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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

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
Whatever the FBI says, the truthers will create alternative hypotheses that try to challenge the ‘official story.’
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The trials produced positive results, published in The New England Journal of Medicine in November.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It reminded me a bit of an alternative take on The Wolf of Wall Street—through the Toni and Candace lens.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Already, 10 Republicans have declared they will vote for an alternative candidate and more seemed poised to join.
Kamikaze Congress Prepares to Strike Boehner|Ben Jacobs|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If laughter is the best medicine, The Comeback made you feel enough pain to need a dose—and then it delivered in spades.
‘The Comeback’ Finale: Give Lisa Kudrow All of the Awards|Kevin Fallon|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"I will," gruffly replied the man, with a look which showed that he was sorry to be forced to choose the second alternative.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Insult and outrage seemed to have given that bodily vigour to Ripperda, which medicine and surgery had taken no pains to restore.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Barclay, in his tract on "The Vertues of Tobacco," recommends its use as a medicine.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
We knew then that his medicine was bad medicine, otherwise the white baas without the pictures could not have killed him.
Uncanny Tales|Various
And she did go; the doctor with great attention sending in half a dozen of medicine, to be drunk upon the road.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens

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

Medical definitions for alternative medicine

alternative medicine

[ ôl-tûr′nə-tĭv, ăl- ]

A variety of therapeutic or preventive health care practices, such as homeopathy, naturopathy, and herbal medicine, that are not typically taught or practiced in traditional medical communities and offer treatments that differ from standard medical practice.

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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