1. The traditional or conventional system of medicine that uses drugs, surgery, or radiation to prevent or treat disease.

A form of DTC marketing that only provides the product name and full disclosure of its uses and side effects.

A system that offers, provides, or delivers health care to individuals.

29. Natural pain-killing substances produced in the human body and released by stress or trauma.

To corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element.

Use of deep heat by sound waves to treat muscle pain and spasms and to reduce swelling and inflammation.

The energy emitted from the human body

These chemicals have a marked action on the heart, strengthening the force and speed of systolic contractions.

Energy

Any member of a group of drugs used to relieve pain.

Refers to an occurrence and rapid rise of an infectious disease in a community or region in a given time period.

Capable of relieving or suppressing coughing.

Coordinated approach to bring alternative medicine and conventional medicine together.

This machine creates a strong magnetic field and combines with radio waves to form a three-dimensional image helpful in viewing the brain and other soft tissue.

Investigation to determine health needs. May investigate at the community, county, state, or national level.

To remove governmental regulations and control.

Government insurance for people who meet financial need criteria and for people who are disabled.

A word or phrase repeated during meditation

A method to extract EO’s from the rinds of citrus fruit without using heat. Requires squeezing by hand and collecting oils with a sponge.

Any substance, such as a serum or vaccine derived from animal products or other biological sources and used to treat or prevent disease.

A process of manipulating misaligned vertebrae or other joints in the body back into place.

A type of energy therapy that uses movement, breathing techniques, and meditation to enhance and move Qi throughout the body. This is purported to improve health and overall life energy.

The application of a therapeutic agent, usually a physical therapeutic agent.

Stimulates gastric secretion and causes dilation of capillaries, constriction of bronchial smooth muscle and decreased blood pressure.

Refers to illness

An X-ray procedure aided by a computer so that cross-sectional views are obtained. Many X-ray images are taken at various body angles.

The principal legal officer who represents a state in legal proceedings and gives legal advice to the government.

A mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships and in using language and abstract concepts.

Plant extractions that are obtained by using chemical solvents.

A chemical associated with stress

To set right; to make up for; to remove the cause of a grievance or complaint.

Insurance plans usually provided through an employer. Plan has a main provider (doctor) who is a gatekeeper for all services.

A belief in a higher power; a way to find meaning and hope in one’s life, awareness of purpose and meaning in life.

Medicated enema or colonic irrigation

Refers to an illness or medical condition that is characterized by long duration or frequent occurrence.

A concept in medical practice upholding that all aspects of people’s needs, psychological, physical, mental, emotional, and social should be taken into account and seen as a whole.

Emphasizes supplementing the diet with mega doses of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, hormones, and amino acids.

Water, fire, wood, metal, and earth.

Networks of physicians that work with an insurance company with a negotiated rate for services.

An injurious, negligent, or improper medical care.

Refers to one or more bones of the spine that have moved out of position and are causing pressure on or irritating spinal nerves.

A ritual practice developed in the mid-9th century that uses music, poetry, singing, and dance.

Refers to care given to a patient by medical or health professionals.

A system of practices not considered to be standard treatments. Examples are chiropractic medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine.

Tracking a consumer’s pattern of Internet use in an effort to display specific types of advertising that might appeal to those use patterns.

Another name for yoga poses.

A vital, primal, nonmaterial element believed to permeate the universe.

A traditional system of medicine of India. The word is a Sanskrit word that means science of life or sciences of lifespan.

Refers to as vegetable, carrier, or base oils; they contain nutrients such as minerals, antioxidants, and fat-soluble vitamins

Identification of a disease or illness

Act of shaking a mother of tincture solution during the dilution process.

A form of massage that involves applying pressure to points on the feet, hands, and ears.

A form of energy that can be measured scientifically.

Errors in research during the selection of subjects, the measurements used, or the treatment process (intervention).

Any member of a group of lipid compounds that sensitize the body to pain.

Inflammation of cartilage.

The application of the principles of the natural sciences, especially biology and physiology, to clinical medicine.

An energy therapy characterized by laying hands on an individual at specific locations, and the transfer of energy from the practitioner to the patient.

Base or vegetable oils used to dilate essential oils before applying them to the skin.

Detoxifying the blood by bloodletting or using certain herbs.