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- 2. Trend: Patients shift to alternative medicine • The use of alternative medicine and therapy has been increased. • Patients are turning to alternative and natural medicine to find healing and health. • Advocates of integrative medicine claim that the key to effective treatment is a customized long-term health plan that encourages and supports a healthy lifestyle for patients 10/16/2013 Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd (1016900-U) 2
- 3. Why do people shift to alternative medicine? • Patients has pursued alternative medicine because of their concerns about drug side effects and the desire to find alternatives to the less than adequate drug therapies. www.asianintegratedmedical.com Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd (1016900-U) 3
- 4. The Advantages of Alternative Medicine Generally alternative therapies are • closer to nature, • cheaper • less invasive than conventional therapies • more effective 10/16/2013 Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd (1016900-U) 4
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- 6. If you are sick, what type of therapy will you go for treatment? ???? www.asianintegratedmedical.com Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd (1016900-U) 6
- 7. What is your option? • Will you go for modern medicine (conventional medicine) to get treatment? • Will you go for alternative medicine i.e. visit Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner? • Will you go for integrative medicine doctor to get the best solution? www.asianintegratedmedical.com Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd (1016900-U) 7
- 8. However, some patients said they have no confidence with alternative medicine treatment? • Due to genuinity of an alternative medicine practitioner whether they have gone through a proper training. • Some patients mentioned the herb is not properly produced and heavy metal contamination & steroid content. www.asianintegratedmedical.com Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd (1016900-U) 8
- 9. What is Integrative medicine? • a field focused on blending conventional medicine with complementary treatments. + 10/16/2013 Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd (1016900-U) 9
- 10. The principles of integrative medicine: • A partnership between patient and practitioner in the healing process • Appropriate use of conventional and alternative methods to facilitate the body's innate healing response • Consideration of all factors that influence health, wellness and disease, including mind, spirit and community as well as body • A philosophy that neither rejects conventional medicine nor accepts alternative therapies uncritically 10/16/2013 Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd (1016900-U) 10
- 11. The principles of integrative medicine (cont.) • Recognition that good medicine should be based in good science, be inquiry driven, and be open to new paradigms • Use of natural, effective, less-invasive interventions whenever possible • Use of the broader concepts of promotion of health and the prevention of illness as well as the treatment of disease • Training of practitioners to be models of health and healing, committed to the process of self-exploration and self-development www.asianintegratedmedical.com Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd (1016900-U) 11
- 12. About Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd • Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd believes that bridging the gap between conventional medicine and complementary medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine) will lead to the improvement of patient care and choices. We hope to create a network of professionals who seek to continuously improve their understanding of alternative therapies and to incorporate an integrative approach to health care. • We are distributor, importer and exporter, wholesaler of quality healthcare products, Chinese medicine, modern medicine in innovative products and to provide healthcare services. • Our advisor is a professional doctor with dual degree, both in conventional medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) who has vast knowledge and experience in medical field. www.asianintegratedmedical.com Asian Integrated Medical Sdn Bhd (1016900-U) 12