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HCHenry

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The nurse planning care for an Asian-American patient who plans to use Oriental medici-nal dietary principles will need to understand that hot and cold substances are an integral part of therapy. The substances used are:
 
  a. Served iced or steaming hot
  b. Determined by yin and yang characteristics
  c. Selected by native shamans who divine patient needs
  d. Often disrupt conventional Western medical therapy

Question 2

When statement best answers a patient's request for an explanation of how homeopa-thy works?
 
  a. It cures by using tiny amounts of known poisons.
  b. It purges foreign substances from the person's body.
  c. It controls illness symptoms by using medication.
  d. It uses substances to stimulate the body to heal itself.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Many Oriental patients believe illness is due to imbalance of yin and yang. Herbal mixtures are prescribed according to their yin or yang characteristics (hot or cold) in order to rebalance yin and yang. Hot and cold properties do not refer to thermal properties in this case. Divining by shamans is not part of the Oriental medical tradition. For the most part, the substances used are not disruptive of conventional therapy but are complementary.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Substances are given that produce reactions that correspond to existing symptoms. The ra-tionale is to follow the body's lead to effect a cure. The substances used are not necessarily poisonous or purgatives. Homeopathic medicines are not prescription medications nor are they given for controlling symptoms.



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