1. How do you get rid of a wart?
garlic pills
cabbage
alfalfa pills
castor oil
potato
iodine
banana peel
toothpaste
How do you get rid of a wart?
silk thread
nail polish
duct tape
raw meat
witch hazel
dandelion juice
aloe
cigarette ashes
apple cider
quarters
orange peel

2. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
11 Bizarre Alt Tx

3. Conventional (allopathic or Western) medicine is practiced by holders of M.D. and D.O. degrees and by allied health professionals, such as physical therapists, psychologists, and registered nurses.
Alternative (sometimes Eastern) medicine
refers to use of healing arts not taught in traditional Western medical schools, in place of conventional medicine.
Complementary (integrative) medicine refers to use of alternative medicine together with conventional medicine

4. “Western” Medicine or Biomedical Health Care
Based on the cause of disease & eliminating, treating, or preventing those causes
Providers receive training and are licensed to practice as professionals
Beliefs of this system include:
Encouraging patients to learn about their illness
Teaching self-care
Using medications and technology to treat illness
Teaching preventive care

5. Most people use CAM therapies in addition to conventional medical treatment
Considerations: Safety, Effectiveness, Timing, Cost

6. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Traditional Indigenous Systems
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

7. Alternative Health Care Methods
Nutritional/biological methods – organic, herbs, vitamins, special diets, shark cartilage…
Mind and body control methods – meditation, hypnotherapy, biofeedback, dance therapy, prayer…
Energy therapy –magnets, cupping, therapeutic touch, Reiki…
Manipulative body based methods - chiropractic, yoga, tai chi, osteopathic, massage, reflexology…
Spiritual methods – faith healing
Homeopathy, an unconventional Western medical system – remedies are derived from substances that come from plants, minerals, or animals

8. Herbal supplements: a word about safety
Although herbs have been used for thousands of years as natural medicines, natural does not always mean safe.
Herbs can act in your body in ways similar to prescription drugs, and herbs may have side effects.
Always ask a patient or share with your health care professional any herbal supplements used.
They may also affect your response to prescription drugs or OTC medications possibly decreasing or increasing their effects.
They are not regulated by the FDA so labeling & content purity, safety & efficacy are not monitored as are “Drugs”

9. Did you know that some of our medicines are derived from plants and trees?
Drug Name Plant/Tree
Digitalis (heart drug) Foxglove plant
Paclitaxel (cancer drug) Pacific yew tree
Aspirin Willow tree
Quinine (malaria drug) Cinchona tree
Morphine Opium poppy
Galantamine (Alzheimer’s drug) Daffodil bulbs
Vincristine (cancer drug) Rosy periwinkle
Reserpine (blood pressure drug) Indian snake root plant

10. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine | NCCAM

11. CAM choice Describe Thumbs Up & why Thumb Down & why
Brief description of approach
Thumbs Up & why
Benefits proven or anecdotal
Thumb Down & why
Negative or ineffective effects proven or anecdotal