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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alternative Medicine | Any range of medical therapies not regarded at orthodox by Western medicine |
| Ayurveda | A holistic traditional medical system originating in India that emphasizes disease prevention |
| Biofeedback | The use of electronic monitoring of an automatic bodily function to train someone to acquire voluntary control of that function |
| Chiropractic medicine | Manual manipulation of the joints and muscles |
| Diagnosis | A physician's recognition of a condition or disease based on its outward signs and symptoms and/or confirming tests or procedures |
| Herb | Any plant that is valued for its aromatic, medicinal, flavorful, or other properties |
| Homeopath | A practitioner of homeopathy |
| Homeopathy | A therapeutic belief that dilutions of medicinal substances that cause a specific symptom can treat an illness that yields the same symptoms. FDA regulates homeopathic medications under food drug cosmetic acts |
| Prophylaxis | Treatment or measure to prevent disease |
| Synthetic medicine | medication made in a lab from chemical process |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine | Complementary and alternative medicine whole medical system that includes a range of traditional medicine practices originating in China |
| Nutraceutical | product derived from food sources with extra health benefits in addition to the basic nutritional value found in foods |
| NCCIH | National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health |