Traditional Medicine

TraditionalComplementary/Alternative

Catagories of Medicine

Traditional medicine is the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness.

What is Traditional Medicine?

They refer to a broad set of health care practices that are not part of that country's own tradition and are not integrated into the dominant health care system.

What is Complementary/Alternative Medicine?

Yin and Yang5 elementsChecking the Tongue and Pulse

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Doctor OzAcupunctureHow does cupping reduce Stress?

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Interaction of the body, mind and spirit, and the combination of energy and matter

Fire, Water, Earth, Air, EtherVata-MotionPitta-DigestionKapha- maintenance of bodily function

Ayurveda

Ayurvedic Bodytypes

Ayurveda

constitution and lifestyleImbalance of doshasPanchakarma- cleansing and rejuvenating

program including vomiting, purging, enemas, breathing in vapors of herbal medicines, and purification of the blood.

Ayurveda

Medicines from natural sourcesDietary regimensBehavior modifications

Remedies chosen based on attributes and taste.

Ayurveda

Sweet tasting foods: Sweet: sugar,* milk, butter, rice, honey, bread

Sour: yogurt, lemon, cheese Salty: salt, seaweed, soy sauce, pickles Pungent: spicy foods, pepper, ginger, cumin Bitter: spinach, other green leafy vegetables Astringent: beans, pomegranate

Ayurveda

Native American

Developed by Galen, physician to Marcus Aurelius

Based on Ayurveda and Egyptian medicine

Humorism

Four elements-Earth, Fire, Water, AirFour Fluids-Black Bile, Blood, Phlegm, Yellow

Bile

Humorism

Humorism