You will be informed about holistic medicine, which is one type of alternative therapies.

Read the list of items that are supposed to be taken into consideration by all doctors. For each item write either WM if you consider it to be taken into consideration by representatives of western medicine or AT if you consider it to be taken into consideration by representatives of alternative therapies. The first one has been done for you.

	to treat patient as a series of parts that are all isolated	WM
	to remove the symptoms until everything’s working well again
	to treat the symptoms and not the cause of an illness
	to take into account not only the symptoms, but also the age, habits, emotions and life-style of the individual
	to try to build the overall picture of the patient
	to have a balance, or a harmony, between your mind and your body
	to prevent illness
	a good diet, with lots of fresh food, not processed food with its preservatives and chemicals
	a healthy lifestyle, without too much pressure and worry
	to do lots of exercise and rest, not too much, not too little

While-listening

1. Now listen to the radio programme about holistic medicine and complete the chart with some of the differences between western and holistic medicine:

	Western Medicine	Holistic Medicine

After-listening

Answer the questions

1. What are the 3 success stories discussed on the programme? What were the patients suffering from?

2. What is the system that Glenna Gillingham is trying to set up?

3. Do you agree with Glenna Gillingham’s statement that we are becoming more health conscious?

III. Reading

Before-reading

Look at the title of the article and try to predict what it will be about.

The following words all appear in the article. Match each one with its correct definition on the right and after reading the article check the rightness of your matching.

1. to giggle	a) to reduce or lessen pain or some other unpleasant feeling;
2. to monitor	b) funny, amusing;
3. to relieve	c) what the body uses to defend itself against things that enter it and cause disease;
4. research	d) the treatment of illnesses of the mind or body without drugs or operations;
5. humorous	e) to watch, listen to or examine what is happening;
6. to stimulate	f) to make something more active or develop more quickly;
7. immune system	g) to laugh in a silly, childish way;
8. therapy	h) detailed study of a subject to find out something new.

While-reading

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