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  2. Alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability or evidence of effectiveness. Unlike modern medicine, which employs the scientific method to test plausible therapies by way of responsible and ethical clinical trials, producing ...

  3. List of forms of alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    African. Muti; Southern Africa; Ayurveda. Dosha; MVAH; Balneotherapy; Brazilian; Bush medicine; Cambodian; Chinese. Blood stasis; Chinese herbology; Dit da; Gua sha ...

  4. Regulation of alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    Regulation of medicines and medical devices, to ensure they work and are acceptably safe, is the responsibility of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. The legal status of medicines is determined under the Medicines Act 1968 and European Council Directive 2001/83/EC which control the sale and supply of medicines.

  5. Ayurveda - Wikipedia

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    Hinduism portal. v. t. e. Ayurveda ( / ˌɑːjʊərˈveɪdə, - ˈviː -/; IAST: ayurveda) [1] is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. [2] It is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population report using ayurveda. [3] [4] [5] The theory and practice of ayurveda is ...

  6. Terminology of alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Alternative medicine describes any practice which aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine, but which lacks biological plausibility and is untested or untestable. Complementary medicine ( CM ), complementary and alternative medicine ( CAM ), integrated medicine or integrative medicine ( IM ), and holistic medicine are among many ...

  7. Practicing without a license - Wikipedia

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    For example, nine U.S. states have passed health freedom laws that protect alternative practitioners such as herbalists from prosecution for "practicing medicine without a license." [4] In the area of mental health, Oregon offers broad licensing exemptions for professional counselors and marriage and family therapists , allowing people to ...

  8. History of alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    The NCCIH charter requires that 12 of the 18 council members shall be selected with a preference to selecting leading representatives of complementary and alternative medicine, 9 of the members must be licensed practitioners of alternative medicine, 6 members must be general public leaders in the fields of public policy, law, health policy ...

  9. Bodywork (alternative medicine) - Wikipedia

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    In alternative medicine, bodywork is any therapeutic or personal development technique that involves working with the human body in a form involving manipulative therapy, breath work, or energy medicine. Bodywork techniques also aim to assess or improve posture, promote awareness of the "bodymind connection" which is an approach that sees the ...

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