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This term is being used more and more within the naturopathic professions in preference to the term 'alternative' medicine to describe non orthodox medicine It is the term used by the Australian Government to describe non-orthodox medical practice The naturopathic profession today sees its role in complementing orthodox medicine and believes the term alternative can be quite misleading and cause confrontation. ...
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| complementary medicine |
The use of natural and other alternative approaches which complement the practice of conventional medicine (old viewpoint) or the use of approaches which are complementary to the system's own innate healing processes (new viewpoint).
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Also termed alternative or integrative medicine, means treatments outside of traditional allopathic (American medical school training) medicine practices. Many techniques involve techniques that supplement, but do not replace traditional medicine. These include acupuncture, biofeedback, therapeutic touch, hypnosis, biofeedback, reflexology, shiatsu, EMDR and others. Read about the UPMC Center for Integrative Medicine.
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advocates of complementary therapies in medicine maintain that their therapies are not "alternative" but are a growing part of mainstream medicine.
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The term complementary medicine is used by conventional medical practitioners to refer to non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical techniques which are used in conjunction with medical treatments such as drugs and surgery. The term implies that conventional medicine is used as a primary tool and the non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical techniques are used as a supplement when needed.
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