SPONSORED: Integrative medicine combines traditional treatments with more holistic therapies not often taught in medical school.
Integrative medicine combines traditional treatments like medication and surgery with more holistic therapies not often taught in medical school.We know you value our education reporting. We need your help in raising $20,000 to hire a reporter dedicated to covering higher education in San Antonio.Longtime University Health infectious disease specialist Dr. Jan Patterson found herself at a painful crossroads in 2012.
But she saw the impact of these therapies on herself and felt drawn to learn more. She ultimately completed a fellowship at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and co-authored a book titled. “Integrative medicine includes other tools that you can use yourself. You’re empowered to do these things for self-care,” Patterson said.Integrative medicine combines traditional treatments like medication and surgery with more holistic therapies not often taught in medical school.
Patterson and a team member, seen in this video, placed drops of various essential oils with unique qualities on employee masks:• peppermint for promoting mental focus and to combat nausea and headache“When we inhale through our nose, the aromas go up our smell nerve — the olfactory nerve — right to the primitive part of our brain,” said Patterson.
Patterson says essential oils and aromatherapy can help children overcome pain or anxiety, though stronger-smelling oils may need to be diluted because they can be irritating to kids.
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