health care other than conventional, scientifically tested, medicinal treatment; includes herbal remedies, yoga, meditation, acupuncture, and other practices intended to maintain or improve health
Practices used instead or in conjunction with standard treatments..Alternative medicine includes dietary supplements, megadose vitamins, herbal preparations, special teas, acupuncture, massage therapy, magnet therapy, spiritual healing, and meditation.
Health care services outside the traditional medical practice, this type of care can include such therapies as: acupuncture, holistic medicine, homeopathy, non-medical massage therapy, herbal therapy, hypnosis, naturopathy, and biofeedback.
Non-traditional medicine such as acupuncture, herbs, imagery, homeopathy, osteopathy, etc.
is the branch of healthcare that is based on natural cures and prevention. These healing methods are outside of mainstream western medicine. It is also known as Holistic Medicine, Complementary Medicine or CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine).
The treatment, alleviation, or prevention of disease by techniques such as osteopathy or acupuncture allied with factors such as diet and emotional stability, which affect a persons' general well being.
See Integrative medicine.
the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture
a course providing information on positive alternatives to traditional medicine through food therapies
Practices not generally recognized by the medical community as standard or conventional. Includes dietary supplements, megadose vitamins, herbal preparations, massage therapy, magnet therapy, spiritual healing, and meditation. See also wholistic medicine
any of the various practices or healing methods for treating illness that are not taught in a traditional curricula of a U.S. or U.K. medical school. Some of these include homeopathy, herbal remedies, acupuncture, meditation, chiropractic medicine, and faith healing.
Any of various approaches to healing, such as reflexology and homeopathy, that fall outside the domain of conventional mainstream medicine.
AAlternative medicine incorporates nontraditional methods of treatment in the overall medical treatment of illness and disease. This includes, but is not limited to, homeopathy, herbalism and bodywork therapy. Alternative Therapies - Approaches to healing that are not included in the traditional medical model of treatment are considered alternative. These include, but are not limited to, massage therapy, nutritional supplementation, using herbal formulas, guided imagery and hypnotherapy.
Practices that generally are not accepted by the U.S. medical community as standard, proven, or conventional. Examples include massage therapy, herbal supplements, and acupuncture.
any form of therapy used alone, without recommended standard/conventional treatment.
A broad category of treatment systems of culturally based healing traditions such as Chinese, Ayuredic, and Christian Science; is also referred to as "complementary medicine".
a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine.
Practices not generally accepted as part of the conceptual or methodological approaches used by licensed physicians or other licensed health care providers.
Therapeutic practices and medical interventions that do not follow conventional biomedical explanations. Alternative therapies include, but are not limited to, the following disciplines: folk medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy, faith healing, new age healing, acupuncture, naturopathy, massage and music therapy.
(alt-care, alternative care, alternative-complementary healthcare [ACH], alternative healing, alternative healing therapies, alternative health, alternative therapeutics, alternative therapies, alt-med, complementary and alternative medicine [CAM], complementary care, complementary health care, complementary medicine [CM], complementary practices, extended therapeutics, Fringe Medicine, holistic healing, holistic health, holistic medicine, Mind-Body-Spirit medicine, natural healing, natural health, natural medicine, New Age medicine, nonproven therapy [NPT], nonstandard medicine, unconventional medicine, unconventional therapies, unconventional therapy, unorthodox healing, unorthodox therapies, wholistic medicine) : Broadly, any or all health-related methods and practices for which scientific evidence concerning safety and efficacy is lacking or largely contradictory. Related expressions include "innovative medicine," "integrated healthcare," "integrative medicine," "mind-body medicine," "New Medicine," and "planet medicine."
Diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention which complements mainstream medicine by contributing to a common whole, by satisfying a demand not met by orthodoxy or by diversifying the conceptual framework of medicine.
Healing practices other than those of mainstream medicine.
The name given to a wide variety of pseudo-scientific practices that fill the gap between what "real" medicine can offer, and doing nothing at all. Alternative medicines predicated on the assumption that everything we think we know about the Universe is wrong.
Treatments that have not traditionally been used in standard Western medicine, and are not widely taught in medical schools. These may include naturopathic medicine (herbs and plants), homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, and others.
An alternative to traditional forms of medicine. Can include homeopathy, acupuncture, and herbology. Often, results or effects are not scientifically explainable.
physicians elect to offer treatment utilizing treatment modalities such as biofeedback, behavior modification, chiropractic, and acupuncture.
Any system of medical diagnosis and treatment that is different from the conventional Western approach.
Practices used instead of or in addition to standard treatments. The medical community generally does not recognize them as standard or conventional medical approaches. Alternative medicine may include dietary supplements, mega dose vitamins, herbal preparations, special teas, acupuncture, massage therapy, magnet therapy, spiritual healing, and meditation.
Refers to treatments such as chiropractic, acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy and other complimentary treatments and practices.
Therapeutic approaches taken in place of traditional medicine and used to treat or ameliorate disease.
Treatment of a disease with herbal remedies, hypnosis, and in holistic manner.
Practices not generally recognized by the medical community as standard or conventional medical approaches.
a catch-all phrase for a long list of treatments of medicinal systems including traditional systems such as Chinese or Ayurvedic medicine, homeopathy, various herbals and other miscellaneous treatments that have not been accepted by the mainstream medical establishment. The designation "alternative medicine" is not equivalent to "holistic medicine," which is a more narrow term. See Holistic Medicine.
A group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are used in place of conventional medicine.
a health field other than traditional allopathic (medicine) health field.
Alternative medicine is a broad term for any diagnostic method, method of treatment or therapy whose theoretical bases and techniques diverge from generally accepted medical methods. Alternatively defined in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary as: a wide range of treatments for medical conditions that people use instead of or with western medicine: Alternative medicine includes treatments such as acupuncture, homeopathy and hypnotherapy.
any form of therapy used instead of standard conventional treatment.
Alternative medicine describes practices used in place of conventional medical treatments. Complementary medicine describes practices used in conjunction and cooperation with conventional medicine, to assist the existing process. The term complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an umbrella term for both branches.