Contemporary & Alternative Medicine

An Introduction to Healing Naturally Winter 2021

Instructor: Email Website:

Emilie Shoquist EShoquist.student.purdueglobal.edu Fullplatewellness.weebly.co
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About Me:
I’m Emilie Shoquist, a health & wellness counselor specializing in holistic wellness. I’m
passionate about educating clients so they can make empowered choices about their
health. My mission is to help you tune back into your body’s inner wisdom about how to
truly nourish yourself—so that you can free up space in your life for bigger and better
things.

Expectations and Goals:

Western medicine is great, but it’s not your only option. This course is designed to
introduce you to complementary and alternative medicines, practices, and modalities that
can be used in conjunction with traditional medicine to help you get closer to optimal
health. You can expect to leave the course with a base knowledge, some hands-on
practice, as well as numerous resources to continue learning.

Course Materials:

All of the reading materials you need for this course will be provided via websites and
handouts. For week two’s class, please wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat for
a short yoga flow. For week three’s class, please wear comfortable clothing for a short
Qigong routine. Each week, please bring a notebook, writing utensil, and an open mind.

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Course Schedule:

Week Topic Reading

Week One: • What is CAM? https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/sur

vivors/patients/complementary-
alternative-medicine.htm

https://www.nhand.org/2016/02
• Naturopathic and Homeopathic /22/the-difference-between-
medicine naturopathic-medicine-and-
homeopathy/

Week Two: • Mind-Body Medicine https://link-gale-

com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/ap
ps/doc/CX4013200298/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=1f8b7
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• Nutritional supplements https://link-gale-

com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/ap
ps/doc/CX3623301307/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=3495f
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 Week Topic Reading
Week Three: • Manual Therapies https://link-gale-
com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/a
pps/doc/CX4006300475/GVRL?
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• Energy medicine
https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-
6131.66770

Additional Information and Resources: These resources are not required reading;
however, they may be helpful in providing context and a greater understanding of each
week’s lessons.
Week One:

Learn more about naturopathic and homeopathic medicine, as well as the origins of complementary
and alternative medicine with a deeper look into Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda.
 Naturopathic Medicine: Boughton, B., & Frey, R. J. (2015). Naturopathic medicine. In J. L.
Longe (Ed.), The Gale encyclopedia of medicine (5th ed., Vol. 6, pp. 3546–3549). Farmington
Hills, MI: Gale. https://link-gale-
com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/apps/doc/CX3623301275/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=e7cffbed

 Homeopathic Medicine: Wells, K. R. (2015). Homeopathic medicine. In J. L. Longe

(Ed.), The Gale encyclopedia of medicine (5th ed., Vol. 4, pp. 2478–2484). Farmington
Hills, MI: Gale. https://link-gale-
com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/apps/doc/CX3623300904/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=fee48749

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  Traditional Chinese Medicine: Bruno, L. C. (2015). Traditional Chinese Medicine. In J. L.
Longe (Ed.), The Gale encyclopedia of medicine (5th ed., Vol. 8, pp. 5091–5093).
Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. https://link-gale-
com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/apps/doc/CX3623301863/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=b5b04a6f

 Ayurvedic Medicine: Dupler, D. (2015). Ayurvedic medicine. In J. L. Longe (Ed.), The Gale
encyclopedia of medicine (5th ed., Vol. 1, pp. 605–610). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.
https://link-gale com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/apps/doc/CX3623300221/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=4298ccac

Week Two:
Read more about common mind-body therapies, including meditation, prayer; as well as
biologically based practices such as vitamins, herbs, and nutritional supplements.

• Mind-Body Therapies: https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/diagnosis-treatment/symptom-

management/integrative-medicine/mind-body

• Meditation: Chrisman, L. (2015). Meditation. In J. L. Longe (Ed.), The Gale encyclopedia

of medicine (5th ed., Vol. 5, pp. 3241–3245). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. Retrieved from
https://link-gale-com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/apps/doc/CX3623301172/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=fb7edd4e

• Mindfulness and Meditation: Dartmouth Student Wellness Center. (n.d.). Mindfulness and

meditation. Retrieved from https://students.dartmouth.edu/wellness-center/wellness-
mindfulness/mindfulness-meditation

• Yoga: Dupler, D., & Frey, R. J. (2015). Yoga. In J. L. Longe (Ed.), The Gale encyclopedia
of medicine (5th ed., Vol. 8, pp. 5481–5486). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. Retrieved from
https://link-gale-com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/apps/doc/CX3623302007/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=b93bd5f6

• Food as Medicine: Pauwels, E. K. (2011). The protective effect of the Mediterranean

diet: Focus on cancer and cardiovascular risk. Medical Principles and Practice, 20(2),
103–111. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1159/000321197

• Western Herbalism: Hanrahan, C. (2015). Herbalism, Western. In J. L. Longe (Ed.), The

Gale encyclopedia of medicine (5th ed., Vol. 4, pp. 2414–2419). Farmington Hills, MI:
Gale. Retrieved from https://link-gale-
com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/apps/doc/CX3623300882/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=40e3001a

Week Three:

These resources provide more in-depth information regarding chiropractic and osteopathic
medicine.

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 Osteopathy: Polsdorfer, J. R. (2015). Osteopathy. In J. L. Longe (Ed.), The Gale
encyclopedia of medicine (5th ed., Vol. 6, pp. 3736–3738). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.
Retrieved from https://link-gale-
com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/apps/doc/CX3623301338/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=a665e204

 Osteopathic Medicine (DO): Osmosis. (2017, August 21). Osteopathic medicine (DO) [Video

file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2vllCC901U

 Chiropractic: Turner, J., & Odle, T. G. (2015). Chiropractic. In J. L. Longe (Ed.), The Gale

encyclopedia of medicine (5th ed., Vol. 2, pp. 1120–1124). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.
Retrieved from https://link-gale-
com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/apps/doc/CX3623300406/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=1c058009

 Massage Therapy: Greene, E. (2015). Massage therapy. In J. L. Longe (Ed.), The Gale

encyclopedia of medicine (5th ed., Vol. 5, pp. 3211–3214). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.
Retrieved from https://link-gale-
com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/apps/doc/CX3623301161/GVRL?
u=chic13451&sid=GVRL&xid=d9591d24

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