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Types of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Introduction
Complementary or alternative medicine can be classified into five major categories of practice: Whole Medical Systems None Mind-Body Medicine None Biologically Based Therapies None Manipulative and Body-Based Practices None Energy Therapies None 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 .) 