alternative medicine

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Definition of alternative medicine in English Turkish dictionary: Alternatif tıp

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Definition of alternative medicine in English English dictionary: any of various medical methods and practices used in place of, or as well as, conventional medicine; encompasses many different disciplines and treatments The glossary below briefly describes some popular terms and offers resources to learn more; Any form of practice that is outside the realm of conventional; it is a term used to describe health care practices that come from a wide variety of cultures, are intended to restore health, and are not a part of common medical practice in the United States; any treatment outside the usually accepted medical therapies for disease processes; any form of therapy used alone, without recommended standard/conventional treatment; Treatment procedures that are not supported by mainstream medicine, often because of lack of supporting experimental data; Practices not generally recognized by the medical community as standard or conventional medical approaches and used instead of standard treatments; a health field other than traditional allopathic (medicine) health field; Treatments that have not traditionally been used in standard Western medicine, and are not widely taught in medical schools These may include naturopathic medicine (herbs and plants), homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, and others; method of treatment involving message herbal treatments and other means; the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture; The use of various non-drug, non-surgical related therapies Using natural means of treatment; 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; Practices not generally accepted as part of the conceptual or methodological approaches used by licensed physicians or other licensed health care providers; A variety of therapeutic or preventive health care practices, such as homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic, and herbal medicine, that do not follow generally accepted medical methods and may not have a scientific explanation for their effectiveness. or complementary medicine Any of a broad range of healing approaches not used in conventional Western medicine. Many are holistic (see holistic medicine); many also emphasize prevention and education. Alternative therapies include acupuncture, aromatherapy, Ayurveda medicine, Chinese medicine, chiropractic, herbal medicine, homeopathy, massage, meditation, naturopathy, therapeutic touch, and Yoga. Though considered alternative in the West, such medicine is the main source of health care for up to 80% of people in less-developed countries. Some alternative-medicine practices are useless or harmful; others are effective and may offer treatments in areas where conventional approaches have not succeeded (e.g., chronic disorders); Cryptozoology; western medicine