1. practices that takes herbal medicine and availing of special diets and vitamins. 2. medicine uses magnetic fields or biofields in belief that energy fields may enter various points in the body. 3. body-based practices are bodily-kinesthetic in nature and are concerned with movement therapy. 4. medicine uses mental exercises in belief that the orain is central to the health of an individual. 5. views diseases as a manifestation of an alteration 7 the processes by which the body naturally heals itself. the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997 rovisioned the creation of the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative ealthcare (PITAHC), which works closely with the Department of Health. CTIVITY 2. MATCHING TYPE