Medicina alternativa: Diferenzas entre revisións

'''Medicina alternativa''' é toda práctica que afirma ter os efectos curadores da [[medicina]] pero que non está apoiada por probas obtidas mediante o [[método científico]], polo que a súa efectividade non foi [[Proba (ciencia)|probada]] máis aló do efecto placebo.<ref>Adam Brooke Davis: [http://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/remedy.html «A few words about folk medicine».] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701110603/http://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/remedy.html |date=01 de xullo de 2010 }}</ref> Consiste nun amplo rango de prácticas, produtos e «terapias». Nesta denominación inclúense prácticas pseudomédicas novas e tradicionais como [[homeopatía]], [[naturopatía]], quiropraxia, curación enerxética, ozonoterapia, radiestesia, varias formas de [[acupuntura]], medicina tradicional chinesa, [[Āyurveda|medicina ayurvédica]], curación divina, xunto a outros tratamentos que non son parte da [[Medicina|medicina científica]].<ref name="NCCAMwhatiscam">{{Cita web|url=http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/|editorial=[[NCCAM|National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine]]|título=What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)?|data-acceso=30 de abril de 2017|urlarquivo=https://www.webcitation.org/5C1oRX8Qq?url=http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/|dataarquivo=08 de decembro de 2005|urlmorta=yes}}</ref><ref name="IOM">{{Cita web|url=http://iom.edu/Reports/2005/Complementary-and-Alternative-Medicine-in-the-United-States.aspx|editorial=United States [[Institute of Medicine]]|título=Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States|cita=Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a broad domain of resources that encompasses health systems, modalities, and practices and their accompanying theories and beliefs, other than those intrinsic to the dominant health system of a particular society or culture in a given historical period. CAM includes such resources perceived by their users as associated with positive health outcomes. Boundaries within CAM and between the CAM domain and the domain of the dominant system are not always sharp or fixed.|data-acceso=30 de abril de 2017|urlarquivo=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928011916/http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2005/Complementary-and-Alternative-Medicine-in-the-United-States.aspx|dataarquivo=28 de setembro de 2011|urlmorta=yes}}</ref><ref name="WHO">{{Cita web|url=http://www.who.int/medicines/areas/traditional/definitions/en/index.html|editorial=[[World Health Organization]]|título=Traditional Medicine: Definitions}}</ref>