Complementary and Alternative Medicine Flashcards
What is the most commonly used CAM in the UK?
Massage
What is the theory behind homeopathy?
Like cures like
i.e. if toxin causing illness, dilute toxin and use as treatment for illness
What is the starting point for homeopathic dilutions called?
Mother tincture
What is correlated to potency in homeopathy?
How dilute a solution is
What are the indirect harms associated with homeopathy?
Delay in receiving appropriate treatment
Attitudes of practitioner e.g. anti-immunisation
Which regulatory bodies exist in the UK for homeopathy?
Society of homeopaths
Faculty of homeopaths
British homeopathic association
What is St John’s Wort been shown to treat?
Major depression
Why is St John’s Wort not favoured?
Interaction with other drugs via CYP450 system
What are the direct harms associated with herbal medicine?
Adverse drug reactions
Drug interactions
Quality control
What is required for a herbal medication to be approved by the THR?
Used for 30 years for a specific condition
Been used in EU for 15 of those years
No proof of efficacy required
What is the herbalist exemption?
If you go into have a consultation with a herbalist, they do not have to prove safety, quality or efficacy of preparations
What did DD Palmer believe?
95% of all disease are caused by displaced vertebrae
What are straight chiropracters?
Chiropractors that believe in Palmer’s philosophy that vertebral subluxations are at the root of all illness
What are mixed chiropracters?
Less broad health claims
Can use musculoskeletal manipulations to improve health
More similar to osteopathy
What are subluxations?
Small misalignments of the spine (basically undetectable on radiography)