Alternative medicine

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A topic known well beyond its field, found in many languages.

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What Wikipedia says

Alternative medicine comprises practices that aim to achieve the healing effects of medicine, but that lack biological plausibility, testability, repeatability, or supporting evidence of effectiveness. Such practices are not part of mainstream evidence-based medicine.

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