The combination of mainstream medicine, based on scientific evidence, and alternative medicine.

Any of the aggressive medical practices and methods used until the mid-19th century, particularly the dangerous and unproven treatments that were later replaced by scientific approaches.

(historical) A branch of American medicine that made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

plural of medicine wheel

A symbol of indigenous North American culture and religion. / A stone monument related to this symbol, constructed by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground oriented to the four directions.

plural of allopathic medicine

A city, the county seat of Barber County, Kansas, United States. / the Medicine Lodge River in Kansas and Oklahoma, a tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River.

(medicine) A medical model that proposes the customization of healthcare, with medical decisions, practices, or products being tailored to the individual patient.

(medicine, colloquial, derogatory) Nuclear medicine, in reference to the poor resolution and high diagnostic uncertainty associated with nuclear medicine imaging.

A herbal drug or similar preparation. / The practice of using herbs to treat medical conditions, as in traditional Chinese medicine. / Herbalism.