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2. Naturopathy - Wikipedia

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   Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine. [1] A wide array of practices branded as "natural", "non-invasive", or promoting "self-healing" are employed by its practitioners, who are known as naturopaths. Difficult to generalize, these treatments range from the pseudoscientific and thoroughly discredited, like ...

3. Alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability or evidence of effectiveness. Unlike modern medicine, which employs the scientific method to test plausible therapies by way of responsible and ethical clinical trials, producing ...

4. Gladys McGarey - Wikipedia

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   Gladys Louise McGarey (née Taylor, born November 30, 1920) a holistic physician and medical activist, is the daughter of two medical missionaries in India. Over her career, McGarey has promoted better childbirth practices, holistic medicine, and acupuncture through her medical practice, speeches, and books. She co-founded the American Holistic ...

5. Ayurveda - Wikipedia

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   Ayurveda (/ ˌɑːjʊərˈveɪdə, - ˈviː -/; IAST: āyurveda[ 1 ]) is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. [ 2 ] It is heavily practiced throughout India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, where as much as 80% of the population report using ayurveda. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] The theory and practice ...

6. Functional medicine - Wikipedia

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   Alternative medicine. Functional medicine (FM) is a form of alternative medicine that encompasses a number of unproven and disproven methods and treatments. [1][2][3] It has been described as pseudoscience, [4] quackery, [5] and at its essence a rebranding of complementary and alternative medicine. [5] In the United States, FM practices have ...

7. Terminology of alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Alternative medicine describes any practice which aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine, but which lacks biological plausibility and is untested or untestable. Complementary medicine (CM), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), integrated medicine or integrative medicine (IM), and holistic medicine are among many ...