The patient reports to the nurse that she is utilizing ayurvedic medicine. Which statements would the nurse expect this patient to make? "Aryurvedic medicine: Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected
Select all that apply. 1. "Is knowledge of how to live a vital, healthful life."
2. "Combines heat and cold with spinal manipulation."
3. "Uses both traditional means and current modern medicine."
4. "Cures an illness with a like substance."
5. "Seeks balance to achieve harmony in my life."
1,5
Rationale 1: Aryurveda is knowledge of how to live a vital, healthful life. The five elements (ether, wind, fire, water, and earth) take form in the body as three tendencies, called doshas.
Rationale 2: Spinal manipulation is chiropractic treatment, not aryurveda medicine.
Rationale 3: Aryurveda does not use medicine.
Rationale 4: Curing an illness with a like substance is a principle of homeopathic medicine.
Rationale 5: The ayurvedic physician seeks to balance the doshas to achieve harmony and holism.
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