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Osteopathic and Regular Medicine. Published September 22, 1955. N Engl J Med 1955; 253: ... other methods that are entirely different in principle have no place in the osteopathic system ...

Naturopathic medicine is a system that uses natural remedies to help the body heal itself. It embraces many therapies, including herbs, massage , acupuncture , exercise , and nutritional counseling.

People are often understandably with the conventional medical system, so they turn to alternative medicine, even as billionaires are bringing a new twist to the field, writes NBC's Robert Bazell.

It was coined by the homeopaths in an attempt to create a kind of false equality between regular medicine and homeopathy. “Allopathy” comes from the Greek root word meaning “opposite feeling.” ...

This paper explores the fundamentals of folk practices from four regions: Pennsylvania, Appalachian, the Ozarks, and the South. It investigates the attitudes of regular physicians toward folk medicine ...