A client tells the nurse about an appointment to see an Ayurveda health care practitioner for a specific chronic health problem. What should the nurse instruct the client to expect when visiting this practitioner?
1. A diet
2. Sitting in a sweat lodge
3. An exercise program
4. Acupuncture treatment
5. A list of herbal preparations
Correct Answer: 1, 3, 5
Rationale 1: Specific lifestyle interventions are a major preventive and therapeutic approach in Ayurveda. Each person is prescribed an individualized diet.
Rationale 2: Sweat lodges are a part of Native American healing.
Rationale 3: Specific lifestyle interventions are a major preventive and therapeutic approach in Ayurveda. Each person is prescribed an individualized exercise program.
Rationale 4: Acupuncture is an approach used in Chinese medicine.
Rationale 5: In Ayurveda, herbal preparations are added to the diet for preventive or regenerative purposes as well as for the treatment of specific disorders.
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