7.2 Holistic Medicine

Exercise 7.2.1 Read and translate the text.

Nowadays there is a move which is becoming more and more popular, a move away from Western attitudes to medicine towards what is known as the holistic approach. What does holistic mean? It means “whole”, no more than that. But in terms of health care, what it means is looking at the whole body, the whole person when it comes to treating them.

Modern medicine treats patients as a series of parts that are all isolated. It looks at the part which is not working and tries to remove the symptoms until everything is working well again — a bit like a mechanic repairing a car.

The opposite of holistic is symptomatic. Too often, modern medicine treats the symptoms and not the cause of an illness. Drugs and surgery can remove the symptoms. But the cause remains. If you have backache, pain killers will take away the pain, but there is still something wrong somewhere that caused the backache in the first place.

Holistic approach takes into account not only the symptoms, but also the age, habits, emotions and lifestyle of the individual, and tries to build an overall picture. Being healthy means there is a balance, or a harmony, between your mind and your body — when you are ill, it is because there is an imbalance somewhere, and this imbalance is shown by symptoms. The symptoms themselves are not very important. For example, two people suffering from headaches might be given very different treatment, because the cause of the headache is not the same.

What holistic medicine tries to do above all is prevent illness, and we all know that prevention is better than cure. A good diet, with lots of fresh food is essential; a healthy lifestyle, without too much pressure and worry, and a lot of exercise and rest, not too much, not too little — these are the things that will prevent illness.

Western medicine has a very important place, particularly in accidents and emergencies. It would be nice to see Western and holistic medicine working hand in hand.

“Medicines are not meant to live on”, an English proverb says. That is true and we can add that good health is better than the best medicine. And if your health is good, you are always in good mood.

We are becoming more health conscious generally, and aware that we are basically responsible for our own health.

Exercise 7.2.2 Answer the questions.

1. Is there a specific move nowadays?

2. What is chatacteristic about it?

3. What does the word “holistic” mean?

4. What does it mean in terms of health care?

5. How does modern medicine treat patients?

6. What does it try to remove?

7. What does it resemble?

8. What is the opposite of holistic?

9. Does modern medicine often treat an illness?

10. How can the symptoms be removed?

11. What happens to the cause in such cases?

12. What can pain killers do if you have backache?

13. Is there still something wrong somewhere that caused the backache in the first place?

14. What does holistic approach take into account?

15. What kind of picture does it try to build?

16. What does it mean — being healthy?

17. Why may a person be ill?

18. How is this imbalance shown?

19. Are the symptoms themselves important?

20. Why might two people suffering from headache be given very different treatment?

21. What does holistic medicine try to do above all?

22. Is prevention better or worse than cure?

23. What are the things that can prevent illness?

24. Where does Western medicine have a very important place?

25. What would be nice to see?

26. What does an English proverb about health say?

27. Is that true in your opinion?

28. When are you in good mood?

29. What kind of people are we becoming gradually?

30. Who is responsible for our health?

Exercise 7.2.3 Write T if the sentence is true and F if the sentence is false.

1. Nowadays there is a move which is becoming less and less popular.

2. It is a move towards Western attitudes to medicine instead of what is known as the holistic approach.

3. The word “holistic” means “partial”.

4. Modem medicine treats patients as a series of parts that are all isolated.

5. It looks at the part which is not working and tries to remove the cause until everything is working well again.

6. The synonym for “holistic” is “symptomatic”.

7. Modern medicine often treats the symptoms and not the cause of an illness.

8. Drugs and surgery cannot remove the symptoms.

9. If you have backache, pain killers will take away the pain.

10. In this case what was wrong that caused the backache is also removed.

11. Holistic approach takes into account only the symptoms.

12. It doesn’t take into consideration such things as the age, habits, emotions and lifestyle of the individual.

13. However, it tries to build an overall picture.

14. Being healthy means there is a balance, or a harmony, between your mind and your body.

15. When you are ill, this balance may still exist.

16. The imbalance is shown by symptoms.

17. The symptoms are very important.

18. Two people suffering from headaches might be given just the same treatment, although the cause of the headache is quite different.

