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Glossary Of Alternative Medicine
This is a list of articles covering alternative medicine topics. A * Activated charcoal cleanse * Acupressure * Acupuncture * Affirmative prayer * Alexander technique * Alternative cancer treatments * Animal-Assisted Therapy * Anthroposophical medicine * Apitherapy * Applied kinesiology * Aquatherapy * Aromatherapy * Art Therapy * Asahi Health * Astrology * Attachment therapy * Auriculotherapy * Autogenic training * Autosuggestion * Ayurveda B * Bach flower therapy * Balneotherapy * Bates method * Bibliotherapy * Biodanza * Bioresonance therapy * Blood irradiation therapies * Body-based manipulative therapies * Body work (alternative medicine) or Massage therapy C * Chelation therapy * Chinese food therapy * Chinese herbology * Chinese martial arts * Chinese medicine * Chinese pulse diagnosis * Chakra * Chiropractic * Chromotherapy (color therapy, colorpuncture) * Cinema therapy * Coding (therapy) * Coin rubbing * Colloidal silver therapy * Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability, or evidence from clinical trials. Complementary medicine (CM), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), integrated medicine or integrative medicine (IM), and holistic medicine attempt to combine alternative practices with those of mainstream medicine. Alternative therapies share in common that they reside outside of medical science and instead rely on pseudoscience. Traditional practices become "alternative" when used outside their original settings and without proper scientific explanation and evidence. Frequently used derogatory terms for relevant practices are ''new age'' or ''pseudo-'' medicine, with little distinction from quackery. Some alternative practices are based on theories that contradict the established science of how the human body works; others resort to the supernatural or superstitious to explain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
