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1. How much do you know about alternative medicine? What health problems does homeopathy / osteopathy / acupuncture work for? Are you all for conventional medicine?
2. Listen to the article written by Mike Rayner about alternative medicine, particularly acupunctureand complete the sentences below.
What is acupuncture?
Acupuncture is based on the idea that ______ flows through the _____ ____ along 12 lines or meridians. These meridians end up at ______ in the body, and _______ is the result of a blockage of the energy flow to these organs. To ______ the blockage, an acupuncturist inserts very fine _______ into the body at points along the meridians. This __________ the flow of energy, and restores the patient’s ______.
What can acupuncture be used to treat?
In the Far East acupuncture is used to _____ a wide range of ___________, and is also used as a preventative ________, since it is thought to increase the body’s resistance to _________. In the West, the __________ is often used to relieve _________, ______ ____, ____ ____, and arthritis, and to treat _________, ______, ______, ____ _____ ________ and _______.
What are the risks?
Finally, if you do decide to visit an acupuncturist, it is important that you check that they are _________ and ___________ to practise acupuncture. In the past some people have experienced ________ _________, ______ needles and even _________ _____ while being _______, although this is very uncommon.
Answer the questions using the words and word-combinations given in brackets.
1. Why do people turn to alternative treatments? What alternative treatments do they turn to?
(to be worried about the side effects of drugs, to examine one’s own attitudes towards medicine, to complement / replace Western medicine, to suffer from insomnia, to feel mentally and physically exhausted, to be worn-out, to be fed up with attempts at self-medication, to bring any relief from one’s condition, homeopathy, osteopathy, yoga, reflexology and acupuncture, alternative health centre)
2. What is acupuncture?
(to remove the blockage of the energy flow to the organs, an acupuncturist, to insert needles into the body, meridians, to stimulate the flow of energy, to restore the patient’s health)
3. What can acupuncture be used to treat?
(to be sceptical of the medical value of acupuncture, an alternative to Western medical treatments, clinical tests, to be effective for a number of conditions, to treat a wide range of complaints, to deaden the pain of the operation, a preventative medicine, to increase the body’s resistance to infection, to be effective against pain, to fight injury, to keep in good physical condition, to cope with stress, alternative medical treatment, to keep sbd healthy)
Notes
homeopathy (n): a way of treating illnesses using very small amounts of natural substances.
osteopathy (n): the treatment of injuries to bones and muscles using pressure and movement.
arthritis (n): an illness which causes the parts of the body where bones meet to become painful and often big.
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