Resource: NCCAM website

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that describes an overview of CAM and its categories of treatments. Include the following:

• Compare and contrast conventional current regulations and oversights that exist in the United States with that of nonconventional medicine.

• Define the terms alternative, complementary, and integrative in relation to medicine and clarify how these terms are different.

• Describe how conventional medicine plays a role in these three terms.

• Examine the philosophy of CAM and how it relates to or is different from conventional Western medicine.

• Describe how NCCAM classifies Complementary Health Approaches.

• Select one CAM treatment therapy (modality) from among the complementary health approaches and describe it.

• Using one medical condition, describe how your chosen therapy can be used as an alternative, a complementary, or an integrative therapy for that specific medical condition.

• Include the results of scientific studies that show a clinical benefit from the example selected, if available.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Use at least two references besides NCCAM and your textbook.

Chinese Medicine and Therapeutic Modalities

Write a three- to five-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) in APA format which addresses an ailment or illness that you, a friend, or a family member has had. Your paper must contain the following:

1. Pick an ailment that you, a friend, or family member, have suffered from. If you are not able to identify an ailment within those parameters, create a fictitious case.
2. Describe how this person was treated (or would have been treated if this is a hypothetical case) by Western medicine.
3. Describe how this person could also be treated with Chinese medicine. Use the Ashford University Library to locate a scholarly research study related to how Chinese medicine may help a person with this ailment. If it pertains to this situation, you may use the article from this week’s discussion.
4. Do you feel that an integrated approach can be applied to this case? Explain your answer.
5. What are the benefits of using both Western medicine and Chinese medicine in the treatment of this individual? Are there any potential disadvantages to using both?
6. Analyze the ways in which the eastern and western medical systems intersect and the future of Chinese medicine with regards to integrative health. You may also incorporate Ayurvedic medicine in this assignment.