19. What holistic medicine tries to do above all is prevent illness.

20. Prevention is worse than cure.

21. A good diet, with lots of fresh food is essential.

22. A healthy lifestyle, without too much pressure and worry, and a lot of exercise and rest will prevent illness.

23. Western medicine has a very important place, particularly in accidents and emergencies.

24. It is impossible to imagine Western and holistic medicine working hand in hand.

25. “Medicines are not meant to live on”, an English proverb says.

26. Good health is better than the best medicine.

27. When your health is bad, you are still in good mood.

28. We are becoming more health conscious generally.

29. We are aware that the World Health Organization is basically responsible for our health.

Exercise 7.2.4 Give the English equivalents for the following.

Движение; всеохватывающий; обезболивающее средство; предотвращать; предотвращение; пословица; оставаться; убирать; ремонтировать; ответственный; хирургия; принимать во внимание; обходиться; весь; беспокойство; авария; подход; отношение; сознающий; равновесие; забота; в своей основе; причина; сознательный; средство излечения; режим питания; лекарственный препарат; критическое положение; важнейший; физические упражнения для укрепления здоровья; привычка; рука об руку; согласие; целостный; неустойчивость; изолированный; образ жизни; разум; настроение.

Exercise 7.2.5 Find in the text synonyms for the following words and word combinations.

Attach; mindful; equilibrium; generally; reason; cure; remedy; food; medicine; basic; training; separate; way of life; anxiety; entire; liable; mend; withdraw; stay; averting; anesthetic; intellect.

Exercise 7.2.6 State what part of speech the following words belong to.

Known; holistic; mean; more; whole; treating; killer; first; account; age; ill; imbalance; not; lots; holistic; proverb; becoming; conscious; generally; responsible; our; for.

Exercise 7.2.7 Insert prepositions.

1. It is a move away _______ Western attitudes ___ medicine; towards what is known ____ the holistic approach.

2. But ____ terms ____ health care, what it means is looking ___ the whole body.

3. Modern medicine treats patients as a series ____ parts that are all isolated.

4. It looks ___ the part which is not working and tries to remove the symptoms _______ everything is working well again — a bit _____ a mechanic repairing a car.

5. The opposite ___ holistic is symptomatic.

6. Modern medicine treats the symptoms and not the cause ___ an illness.

7. If you have backache, pain killers will take away the pain, but there is still something wrong somewhere that caused the backache ___ the first place.

8. Holistic approach takes _____ account not only the symptoms, but also the age, habits, emotions and lifestyle ____ the individual.

9. Being healthy means there is a balance _______ your mind and your body.

10. This imbalance is shown ____ symptoms.

11. The symptoms themselves are not very important.

12. _____ example, two people suffering _____ headaches might be given very different treatment, because the cause ____ the headache is not the same.

13. A good diet, ____ lots of fresh food is essential.

14. A healthy lifestyle, _______ too much pressure and worry, and a lot ___ exercise and rest — these are the things that will prevent illness.

15. Western medicine has a very important place, particularly ___ accidents and emergencies.

16. It would be nice to see Western and holistic medicine working hand ___ hand.

17. “Medicines are not meant to live ___”, an English proverb says.

18. If your health is good, you are always ____ good mood.

19. We are becoming aware that we are basically responsible ____ our own health.

Exercise 7.2.8 Match the words and word combinations in column A with those in column B.

A	B
1. holistic approach	a. обращаться с пациентом
2. no more than that	b. снять боль
3. in terms of health care	c. учитывать
4. treat patients	d. здоровый образ жизни
5. remove the symptoms	e. с самого начала
6. take away the pain	f. цельный подход
7. in the first place	g. создать цельную картину
8. take into account	h. убрать симптомы
9. build an overall picture	i. не более того
10. healthy lifestyle	j. заботящийся о своем здоровье
11. hand in hand	k. с точки зрения здравоохранения
12. healt conscious	l. рука об руку

Exercise 7.2.9 Fill in the gaps with the words from the text choosing from the ones given in brackets.

1. Nowadays there is a _________ (move; motion; removal) which is becoming more and more popular.

2. It is a _______ (move; motion; removal) away from Western attitudes to medicine towards what is known as the holistic _______ (appraisal; apprehension; approach).

3. “Holistic” means _______ (“whole”; “all”; “evetything”), no more than that.

4. But in terms of health ______ (carefulness; carelessness; care), what it means is looking at the whole body, the whole person when it comes to _______ (training; treating; trimming) them.

