Integrative Medicine for Health and Disease Management
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
According to an article published in Cureus, "Integrative medicine is the treatment of patients through spiritual, emotional, mental, and environmental in addition to the physical means." The authors go on to say that "Specific techniaues can include acupuncture, nutritional advisement, mind-body therapies, and holistic massages, but may involve any effective natural treatment outside of conventional methodology."[1]
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health indicates that integrative health "brings conventional and complementary approaches together" and "emphasizes multimodal interventions, which are two or more interventions such as conventional medicine, lifestyle changes, physical rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and complementary health approaches in various combinations, with an emphasis on treating the whole person rather than, for example, one organ system.[2] There are several factors that may help patients manage disease. For example, healthcare providers can encourage patients to get regular medical checkups, provide patient education and self-care tips, encourage healthy eating behaviors, teach strategies to manage stress, and provide sleep hygiene guidelines. Figure 1 outlines various disease management strategies.
There are several approaches used in integrative medicine. For example, Traditional Chinese Medicine is one approach to healing that uses acupuncture, medicinal herbs, diet, massage, and meditative exercises such as qigong. Ayurvedic Medicine is another integrative approach that uses diet, herbs, massage, meditation, yoga, and therapeutic detoxification for healing.[3]
Integrative Medicine for Pain Management[edit | edit source]
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- ↑ Gannotta R, Malik S, Chan AY, Urgun K, Hsu F, Vadera S. Integrative medicine as a vital component of patient care. Cureus. 2018;10(8):e3098. doi:10.7759/cureus.3098
- ↑ National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Accessed July 31, 2021 from: https://nccih.nih.gov/health/integrative-health
- ↑ Porter RS, Kaplan JL. (Eds.). The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 20th ed. Kenilworth, NJ: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation; 2018.
