Concept cluster: Biology > Alternative medicine (3)
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Modern Western medicine.
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Characteristic of an apothecary
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(uncountable) Synonym of Ayurveda
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(traditional Chinese medicine) Herbal medicine modernized into a ready-to-use form such as tablets, oral solutions or dry suspensions, as opposed to herbs that require cooking.
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Alternative form of traditional Chinese medicine [The medical theory and practices of Chinese culture, especially herbal medicine, acupuncture and osteopathy, for preventing or treating illness, or promoting health and well-being; abbreviated as TCM]
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Traditional Central American folk medicine, as practised by curanderos.
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(countable) A medicine, such as a smart pill, that uses digital technology.
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The ancient belief that herbs resembling various parts of the body can be used to treat ailments of those parts.
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(historical) A branch of American medicine that made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Any plant used as part of ethnobotany, as for example in a folk remedy.
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(medicine) traditional folk medicine
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(sciences) The study of a region's plants and their practical uses through the traditional knowledge of a local culture and people within a medical context or application
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Relating to ethnopharmacy.
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(medicine) Health care whose policies and practices are derived from the systematic, scientific study of the effectiveness of various treatments.
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A particular specialty in the field of medicine, one that deals with only general conditions, but of all persons.
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A system of pseudo-medicine introduced by Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935–2017), based around an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory and promoted as a cure for cancer.
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Of or relating to Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843), German physician, or the alternative medicine of homeopathy that he founded.
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A product with supposed health benefits, such as a supplement, herbal medicine, probiotic, etc.
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Herbalism.
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The use or study of medicinal herbs
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Pertaining to herbalism.
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Obsolete form of herbalist. [A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.]
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Synonym of folk medicine
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The combination of mainstream medicine, based on scientific evidence, and alternative medicine.
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(medicine, archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacology, particularly its development in early modern Europe.
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Pertaining to the state of one's health.
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forensic medicine
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Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.
adj
Relating to the medical uses of plants.
adj
Relating to medicine and cooking.
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Relating to medicine and religion.
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(medicine, archaic) The use of serum to treat disease.
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Obsolete form of pharmacopoeic. [(pharmacology, pharmacy) Of or pertaining to pharmacopoeia.]
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The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies.
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Relating to phytomedicine.
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The study of medicine from plant sources
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Any of various psychoactive plants traditionally used by indigenous peoples in search of wisdom.
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Any system of treatment of physical ailments, or substances prescribed for such treatment, purported to be medical or supported by critical medical science but which cannot be shown to be effective
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(rare) Any form of medical treatment that involves a psychosomatic component, from primitive shamanistic treatments to the use of placebos.
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(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.
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(archaic) One who gathers medicinal herbs; one who simples.
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Initialism of traditional Chinese medicine. [The medical theory and practices of Chinese culture, especially herbal medicine, acupuncture and osteopathy, for preventing or treating illness, or promoting health and well-being; abbreviated as TCM]
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The medical theory and practices of Chinese culture, especially herbal medicine, acupuncture and osteopathy, for preventing or treating illness, or promoting health and well-being; abbreviated as TCM
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A system of medicine developed before the era of modern medicine, especially one that is associated with a single culture.
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(dated) curare
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Knowledge of the medicinal uses of plants and herbs.
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The traditional knowledge of the medicinal and nutritional use of plants, herbs, and worts.

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