Alternative medicine is usually defined as
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- Alternative medicine: Alternative medicine is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard care. Standard care is what medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, and allied health professionals, such as nurses and physical therapists, practice.
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Osteopathy For diseases of the bone, see bone disease and osteology. Osteopathy is a type of alternative medicine, also called pseudomedicine, that emphasizes massage and other physical manipulation of muscle tissue and bones. People practicing osteopathy are referred to as osteopathic practitioners.
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Allopathic medicine Practitioners of alternative medicine have used the term allopathic medicine to refer to the practice of conventional medicine in both Europe and the United States since the 19th century.
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Energy medicine Types of veritable energy medicine include magnet therapy, colorpuncture, and light therapy. Medical techniques involving the use electromagnetic radiation (e.g. radiation therapy or magnetic resonance imaging) are not considered energy medicine in the terms of alternative medicine.
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Osteopathy For the American medical practice of osteopathic physicians in the United States, see Osteopathic medicine in the United States. For diseases of the bone, see bone disease and osteology. Osteopathy is a type of alternative medicine, also called pseudomedicine, that emphasizes massage and other physical manipulation of muscle tissue and bones. People practicing osteopathy are referred to as osteopathic practitioners.
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Difference between Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine Alternative medicine is different from conventional or mainstream or western medicine in a lot of ways. Alternative medicines and conventional medicines differ entirely in their method of diagnosis and treatment.
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5 Types of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Two of the most popular and well-researched types of manipulative and body-based methods are chiropractic and massage therapy. 5) Energy Therapies. Another type of complementary and alternative medicine, energy therapies are generally based on the idea that energy fields surround and penetrate the human body.
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- Definition. 1  Holistic medicine is a term used to describe therapies that attempt to treat the patient as a whole person. That is, instead of treating an illness, as in orthodox allopathy, holistic medicine looks at an individual's overall physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional wellbeing before recommending treatment.
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- Herbal medicine (HM) is one of the most widely used Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies used throughout the world. In many countries, HM has a long tradition and the knowledge about local medical plants is ingrained into cultural memory.
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Alternative medicine Critics state there is really no such thing as alternative medicine, just medicine that works and medicine that doesn't, and the problem with the idea of alternative treatments in this sense is that the underlying logic is magical, childish or downright absurd.
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alternative medicine alternative medicine definition. Medical practice or therapy that uses methods that have not been associated with the traditional, standard care most generally taught and executed by AMA-certified medical schools.
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- Complementary medicine describes health care that is. integrated with conventional medicine while Alternative medicine. describes health care that is used in place of conventional medical care. The four primary licensed providers of complementary and alternative.
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5 Types of Complementary and Alternative Medicine This type of complementary and alternative medicine is based on manipulation and/or movement of one or more parts of the body. In some cases, manipulative and body-based methods involve participating in classes or individual sessions with the aim of changing your movement habits.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard medical care. 1  Standard medical care is medicine that is practiced by health professionals who hold an M.D. (medical doctor) or D.O. (doctor of osteopathy) degree.
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Traditional medicine Traditional medicine is the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness.
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- You have many choices to make about your cancer treatment. One choice you might be thinking about is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard care. Examples of CAM therapies are acupuncture, chiropractic, and herbal medicines.
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- Complementary medicine or integrative medicine is when alternative medicine is used together with functional medical treatment, in a belief that it complements (improves the efficacy of) the treatment.
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- Alternative medicine: Alternative medicine is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard care.
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Complementary and Integrative Medicine Many Americans use medical treatments that are not part of mainstream medicine. When you are using these types of care, it may be called complementary, integrative, or alternative medicine. Complementary medicine is used together with mainstream medical care. An example is using acupuncture to help with side effects of cancer treatment. When health care providers and facilities offer both types of care, it is called integrative medicine. Alternative medicine is used instead of mainstream medical care. The claims that non-mainstream practitioners make can sound promising.
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Cancer Alternative Therapies Summary. You have many choices to make about your cancer treatment. One choice you might be thinking about is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard care. Examples of CAM therapies are acupuncture, chiropractic, and herbal medicines.
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emergency medicine complementary medicine (complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)) a large and diverse set of systems of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention based on philosophies and techniques other than those used in conventional Western medicine, often derived from traditions of medical practice used in other, non-Western cultures.
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Alternative medicine Alternative medicine – or fringe medicine – includes practices claimed to have the healing effects of medicine but which are disproven, unproven, impossible to prove, or are excessively harmful in relation to their effect; and where the scientific consensus is that the therapy does not, or cannot, work because the known laws of nature are violated ...
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WHAT IS COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (CAM)? Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is defined as a medical system, practice or product that is not usually thought of as standard care. Standard medical care is care that is based on scientific evidence.
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Alternative medicine CAM is an abbreviation of complementary and alternative medicine. It has also been called sCAM or SCAM with the addition of so-called or supplements. The words balance and holism are often used, claiming to take into account a whole person, in contrast to the supposed reductionism of medicine.
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Alternative medicine CAM, meaning complementary and alternative medicine, is not as well researched as conventional medicine, which undergoes intense research before release to the public. Funding for research is also sparse making it difficult to do further research for effectiveness of CAM.
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Overview Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the popular term for health and wellness therapies that have typically not been part of conventional Western medicine. Complementary means treatments that are used along with conventional medicine. Alternative means treatments used in place of conventional medicine.