Alternative Medicine definition

Alternative Medicine means a product used exclusively in Homeopathic, Unani, Ayurvedic, Biochemic, Chinese or other traditional system of treatment;
Alternative Medicine means complementary medicine and includes a broad set of health care practices that are not part of Kenya's tradition and are not integrated into dominant health care system;
Alternative Medicine means naturopathy, acupuncture and osteopathy; (1992 No. 78.)

Examples of Alternative Medicine in a sentence

  • Art therapy, music therapy, dance therapy, horseback therapy and other forms of alternative treatment as defined by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health.

  • Alternative Medicine is practiced outside of and/or in place of conventional medicine.

  • Art therapy, music therapy, dance therapy, animal-assisted therapy and other forms of alternative treatment as defined by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health.

  • Other forms of alternative treatment as defined by the Office of Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health.

  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults and Children: United States, 2007.


More Definitions of Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine means the unrefined plant, animal and mineral substances commonly used in traditional animal treatments;
Alternative Medicine means homeopathy, naturopathy, acupuncture and
Alternative Medicine means disease diagnosis and treat- ment in non-traditional ways, including, but not limited to biopuncture (electro-acupuncture) diagnostics, food intolerance test, hydro-colon- otherapy, acupuncture, homeopathy and leach treatment.
Alternative Medicine means Any treatment of Injury or Illness performed by the Medical Practitioner holding the medical practitioner’s license in the locality in which the service is provided in the field of Thai traditional medicine or Chinese traditional medicine or Chiropractic or other fields which are not conventional medicine.
Alternative Medicine means complementary medicine and includes a broad set of health care practices that are not part of Kenya’s
Alternative Medicine means treatment from a traditional Medical Practitioner, osteopath, physiotherapist and/or a chiropractor.
Alternative Medicine means diagnosis and treatment in non- traditional ways, including, but not limited to biopuncture (electroa- cupuncture) diagnostics, food intolerance test, hydro-colon therapy, acupuncture, homeopathy, leech therapy.