Health Flashcards
(25 cards)
These are goods, commodities, or devices that make a person healthy, strong, and energetic
Health Products
It helps a consumer in choosing real from fake.
Health Information
It is a person who purchases and utilizes goods and services
Health Consumer
Products that can be bought over the counter
Over the counter (OTC) drugs
Makeup, toner, moisturizer, lotions, and deodorants.
Skin care products
For external use. Have little effect but due to advertising campaigns, they are extensively used.
Cosmetic products
Shampoo, conditioner, hair color.
Hair care products
What are the Alternative Medicines
Herbal Medicine
Reflexology
Ventosa
Naturopathy
Massage Therapy
Acupuncture
Use of plants or parts of plants like stems, roots, seed, flowers and fruits.
Herbal Medicine
Glasses are placed on some important points at the back of a person.
Ventosa
Applying the pressure to the feet, or hand by means of the thumb or particular finger.
Reflexology
From the word “nature” and uses natural ways to treat a patient. Interested also to treat the mental and emotional causes.
Naturopathy
Believed to result in the good circulation of blood. Helps reduce muscle pain and stiffness.
Massage Therapy
Involves pricking the skin or tissues with thin needles at certain points on the body. This therapy can alleviate pain.
Acupuncture
Philippine Medical Plants
Acapulko (Acapulco)
Ampalaya (Bitter melon or Bitter gourd)
Bawang (Garlic)
Bayabas (Guava)
Lagundi (Five-leaves chaste tree)
Niyog-niyogan (Chinese honeysuckle)
Sambong (Blumea or Ngai campor)
Tsaang gubat (Wild tea)
Yerba Buena (Peppermint)
treat insect bites or itchiness
Acapulko
treat diabetes, burns, coughs
Ampalaya
reduce blood cholesterol
Bawang
anti allergy
Bayabas
for cough, colds, fever
Lagundi
eliminate intestinal parasites
Niyog-niyogan
for hypertension, kidney stone, cough and colds
Sambong
for skin allergy
Wild Tea
for insect bites
Yerba Buena
