Complementary

Therapy
By:

Ns. Dewi Setyawati, MNS

 Definition
A group of diverse medical and health care
systems, practices, and products that are not
presently considered to be part of
conventional medicine (NCCAM, 2008).
 Classification
• Mind–Body Therapies
Imagery, meditation, yoga, music therapy, prayer, journaling,
biofeedback, humor, tai chi, art therapy.
• Biologically Based Therapies
Plant-derived preparations (herbs and essential oils), special diets,
orthomolecular medicine (nutritional and food supplements).
• Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies
Chiropractic medicine, massage.
 Classification
• Energy Therapies
Healing touch, therapeutic touch, Reiki, external qi gong,
magnets.

• Systems of Care
Whole systems of care are built upon theory and practice
and often evolved apart from and earlier than Western
medicine
 Mind–Body Therapies

• Imagery
- A mind–body intervention that uses the power of the imagination
to bring about change in physical, emotional, or spiritual
dimensions.
- All the senses: visual, aural, tactile, olfactory, proprioceptive, and
kinesthetic
- Condition: Pain
 Mind–Body Therapies

• Music Intervention
- Music to induce relaxation has a regular rhythm (less than
80 beats per minute), no extreme pitch or dynamics, and a
melodic sound that is smooth and flowing.
- A minimum of 20 minutes of music to induce relaxation,
along with some form of relaxation exercise, such as deep
breathing, prior to initiating music intervention (Guzzetta,
1995).
 Mind–Body Therapies
• Biofeedback
• Journaling
• Provides a vehicle for expressing feelings
• Hypnosis
• Advanced training is NECESSARY
• Humor
• Biochemical Responses?
• Physiologic Responses
Humor may be effectively used in highly stressful situations to overcome
tensions and to facilitate patient catharsis or expression of fear and
anxiety.
 Mind–Body Therapies

• Prayer
- Most Widely Used CAM in U.S.(NCCAM, 2004)
- C.A.M. interventions (Wilkinson page 257)
- Prayer
• For Self
• For Others
• Healing Prayer Services
• Prayer Groups
 Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies

• Movement & exercise

• Strengthens circulatory & respiratory function
• Endorphins
• Helps regulate metabolism
• Enhances Immune system
 Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies

• Chiropractic
• Relationship between Body Structure and Function
• Subluxation & Adjustment
• Osteopaths D.O. vs. M.D.
• Includes Osteopathic Manipulation
 Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies

• Massage
• Muscles & Soft Tissues
• Benefits of Massage
• Contraindications for Massage
• Can we (nurses) do Massage?
 Energy therapy

• Therapeutic touch
• Caution for touch
• Healing touch
• Reiki
• Acupressure
• Reflexology
 Energy therapy

•Healing touch
type of complementary therapy that uses gentle touch and energy-based

techniques to influence and support the human energy system within the body
(energy centers) and surrounding the body (energy fields) (Healing Touch
International, 2008)
 Herbal

• Ginko biloba
• Echinacea
• Garlic
• Ginseng
• Soy
• Saw palmetto
• St John’s wort
• Valerian
• Cranberry
• Black cohosh
 Aromateraphy

• Essences from oils extracted from plants & flowers.

• Conditions responsive to aromatherapy:
• Stress and anxiety
• Muscular and rheumatic pains
• Digestive disorders
• Skin conditions
Can be used for sense of smell, but also as compresses, baths or topical