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CHAPTER 20 L E ME N T A R Y A ND COMP E T H E R A PI E S ALTERNATIV COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES THERAPIES USED IN ADDITION TO CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT RECOMMENDED BY THE PERSON’S HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES...

CHAPTER 20 L E ME N T A R Y A ND COMP E T H E R A PI E S ALTERNATIV COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES THERAPIES USED IN ADDITION TO CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT RECOMMENDED BY THE PERSON’S HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES MAY INCLUDE THE SAME INTERVENTIONS AS COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY, BUT FREQUENTLY BECOME THE PRIMARY TREATMENT MODALITY THAT REPLACES TRADITIONAL OR CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE HOLISTIC NURSING ADDRESSES AND TREATS THE MIND-BODY- SPIRIT OF THE PATIENT USED TO AUGMENT STANDARD TREATMENTS, TO REPLACE INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE INEFFECTIVE OR DEBILITATING, AND TO PROMOTE OR MAINTAIN HEALTH THE AMERICAN HOLISTIC NURSES ASSOCIATION MAINTAINS STANDARDS OF HOLISTIC NURSING PRACTICE EFFECTIVE, ECONOMICAL, NONINVASIVE, NONPHARMACOLOGIC HEALTH HISTORY THE NURSE NEEDS TO PROJECT AN OPEN, NONJUDGMENTAL ATTITUDE WHEN OBTAINING A HEALTH HISTORY SO THAT THE PATIENT FEELS COMFORTABLE IN PROVIDING ALL INFORMATION ABOUT ANY THERAPIES HE OR SHE IS CURRENTLY RECEIVING HERBAL THERAPY RECENTLY, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASED INTEREST AMONG THE GENERAL POPULATION ABOUT THE USE OF HERBS AND NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS TO TREAT ILLNESS AND MAINTAIN HEALTH HERBS VARY FROM PHARMACEUTICALS IN SEVERAL WAYS UNPURIFIED EXTRACT OF THE WHOLE PLANT ACTION USUALLY GENTLER THAN PHARMACEUTICALS PHARMACEUTICALS DERIVED FROM HERBS INCLUDE ONLY THE ACTIVE PART WITH MORE ADVERSE EFFECTS SAFETY OF HERBAL THERAPIES MANY HERBAL MEDICINES ARE SOLD AS FOODS OR FOOD SUPPLEMENTS IN HEALTH FOOD STORES AND THROUGH PRIVATE COMPANIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR USE AS DRUGS NOT HAD RIGOROUS STUDIES CAN BE SOLD AS SUPPLEMENTS AS LONG AS NO HEALTH CLAIMS ARE INCLUDED NOT REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE SAFETY; UNREGULATED WIDE VARIATIONS IN POTENCY, QUALITY, AND CHEMICAL CONTENT THE GOAL OF HERBAL THERAPY IS TO RESTORE BALANCE WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL BY FACILITATING THE PERSON ’S SELF-HEALING ABILITY MANY HERBS ARE POTENTIALLY TOXIC IF USED INCORRECTLY SEE PAGE 572-574 FOR HERBS/PAGE 575 PATIENT TEACHING CHIROPRACTIC THERAPY DOCTORS OF CHIROPRACTIC MEDICINE UNDERGO EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN MANIPULATION OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM IT IS BASED ON HOLISTIC BELIEF IN THE BODY ’S ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF THE CHIROPRACTIC DOCTOR ADJUSTS THE JOINTS OF THE BODY THROUGH GENTLE MANIPULATION TO RESTORE THE AREA TO PROPER ALIGNMENT A DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC MEDICINE DOES NOT PRESCRIBE MEDICATIONS OTHER TREATMENTS SUCH AS HOT AND COLD PACKS MAY BE USED ACUPUNCTURE AND ACUPRESSURE ACUPUNCTURE A METHOD OF STIMULATING CERTAIN POINTS ON THE BODY BY THE INSERTION OF SPECIAL NEEDLES TO MODIFY THE PERCEPTION OF PAIN, NORMALIZE PHYSIOLOGIC FUNCTIONS, OR TREAT/PREVENT DISEASE USED FOR LOW BACK PAIN, MYOFASCIAL PAIN, SIMPLE AND MIGRAINE HEADACHES, SCIATICA, SHOULDER PAIN, TENNIS ELBOW, OSTEOARTHRITIS, WHIPLASH, AND MUSCULOSKELETAL SPRAINS TINY NEEDLES ARE INSERTED AND THEN STIMULATED MANUALLY, ELECTRICALLY, OR WITH HEAT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. ACUPUNCTURE AND ACUPRESSURE ACUPRESSURE THIS INVOLVES THE USE OF GENTLE PRESSURE AT CERTAIN POINTS ON THE BODY PRESSURE MAY BE APPLIED WITH FINGER OR A SMALL BLUNT OBJECT IT IS USED PRIMARILY FOR THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF SYMPTOMS OF MUSCLE TENSION ACUPRESSURE REDUCES TENSION, INCREASES CIRCULATION, AND ENABLES THE BODY TO RELAX DEEPLY BY RELIEVING STRESS, ACUPRESSURE INCREASES RESISTANCE TO DISEASE AND PROMOTES WELLNESS THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE MASSAGE PERFORMED