The Student Nurse Is Learning About the Various Complementary and Alternative

Multiple Choice

The student nurse is learning about the various complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies, which may be employed as collaborative treatment for the patient with mental illness. What will the student learn about the core concept of Ayurveda?

A) It uses instruments measuring body functions and providing sensory feedback to train patients to voluntarily control certain bodily processes.
B) It aims to integrate the body, mind, and spirit to prevent and treat illness and may employ herbs, massage, meditation, diet, and lifestyle modifications.
C) A medical system originating in China, its philosophy views the human body as a microcosm of the surrounding universe.
D) It seeks to stimulate the body's ability to heal itself by giving very small doses of highly diluted substances that, in larger doses, would produce symptoms or illness.