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2. Naturopathy - Wikipedia

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   Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine. [1] A wide array of practices branded as "natural", "non-invasive", or promoting "self-healing" are employed by its practitioners, who are known as naturopaths. Difficult to generalize, these treatments range from the pseudoscientific and thoroughly discredited, like ...

3. Osteopathic medicine in the United States - Wikipedia

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   e. Osteopathic medicine is a branch of the medical profession in the United States that promotes the practice of science-based medicine, often referred to in this context as allopathic medicine, with a set of philosophy and principles set by its earlier form, osteopathy. Osteopathic physicians (DOs) are graduates of American osteopathic medical ...

4. Alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Functional medicine - Wikipedia

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   Alternative medicine. Functional medicine (FM) is a form of alternative medicine that encompasses a number of unproven and disproven methods and treatments. [1][2][3] It has been described as pseudoscience, [4] quackery, [5] and at its essence a rebranding of complementary and alternative medicine. [5] In the United States, FM practices have ...

6. Chiropractic - Wikipedia

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   Chiropractic (/ ˌkaɪroʊˈpræktɪk /) is a form of alternative medicine [ 1 ] concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine. [ 2 ] It has esoteric origins [ 3 ] and is based on several pseudoscientific ideas.

7. Terminology of alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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   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 rebrandings of ...