Types of complementary and alternative medicine

[Vania]

Complementary or alternative medicine can be classified into five major categories of practice:

Whole medical systems
Mind-body techniques
Biologically based practices
Manipulative and body-based therapies
Energy therapies

The category names only partially describe their components. Some approaches are understandable within the concepts of modern science, whereas other approaches are not. Many types overlap with others.
(See also Overview of Integrative, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine.)

[Mark Zuckerberg]

Five categories of complementary or alternative medicine are generally recognized:

• Whole medical systems
• Mind-body medicine
• Biologically based practices not usually used in conventional medicine
• Manipulative and body-based practices
• Energy medicine

The name of many therapies only partially describes their components.

(See also Overview of Integrative, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine.)