Basicmedical Key

H Herbal medicine/medical herbalism/phytotherapy Description Herbal medicine is the study and use of plants as medicines or food nutrients to restore and maintain good health. Western medical herbalists follow similar…

C Cancer therapies Description Numerous therapies claiming to treat or even to cure cancer have been developed over the years by individuals and organizations, many before the advent of modern…

A Animal-assisted therapies Description Therapies involving animals are particularly beneficial for people with learning or physical disabilities, as well as the elderly and those in long-term residential healthcare settings. While…

E Energy medicine/energy field medicine Description Energy – or vibrational – medicine is based on the concept that each individual has not only a physical and biochemical basis, but also…

D Diagnostic techniques Description Various techniques are loosely included under the umbrella of complementary ‘therapies’, which are not generally therapeutic interventions, i.e. treatment, but rather alternative methods of reaching a…