all about ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE A. Background In this
modern age, humans have rational thought and
happens a lot of progress in various aspects of
the field, one in the field of health. In the
field of health alone is now a lot of equipment
and advanced technology that can be used to help
cure all the diseases or to produce drugs that
will also helps the healing of the patient. But,
in a time when technology is increasingly
developed and developing countries, most people
in Indonesia believe and choose alternative
medicine or traditional medicine are not
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• Alternative medicine is not foreign anymore for
  the society in Indonesia. Since the first,
  alternative medicine is handed down from
  generation to generation. Ranging from herbal
  treatment, smart people, community leaders or
  religious figures. Types of alternative
  treatments there are that can be
  dipertanggungajawabkan scientifically,
  particularly because of the suitability with the
  knowledge of medicine or biology and there is
  also still haven't got an explanation
  scientifically. Even so, of course, many reasons
  why people still trust alternative medicine in
  an age of sophisticated is because some
  alternative treatments have been proven to give
  good results in curing patients.
• In alternative medicine, not everything is
  labeled legal or in accordance with the standard
  treatment, so that not infrequently many persons
  who commit fraud under the guise of alternative
  medicine. Instead of giving healing in the
  patient, but they instead bring up other
• diseases or side effects that could not be
  accounted for medically. Therefore, efforts are
  needed standardization of alternative medicine .
• B. Formulation Of The Problem
• What is the definition of alternative medicine?

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• What are the different types of alternative
  medicine?
• What are the factors that influence people to
  choose an alternative treatment?
• How the efforts of standardization of alternative
  medicine so in accordance with the standard
  scientific?
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• C. The Purpose Of The Discussion
• To know the definition of alternative medicine
• To determine the types of alternative medicine
• To determine the factors that influence people to
  choose an alternative treatment
• To know the efforts of standardization of
  alternative medicine so in accordance with the
  standard scientific aspects.
• CHAPTER II DISCUSSION
• Understanding Alternative Medicine
• Alternative medicine is an attempt treatment or
  care outside the medical science and nursing
  science.
• The WHO states that the traditional medicine or
  alternative medicine is the science and art of
  medicine based on the set of knowledge and
  practical experience, both of which can be
  explained scientifically or not, in making a
  diagnosis, prevensi, and treatment of imbalance
  of physical, mental, or social (in Agusmarni,
  2012).
• According to Aakster, the term alternative refers
  to the medical system outside of the normal
  method applicable to several characteristics that
  distinguish it with the modern medical system,
  as the cost is not guaranteed health insurance,
  his method is not taught in college, his method
  is based on the views of others about the disease
  and another view on the relationship between
  health workers with patients with the disease.
• Alternative medicine or traditional medicine
  understands disease not only of the biological
  aspects but there are also involves a spiritual
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• The processing of herbs (herbal preparations).
  Processing plants based on plant products which
  are already settled, or some of the products of
  processing plants results from the extraction,
  dissolving fraksinisasi, purification,
  concentrati, or processing fisikawi and other
  biological. This type of treatment including
  treatment mixed with honey, alcohol, or other.
• Plant products (finished herbal products). A
  group that includes the type of this is the
  processing of plant material, either from one or
  more of the type of plants used.
• 2. Therapy based on the traditional procedure
• Therapy based on the traditional procedure is
  therapy-therapy used with the technique are
  varied, mainly without the use of medication. For
  example acupuncture and the techniques
  associated chiropractice, osteopathy, manual
  therapies, qigong, tai ji, yoga, naturopathy,
• thermal medicine and other physical therapy, as
  well as therapeutic mental, spiritual, therapy
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• Based on the elements of the agent used in the
  process of providing treatment services or
  health services, treatment alternatives are
  grouped into several types, namely
• Herbs-agency. Alternative medicine that uses
  plants, both the original material and processed
  (herb) as an ingredient in alternative medicine.
• Animal-agency. Alternative medicine that uses
  animals, both the basic material of the animal,
  the results, and intermediaries as part of the
  process of service alternative medicine.
• Material-agency. Alternative medicine using the
  materials of the earth as a material treatment
  services alternative. For example needling,
  water, and therapeutic Crystals.
• Mind-agency. Alternative medicine that uses the
  powers of the soul as a material treatment
  services alternative. For example energy chi,
  prana, spiritual, and hypnotherapy.
• Event-agency. Alternative medicine that uses the
  properties, symptoms, phenomena, events as
  material treatment services alternative. For
  example the sound of music, color,
• wave or elektromatik, electricity, heat, or
  aromatherapy.
• Management-life agency. Alternative medicine
  menggunakanhukum nature of life, as part of the
  process of service alternative medicine. The
  ability to manage life becomes something that is
  fundamental in the process of the development of
  alternative treatment. For example
• exercise, diet, culture, dining, lifestyle, as
  well as the development of positive thinking
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• C. Factors that Influence People to Choose an
  Alternative Treatment

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• the personality of the Individual. In this case
  the culture is influenced by rates of the nation
  embraced by the patient, if the aspect of tribes
  is very dominating, then the consideration to
  accept or reject based on the suitability of the
  tribes adopted. All cultures have ways of
  treatment, some involve scientific methods or
  involving a supernatural power and the
  supernatural.
• Psychological Factors
• The role of the hospital is an unpleasant
  condition, because it a variety of way will be
• undertaken by the patient in order to find a cure
  and ease the burden of pain, including come
  kepelayanan alternative medicine (in
  Agusmarni,2012).
• Factor The Saturation Of Medical Services.
• The treatment process is too long cause the
  patient is bored and trying to find other
  treatment alternatives that accelerate the
  healing process.
• Factor in Benefits and Success
• The effectiveness of the alternative treatment be
  the reason that is very influential on the
  selection of an alternative treatment.
• Knowledge Factor
• Most human knowledge acquired through the eyes,
  ears, or mind which is very important for the
  formation of a person's actions (in Agusmarni,
  2012). Knowledge can be gained formally and
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• D. The Efforts Of Standardization Of Alternative
  Medicine
• To be able to utilization of alternative
  treatment in the health service, many of which
  must be considered. One of them that are
  considered to have a very important role is
  efforts to standardize. Expected, with the
  absence of standardization is not only the
  quality of the alternative treatment will be
  improved, but more importantly the emergence of a
  variety of side effects that medically can not
  be accountable, will be avoided.
• Understanding standardization is the ideal state
  or the level of achievement of the highest and
  perfect, which is used as the limit of acceptance
  at least (Clinical Practice Guideline, 1990).
  The standard show on the level of quality
  achieved is not prepared too stiff, but still
  within limits that are justified are called by
  the name of tolerance.