5. Modem medicine treats patients as a series of parts that are all _______ (isolated; insulated; donated).

6. It looks at the part which is not working and tries to _______ (rejoin; respond; remove) the symptoms until everything is working well again — a bit like a mechanic________ (preparing; inspiring; repairing) a car.

7. The ________ (opposite; appropriate; proper) of holistic is symptomatic.

8. Too often, modem medicine _______ (tries; trends; treats) the symptoms and not the _______ (case; source; cause) of an illness.

9. Drugs and _______ (sergeant; surgery; segregation) can remove the symptoms.

10. But the cause ______ (restores; returns; remains).

11. If you have backache, pain killers will take _______ (from; off; away) the pain, but there is still something wrong _________ (anywhere; nowhere; somewhere) that caused the backache in the first place.

12. Holistic approach takes into _______ (account; accountant; count) not only the symptoms, but also the age, habits, emotions and lifestyle of the individual, and tries to build an ________ (wholesome; overall; complicated) picture.

13. Being healthy means there is a balance, or a ________ (harmonization; harmonica; harmony), between your mind and your body.

14. When you are ill, it is because there is an __________ (unbalance; imbalance; inbalance) somewhere.

15. The symptoms __________ (theirselves; theyselves; themselves) are not very important.

16. For example, two people _________ (suffocating; supposing; suffering) from headaches might be given very different __________ (commitment; treatment; complement).

17. What holistic medicine tries to do above all is ________ (reventure; prescribe; prevent) illness.

18. A good diet, with lots of fresh food is _________ (essential; sentual; sensitive).

19. A healthy lifestyle, without too much __________ (compressor; depression; pressure) and worry, and a lot of exercise and rest, — these are the things that will prevent illness.

20. Western medicine has a very important place, _________ (partially; comparatively; particularly) in accidents and emergencies.

21. We can _______ (avoid; avade; add) that good health is better than the best medicine.

22. If your health is good, you are always in good ________ (mind; meditation; mood).

23. We are becoming more health _________ (consciencious; conscious; competent) generally, and _________ (aware; beware; compare) that we are basically responsible for our own health.

Exercise 7.2.10 Fill in the gaps with the related words.

1. Nowadays there is a ________ (MOVEMENT) which is becoming more and more __________ (POPULARITY).

2. It is a move away from Western attitudes to _________ (MEDICAL) towards what is known as the holistic approach.

3. But in terms of health care, what it means is _______ (LOOK) at the whole body, the whole person when it comes to _______ (TREAT) them.

4. Modem medicine treats patients as a series of parts that are all _________ (ISOLATION).

5. It looks at the part which is not __________(WORK) and tries to remove the symptoms until everything is working well again — a bit like a mechanic _________ (REPAIR) a car.

6. The ___________ (OPPOSITION) of holistic is __________ (SYMPTOM).

7. Modern medicine ________ (TREATMENT) the symptoms and not the ________ (BECAUSE) of an illness.

8. Drugs and ________ (SURGEON) can remove the symptoms.

9. If you have backache, pain _______ (KILL) will take away the pain.

10. Holistic approach takes into _______ (COUNT) not only the symptoms, but also the age, habits, emotions and lifestyle of the ________ (INDIVIDUALITY), and tries to _________ (BUILDING) an overall picture.

11. Being ________ (HEALTH) means there is a balance, or a harmony, between your mind and your body.

12. The symptoms themselves are not very ________ (IMPPORTANCE).

13. Two people ________ (SUFFER) from headaches might be given very _________ (DIFFERENCE) treatment.

14. What holistic medicine tries to do above all is _________ (PREVENTIVE) illness, and we all know that __________ (PREVENTIVE) is better than cure.

15. Western medicine has a very important place, ________ (PARTICULAR) in __________ (ACCIDENTAL) and emergencies.

16. Good health is ________ (GOOD) than the ________ (GOOD) medicine.

17. If your health is good, you are always in good _______ (MOODY).

18. We are ______ (BECOME) more health _______ (CONSCIENCE) generally, and aware that we are ______ (BASE) responsible for our own health.

Exercise 7.2.11 Make up sentences using the given words.

1. and more is move which is more popular there becoming.

2. Western medicine it is move from attitude away to a.

3. is a holistic move the it approach towards.

