List of branches of alternative medicine

Alternative medical systems

Ayurveda • Chiropractic • Herbalism • Homeopathy • Naturopathic medicine • Osteopathy • Traditional Chinese medicine • Traditional medicine
NCCAM classifications
Whole medical systems • Mind-body interventions • Biologically based therapies • Manipulative therapy • Energy therapies
See also
Alternative medicine • Glossary of alternative medicine • List of people in alternative medicine
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Branches of alternative medicine provides a master list of the articles included in this alternative medicine (CAM) series of articles. These articles are either about fully developed systems of alternative medicine or they are about generic alternative methods of treatment.

A

• Acupuncture
  • Auriculotherapy
  • Medical acupuncture
  • Sonopuncture
• Acupressure
• Alexander Technique
• Alternative Medical Systems
  • Ayurveda
  • Homeopathy
  • Naturopathic medicine
  • Osteopathy
  • Traditional Chinese medicine
  • Unani medicine

• Affirmations
• Applied kinesiology
• Apitherapy
• Aromatherapy
• Astrology
• Autogenic Training
• Autosuggestion
• Ayurveda

B

• Bach Flower Therapy
• Bates Method for better eyesight.
• Biologically Based Therapies
  • Apitherapy
  • Bates Method for better eyesight.
  • Chinese food therapy
  • Fasting
  • Herbal therapy
  • Macrobiotic lifestyle
  • Natural health
  • Natural therapy
    • Diet and Food
    • Dietary supplements
    • Exercise
  • Naturopathy
  • Orthomolecular medicine
  • Urine therapy
• Body-Based Manipulative Therapies
  • Body work or Massage therapy
  • Chiropractic medicine
  • Craniosacral Therapy
  • Medical acupuncture
  • Osteopathy
  • Rolfing
• Body work or Massage therapy

C

• Chelation therapy
• Chinese food therapy
• Chinese medicine
• Chinese pulse diagnosis
• Chinese martial arts
• Chiropractic
• Chromotherapy
• Coin rubbing
• Colloidal silver therapy
• Color Therapy
• Colon hydrotherapy
• Craniosacral Therapy
• Creative Visualization
• Crystal healing
• Cupping

D

• Dowsing

E

• Ear Candling
• Energy therapies
  • Acupuncture[1]
  • Magnet therapy
  • Medical acupuncture
  • Reiki
  • Qigong
  • Shiatsu
  • Therapeutic Touch
• Eyology

F

• Faith healing
• Fasting
• Feldenkrais method
• Feng shui (creating a soothing, tranquil renewing environment)
• Flower essence therapy
• Chinese food therapy
• Functional medicine

G

• Gua Sha

H

• Hair analysis (alternative medicine)
• Hatha yoga
• Hawaiian massage
• Health psychology
• Herbology
• Herbal therapy
• Holistic living
• Holistic medicine
• Homeopathy
  • Bach flower remedies
  • Isopathy
• Hypnosis
• Hypnotherapy

I

• Iridology
• Isopathy

J

• Journaling

K

L

• Light Therapy

M

• Magnetic healing
• Manipulative therapy
• Massage therapy
• Medical acupuncture
• Medical intuition
• Meditation
  • Mindfulness meditation
  • Transcendental meditation
  • Vipassana
• Mega-vitamin therapy
• Mind-Body Interventions
  • Alexander Technique
  • Aromatherapy
  • Autogenic Training
  • Autosuggestion
  • Bach Flower Therapy
  • Feldenkrais method
  • Hatha yoga
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Neuro-Linguistic Programming
  • Pilates
  • Journaling
  • Light Therapy
  • Meditation
  • Music therapy
  • Prayer
  • Rebirthing
  • Self-hypnosis
  • Sound therapy
  • Support groups
  • T'ai Chi Ch'uan
  • Trager Approach
  • Visualization
  • Yoga
• Mindfulness meditation
• Moxibustion
• Music therapy

N

• Natural Health
  • Natural therapies
    • Diet and Food
    • Dietary supplements
    • Exercise
    • Organic food
  • Home remedies
• Naturopathic medicine
  • Nutrition
  • Botanical medicine
  • Homeopathy
  • Hydrotherapy
  • Manipulative therapy
  • Pharmacology
  • Unani medicine
• New Thought
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming
• Nutritional healing
• Nutritional supplements

O

• Omega-3 fatty acid
• Orgonomy
• Orthomolecular medicine
• Osteomyology
• Osteopathy

P

• Pilates
• Plum blossom (Chinese medicine)
• Polarity therapy
• Prayer
• Power yoga
• Psychic surgery

Q

• Qigong

R

• Rebirthing-Breathwork
• Reflexology
• Reiki
• Rolfing

S

• Sclerology
• Self-hypnosis
• Seitai
• Siddha Medicine
• Spiritual Mind Treatment
• Sonopuncture
• Support groups

T

• T'ai Chi Ch'uan
• Thalassotherapy
• Therapeutic horseback riding
• Therapeutic Touch
• Tibetan eye chart
• Tongue diagnosis
• Traditional Chinese medicine
  • Acupressure
  • Acupuncture
  • Acupuncture point
  • Auriculotherapy
  • Chinese pulse diagnosis
  • Chinese food therapy
  • Coin rubbing
  • Cupping
  • Five Elements
  • Gua Sha
  • Herbology
  • History of traditional Chinese medicine
  • Meridian
  • Moxibustion
  • Plum blossom
  • Qi
  • Qigong
  • Seven star
  • Shiatsu
  • Sonopuncture
  • Trigger point
  • Tui na
  • Zang Fu theory
• Traditional Japanese medicine
  • Shiatsu
• Traditional Mongolian medicine
• Traditional Tibetan medicine
• Trager Approach
• Transcendental meditation
• Trigger point
• Tui Na

U

• Unani medicine
• Urine therapy

V

• Visualization

W

X

Y

• Yoga
  • Ashtanga Yoga
  • Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
  • Bikram Yoga
  • Hatha yoga
  • Iyengar Yoga
  • Kundalini Yoga
  • Power yoga
  • Sivananda Yoga
  • Tantric Yoga
  • Viniyoga
  • Vinyasa yoga

Z

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