Complementary Medicine: Drug and Non-Drug Therapies

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This course is designed to survey and analyze the alternative therapies to traditional Western medicine currently available to patients/clients in the United States with an emphasis on identifying the impact and compatibility of these non-drug options with that of FDA approved medications. The areas to be covered include the following: Evidence-based approaches to therapy, Pharmacognosy, Herbal medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, prolotherapy, drug-herb interactions, phytohormone replacement, nutritional therapy, detoxification therapies, manipulative therapies, mind-body medicine, magnetic field therapies, flower essence and aromatherapy, longevity medicine, precautions and recommendations. Cr. Hr.: 4.