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Traditional Complementary/Alternative Traditional medicine is the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and.

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2 Traditional Complementary/Alternative

3 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.

4 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.

5 Yin and Yang 5 elements Checking the Tongue and Pulse

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7 Doctor Oz Acupuncture How does cupping reduce Stress?

8 Interaction of the body, mind and spirit, and the combination of energy and matter Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ether Vata-Motion Pitta-Digestion Kapha- maintenance of bodily function

9 Ayurvedic Bodytypes

10 constitution and lifestyle Imbalance of doshas Panchakarma- cleansing and rejuvenating program including vomiting, purging, enemas, breathing in vapors of herbal medicines, and purification of the blood.

11 Medicines from natural sources Dietary regimens Behavior modifications Remedies chosen based on attributes and taste.

12 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

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14 Developed by Galen, physician to Marcus Aurelius Based on Ayurveda and Egyptian medicine

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

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