BY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS MANIPULATES THE SOFT TISSUES OF THE BODY AND ASSISTS WITH HEALING MASSAGE CAN EITHER BE RELAXING OR ENERGIZING IT SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN A WARM, RELAXING ATMOSPHERE OILS OR LOTIONS MAY BE USED DURING THE MASSAGE MASSAGE IS CONTRAINDICATED FOR PHLEBITIS OR THROMBOSIS AND INFECTIOUS SKIN DISEASES, ACUTE BACK PAIN AROMATHERAPY PURE ESSENTIAL OILS PRODUCED FROM PLANTS ARE USED TO PROVIDE HEALTH BENEFITS THE OILS CAN BE USED FOR INHALATION OR THEY MAY BE APPLIED TOPICALLY SCENT MAY BE DISPERSED INTO THE AIR THROUGH THE USE OF CANDLES OR OIL DISPERSERS OILS CAN ALSO BE USED IN BATHING DIFFERENT SCENTS ARE THOUGHT TO EVOKE DIFFERENT RESPONSES IN THE BODY RELAXATION, STIMULATION, IMPROVED DIGESTION, INCREASED HORMONE PRODUCTION, AND IMPROVED CIRCULATION OR MEMORY REFLEXOLOGY IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE ENTIRE BODY CAN BE TREATED BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO SPECIFIC AREAS ON THE FEET REFLEXOLOGY IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT THERE ARE ZONES AND REFLEXES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY THAT CORRESPOND TO AND ARE RELATIVE TO ALL PARTS, GLANDS, AND ORGANS OF THE ENTIRE BODY THE MANIPULATION OF SPECIFIC REFLEXES REMOVES STRESS, PLACING THE BODY IN A PARASYMPATHETIC HEALING STATE AND ENABLING THE DISHARMONIES TO BE RELEASED BY A PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGE IN THE BODY ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY IN ACUTE AND LONG-TERM SETTINGS DOGS USED MORE THAN CATS YOGA THE JOINING OF THE MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT TO ENRICH THE QUALITY OF ONE’S LIFE AND TO ENHANCE ONE’S HEALTH” BASIC PRINCIPLES COMBINATION OF BREATHING EXERCISES, PHYSICAL POSTURES, AND MEDITATION REGULAR PRACTICE CAN TONE THE MUSCLES THAT BALANCE ALL PARTS OF THE BODY, INCLUDING INTERNAL ORGANS, HEART, LUNGS, GLANDS, AND NERVES FLEXIBILITY OF THE SPINE IS INCREASED, AND DEEP RELAXATION AND REDUCTION OF STRESS ARE PROMOTED  T ’AI CHI/TAIJI FUSION OF MARTIAL ARTS AND DAOIST PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS RELAXING THE BODY AND CALMING AND FOCUSING THE MIND MOVING MEDITATION, SLOW MOVEMENT YIN AND YANG SUITED FOR PEOPLE OF VARIOUS PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES BENEFITS INCLUDE IMPROVEMENT IN BALANCE, LEG STRENGTH, CARDIORESPIRATORY FUNCTION, RANGE OF MOTION, AND ARTHRITIS ENERGY FIELD AND OTHER THERAPIES MAGNET THERAPY - NEVER USE WITH DEFIBRILLATORS, PACEMAKERS, COCHLEAR IMPLANTS, AND INSULIN PUMPS. NO CLEAR BENEFITS IN RESEARCH IMAGERY – BUILD IMAGES IN MIND TO RELAX THE BODY CAN BE GUIDED OR BY THE INDIVIDUAL RELAXATION THERAPY – BOX 20.1 PAGE 582 RHYTHMIC BREATHING PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION RELAXATION BY SENORY PACING, RELAXATION BY COLOR EXCHANGE MODIFIED AUTOGENIC RELAXATION RELAXING WITH MUSIC BIOFEEDBACK NONINVASIVE DETERMINE A PATIENT’S NEUROMUSCULAR AND AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM RESPONSE MEASURES SPECIFIC BODY FUNCTIONS GOAL IS FOR PATIENTS TO BECOME AWARE OF THEIR RESPONSES AND, IN CONJUNCTION WITH RELAXATION TECHNIQUES, TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THEIR RESPONSES MARIJUANA POTENTIAL TREATMENT FOR A VARIETY OF HEALTH CONDITIONS THERAPEUTIC USE OF MARIJUANA IS CONTROVERSIAL NURSES MUST BE AWARE OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF MARIJUANA AND CANNABINOIDS AS CAM NURSING ROLE IN COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES NURSES NEED TO BE AWARE OF THEIR STATE NURSE PRACTICE ACT WITH REGARD TO COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES AND TO PRACTICE ACCORDINGLY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE LAW NURSES WORK CLOSELY WITH THEIR PATIENTS AND ARE IN THE UNIQUE POSITION OF BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THE PATIENT’S RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL VIEWPOINTS AND EXISTENTIAL ISSUES NURSES MAY BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH CAM THERAPIES WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATELY ALIGNED WITH THESE BELIEFS AND OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS ACCORDINGLY PAGE 588