Health

Cassia Alata

Acapulco

Momordicacharantia L.

Ampalaya

Yerba-Buena is for what?

Analgesic

Niyug-niyogan is for what?

Anti-helminthic

DOH

Department of Health

DOST

Department of Science and Technology

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

Allium sativum

Garlic

GOCC

Government owned and government-controlled corporation

Psidium guajava

Guava

HMO

Health Maintenance Organization

Vitexnegundo

Lagundi

PPE

Personal Protective Equipment

Philippine Health Insurance Corporation

PhilHealth

Blumeabalsamifera L.

Sambong

Alternative Mental Health Treatments

These treatments that includes exorcism, conversion therapy, and vitamin therapy can keep a person from seeking professional mental health treatments

Spiritual Healing

This healing comes in 2 forms; faith healing and energy healing and.

Carmona Cetusa

Tsaang-gubat

Peperomia pellucida

Ulasimang-bato

Menthaarvensis

Yerba-Buena

Quack

a fraudulent pretender in the medical field who pretends to be skilled with professional knowledge

Philippine health information Exchange

a system that allows easy access to health information from national to the barangay level

What is Health Maintenance Organization

an organization that provides or arranges managed health care coverage with providers and health insurance subscribes

garlic is for what?

anti-cholesterol

Ulasimang-Bato is for what?

anti-hyperurisemia

Acapulco is for what?

antifungal

stress and burnout

are highly prevalent among health professionals

Health professionals

are individuals acredited by a professional body upon completing a course to study

Health service provides

are people who provide preventive, curative, promotive,and rehabilitive health care services to people

Health Products

are substances such as vitamins and minerals, herbal medicines, homeopathic preparations, energy drinks, probiotics and other alternative and traditional medicines

Reflexology

based on the theory that certain points in specific areas of the body correspond to different body organs and systems

Lagundi if for what?

cough and asthma

Device Quackery

deceives customers by exaggerating the quality of the device they are selling

Chiropractic

focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal and nervous system example is spinal manipulation

what quacksalver means?

hawkers of salves

Health services

include all services that deal with diagnosis and treatment of disease that provides medical treatment and to the public or to a particular group

Medical Quackery

is a advertising ineffective or unproven to cure some disease

Reiki

is a form of energy healing based on the idea that a "life force energy" flows through everyone's body

Acupressure

is a similar practice to acupuncture without the needles.

Conventional medicine

is a system in which medical doctors and other healthcare professionals treat symptoms and diseases using drugs, radiation and surgery

Alternative Medicine

is a term that describes medical treatments used instead of traditional therapies

Complementary medicine

is a treatment used along with conventional medical treatments but are not considered to be a standard treatments

Acupuncture

is an array of procedures that stimulate specific points on the body with the use of needles

Medical facility

is any location at which medicine is practiced regularly

Balneotherapy/ Hydrotherapy

is based on the idea that water benefits the skin

Homeopathy

is based on the principle of using a small amount of similar substance that causes adverse reactions when taken a large dose

Ventosa

is referred to as "cupping therapy"

Occupational risk

is the exposure to dangerous chemicals and diseases contracted through extended contact with a patient

Nutritional Quackery

is the most profitable quackery

Health care system

is the organization of people, institutions, and resources who deliver health care services

Health Information

is the practice of acquiring, analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical information

Quackery

is the promotion of unproven or fradaulent medical practices

Complementary and alternative Medicine (CAM)

is the term used for medical products and practices that are not part of standard medical care.

sambong is for what?

kidney stones

hippocrates

known as the father of medicine is an advocate of naturopathy

Ampalaya is for what?

lowering of blood sugar

Naturopathy

medicine is based on the premise of the healing power of nature

Tsaang gubat is for what?

mouthwash

Quisaualisindica

niyug-niyogan

Ayurvedic Medicine

originated in India with practioners using a variety of techniques

in what word does quack derived from?

quacksalver

Guava is for what?

skin antiseptic

1995

the Phil health is accredited

Alternative Cancer Cures

the attraction of this treatment are less painful and have an unpleasant results

Meridians

the channels that carry life energy (qi or chi) throughout the body

Biofeedback

this allows the people to control bodily processes that normally happen involuntarily like heart rate or blood pressure

Anti-Vaccine

this belief is the most dangerous form of quackery

Banaba herb is for what?

use for diabetes

Aromatherapy

uses essential oils that are concentrated extracts from roots, leaves, seeds or blossom of plants to promote healing