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healthcare and treatment practices, including traditional Chinese medicine, chiropractic, folk medicine, and naturopathy, that minimize or eschew the use of surgery and drugs.

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Origin of alternative medicine

First recorded in 1980–85

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How to use alternative medicine in a sentence

Rodgers later decried that the league did not offer any opportunity to consider “alternative medicines.”
Aaron Rodgers lashes out against NFL, ‘woke mob’ in defense of vaccination status|Matt Bonesteel|November 5, 2021|Washington Post
The group is comprised of physicians, anti-vaccine activists and people known for promoting alternative medicine.
Will Doctors Who Are Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation Ever Face Penalty?|Victoria Knight / Kaiser Health News|September 20, 2021|Time
She shared the views of her longtime mentor, Gary Null, a talk radio host and self-described alternative medicine expert.
The Totally Preventable Death of a Brooklyn Icon|Michael Daly|May 13, 2021|The Daily Beast
Many alternative medicine sites were hit strongly with the December core update and did not improve.
Some early observations on the Google December core update|Marie Haynes|December 24, 2020|Search Engine Land

Author and alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra sat down for a revealing interview with OZY’s CEO and co-founder on the latest episode of The Carlos Watson Show.
Deepak Chopra on Finding Peace and Reinventing the Body|Pallabi Munsi|December 1, 2020|Ozy
A particularly worrisome indicator of this mistrust has been the booming alternative medicine industry.
Why Smart People Are Dumb Patients|Jean Kim|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unfortunately, a lot of alternative medicine is indeed deeply unscientific, and deserves to be treated with skepticism.
Clinton Doc: This Is How We’ll Fix Health Care|Daniela Drake|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Some alternative medicine practitioners have made claims that are simply ridiculous,” he offered.
New Research Shows Poorly Understood “Leaky Gut Syndrome” Is Real, May Be the Cause of Several Diseases|Daniela Drake|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even Deepak Chopra, the alternative medicine and spiritual guru, preaches a dietless diet.
The No-Diet Diet May Be the Key to Avoiding the Holiday Belt Bulge|Erin Geiger Smith|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for alternative medicine

alternative medicine

noun

another name for complementary medicine See also holism (def. 2)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for alternative medicine

alternative medicine

[ ôl-tûr′nə-tĭv ]

A variety of therapeutic or preventive health-care practices that are not typically taught or practiced in traditional medical communities and offer treatments that differ from standard medical practice. Homeopathy, herbal medicine, and acupuncture are types of alternative medicine.

Cultural definitions for alternative medicine

alternative medicine

Medical practice or therapy that uses methods that have not been associated with the traditional, standard care most generally taught and executed by AMA-certified medical schools.

notes for alternative medicine

Alternative medicine includes practices such as acupuncture, naturopathy, and chiropractic, as well as such therapies as chelation therapy, homeopathic remedies, and biofeedback. There has been an explosion of interest in alternative medicine in recent years.

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