Md. A board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Kaczmarczyk is a member of the board of trustees and a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He also is a member of the AOA Women's Health Advisory Committee. Women should be aware that the word natural is a marketing term. Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Located at Columbia University in New York City. Traditional medicine is not what you think it is.
Traditional medicine is practiced by indigenous people.
When I was with the US Indian Health Service, I learned about traditional medicine from Navajo healers. That is traditional medicine. Western medicine is best termed conventional medicine , even though Western biomedical science describes itself as traditional. Complementary medicine , in turn, consists of therapies that are used in conjunction with conventional medicine, while alternative medicine consists of therapies used instead of conventional medicine. Finally, the term integrative medicine refers to combining the best of complementary and alternative medicine with conventional medicine.