Holistic Medicine
1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) __________ is taken into consideration in holistic medicine.
(2) Acupuncture is ____________. a. a part of holistic medicine b. a part of conventional medicine c. a part of modern Chinese medicine
(3) According to Chinese medicine, arthritis or rheumatism _______________. a. is an imbalance of the energy system within the body b. are an imbalance of the spiritual side of a patient c. are symptoms of a balanced energy system
(4) Traditionally in China, people used to pay their doctor _____________. a. when they were ill b. when they were well c. when they had to see him
(5) In traditional Chinese medicine, the doctor treated the patient with various methods like acupuncture, diet, and exercise so that the patient should _____________. a. pay him b. get well soon c. live in accordance with the laws of the universe
2. True or False Questions.
(1)
Holistic medicine looks at the body as a whole rather than the individual parts of the body.
(2)
The conventional medicine usually relates a problem one has with his whole body.
(3)
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the balance within human body.
(4)
The conventional medicine believes in a proper life style with regard to working, resting, eating etc.
(5)
People in the West won't pay much attention to their body until they are terribly ill.
(6)
Acupuncture is regarded as a form of preventive medicine in the West.
3. Fill in the following blanks with the information you hear on the tape.
(1) What we've tended to do in conventional medicine is to
to a point where we're actually only looking at
.
(2) Holistic medicine insists that if there is a problem with
, that is going to somehow affect
.
(3) You have
within your body and when that energy becomes
in some way, then you will
.
(4) Our way of looking at life in
is very
in that we tend to struggle on in spite of
and not take terribly much notice of
when things are
and we tend to struggle on until we
.
Holistic Medicine
1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) __________ is taken into consideration in holistic medicine.
(2) Acupuncture is ____________. a. a part of holistic medicine b. a part of conventional medicine c. a part of modern Chinese medicine
(3) According to Chinese medicine, arthritis or rheumatism _______________. a. is an imbalance of the energy system within the body b. are an imbalance of the spiritual side of a patient c. are symptoms of a balanced energy system
(4) Traditionally in China, people used to pay their doctor _____________. a. when they were ill b. when they were well c. when they had to see him
(5) In traditional Chinese medicine, the doctor treated the patient with various methods like acupuncture, diet, and exercise so that the patient should _____________. a. pay him b. get well soon c. live in accordance with the laws of the universe
2. True or False Questions.
(1)
Holistic medicine looks at the body as a whole rather than the individual parts of the body.
(2)
The conventional medicine usually relates a problem one has with his whole body.
(3)
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the balance within human body.
(4)
The conventional medicine believes in a proper life style with regard to working, resting, eating etc.
(5)
People in the West won't pay much attention to their body until they are terribly ill.
(6)
Acupuncture is regarded as a form of preventive medicine in the West.
3. Fill in the following blanks with the information you hear on the tape.
(1) What we've tended to do in conventional medicine is to
to a point where we're actually only looking at
.
(2) Holistic medicine insists that if there is a problem with
, that is going to somehow affect
.
(3) You have
within your body and when that energy becomes
in some way, then you will
.
(4) Our way of looking at life in
is very
in that we tend to struggle on in spite of
and not take terribly much notice of
when things are
and we tend to struggle on until we
.