The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) was established in 1998. It provides research funding, outreach, and information. Their website is www.nccam.nih.gov.
Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine. Alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine.
The following is a list of alternative medicine.
• Homeopathy
• Naturopathy
• Traditional Chinese medicine
• Art Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Dance Therapy
• Yoga
• Diets
• Vitamins and Herbal Supplements
• Melatonin
• Chelation Therapy
• Immunotherapy
• Secretin Therapy
• Flower Essences
• Massage Therapy
• Chiropractic and Osteopathic medicine
• Craniosacral Therapy
• Myofacial Release
• Energy Medicine
• Qigong
• Reiki
• Transitional Magnetic Stimulation
• Hemi-Sync and the Monroe Institute
• Sound-Based Therapies
• Vision Therapy
• Animal-assisted Therapy and Service Dogs
Hi, Diane! this is a really long list of options! I look forward to seeing which ones you chose to focus on for the class to learn about!
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I did not realize how much Alternative Medicine there is....I can't wait to learn more to give me more options to educate my families on.
ReplyDeleteI keep thinking about all the choices/decisions parents need to make. Looking at your list and then adding western medicine and therapies, no wonder it is so overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteYes. I was overwhelmed just writing it. I was going to write a little something next to each one but it was too much to do. There's not enough time to look into all of them.
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