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traditional practitioners.Sciences Center, has stated,complementary care. In fact, restoring harmony and balance for treatments such as acupuncture and massage therapy. Chi-ropractic care has been covered by some third-party payers for many years. Individuals who seek alternative therapy, however, are often reimbursed at lower rates than are those who choose between body and mind is often the goal of complementary professor of medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Positive lifestyle changes are encouraged, and practitioners serve as educators as well as treatment specialists. Complementary medicine is viewed as itual components of the individual. Dr. Tom Coniglione, former only the physical perspective but also the emotional and spir-health-care approaches.ing doctors who are well-rounded and balanced has become a cri-disease” to the total perspective of lifestyle and real impact/results in the right direction (Coniglione, 1998, p. 2). We must look at treating the “total person” in order to be more effito the patient. This evolution is a progressive and very positive shift changed from just looking at the “scientist perspective of organ and Client education is an important part of complementary care. terion in the admitting process for medical students. Medicine has Terms such as cient and balanced within the medical community. Even fiharmonyholistic and health-care, which deals with not balanceComplementary Therapies are often associated with ●^ nd-^371

2 2506_Ch23_370-389.indd Sec1:371 506 Ch 23 370 - 389 .indd to FDA approval, and they lack uniform standards of quality control. had apothecaries for dispensing medicinal herbs. At the root of Chinese medicine is the Herbal MedicineThe use of plants to heal is probably as old as humank ind. Virtually^3000 every culture in the world has relied on herbs and plants to treat illness. Clay tablets from about 4000 Pilgrims came to America in the 1600s, they brought with them a variety of herbs to be established and used for medicinal purposes. The new settlers soon discovered that the Native Americans had their own varieties of plants that they used for healing.● they perceive these remedies as being less potent than prescrip-tion drugs and as being free of adverse side effects. However, because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clas-sifiStheir labels cannot indicate medicinal uses. They are not subject ec es herbal remedies as dietary supplements or food additives, 1 Many people are seeking a return to herbal remedies, because TYPES OF COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES: 37 b.c. 1 that contained hundreds of herbal remedies. When the Pen Tsao, a Chinese text written around b.c. reveal that the Sumerians 1 10/1/10 9:38:28 AM 0 / 1 / 10 9 : 38 : 28 AM