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Five Major Tpes of Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
I know that the five major types are Alternative Medical Systems, Mind-Body Interventions, Biologically-Based Therapies, Manipulative and Body-Based Methods, and Energy Therapies.
Can you please tell me which of those the following correspond to:
Aromatherapy
Crystal Therapy
Therapuetic Touch
can Aromatherapy and Therapeutic Touch go with two?
I have that Aromatherapy is Alternative Medical and another source says its Mind-Body.
and Therapuetic Touch was found in Manioulative and Body-Based methods and Enery Therapies.
please and thankyou.
1 Answer
- HalemaLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Crystal Therapy is Energy Therapies
Therapeutic Touch falls under Energy Therapies as it is a form of energy healing similar to Reiki. Don't confuse Therapuetic Touch with Therapeutic Massage which is manipulative/body-based.
Aromatherapy falls under Mind-Body Interventions, Biologically-Based Therapies. It could also fall under Energy Therapies but it really shouldn't as there are scientific properties and chemical components that are broken down that actually have a healing effect on the mind/body. When Aromatherapy is combind with massage, then it becomes Manipulative/body-based methods.
All three methods fall under Alternative Medical because of the effects of the method used.
Source(s): Massage Therapist, Herbalist, Aromatherapist, Crystal Healer, Reiki Healer
