipulations
deals almost exclusively with
physical/structural imbalance only
Ayurvedic Medicine
HYPNOSIS
State of restful alertness during which
individual become more aware of his or
her surroundings to change behavior or
promote healthful practices
Techniques
Age Regression - by returning to an earlier ego-
state the patient can regain qualities they once
had, but have lost. Remembering an earlier,
healthier, ego-state can increase the patients
strength and confidence.
Revivification - remembering past experiences
can contribute to therapy. For example; the
hypnotist may ask "have you ever been in
trance?" and then find it easier to revive the
previous experience than attempt inducing a
new state.
Techniques
Guided Imagery - a method by which the
subject is given a new relaxing and
beneficial experience.
Parts Therapy - a method to identify
conflicting parts that are damaging the
well being of clients, then helps those
parts negotiate with each other through
the therapist to bring about a resolution.
Techniques
Confusion - a method developed by Milton
Erickson in which the subject becomes
receptive to ideas because confused.
Repetition - the more an idea is repeated
the more likely it is to be accepted and
acted upon by the patient.
Direct Suggestion - suggesting directly.
"You feel safe and secure".
Techniques
Indirect Suggestion - using "interspersal"
technique and other means to cause
effect.
Mental State - people are more receptive
while relaxed, sleeping, or in a trance.
Hypnoanalysis - the client recalls
moments from his past, confronting them
and releasing associated emotions, similar
to psychoanalysis.
Techniques
Post Hypnotic Suggestion - a suggestion that
will be carried out after the trance has ended.
"When you re-awaken you will feel refreshed."
Visualization - being told to imagine or visualize
a desired outcome seems to make it more likely
to actually occur.
Techniques specific to medical disorders, such
as gut-directed hypnotherapy protocols for
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
IMAGERY
Developed because:
health history
Two types:
Biofield therapies
(putative)
Bioelectromagnetic
(veritable)
ENERGY THERAPIES
Biofield therapies
intended to affect energy fields that supposedly
surround and penetrate the human body.
Examples:
qi gong,
Reiki, and
Therapeutic Touch
ENERGY THERAPIES
Bioelectromagnetic
involve the unconventional use of electromagnetic
fields
Reiki
Qi Gong
Therapeutic Touch
BIOFIELD THERAPIES
Acupuncture
BIOFIELD THERAPIES
Acupuncture
a family of procedures involving stimulation of
anatomical points on the body by a variety of
techniques
method of healing developed in China at least
2,000 years ago
involves penetrating the skin with thin, solid,
metallic needles that are manipulated by the hands
or by electrical stimulation.
BIOFIELD THERAPIES
Acupuncture
more than 2,000 acupuncture points in the body
originated in Japan