Med-Surg Nursing - 07
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- acupoints
- specific sites along the 12 major meridian pathways that allow access to the meridian system
- acupressure
- therapeutic technique of applying digital pressure in a specified way on designated points on the body to relieve pain, produce analgesia, or regulate a body function
- bioelectromagnetics
- the unconventional use of electromagnetic fields for medical purposes
- chiropractic therapy
- a manual healing art, with a primary aim to restore and maintain health by properly aligning the spine
- complementary and alternative therapies
- a broad domain of healing resources that encompasses all health system, modalities, and practices and their accompanying theories and beliefs, other than those intrinsic to the politically dominant health system of a particular society or culture in a given historical period
- Feldenkrais method
- alternative therapy based on establishment of good self-image through awareness and correction of body movements; integrates awareness of the way people learn to move, behave, and interact
- homeopathy
- system of medical treatment based on the theory that certain diseases can be cured by giving small doses of drugs that in a healthy person would produce symptoms like those of the disease; remedies are made from naturally occurring plant, animal, or mineral substances
- moxibustion
- a process used to warm the needles after they are inserted for acupuncture, thus increasing Qi and blood flow
- Qi
- energy or the primal life force resulting from the interaction of yin and yang
- Qigong
- Chinese healing disciplines in which trained practitioners learn to emit vital energy of the body, or Qi, for the purpose of healing another person
- Reiki
- therapy derived from ancient Buddhist practices in which a practitioner places hands on or above a body area and transfers "universal life energy" to the patient; this energy provides strength, harmony, and balance to treat health disturbances
- Tai Chi
- an ancient system of exercise that incorporates slow and graceful movement integrated with focused breathing and visualization to stimulate the flow of Qi (energy) throughout the body
- therapeutic touch
- a natural human potential that consists of placing the practitioner's hands either on or close to the body of a person
- traditional Chinese medicine
- a system of medicine developed in China that is one of the world's oldest and most comprehensive medical systems
- yin and yang
- dynamic, interacting, and interdependent energies neither of which can exist without the other, each containing some part of the other within it; these energies are a part of everything in nature and must be maintained in a harmonious state of balance to achieve optimal health