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  2. List of forms of alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    Body work (alternative medicine) or Massage therapy; C. Chelation therapy; Chinese food therapy; Chinese herbology; Chinese martial arts; Chinese medicine;

  3. 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 ...

  4. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

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    The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is a United States government agency which explores complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It was initially created in 1991 as the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), and renamed the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) before receiving its current name in 2014.

  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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    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. Category:Alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    Alternative medicine encompasses methods used in both complementary medicine and alternative medicine, known collectively as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). These methods are used in place of ("alternative to"), or in addition to ("complementary to"), conventional medical treatments. The terms are primarily used in the western ...

  8. History of alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    The history of alternative medicine covers the history of a group of diverse medical practices that were collectively promoted as "alternative medicine" beginning in the 1970s, to the collection of individual histories of members of that group, or to the history of western medical practices that were labeled "irregular practices" by the western ...

  9. Acupuncture - Wikipedia

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    Traditional medicine. Diagnoses. v. t. e. Acupuncture [b] is a form of alternative medicine [2] and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. [3] Acupuncture is a pseudoscience; [4] [5] the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge, [6] and it has been ...

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