Running head: CARDIAC 1
Use of CAM Health Care Modalities in Treating Cardiovascular Diseases
Student Name
Institution Affiliation
, CARDIAC 2
Use of CAM Health Care Modalities in Treating Cardiovascular Diseases
Health care practitioners worldwide are tasked, mandated and obligated to provide
quality and effective treatment to all their patients without favoritism or discrimination. They are
supposed to combine the skills they learned during pursuit of their medical qualifications and
experience to improve patient outcomes. As such, medical bodies such as the American Medical
Association are very strict and conduct regular spontaneous checks to ensure that all medical
personnel in health care facilities are qualified and capable of carrying out their duties.
Nonetheless, doctors and nurses are faced with new medical conditions daily making their efforts
and obligations quite challenging. Some of these diseases have proven untreatable using standard
medical procedures and contribute significantly to the high mortality rates being witnessed
globally. As such, some health care practitioners have begun to embrace various forms of
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in treatment of their patients. While
complementary medicine entails treatments such as acupuncture that can be used concurrently
with standard medical care, alternative medicine are primarily used instead of standard medical
treatments. It is however important to note that although these CAM health care modalities have
their benefits, there are also some risk and effects associated with them. The essay will examine
CAM health care modalities in Ginseng, Hawthorn, L-Arginine, and St. John’s Wort impact the
cardiovascular system.
Ginseng CAM Health Care Modality
Traditional medicine has been part and parcel of societies around the world for many
centuries. It is characterized by the treatment of ailments using herbs, roots and leaves of certain
plants. People living in Asia and North America have popularly used ginseng as a form of herbal
Use of CAM Health Care Modalities in Treating Cardiovascular Diseases
Student Name
Institution Affiliation
, CARDIAC 2
Use of CAM Health Care Modalities in Treating Cardiovascular Diseases
Health care practitioners worldwide are tasked, mandated and obligated to provide
quality and effective treatment to all their patients without favoritism or discrimination. They are
supposed to combine the skills they learned during pursuit of their medical qualifications and
experience to improve patient outcomes. As such, medical bodies such as the American Medical
Association are very strict and conduct regular spontaneous checks to ensure that all medical
personnel in health care facilities are qualified and capable of carrying out their duties.
Nonetheless, doctors and nurses are faced with new medical conditions daily making their efforts
and obligations quite challenging. Some of these diseases have proven untreatable using standard
medical procedures and contribute significantly to the high mortality rates being witnessed
globally. As such, some health care practitioners have begun to embrace various forms of
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in treatment of their patients. While
complementary medicine entails treatments such as acupuncture that can be used concurrently
with standard medical care, alternative medicine are primarily used instead of standard medical
treatments. It is however important to note that although these CAM health care modalities have
their benefits, there are also some risk and effects associated with them. The essay will examine
CAM health care modalities in Ginseng, Hawthorn, L-Arginine, and St. John’s Wort impact the
cardiovascular system.
Ginseng CAM Health Care Modality
Traditional medicine has been part and parcel of societies around the world for many
centuries. It is characterized by the treatment of ailments using herbs, roots and leaves of certain
plants. People living in Asia and North America have popularly used ginseng as a form of herbal
