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Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) refers to any medical practice that differs from conventional allopathic or osteopathic
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A system of therapy and medicine based on the theory that the normal body is a vital mechanical organism whose structural and functional states are of equal importance and is capable of making its own remedies against infections and toxic conditions when there are favorable environmental circumstances and adequate nutrition.

Category: Biomedical Occupation or Discipline
Source: National Library of Medicine (NLM) MeSH 2007 - See Terms and Conditions
medicine. CAM is often based on cultural, traditional or historical medical interventions that often involve therapies with herbal supplements rather than pharmaceutical drugs. Typically, the job of an alternative medicine practitioner is to treat a condition holistically rather than regionally.

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