Introduction
Alternative Therapy and Alternative Medicine, Complementary Therapy, Complementary Medicine

Complementary Therapies and Alternative Therapy:offer a variety of "complementary" treatments, outside the scope of conventional medical practice, and are often used alongside standard treatments (e.g. nutritional supplements, herbal remedies, massage, acupuncture, energy work, etc).

Complementary Medicine:The term complementary medicine is used by conventional medical practitioners to refer to non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical techniques which are used in conjunction with medical treatments.

Alternative Medicine:A broad category of alternative treatment systems (e.g. chiropractic, herbal medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopathy, and spiritual devotions) or culturally based healing.

Complementary Alternative:
Include herbal medicine, Chinese medicine, chiropractic, naturopathy, osteopathy, acupuncture, homoeopathy, reflexology, aromatherapy, Alexander technique, Bach and other flower remedies, massage, hypnotherapy, shiatsu, ayurvedic medicine, nutritional medicine, yoga, anthropomorphically medicine, iridology, kinesiology, meditation and others.

 

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