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Look through the most common terms of alternative medicine. This information is useful for people, who decided to try alternative medicine.
C-M

stone-therapyCAM
This abbreviation stands for complementary and alternative healthcare and medical practices. All medicine establishments, which are not classified as traditional medicine institutions, can be referred to CAM.

Cranio-Sacral Therapy
This is a type of therapy, which is aimed on the cranial bones and affects the shell around the central nervous system.

 Disease Management
This is integrated scheme of diagnostic, prophylactic and medicinal arrangements for patient’s recovery. It’s also called a disease state management.

Feldenkrais
This method of health restoring and neuro motor practice consists of soft tissue manipulative means. The purpose of it is to obtain healthy body through improving of coordination in movements.

Herbal Medicine
It’s a type of medicine, which provides healing by means of herbal remedies. People used plants for treatment for thousands of years. That’s why herbal medicine was the first form of treatment. Nowadays scientists studied how healing plants work with the help of modern science.

Homeopathic Medicine
This type of medicine is popular from Asia to Latin America. It’s based on the idea, that certain components of natural treatment can boost the ability of human body to heal. Homeopaths believe that all diseases are caused by disbalanced physical, spiritual and mental systems. Homeopathic agents are used to treat different chronic and severe health disorders. Also it is effective in prophylaxis of possible diseases.

Magnetic Therapy
It uses electromagnetic and magnetic power fields for treatment of different health problems. Magnetic therapy is useful in curing of physical and psychological problems. The procedure diminishes the symptoms and prevents progress of disease.


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