- Alternative medicine is a practice that is highlighted as having healing effects of the medicine, but is not based on evidence collected using the scientific method.
- It consists of a wide range of health care practices , products and therapies , with the medical diagnosis and alternative treatments , which generally have not been included in the curriculum medical schools established or used in conventional medicine . Examples of alternative medicine include homeopathy, naturopathy , chiropractic and acupuncture.
- Complementary medicine alternative medicine is used in conjunction with conventional medical treatment in a belief, not proven using scientific methods, that "complete" treatment.
- CAM stands for complementary and alternative medicine. Integrative medicine (or integrative health ) is the combination of the practices and methods of alternative medicine with conventional medicine .
- The term alternative medicine is used in the information provided by public bodies in the Commonwealth of Australia, the UK and the United States of America. Regulation and licensing of alternative medicine and health care providers varies from country to country and state to state.