1. Acupuncture, reflexology and homeopathy are all forms of complementary medicine.

2. So why is complementary medicine gaining popularity?

3. Today many physicians admit that complementary medicine has some potential and deserves a fair trial.

4. The practices of complementary medicine fall roughly into the following categories: 1.

5. Most forms of complementary medicine are framed in terms of traditional medical systems from other cultures.

6. The rift between conventional and complementary medicine has had many harmful effects.

7. Some medical doctors have received training in complementary medicine.

8. Alternative and complementary medicine are mostly quackery.

9. Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine.

10. The Prince is a well known fan of complementary medicine but when he took part in a session of chi kung - energy exercise - he struggled to master the ancient art.

11. This is the website of the allied and complementary medicine database.

12. Over two-thirds of medical schools nowhave courses in complementary medicine, although the relationship between thetwo approaches remains as uneasy (and even cynical) as it ever was.

13. JLO: The integration of research science with complementary medicine is a tremendously exciting endeavor.

14. Many instead look to complementary medicine as a way to prevent or relieve aids treatment side effects, some of which are not easily treatable with conventional medicine.

15. Alternative and complementary medicine is quite popular among people living with HIV.

16. Those interested in complementary medicine can take steps to maximise their chances of success.

17. As already discussed, all forms of complementary medicine are unproven; each individual must make their own assessment of likely risks and benefits based on the available data.

18. Such developments are paving the way to rapprochement between conventional and complementary medicine.

19. In my view,() scientists have a crucial role to play in the rapprochement of conventional and complementary medicine.

20. Traditional medicine that has been adopted by other populations (outside its indigenous culture) is often termed alternative or complementary medicine.

21. The world of medicine has become splintered into two factions, that of orthodoxy and its counterpart, alternative or complementary medicine.

22. Cooling might take the edge off the peak of a planetary fever, or perhaps buy time as emissions cuts begin to have the desired effects. But hazing is a complementary medicine, not an alternative one.

23. WLR: From your perspective of having worked in academic science and also with Reiki and other forms of complementary medicine, can you see ways they fit together?

24. Hence we have uncovered a major synergy between clinical biomedicine and complementary medicine.

25. In many developed countries, 70% to 80% of the population has used some form of alternative or complementary medicine (e.g. acupuncture).

26. In many developed countries, 70% to 80% of the population has used some form of alternative or complementary medicine, such as acupuncture.

27. Medicinal plant use is the most common medication tool in traditional medicine and complementary medicine worldwide.