“Most often, people who use CAM are seeking ways to improve their
health and well-being and to relieve symptoms and side effects of
conventional treatment.” – National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
When traditional medicines or other alternative health practices are used exclusively, with no inclusion of allopathic treatments, the person is truly using alternative medicine.
More people are inclined to use traditional medicine and alternative
health practices in some combination with allopathic medicine, and we
refer to this as complementary medicine.
