Practices not generally recognized by the medical community as standard or conventional medical approaches and used to enhance or complement the standard treatments. Complementary medicine includes the taking of dietary supplements, megadose vitamins, and herbal preparations; the drinking of special teas; and practices such as massage therapy, magnet therapy, spiritual healing, and meditation.
Therapies or treatments used in conjunction with conventional medicine. An example is massage after surgery.
Alternative medicine in the forms which are now accepted by practitioners of conventional Western medicine, e.g. acupuncture and osteopathy.
Alternative health care; medical practices not currently part of conventional medicine but often used as a complement to it. Most alternative medical systems are based on theories and practices that have been developed independent of conventional biochemical medicine. Many systems are practiced in Asian, Native American, Aboriginal, African, Middle-Eastern, Tibetan and Central and South American cultures.
A group of diverse medical and health-care systems, practices, and products that are not currently considered part of conventional medicine. Complementary therapies are often used in conjunction with mainstream therapies.
It refers to an unconventional therapeutic approach that is employed in conjunction with or alongside conventional treatment methods.
A cluster of therapeutic approaches, often referred to as “alternative,” which are progressively being employed as complementary or alternative options to conventional medicine. These treatments can be categorized into three main groups: touch and movement therapies (such as acupuncture, massage, and reflexology), medicinal therapies (such as naturopathy, Chinese medicine, and homeopathy), and psychological therapies (such as biofeedback, hypnotherapy, and meditation).