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Gabrielle Elmes (497977) Health & Social Care Level 3 Year 2 UNIT 23 TASK 3 23/5/2021Complementary Therapies
Gabrielle Elmes (497977) Health & Social Care Level 3 Year 2 UNIT 23 TASK 3
23/5/2021
P5 - Explain the advantages and disadvantages of
complementary therapies in maintaining health and wellbeing
ACUPUNCTURE: Acupuncture maintains health by providing holistic treatment
meaning it focuses on how the body works as a whole to eliminate the issues in your
body holistically thus eliminating the possible different whole body factors
contributing to ill health, acupuncture therefore maintains health by caring for the
body as a whole and considering all factors contributing to ill health thus, maintaining
health, this then maintains their well being because it means that health is being
maintained so they are happy and continue to do everything they love like go out
with their friends and work. This research study found ‘’He has outlined potential
evidence and recognition of the effects of acupuncture to treat the patient by
improving his health. It is possible that certain forms of pattern identification-
based treatment approaches are efficient at producing these kinds of effects.’’
(PMC)
This then proves the advantage of acupuncture on maintaining health. Advantages
of acupuncture maintaining well being is the proven research showing how
acupuncture as a holistic treatment helps to reduce stress in addition to maintaining
health meaning maintained and better wellbeing not only from being pain free but
stress free meaning well being is maintained. Evidence of this is stated by Fleet
Street Clinic (2019) saying:
‘’Acupuncture helps calm the nervous system. As a result, it helps switch off the
‘Fight-Flight’ stress response. Fuelled by adrenaline to keep us alert and primed for
action, the stress response helps us to achieve. It is a useful tool for success. If the
stress reaction is prolonged and not switched off, problems start to arise.’’ (Fleet
Street Clinic)
A disadvantage to maintaining health is that it might produce unwanted side effects
or unwanted accidents leading to worse health such as this research study has
stated which found the following:
‘’A 44-year-old Chinese woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension
consulted an unlicensed acupuncturist in a rural setting. When an acupuncture
needle penetrated her heart, the patient instantly complained of severe and alarming
symptoms. Instead of taking urgent action, the acupuncturist inserted a further
needle into her chest wall. The patient then died almost immediately. At autopsy, two
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punctures of the right ventricle were found. The second patient was a 26-year-old
Chinese woman who consulted an acupuncturist for an unnamed reason. A needle
penetrated her lung and the patient died of tension pneumothorax.’’ (JRSM)
Other known disadvantages in maintaining health include:
● It is dangerous if a patient has a bleeding disorder or takes blood thinners.
● Bleeding, bruising, and soreness may occur at the insertion sites.
● Unsterilized needles may infect the patient.
● In rare cases, a needle may break and damage an internal organ.
Therefore it might cause further damage instead of maintaining an individual's
health. In addition to this, their well being will then be further damaged and not
maintained because these Accidents that cause more harm might mean more pain,
having to stop working and doing what they love to do, meaning they might become
unhappy and in pain.
HERBAL REMEDIES:
An advantage to using herbal remedies over or in unison with orthodox medication
has shown positive results in both maintaining health and wellbeing while containing
healthier components that benefit the whole body compared to pharmaceutical
medications due to its natural components. For example on this research project
found that:
naturally occurring compounds are an excellent source of healing for modern
medicine. Nearly 25 percent of drugs prescribed worldwide are based on active
ingredients derived from plants. In fact, of the 177 drugs approved for treating
cancer, 70 percent are based on natural products. (CottonWood Care)
This therefore promoted health not only for the issue but for holistic health
maintenance of an individual and wellbeing. An example of how herbal remedies can
work with orthodox medications to maintain health and wellbeing is the use of Hemp
Oil with cytotoxic treatments:
Cytotoxic treatment, although used to maintain health, can cause pain which then
affects the person's well being because they are unhappy and in pain. However,
evidence has shown that using hemp oil in unison with the cytotoxic medications has
been proven to significantly reduce pain thus improving the individuals wellbeing. In
addition to this, hemp oil maintains the health of those with epilepsy with research
showing how hemp oil reduces seizures thus improving well being by limiting
seizures so they are able to be more free and have opportunities to work and not
have to fear constant seizures. Evidence of this can be found in this study:
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‘’Evidence concerning the potential anti-seizure efficacy of cannabinoids reached a
turning point in the last 12 months, with the completion of the first high-quality
placebo-controlled trials of a purified oil-based liquid CBD preparation in patients
with Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. The results of these studies
demonstrate that, at a dosage of 20 mg/kg/day, CBD added on to pre-existing AED
treatment is superior to placebo in reducing the frequency of convulsive (tonic-clonic,
tonic, clonic, and atonic) seizures in patients with Dravet syndrome, and the
frequency of drop seizures in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.Therefore
there is now for the first time class 1 evidence that CBD improves seizure control
when added on to other AEDs in patients with two difficult-to-treat epileptic
encephalopathies. ’’ (PMC)
In addition to this, herbal remedies further maintain health and well being as
evidence has shown that herbal remedies have reduced adverse side effects than
pharmaceuticals. This therefore maintains health and wellbeing by reducing
unwanted side effects and receiving treatment for better health. Evidence states:
‘’One of the reasons for the utilization of cannabis products to have become so
popular among patients and their caregivers is that these products are generally
regarded as causing fewer adverse effects compared with traditional AEDs’’ (PMC)
However disadvantage to herbal remedies in maintaining health and well being is
that Herbal remedies are not FDA approved meaning they have not passed any
safety, efficacy and human clinical trials meaning adverse effects might not be
documented and leave your health worse off and then leading to harm in your well
being by causing more health issues or effects that leave you sick or in pain. This is
exactly what this study has found:
‘’The manufacturers of these products are not required to submit proof of safety and
efficacy to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before marketing. For this reason,
the adverse effects and drug interactions associated with herbal remedies are largely
unknown. Ginkgo biloba extract, advertised as improving cognitive functioning, has
been reported to cause spontaneous bleeding, and it may interact with
anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents.’’ (American Family Physician)
This therefore means more damage might be caused to health and wellbeing
through the unknown effects of herbal remedies or how it interacts with the
medications you are already taking. Such as in this research done:
‘’In the past few years, the FDA has investigated more than 800 reports of adverse
reactions associated with more than 100 different products that contained or were
thought to contain Ephedra alkaloids.Reported adverse reactions have included
insomnia, nervousness, tremor, headaches, hypertension, seizures, arrhythmias, heart
attack, stroke and death. Approximately 56 percent of the reported adverse effects
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