FAQ 
1. Principles
of alternative and integrative therapy
2. Answers to FAQ's
from NCCAM.
3. How do I talk to my patients'
about alternative therapies?
4. Drug-Herb Interactions
Recommended
resources:
Healthnotes Online (UTMB only)
Drug-Herb-Supplement
Interactions
Natural
Medicines Comprehensive Database
Natural
Standard Datatbase
5. Questions about Alternative
and Integrative Therapies
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Dr.
Andrew Weil’s website is a popular
commercial site for common questions and
issues in this area. Widely known as a
writer and educator in the field of integrative
medicine, Dr. Weil’s answers are
practical and up to date They are particularly
helpful to the lay public. The professional
audience can also learn a lot at this
site, though evidence and research is
not generally cited to support his responses.
See Dr. Andrew Weil's opinions
using his database
of topics and Q&As.
These topics can also be browsed by
subject or selected from an alphabetical
index of diseases and remedies. You
may also wish to browse just Dr. Weil's
archive
of FAQs. |
6. What are the 5 majors of areas
of CAM?
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Alternative Medicine Systems
are complete systems of theory and
practice that have developed outside
of the western medical approach.
Mind-Body Interventions
employ a variety of non-mainstream
techniques intended to facilitate
the mind’s capacity to affect
bodily function and symptoms including:
Biological-based
Therapies
include natural and biologically based
practices, interventions, and products.
Manipulative
and Body Based Methods
include methods based on manipulation
and or movement of the body.
Energy Therapies
focus on energy fields originating
from within the body (biofields) or
those from other sources (electromagnetic
fields). |
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