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CAM Therapeutic Modalities Paper Carie Dearing SCI/201 May 18, 2015 Jeanette Plodek

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In this paper it will discuss the differences between Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine. It will also go over each of the different types of Alternative Medicine that are practiced. The treatment therapy of Acupuncture will be described and explained how it is used in the Alternative Medicine field. There will also be scientific studies explained in detail. Although alternative medicine is not always scientifically proven as conventional medicine is it is largely used in the United States to treat certain illness and diseases by some people. There is a governmental office that oversees the use of CAM in the United States as it has become so popular in our society today. There are many people that feel that CAM is actually not regulated as it should be when it actually is. With Conventional Medicine it is widely regulated and you have to have a medical degree in order to practice it in the United States (“Ncbi”, 2015). Alternative Medicine is defined as using an alternative in order to treat a patient or person for a disease or illness that they may have. It is using different types of treatment such as herbs, the mind and the body. Complimentary Medicine is where a person will use this type of treatment along with conventional treatment at the same time. Integrative Medicine is where you are going to take in a person as a whole in order to treat their disease or illness that they may be experiencing. These terms are different as they are their own entire thing and have their own process in how to treat a person. Although they all have a common portion as they are going to treat a person the natural way pretty much and teach the person how to use their mind and body to help them. The way that CAM is different from Conventional Medicine is with CAM you are finding what is causing the issue such as an underlying issue that can be corrected and the issue

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can be taken care of. With Conventional Medicine you are treating the issue with medications and other types of treatment that could actually have side effects that can cause more issues for the person. With CAM the patient will be shown how to eliminate the issue by taking care of the underlying issue. For example if a person has high blood pressure they will be told how to unwind with Yoga for example which can lower their stress level that may be causing the high blood pressure. Say they are overweight and that is causing the high blood pressure they can be told how to lose weight and possibly the issue can be corrected. But with Conventional Medicine they are basically just given a prescription for a pill that is going to lower their blood pressure and the underlying issue may still exist. CAM is actually going to make your mind and body work together so that you can become healthy as a whole. The NCCIH classifies Complimentary health approaches into categories such as if it is a supplement that the person is taking then it would be in a subgroup that has to do with herbs which would be natural products and then there is another sub group that has to do with the mind and the body and how they can work together. Acupuncture is widely used in our world today to treat types of pain that a person may be experiencing. This is done by inserting needles into a person’s skin at places where it can help relieve the pain in the person. There are many that say it does not work and then there are just as many that swear by it. It is an alternative to having to take a pain medication that can be highly addictive and also cause other side effects. For example a person may have the shingles and be in a lot of pain. They may have tried many different types of pain killers and nothing has worked for them. They can go to an acupuncturist and have acupuncture done where they pain from the shingles is located and it can

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actually relieve the pain they are feeling. Acupuncture is considered to be a form of alternative medicine. It is also a form of Chinese Medicine as that is where it was originated. There have been scientific studies done on Acupuncture and in fact one of the studies has shown that there is actually relief in people who are having this done to them. The study has shown that there is strong evidence that it is working on people in order to relieve their pain that they are experiencing. The research actually showed where Acupuncture was better and more consistent in relieving the pain then standard care of the patient (“Well”, 2012). The difference between CAM and Conventional Medicine are in a very wide range. There are times when people will actually benefit from possibly using both. It all depends on the person and how they want to go about taking care of their selves and how healthy they want to be. A person can always take a pill to mask a certain thing but by using the mind and body to take care of it a person can make themselves healthy as a whole.

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References NCBI. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957745/ WELL. (2012). Retrieved from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/acupuncture-providestrue-pain-relief-in-study/?_r=0...