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Practices not generally recognized by the medical community as standard or conventional medical approaches and used instead of standard treatments.
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A general term for an extensive list of medical systems which differ from allopathic (western) medicine, including acupuncture, ayurvedic, tribal-traditional medicine, herbal or photo therapeutic, homeopathic and other treatments. Alternative medicine is not identical to holistic medicine.
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Any of various systems of healing or treating disease (as homeopathy, chiropractic, Ayurveda, or faith healing) that are not included in the traditional curricula taught in medical schools of the US and Britain
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| alternative medicine |
Health Care modalities not traditionally used by Western Medical Practitioners.
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| alternative medicine |
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.
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