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Role of Plant-Based Medicines for Gallstones
Published in Megh R. Goyal, Preeti Birwal, Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants for Human Gastrointestinal Disorders, 2023
Vivek Kumar, Anju Dhiman, Pooja Chawla, Viney Chawla
The limits among CAM and conventional medication are not supreme, and CAM rehearses may become broadly acknowledged. To confound the matter further, certain treatments that are considered as CAM in the West are piece of regular drug in the East. For instance, needle therapy (acupuncture) and Chinese homegrown medication are conventional medicinal frameworks in China. The National Centre for CAM has classified CAM therapies into five major categories: Alternative medical systems, such as traditional Chinese medicine or Ayurveda.Biologically based therapies (Herbs, dietary supplement, and vitamins).Energy therapies (bioelectromagnetic-based therapies, such as magnetic fields).Manipulation and body-based methods (massage, chiropractic, and osteopathy).Mind–body interventions, such as meditation and prayer
Mind–Body Medicine
Published in Aruna Bakhru, Nutrition and Integrative Medicine, 2018
Jacqueline Proszynski, Darshan H. Mehta
MBTs typically cost only a few hundred dollars to the patient or insurer, not a substantial amount in comparison to the resources consumed during a visit to the emergency department, a high-resolution imaging study, or repeated office visits. In fact, it is possible to recoup the extra cost of the psychotherapy sessions or group interventions within 6 months (Guthrie et al. 1999), and see overall cost savings over a 5-year period (Klatt et al. 2016). As such, it seems appropriate to reevaluate the role that mind–body interventions play in healthcare. If MBTs make clinical symptoms more manageable, reduce anxiety and stress, and increase patients’ resilience to new stressors, they should in turn help prevent individual healthcare problems from evolving into critical ones, improve quality of life, and reduce healthcare utilization.
Complementary therapies: a therapeutic model for palliative care
Published in Cooper Jo, Burnard Philip, Stepping into Palliative Care 2, 2017
Mind-body interventions – interventions to facilitate the mind’s capacity to impact physical symptoms and body functions, e.g. – imagery– relaxation– meditation– yoga– music therapy– prayer– journaling– biofeedback– humour– tai chi– art therapy.
Mindfulness in persons with anorexia nervosa and the relationships between eating disorder symptomology, anxiety and pain
Published in Eating Disorders, 2021
Julie P. Dunne, Judith Shindul-Rothschild, Laura White, Christopher S. Lee, Barbara E. Wolfe
This study also examined the relationship between mindfulness and EDE-Q subscales, extending previous findings using global scores. Mindfulness was inversely correlated with shape and weight concern, the subscales of the EDE-Q that are primarily focused on the perception of self and body (e.g., dissatisfaction and preoccupation with the importance of shape or weight, fear of weight gain or being weighed, and/or a desire for flat stomach or desire to lose weight; Fairburn & Beglin, 2008). This finding may be related to altered interoceptive awareness (Khalsa et al., 2018) and distorted body image (Dakanalis et al., 2016; Gaudio & Quattrocchi, 2012) among persons with AN. For example, abnormal interoceptive processes (e.g., internal physical or somatic cues including hunger, satiety, heartbeat detection, and anxiety), especially in response to anticipated food intake (Khalsa et al., 2018), may distort one’s sense of body and self (Herbert & Pollatos, 2012). This lack of awareness, distortion or ‘lack of mindfulness of the body,’ especially related to shape and weight concern, may account for the inverse relationship observed in this study. Mind-body interventions may be particularly useful for persons with AN and should be explored further.
Feasibility of Attention Restoration Theory-Driven Hypnotherapy for Fatigue in Cancer Survivors
Published in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 2021
Gary R. Elkins, Joshua R. Rhodes, Mattie L. Biggs, Kimberly Zimmerman, Whitney Williams, Noël Arring, Debra Barton
Research regarding hypnosis and CRF is limited, and while additional research is needed, hypnosis has shown some preliminary promise as an intervention to address CRF (Jensen et al., 2012; Montgomery et al., 2009). Co-occurring fatigue, pain, and sleep disturbance are common in cancer patients, and these symptoms often cluster together and exacerbate the overall symptom profile (Kwekkeboom et al., 2010). Kwekkeboom et al. (2010) conducted a review of the literature to investigate the beneficial effects of mind-body interventions on at least two of the three symptoms of pain, fatigue, or sleep disturbances. Findings suggested that there is some evidence to support the use of imagery/hypnosis interventions for all three symptoms, and more specifically, hypnosis-oriented interventions may be of benefit in reducing CRF (Kwekkeboom et al., 2010; Mendoza et al., 2017; Montgomery et al., 2014). However, no study to date has attempted to integrate ART with hypnotherapy in order to address CRF.
Effects of Music and Relaxation Suggestions on Experimental Pain
Published in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 2020
Alisa J. Johnson, Gary R. Elkins
It is worth noting that absorption was not related to pain outcomes among either intervention group. It is possible that the use of experimenter chosen music detracted from the intervention’s potential to absorb the listener, and thereby reduced the impact of the music during the cold pressor (Mitchell & MacDonald, 2006). Contrary to previous findings, expectancies were not related to pain outcomes in either intervention group (Hsieh et al., 2014). It is possible that the current interventions, which used experimenter-selected music and suggestions for relaxation and comfort, were not adequate to create positive expectations of pain reductions. This finding is in contrast to other studies that highlight the relevance of suggestions in setting treatment expectancies in mind-body interventions (Lunde et al., 2019; Peerdeman, van Laarhoven, Peters, & Evers, 2016).