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Alternative medicine

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Alternative medicine (Hebrew: רפואה אלטרנטיבית, R'fuah Alternativit; German: Alternative Medizin; French: Médecine alternative) refers to any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine but is not based on evidence gathered using the scientific method. It consists of a wide range of health care practices, products, and therapies that are not considered part of conventional medicine. These practices may include herbal medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, chiropractic, and many others. While some alternative therapies have been integrated into conventional medical practice, many lack sufficient scientific evidence to support their effectiveness and safety. Critics argue that the term "alternative medicine" is misleading, as it implies that these practices are viable alternatives to conventional medicine, which is not always the case. Proponents, however, contend that alternative medicine offers holistic and patient-centered approaches that address the root causes of illness rather than just the symptoms.

Wikipedia Information
Alternative medicine
Unscientific healthcare practices
Alternative medicine refers to practices that aim to achieve the healing effects of conventional medicine, but that typically lack biological plausibility, testability, repeatability, or supporting evidence of effectiveness. Such practices are generally not part of evidence-based medicine. Unlike modern medicine, which employs the scientific method to test plausible therapies by way of responsible and ethical clinical trials, producing repeatable evidence of either effect or of no effect, alternative therapies reside outside of mainstream medicine and do not originate from using the scientific method, but instead rely on testimonials, anecdotes, religion, tradition, superstition, belief in supernatural "energies", pseudoscience, errors in reasoning, propaganda, fraud, or other unscientific sources. Frequently used terms for relevant practices are New Age medicine, pseudo-medicine, unorthodox medicine, holistic medicine, fringe medicine, and unconventional medicine, with little distinction from quackery.
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