what is considered alternative medicines
Alternative or fringe medicine is any practice claimed to have the healing effects of medicine and is: proven not to work; has no scientific evidence showing that it works; or that is solely harmful. Alternative medicine is not a part of medicine, or science-based healthcare systems. It consists of a wide variety of practices, products, and therapiesâranging from those that are biologically plausible but not well tested, to those with known harmful and toxic effects.