Complementary Therapies
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 MODALITIES; 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.
Subtype terms (23)
More specific conditions that are subtypes of Complementary Therapies in the MeSH hierarchy.
- Acupuncture Therapy
2 drugs (1 approved, 1 experimental)
- Anthroposophy
- Auriculotherapy
- Cupping Therapy
2 drugs approved
- Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Control
2 drugs (1 approved, 1 experimental)
- Dry Needling
2 drugs approved
- Holistic Health
- Homeopathy
- Horticultural Therapy
- Integrative Oncology
- Medicine, Traditional
- Mesotherapy
- Mind-Body Therapies
- Musculoskeletal Manipulations
3 drugs approved
- Naturopathy
- Organotherapy
- Percutaneous Collagen Induction
- Phytotherapy
6 drugs (4 approved, 2 experimental)
- Prolotherapy
6 drugs (3 approved, 3 experimental)
- Reflexotherapy
- Sensory Art Therapies
- Speleotherapy
- Spiritual Therapies
Drugs by status
Phase 3 trials (1)