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Wiki4CAM has been started to provide the Complementary and Alternative Medicine community its own space, where it can build its knowledge base without any undue skeptical diversions. This is a pro-CAM wiki and we invite the practitioners of various alternative medicine therapies to join this movement. A wiki is all about community participation. Your active involvement can make this wiki the most exhaustive and authoritative source for complementary and alternative medicine. To join Wiki4CAM, please send us a short bio with your CAM qualification and experience at webmaster@hpathy.com

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is an umbrella term for alternative medicine, complementary medicine, and integrative medicine. Alternative medicine describes practices used in place of conventional medical treatments. Complementary medicine describes practices used in conjunction and cooperation with conventional medicine. While integrative medicine is viewed as the best of complementary medicine by its advocates.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine defines complementary and alternative medicine as "a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine". It also defines integrative medicine as "[combining] mainstream medical therapies and CAM therapies for which there is some high-quality scientific evidence of safety and effectiveness".

CAM has been described as comprising "a diverse group of treatments, ranging from symptomatic interventions to be used in conjunction with traditional therapies—therapeutic touch or meditation—to unique treatments meant to replace conventional chemotherapy or surgery. CAM includes complex and longstanding fields of study, such as acupuncture, ayurvedic medicine, and homoeopathy, but can also be as straightforward as taking a specific dietary supplement to lower blood pressure or blood lipid concentrations."

Getting started

• Wiki4CAM FAQ
• Register as Editor
• Creating a New Page
• Writing your first article
• Editing existing articles
• Style guide

Individual Therapies (alphabetic list)

Acupressure | Acupuncture | Aromatherapy | Ayurveda
Bach Flower
Chiropractic | Chromotherapy | Color Therapy | Craniosacral Therapy
Dowsing
Emotional Freedom technique (EFT)
Iridology | Isopathy
Quigong
Homeopathy | Hydrotherapy
Magnetotherapy | Mud Therapy | Music Therapy
Naturopathy
Osteopathy
Reiki
Shiastu | Siddha
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) | Transendental Meditation
Unani | Urine Therapy
Yoga

General Topics

Alternative Medicine | Complementary Medicine | CAM | Research in CAM