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Table 2: Complementary Therapies Commonly Used in Nursing| Table 1: National Center for Complementary/Alternative Medicine Classification of Therapies |
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Mind-Body Includes behavioral, psychological, social, and spiritual approaches to health. Examples: yoga, Tai Chi, internal Qigong, meditation, imagery, hypnosis, biofeeedback, support groups, art therapy, music therapy, dance therapy, journaling, humor, body psychotherapy, confession, nonlocality, soul retrieval, spiritual healing, holistic nursing, placebo, sweat lodges Alternative Medical Systems Involves complete systems of theory and practice that have been developed outside of the Western biomedical approach. Examples: Traditional Chinese Medicine (acupuncture, herbal formulas, diet, external and internal Qi Gong, Tai Chi, massage and manipulation, acupotomy), traditional indigenous systems such as Native American Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Unani-Tibbi, Kampo Medicine, Traditional African Medicine, Traditional Aboriginal Medicine, Curanderismo, ) unconventional Western Systems (homeopathy, radiesthesia, Cayce-based systems, radionics), naturopathy Biological-Based Therapies Natural and biologically-based practices, interventions, and products. Examples: herbs, special diet therapies (Pritkin, Ornish, Atkins, high fiber, macrobiotic), orthomolecular medicine (nutrients), pharmacological/biological/instrumental interventions (cartilage, ozone, cone therapy, bee pollen, electrodiagnostics, and iridology) Manipulative and Body-Based Systems Systems that are based on manipulation and or movement of the body. Examples: chiropractic medicine, massage and body work (cranial-sacralOMT, Swedish massage, reflexology, Pilates method, polarity, Trager body work, Alexander technique, Feldenkrais technique, Chinese Tui Na massage, acupressure, rolfing), and unconventional physical therapies (hydrotherapy, diathermy, light and color therapies, colonic, alternate nostril breathing) Energy Therapies Systems that use subtle energy fields in and around the body for healing. Examples: therapeutic touch, healing touch, natural healing, SHEN, Reiki, huna, external Qi Gong, and magnets |
Adapted from the National Center for Complementary/Alternative Medicine: www.nccam.nih.gov
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