4. “whole” holistic means.

5. it comes it means body at when it whole the looking to treating.

6. medicine of parts patients as a modern series treats isolated.

7. tries everything to the symptoms it until is again working remove well.

8. the is of holistic symptomatic opposite.

9. symptoms cause medicine treats illness the and not modern the of an.

10. and symptoms can surgery remove drugs the.

11. you take have backache away pain killers pain if will the.

12. is backache the something somewhere that wrong there caused.

13. approach takes into holistic account the not symptoms only.

14. an it to picture tries build overall.

15. your healthy a means mind there body is balance being between your and.

16. imbalance ill when you it an is there is are somewhere because.

17. by this is shown symptoms imbalance.

18. important the symptoms are very not themselves.

19. different from very headaches might people suffering be two given treatment.

20. same the of the headache cause may be the not.

21. to holistic illness tries prevent medicine.

22. than is better prevention cure.

23. emergencies Western has a very accidents important place medicine in and.

24. hand it medicine nice to see Western and in would holistic working be hand.

25. live meant medicines are to on not.

26. better medicine good best health is than the.

27. your mood health good you if are is in good always.

28. we conscious are more generally health becoming.

29. own are responsible we health for our basically.

Exercise 7.2.12 Translate the following sentences into English.

1. В наше время существует движение, которое становится все более и более популярным.

2. Это движение прочь от западного подхода к медицине и в сторону того, что известно как холистический подход.

3. Что означает слово холистический?

4. Оно означает всеобъемлющий, и не более того.

5. Но с точки зрения здравоохранения, то, что оно означает – это взгляд на тело, на человека в целом, когда речь идет о лечении его.

6. Современная медицина обращается с пациентами как с набором частей, которые полностью изолированы.

7. Она смотрит на часть, которая не работает, и пытается устранить симптомы, пока все не заработает хорошо снова.

8. Это похоже на механика, который ремонтируется автомобиль.

9. Противоположностью холистического является симптоматический подход.

10. Слишком часто современная медицина лечит симптомы, а не первопричину болезни.

11. Лекарства и хирургия могут убрать симптомы, но причина остается.

12. Если у вас боль в пояснице, обезболивающее может снять боль, но все равно где-то остается что-то, что первоначально вызывало эту боль.

13. Холистический подход учитывает не только симптомы, но также возраст, привычки, эмоции и образ жизни данной личности и пытается построить цельную картину.

14. Быть здоровым означает состояние, когда имеется равновесие или гармония между вашим рассудком и вашим телом.

15. Когда вы больны, причина этого в каком-то дисбалансе.

16. Этот дисбаланс проявляется симптомами.

17. Симптомы сами по себе не очень важны.

18. Например, два человека, страдающие от головной боли, могут нуждаться в совершенно разном лечении, потому что причина боли может быть не одной и той же.

19. То, что более всего старается сделать холистическая медицина, – это предотвратить болезнь.

20. Мы знаем, что профилактика – это лучше лечения.

21. Очень важно хорошее питание с большим количеством свежих продуктов.

22. Здоровый образ жизни означает не слишком много напряжения и тревог, а также побольше физических упражнений и отдыха — не слишком много и не слишком мало.

23. Все это является профилактикой болезней.

24. Западная медицина занимает очень важное место, особенно, когда речь идет об авариях и чрезвычайных обстоятельствах, то есть о травматологии.

25. Было бы хорошо видеть, что западная и холистическая медицина работают совместно.

26. Английская пословица гласит: “На лекарствах жить нельзя”, и это правда.

27. Мы можем добавить, что хорошее здоровье лучшее самого хорошего лекарства.

28. Если у вас крепкое здоровье, вы всегда в хорошем настроении.

29. В целом, мы становимся более сознательными по отношению к своему здоровью.

30. Мы сознаем, что в основном мы сами отвечаем за свое здоровье.

Exercise 7.2.13 Make up your own sentences using the words and word combinations.

Accident; approach; attitude; aware; balance; cause; diet; cure; essential; mind; exercise; habit; imbalance; isolated; mood; move; proverb; remain; responsible; holistic approach; no more than that; treat patients; remove the symptoms’ take away the pain; take into account; build an overall picture; healthy lifestyle; hand in hand; health conscious.

Exercise 7.2.14 Retell the text.