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Osteopathy
We just had a discussion over at
Template talk:Alternative medical systems#Osteopathy that culminated with
Osteopathy being removed from that template. The main thrust of the argument is that osteopathy makes a bad example for the template because there is no space to cover the nuance of a DO (which is roughly equivalent to an MD) vs. a holistic osteopath (in places where the use of the term is loosely regulated). The same logic would seem to apply here. Would anyone object were I to remove the link? -
2/0 (
cont.) 23:30, 18 January 2011 (UTC)reply
In classifying alternative medicine, one classification system could be by method of action.
An article in Nature proposed these divisions:
biological agents
diet
herbs
vitamins
energy
Qigong
Reiki
Magnets
systems and philosophies
Traditional Chinese medicine
Ayurveda
homeopathy
mind/body
spirituality
yoga
mediation
body manipulation
Massage
Chiropractic
If we used this system, that could put everything under a broad umbrella and limit the number of divisions we need to make. This system has the benefit of being established by a reliable source, also.
Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:58, 3 July 2014 (UTC)reply
This is a good start, but the article's authors had a couple of minor oversights. The term "bodywork" should be used to include all hands-on manipulative therapies, including massage, as there are a number of non-massage bodywork modalities. Also, this system is lacking a category for interventions based on movement retraining. A number of related templates already use the NCCAM (NIH's alt med division) categories: {
http://nccam.nih.gov/}. They reflect more complete thought than the Nature article categories. --
Karinpower (
talk) 17:54, 29 August 2014 (UTC)reply