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[edit] NCCAM classifications

  1. {{NCCAM}} -- This template is for the Top Level articles on CAM only. It was created because use of the Alternative Medical Systems template is confusing some editors. See the discussion below for documentation of this confusion.
  2. {{Alternative medical systems}} -- Alternative medical systems are built upon complete systems of theory and practice. Often, these systems have evolved apart from and earlier than the conventional medical approach used in the United States. Examples of alternative medical systems that have developed in Western cultures include homeopathic medicine and naturopathic medicine. Examples of systems that have developed in non-Western cultures include traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda.
  3. {{Mind-body interventions}} -- Mind-body medicine uses a variety of techniques designed to enhance the mind's capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms. Some techniques that were considered CAM in the past have become mainstream (for example, patient support groups and cognitive-behavioral therapy). Other mind-body techniques are still considered CAM, including meditation, prayer, mental healing, and therapies that use creative outlets such as art, music, or dance.
  4. {{Biologically based therapy}} -- Biologically based therapies in CAM use substances found in nature, such as herbs, foods, and vitamins. Some examples include dietary supplements,3 herbal products, and the use of other so-called natural but as yet scientifically unproven therapies (for example, using shark cartilage to treat cancer).
  5. {{Manipulative methods}} -- Manipulative and body-based methods in CAM are based on manipulation and/or movement of one or more parts of the body. Some examples include chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation, and massage.
  6. {{Energy therapy}} -- Energy therapies involve the use of energy fields.

-- John Gohde (talk) 00:28, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Use of the Alternative Medical Systems Template is Confusing Editors

... The [Alternative Medical Systems] template also lists homeopathy in the article list. The homeopathy article states "The ideas of homeopathy are scientifically implausible". If homeopathy is complementary medicine as the template suggests, then complementary medicine DOES contradict current scientific knowledge. ... JamesStewart7 (talk) 11:39, 23 December 2007 (UTC) (copied here in part by John Gohde from Talk:Complementary medicine to give context to this section)