Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, Homeopathy and Naturopathy are cited as examples The term appears to have entered into usage through the National Institute of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ), which began to employ it as a substitute for alternative medical systems as a way of differentiating widely comprehensive systems of medicine, such as Ayurvedic medicine, from specialized alternative approaches.

Complementary and alternative medicine ( CAM ) treatments are the diverse group of medical and healthcare systems, practices, and products that are not part of conventional medicine and have not been shown to be effective.

Complementary medicine usually refers to methods and substances used along with conventional medicine, while alternative medicine refers to compounds used instead of conventional medicine.

The US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ) classifies CAM therapies into five categories or domains, including: alternative medical systems, or complete systems of therapy and practice ; mind-body interventions, or techniques designed to facilitate the mind's effect on bodily functions and symptoms ; biologically based systems including herbalism ; and manipulative and body-based methods such as chiropractic and massage therapy.

However, a 2007 review states that, " Complementary and alternative therapies ( i. e., Echinacea, vitamin C, and zinc ) are not recommended for treating common cold symptoms ... Vitamin C prophylaxis may modestly reduce the duration and severity of the common cold in the general population and may reduce the incidence of the illness in persons exposed to physical and environmental stresses.

A survey released in May, 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine focused on who used complementary and alternative medicine ( CAM ), what was used, and why it was used in the United States by adults age 18 years and over during 2002.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ), formerly the Office of Alternative Medicine ( OAM ), is a United States government agency dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative medicine ( CAM ) healing practices in the context of rigorous science, in training complementary and alternative medicine researchers, and in disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals.

A survey released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine focused on who used complementary and alternative medicines ( CAM ), what was used, and why it was used.

Alternative medicine encompasses identical methods used in both Complementary medicine and Alternative medicine, known collectively as Complementary and alternative medicine ( CAM ).

A survey released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine focused on who used complementary and alternative medicine ( CAM ), what was used, and why it was used in the United States by adults age 18 years and over during 2002.

* Complementary medicine

The university had received more than $ 20 million in funding from different branches of the National Institutes of Health as of 2002 The university's Department of Physiology and the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention received $ 8 million from the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ) to establish the first research center in the U. S. specializing in natural preventive medicine for minorities.

Folk medicine may also be referred to as Traditional medicine, Alternative medicine, Indigenous medicine, Complementary medicine, Natural medicine.

* Fisher P. Complementary medicine in Europe.

* Institute for Complementary Medicine, a UK organization dedicated to educating the public about complementary medicine

In 2002, the U. S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health began funding clinical trials into the effectiveness of herbal medicine.

In the United Kingdom, there is some insurance coverage for the costs for Alexander lessons through the Complementary and Alternative Practitioners Directory.

Complementary DNA is often used in gene cloning or as gene probes or in the creation of a cDNA library.

Complementary angles are formed when one or more rays share the same vertex and are pointed in a direction that is in between the two original rays that form the right angle.

Complementary metal – oxide – semiconductor ( CMOS ) () is a technology for constructing integrated circuits.

Complementary currency is a hypernym to local currency, but the terms are often used as synonyms.

" The American Cancer Society and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine have also found that there is no clinical or scientific evidence supporting claims that Reiki is effective in the treatment of any illness.

Orgone is regarded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine as a type of " putative energy ", a model which some therapists use for clinical procedures, for which specific measurement machines can be built.

The 4000 series is a family of industry standard integrated circuits ( IC ) which implement a variety of logic functions using Complementary Metal – Oxide – Semiconductor ( CMOS ) technology, and are still in use today.

Complementary DNA ( cDNA ) is much more stable than mRNA and so, once the double-stranded DNA has been produced it represents the expressed DNA sequence scientists look for.

The U. S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine found that " there is currently little evidence that bitter orange is safer to use than ephedra.

A policy forum in Science stated, We believe that NCCAM Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine funds proposals of dubious merit ; its research agenda is shaped more by politics than by science ; and it is structured by its charter in a manner that precludes an independent review of its performance.

In the United Kingdom, reflexology is coordinated on a voluntary basis by the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council ( CNHC ).

Complementary to the Stickies application a feature reduced version of Stickies is one of the widgets included with Dashboard since OS X v10. 4.

The RCA CDP1802, also known as the COSMAC ( Complementary Symmetry Monolithic Array Computer ), is an 8-bit CMOS microprocessor ( µP ) introduced by RCA in early 1976.

Mind – body interventions is the name of a U. S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ) classification that covers a variety of techniques intended by practitioners to enhance the mind's capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms.

He is a Portuguese Administrator and an General Officer of Military Engineering of the Portuguese Army with the Course of the Army School and Licentiate in Civil engineering by the Instituto Superior Técnico ( Superior Technical Institute ) of the Technical University of Lisbon, and has the General and Complementary Course of the General Staff of the Army, the Superior Course of Command and Direction of the Portuguese Armed Forces and the Course of National Defense.

Complementary to its ADSL2 + package this was, and still is, free of charge and now offers over 45 local free to air channels and international channels.

His 2010 bid for reelection was fraught with legal doubts, as a recent federal statute ( Complementary Law 135 / 2010, commonly known as Lei Ficha Limpa or " Clean Record Act ") allowed electoral courts to refuse to register the candidacies of people already found guilty by a higher, collegiate court ( possibility of further appeals notwithstanding ); however, as the Brazilian STF decided in March 2011 that the " Clean Record Act " didn't apply to the 2010 elections, according to the principle of anteriority ( no offence being punished when defined by a non-previously existing law, and a Brazilian electoral law must be in force at least a year before the election is held ), all charges against Maluf's registration and subsequent office-taking were eventually dropped.

* Complementary hexagram ( is found by changing all the lines into their opposite )

* Program for Evaluating Complementary Medicine

The National Institutes of Health's, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has funded a pilot study to determine whether a macrobiotic diet may prevent cancer.

Complementary to the field of structural genomics, protein structure prediction seeks to develop efficient ways to provide plausible models for proteins whose structures have not yet been determined experimentally.

* Mind-Body Medicine: An Overview, US National Institutes of Health, Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

* ccSyndicator Collaborative IT Committee for Complementary Currencies

Complementary ( leveraged ) support for networks has doubled the resources available to them.

The NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine states that overall, studies have shown that spinal manipulation can provide mild to moderate relief from low-back pain and appears to be as effective as conventional medical treatments.

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The U. S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has issued an advisory indicating the marketing claims made about colloidal silver are scientifically unsupported, the silver content of marketed supplements varies widely, and colloidal silver products can have serious side effects to the consumer, including " argyria ,... neurologic problems ( such as seizures ), kidney damage, stomach distress, headaches, fatigue, and skin irritation.

An article from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine points out silver nitrate and silver sulfadiazine can have negative side effects, and they must be applied to the body externally and not taken internally.

* Colloidal Silver information from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

" Likewise, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has echoed this position, noting that the existence of energy fields in biofield therapies, such as reiki, " has not yet been scientifically proven.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine cautioned of rare allergic reactions ( Asteraceae allergy ) and / or atopic dermatitis ( skin rash ).

* Chamomile fact sheet, NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ) classifies CAM therapies into five categories or domains:

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ) and other NIH-affiliated organizations hold that St John's wort has minimal or no effects beyond placebo in the treatment of major depression.