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| title = Complementary and Alternative Medicine | | title = Complementary and Alternative Medicine | ||
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}}</ref> or maintain good health.<ref>''Medical Subject | }}</ref> or maintain good health.<ref>''Medical Subject Headings'', National Library of Medicine</ref> In the U.K., it is defined as an alternative method of "Group 1", or Professionally Organised Alternative Therapies. <ref name=UKselect-Ch2>{{citation | ||
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| author = Select Committee appointed to consider Science and Technology, U.K. Parliament | | author = Select Committee appointed to consider Science and Technology, U.K. Parliament | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 20 December 2008
Phytotherapy, also called herbal medicine or herbalism, is is the use of plants or herbs to treat diseases, to alleviate pain,[1] or maintain good health.[2] In the U.K., it is defined as an alternative method of "Group 1", or Professionally Organised Alternative Therapies. [1]
Herbal plant preparations are part of traditional Chinese medicine.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Select Committee appointed to consider Science and Technology, U.K. Parliament (21 November 2000), Chapter 2: Disciplines examined, Definitions of the Various CAM Therapies, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- ↑ Medical Subject Headings, National Library of Medicine