List of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Therapies*

* Copyright by ANME e.V.

This list should be an orientation registering several usual and well-known T & CM - / CAM-therapies in Europe. It is actually not complete, and indeed, it never will be complete, because T & CM / CAM is developing itself by practicing and researching. The term “Traditional Medicine” (see under T ) is politically used by the WHO for natural healing systems. All kinds of diagnosis are not accounted.

The WHO defines traditional medicine and healing in its policy document "Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014-2023" as follows:

Traditional medicine is used in some way, culturally embedded and transmitted, in many countries around the world. It embodies the sum of knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences of different cultures. It is used to maintain health, prevent, diagnose, and improve and treat physical and mental illnesses, whether they can be explained or not."

**Traditional and Complementary Medicine

T & CM**- Mapping

A

  • Alexander technique
  • Anthroposophic Medicine
  • Anthroposophic Healing
  • Antihomotoxicologic Therapy/Dr.Reckeweg
  • Astrologic Medicine
  • Autogenous Training
  • Ayurveda (Traditional Indian Medicine)

B

  • Bach-Flowers-Therapy
  • Biochemical Therapy by Schüßler
  • Bioenergetic Work/Lowen
  • Bioresonancetherapy
  • Breathe Therapy
  • Brain-Gym

C

  • Chelation therapy
  • Chiropractice
  • Colon-Hydro-Therapy
  • Color-Acupuncture by Mandel
  • Colortherapy
  • Cranio-Sacral-Therapy

D

  • Didgeridoo-healing/Atarte-Therapy
  • Dietical therapies /Nutrition

E

  • Ear-Acupuncture/Nogier
  • Electroacupuncture/VOLL
  • Energetical photontherapy
  • Energy-medicine
  • Eye-Acupuncture/Boell

F

  • Fasting Cure
  • Feldenkraistherapy
  • F. X. Mayr-Cure /Dietical Treatment

G

  • Galvanotherapy
  • Gemstone Therapy

H

  • Herbalism
  • Hildegard-Medicine/ Hildegard v.Bingen
  • Homeopathy, classic
  • Homeopathic complextherapy
  • Humoural procedures/cupping,leaches,blood-letting etc.
  • Hydrotherapy /Priessnitz
  • Hyperthermie/medical fever therapy
  • Hypnosis for healing

I

  • Isopathy by Enderlein/Sanum

K

  • Kinesiology
  • KNEIPP-Therapy (the five pillars)

 

 

 

 

L

  • Laser-Acupuncture
  • Laughing-Yoga
  • Light+Lasertherapy
  • Lymphdrainage

M

  • Magnetic-Field-Therapy
  • Manual therapies (eg.massage)
  • Meditation
  • Microbiological Therapy
  • Mitochondrial therapy

N

  • Neuraltherapy/Hunecke
  • NPS-O- Paintherapy by Siener

O

  • Orgontherapy/Reich
  • Orthomolecular Medicine
  • Osteopathy
  • Oxygentherapy
  • Ozonetherapy

P

  • Painting Therapy
  • Physical medicine
  • Phytotherapy
  • Proprioceptive and biomechanical therapy

Q

  • Qigong

R

  • Reflexology
  • Reiki
  • Rolfing

S

  • Shamanism
  • Shiatsu
  • Shinrin Yoku
  • Siddhu
  • Spagyric Medicine
  • Spiritual Healing

T

  • Tai Chi
  • Traditional Medicine/TM
    • Ayurveda
    • Naturopathy
    • Traditional Chinese Medicine /TCM / TCM
    • Traditional Ocidential Medicine /TAM
    • Traditional Oriental Medicine
    • Traditional European Healing /TEH
    • Traditional European Medicine /TEM
    • Traditional European Natural Medicine /TEN
    • Traditional Japanese Medicine
    • Traditional Thai Medicine
    • Traditional Tibetan Medicine

U

  • Unani-Medicine

Y

  • Yogatechniques

Z

  • Zilgrei