Table of Contents
- 1 What is complementary alternative medicine Cam?
- 2 What are some examples of complementary medicine?
- 3 What is the difference between complementary alternative and integrative medicine?
- 4 Is chiropractic complementary or alternative medicine?
- 5 Why is complementary therapy used?
- 6 What is traditional and complementary medicine?
- 7 Is chiropractic a complementary therapy?
What is complementary alternative medicine Cam?
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard medical care.
What are some examples of complementary medicine?
Examples of complementary medicine include:
- Alternative health approaches such as traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, and naturopathy.
- Mind and body practices like acupuncture, massage therapy, and tai chi.
- Natural products like herbs, dietary supplements, and probiotics.
What is a complementary therapy?
A complementary therapy means you can use it alongside your conventional medical treatment. It may help you to feel better and cope better with your cancer and treatment. An alternative therapy is generally used instead of conventional medical treatment.
What is the difference between complementary alternative and integrative medicine?
Complementary medicine is used together with mainstream medical care. An example is using acupuncture to help with side effects of cancer treatment. When health care providers and facilities offer both types of care, it is called integrative medicine. Alternative medicine is used instead of mainstream medical care.
Is chiropractic complementary or alternative medicine?
Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine designed to treat issues involved with the musculoskeletal system. Although chiropractic is alternative medicine, chiropractors are required to have graduate level degrees and are highly educated.
How do you access complementary therapies?
Where you can go to have complementary therapies
- Complementary therapies in hospitals.
- Complementary therapies in hospices.
- Your GP practice.
- Voluntary and charitable cancer organisations.
- NHS integrated hospitals.
- Therapies in independent cancer support groups or centres.
- Complementary therapies in private practices.
Why is complementary therapy used?
Many complementary therapies concentrate on relaxation and reducing stress. They might help to calm your emotions, relieve anxiety, and increase your general sense of health and well being. Many doctors, cancer nurses and researchers are interested in the idea that positive emotions can improve your health.
What is traditional and complementary medicine?
In countries where the dominant health care system is based on allopathic medicine, or where TM has not been incorporated into the national health care system, TM is termed as “complementary,” “alternative,” or “nonconventional” medicine.” The term “traditional medicine” denotes the indigenous health traditions of the …
What is the difference between conventional and complementary medicine?
Both terms refer to treatments, like herbs or acupuncture that are out of the medical mainstream. But complementary medicine is when these therapies are used along with traditional Western medicine. Alternative medicine is when these approaches are used instead of traditional medicine.
Is chiropractic a complementary therapy?
“Complementary medicine” refers to medical practices that are used alongside conventional medical approaches. For example, a patient suffering from lower back pain takes prescribed painkillers from their physician but also visits a chiropractor. The chiropractic treatment is complementary to the painkillers.