Integrative Medicine News Group

The media project describes herbal medicine and nutrition's role in integrative medicine. The project is designed as a news broadcasting program that interviews medical professionals who practice acupuncture, Oriental medicine, and integrative medicine. Dr. Brendan Armm states that Chinese medicine uses Qi tonic in order to help with people's energy and adaptations to everyday stressors. The narrator than describes how Echinacea can be used for treating infections and purifying blood. Dang Gui is stated as an herb that is commonly used in women's health to treat symptoms caused by hormonal changes during menopause. The narrator describes other specific herbs such as ginger, which is used for nausea, and astragalus, which aids in strengthening of the immune system. The narrator than specifically goes into explaining licorice root's names, functions, and forms in which it is consumed. She mentioned how licorice root that contains glycyrrhizin can cause high blood pressure and salt and water retention, and Dr. Myles Spar confirms this information. She than asks if herbal medicine can be used as a primary medication unlike the Dietary Supplement Health Education Act suggests. Dr. Myles Spar states that some herbs are just as potent as western medications and should be taken in a prescribed dose. The video than transitions into nutrition and states how maintaining a balanced diet should be based on the individual. The narrator explains how certain diets should be adapted depending on the season of the year. In the summer, more cooling foods should be consumed. Dr. Brendan Armm describes how that does not necessarily mean eating cold foods, but eating food that contain cooling properties. The news anchor ends the program by telling the audience to stay tuned for the next report on how herbal medicine relates to acupuncture.

DISCLAIMER: This is a media group project done by students in the UCLA MED 180: Introduction to Integrative East-West Medicine Course.
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/eastwestmedicine/overview.htm

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Education

Tags:

• herbal medicine
• nutrition
• integrative medicine
• licorice
• echinacea
• dang gui
• ginger
• astragalus