Modalities are grouped across the MACH framework — Metaphysical, Alternative, Complementary, and Holistic. Each entry explains what the practice is, the conditions people explore it for, its evidence context, and practitioners who offer it. Browse conditions, symptoms, or the practitioner directory.

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Botanical Medicines

Botanical medicines use therapeutic plant compounds in forms like extracts, teas, and supplements to support…

Chinese

Chinese traditional practices encompass Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) including acupuncture, herbal…

Complementary Health

Complementary health integrates conventional medicine with evidence-based alternative therapies to address…

Druidic Medicine

Druidic Medicine is a holistic healing system rooted in Celtic traditions that uses herbal remedies, plant…

Global Medicine

Global Medicine is an integrative healthcare approach that combines medical traditions and healing practices…

Hawaiian Health

Hawaiian Health is a holistic wellness approach rooted in Hawaiian cultural traditions that integrates…

Indigenous Health

Indigenous Health encompasses wellness practices rooted in the cultural traditions and ancestral knowledge of…

Integrated Health

Integrated Health is a holistic framework that addresses physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual…

Integrative Oncology

An evidence-informed medical specialty coordinating complementary therapies alongside conventional cancer…

Islamic medicine

Islamic Medicine is a traditional healing system rooted in Islamic teachings and practices that integrates…

Jamu

Indonesia''s traditional herbal medicine system, using locally sourced botanicals — primarily turmeric…

Kampō Medicine

The traditional Japanese system of herbal medicine derived from classical Chinese medical texts but adapted…

Lifestyle Medicine

Lifestyle Medicine is a board-certified medical specialty that applies therapeutic lifestyle change as the…

Medicine

Holistic medicine encompasses natural remedies, traditional healing practices, and complementary therapies…

Native American

Native American healing encompasses traditional practices, ceremonies, herbal medicine, and spiritual rituals…

Santería

SanterÃa is an Afro-Caribbean syncretic religion blending African spirituality with Catholicism, centered on…

Spagyric Medicine

A European alchemical approach to herbal medicine in which plants undergo a three-stage process of separation…

Sports Medicine

Sports Medicine is a medical specialty focused on diagnosing, treating, and preventing injuries and…

Tibetan Medicine (Sowa Rigpa)

Sowa Rigpa, literally 'the science of healing,' is the formal Tibetan medical system rooted in the…

Traditional European Naturopathy

The state-recognised Swiss traditional medicine system rooted in classical European humoral theory…

Traditional Japanese Health

Traditional Japanese Health is a holistic wellness approach integrating nature-based practices like…

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