HSC 300 UPDATD 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔CAM
therapies to treat stress
Alternative care & stress - ✔✔Most forms of alternative care are designed to help
reduce or eliminate stress
Massage
Yoga
Acupuncture
Meditation
✔✔Balance - ✔✔A peaceful co-existence and harmony with all aspects of life.
Balance is found in all cultures throughout time
Balance is a path, rather than a steady state
Mental, Physical, emotional, spiritual and environmental components
read book
✔✔Cyclic rhythms - ✔✔The daily lives of all living things are filled with various changes
that take place in a cyclic pattern
Our body likes patterns!
Ex. Metabolism
Ex. Sleep
✔✔Rhythms - ✔✔Circadian rhythms - regular fluctuations of a variety of physiological
functions over a 24 hr span
Hunger, sleep, energy
Ultradian Rhythms are shorter than 24 hours
(REM sleep lasting 90 mins at a time)
Infradian rhythms - last longer than 24 hours
Menstrual cycle
Cell division, death and replacement
Rhythms can be broken by internal or external factors
How do these rhythms become changed?
-Going to bed and waking up at different times on weekdays vs. weekends!
,✔✔spirituality - ✔✔Spiritual healing is amongst the oldest beliefs. Spirit is the liveliness,
fullness and richness of one's life.
Spirituality is the dimension that involves relationship with oneself, with others and with
a higher power
Involves finding significant
Meaning & purpose to their
Life
✔✔religious people - ✔✔Religious people say they have more energy, their health is
better, and they experience less pain.
Their social lives and personal behaviors are also healthier.
They are more likely to be married, to have supportive friends and are more likely to
report being treated with respect.
They have greater confidence in the healthcare and medical system and are less likely
to smoke
✔✔Energy:
Aura
Meridians
Luminous body
chakras - ✔✔Energy is seen as the bridge between the spirit and physical well being, a
"life force"
The Chinese refer to this energy as qi or chi
They believe it takes the form of two opposite but complimentary phases yin and yang
Yin is believed to be involved in tissue growth
Yang is believed to be involved in tissue breakdown.
However, each person has their own unique combination of the combination of yin and
yang
The white dot on the black section and the black dot on the white section are reminders
that each quality contains some of its opposite
CHAKRAS
-The Hindu concept of Chakras (meaning "spinning wheel") describes seven major
energy centers within the human body.
-Chakras have been described by most Eastern cultures and several S American
cultures.
-Chakras are major centers for both electromagnetic activity and circulation of energy
-Each Chakra also relates to a specific organ or function of the body.
, ✔✔luminous body - ✔✔crown- spiritual
3rd eye-perception
throat- expression
heart- love
solar plexus-power
sacral- sex
root- survival
✔✔Aura energy - ✔✔Closely related to Chakras is the concept of auras. The Aura is the
energy field surrounding each person as far as the outstretched arms and from head to
toe
This energy field is both an information center and a perceptual system that transmits
and receives messages from internal and external environments
Auras are closely related to Chakras.
Each of the seven layers of the auric field is associated with a Chakra.
Find the Aura:
In front of white background
Stand 10 ft away
Focus on the wall past the person
✔✔meridians energy - ✔✔A person's vital energy is not simply radiated outward but has
patterns of circulation within the body, referred to as the meridian system.
Meridians are a network of energy circuits or lines of force that run vertically through the
body connecting all the parts.
These could be thought of as a highway system of with entrance and exit ramps,
merging roads, and smaller streets.
12 meridians:
lung
large intestines
stomach
spleen (pancreas)
heart
small intestines
bladder
kidney
heart governor
triple heater
gall bladder
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔CAM
therapies to treat stress
Alternative care & stress - ✔✔Most forms of alternative care are designed to help
reduce or eliminate stress
Massage
Yoga
Acupuncture
Meditation
✔✔Balance - ✔✔A peaceful co-existence and harmony with all aspects of life.
Balance is found in all cultures throughout time
Balance is a path, rather than a steady state
Mental, Physical, emotional, spiritual and environmental components
read book
✔✔Cyclic rhythms - ✔✔The daily lives of all living things are filled with various changes
that take place in a cyclic pattern
Our body likes patterns!
Ex. Metabolism
Ex. Sleep
✔✔Rhythms - ✔✔Circadian rhythms - regular fluctuations of a variety of physiological
functions over a 24 hr span
Hunger, sleep, energy
Ultradian Rhythms are shorter than 24 hours
(REM sleep lasting 90 mins at a time)
Infradian rhythms - last longer than 24 hours
Menstrual cycle
Cell division, death and replacement
Rhythms can be broken by internal or external factors
How do these rhythms become changed?
-Going to bed and waking up at different times on weekdays vs. weekends!
,✔✔spirituality - ✔✔Spiritual healing is amongst the oldest beliefs. Spirit is the liveliness,
fullness and richness of one's life.
Spirituality is the dimension that involves relationship with oneself, with others and with
a higher power
Involves finding significant
Meaning & purpose to their
Life
✔✔religious people - ✔✔Religious people say they have more energy, their health is
better, and they experience less pain.
Their social lives and personal behaviors are also healthier.
They are more likely to be married, to have supportive friends and are more likely to
report being treated with respect.
They have greater confidence in the healthcare and medical system and are less likely
to smoke
✔✔Energy:
Aura
Meridians
Luminous body
chakras - ✔✔Energy is seen as the bridge between the spirit and physical well being, a
"life force"
The Chinese refer to this energy as qi or chi
They believe it takes the form of two opposite but complimentary phases yin and yang
Yin is believed to be involved in tissue growth
Yang is believed to be involved in tissue breakdown.
However, each person has their own unique combination of the combination of yin and
yang
The white dot on the black section and the black dot on the white section are reminders
that each quality contains some of its opposite
CHAKRAS
-The Hindu concept of Chakras (meaning "spinning wheel") describes seven major
energy centers within the human body.
-Chakras have been described by most Eastern cultures and several S American
cultures.
-Chakras are major centers for both electromagnetic activity and circulation of energy
-Each Chakra also relates to a specific organ or function of the body.
, ✔✔luminous body - ✔✔crown- spiritual
3rd eye-perception
throat- expression
heart- love
solar plexus-power
sacral- sex
root- survival
✔✔Aura energy - ✔✔Closely related to Chakras is the concept of auras. The Aura is the
energy field surrounding each person as far as the outstretched arms and from head to
toe
This energy field is both an information center and a perceptual system that transmits
and receives messages from internal and external environments
Auras are closely related to Chakras.
Each of the seven layers of the auric field is associated with a Chakra.
Find the Aura:
In front of white background
Stand 10 ft away
Focus on the wall past the person
✔✔meridians energy - ✔✔A person's vital energy is not simply radiated outward but has
patterns of circulation within the body, referred to as the meridian system.
Meridians are a network of energy circuits or lines of force that run vertically through the
body connecting all the parts.
These could be thought of as a highway system of with entrance and exit ramps,
merging roads, and smaller streets.
12 meridians:
lung
large intestines
stomach
spleen (pancreas)
heart
small intestines
bladder
kidney
heart governor
triple heater
gall bladder
