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    Complementary Medicine



    Alternative Medical Systems

    An alternative medical system is a set of practices based on a philosophy different from Western biomedicine. Most of these systems have evolved apart from and earlier than the conventional medical system used in the United States.

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    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference November 19, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
    Reference Marc S. Micozzi, MD, PhD - Complementary and Alternative Medicine


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