Therapy,Alternative

《英文msh詞典》Therapy,Alternative
[入口詞] Therapy,Alternative
[主題詞] Complementary Therapies
[英文釋義] Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors,radium therapy) quietly fade away,yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment.