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Parent topics
- Anthropology [r]: The holistic study of humankind; from the Greek words anthropos ("human") and logia ("study"). [e]
- Healing arts [r]: The health sciences, forms of complementary and alternative medicine, and traditional practices aimed at curing disease, healing injury and promoting wellness. [e]
- Integrative medicine [r]: Organized health care that involves willing cooperation between mainstream and complementary medicine [e]
Subtopics
- African traditional medicine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ayurveda [r]: A traditional Hindu system of medicine, part of complementary and alternative medicine, using mind-body interactions and herbs [e]
- Traditional Chinese medicine [r]: A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the Chinese culture. (Anonymous (2024), Traditional Chinese Medicine (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.) [e]
- European traditional herbalism [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Native American healing [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Acupuncture [r]: A form of alternative medicine that involves inserting and manipulating needles into 'acupuncture points' on the body with the aim of restoring health and well-being. [e]
- Complementary and alternative medicine [r]: Set of therapies and treatments not considered mainstream or scientific. [e]
- Energy medicine [r]: Techniques in complementary and alternative medicine that involve either the unconventional use of electromagnetic fields, or of biological energies not detectable by conventional instrumentations, to maintain or improve health [e]
- Pharmacogenomics [r]: Branch of genetics which deals with the genetic variability in individual responses to drugs and drug metabolism (biotransformation). [e]
- Phytotherapy [r]: The therapeutic use of plants or plant extracts to prevent or treat disease; it is most commonly a form of complementary and alternative medicine, following long culturally-specific traditions such as herbalism. Chemically extracted and concentration-controlled plant-derived substances are used in conventional medicine, but are usually not considered phytotherapy. [e]
- Spiritual therapies [r]: Mystical, religious or spiritual practices performed for health benefit. [e]