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. 2013 May 14;9:639–658. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S43419

Table 1.

Complementary and alternative treatment modalities3436

Aromatic therapy (B) Prophetic medicine (S) Acupuncture (B)
Ayurveda (B) Islamic medicine (S) Aikido (B)
Chiropractic therapy (B) Cupping therapy (B) Biochemics (B)
Touch therapy (B) Laser therapy (B) Bioelectromagnetic (B)
Arabic-Hakim medicine (B) Moxa therapy (B) Chiropody (B)
Lymphatic drainage massage (B) Polar therapy (B) Absent healing (S)
Reflexology (B) Bach’s flower therapy Contact healing (S)
Homeopathy (B) Macrobiotic diet therapy (B) Dance therapy (B)
Ionic therapy (B) Bates exercise (B) Eckankar (S)
Rising sun physical therapy (B) Air therapy (B) Mind power (S)
Shiatsu (Japanese massage) (B) Mineral water therapy (B) Palmistry (S)
Camel milk and urine therapy (B) Hypnosis (M) Paradox therapy (S)
Uncooked foods therapy (B) Yoga (B) Structural integration (B)
Tai chi (B) Herbal medicine (B) Tantric medicine (B)
Faith therapy (S) Fasting (B) Lotte Berk method (B)
Reiki massage (B) Hobbies therapy (B) Lakhovsky oscillatory coils (B)
Spiritual healing (S) Energy therapy (B) Ionization (B)
Healthy nutrition therapy (B) Ozone therapy (B) Sleep therapy (B)
Healing by steam bath, sauna (B) Water spraying (B) Homeopathy (B)
Laughing therapy (B) Visualization therapy (M) Gravitonics (B)
Dream therapy (M) Biorecovery therapy (B) Feldenkrais (B)
Honey therapy (B) Pyramidal energy (B) Autosuggestion (M)
Bee sting therapy (B) Bee product therapy (B) Apple cider vinegar and honey (B)
Vitamin therapy (B) Intuition sciences (M) Alexander method (B)
Iriodology (B) Chiropractic therapy (B) Adlerian analysis (M)
Mineral therapy (B) Natural therapy (M) Alexandrian analysis (M)
Cauterization (B) Bone setting (B) Astrology (M)
Cellular mineral therapy (B) Medical massage (B) Bioenergetics (B)
Osteopathy (B) Chiropractic skull therapy (B) Biofeedback training (B)
Art therapy (M) Traditional Chinese medicine (B) Direct decision therapy (M)
Insect therapy (M) Color therapy (M) Ericksonian analysis (M)
Clay therapy (M) Zen macrobiotics (B) Existential analysis (M)
Frommian analysis (M) Gestalt therapy (M) Graphology (B)
Polarity therapy (M) Sex therapy (M) Hornevian therapy (M)
Rediesthesia (M) Enlightened healing (S) Imagery therapy (M)
Reich’s orgone therapy (M) Evangelistic healing (S) Jungian analysis (M)
Rikli’s sunshine cure (M) Paradox therapy (S) Logotherapy (M)
Rationale therapy (S) Pecci-Hoffman’s therapy (S) Maslovian analysis (M)
Scientology (S) Primal therapy (S) Mensendick system (M)
Spiritualists (S) Rankian therapy (M) Napropathy (B)
Sullivanian analysis (M) Transactional analysis (M) Phrenology (B)
Zen (S) Phrenosophical spiritual healing (S)

Note: Many of these therapies overlap mind (M), body (B), and spirit (S) concepts.