How to Use alternative medicine in a Sentence

alternative medicine

noun
Definition of alternative medicinenext
  • Despite the risk and lack of evidence, the lure of alternative medicine persists.
    — Elizabeth Millard, Time, 27 Apr. 2022
  • All were alternative medicine doctors who died within a span of two weeks.
    — Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 15 July 2023
  • Homeopathy, on the other hand, is a system of alternative medicine based on the belief that the body can cure itself.
    — Sherri Leimkuhler, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 Dec. 2019
  • To start, the Paragon was a group of likeminded people with an interest in alternative medicine.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 16 Oct. 2022
  • On one side, there is trust in Western medicine and the authority of physicians and courts; on the other, a faith in alternative medicine and the freedom to decide what's best for your child.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 13 May 2018
  • But, in recent years, amid a booming alternative medicine industry, the FDA cracked down.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2023
  • This powerful herb has been used in alternative medicine for years and works great with dogs that have arthritis or hip dysplasia.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • There are a number of health claims and alternative medicine regimes circulating the internet — some good, some bad.
    — Danielle Campoamor, Woman's Day, 9 Aug. 2020
  • There, Etheridge tends to spend a great deal of time on her soapbox, which pulls the story away from the personal toward her feelings about drug policy and alternative medicine.
    — Vulture, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Next, the group will take aim at the few advertisers who have decided to pay Trump to sell gold, alternative medicine, and Trump merchandise on his platform.
    — David Gilbert, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2023
  • And in the early 1990s, proponents of alternative medicine scored a massive win at the highest levels of government.
    — Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The stone most benefits the crown chakra which alternative medicine says dictates awareness, wisdom, and vision.
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 5 July 2022
  • To Gorski, the very idea of alternative medicine is a logical fallacy.
    — Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
  • As the number of people gravitating toward alternative medicine grows, the need for knowledge grows with it.
    — Cassandra Pintro, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2021
  • In South Asian culture, there's a preference for alternative medicine.
    — Alexis Jones, Health.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Carcillo says a call from a former teammate, who introduced him to CBD and other alternative medicines, saved his life.
    — Robert Klemko, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate it since it is regarded as a form of alternative medicine.
    — Devon Link, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2021
  • At varying times in history, ginkgo has been grown as a food plant, cultivated for its pleasing shape and used in alternative medicine.
    — Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian, 9 May 2017
  • Taylor wishes the medical board was open to alternative medicine.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Black walnut has long been used in complementary and alternative medicine.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Rd, Verywell Health, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Today, Béchamp is invoked only by anti-vaxxers and disciples of alternative medicine who believe that food is medicine.
    — Jason Pontin, WIRED, 15 June 2018
  • Many fields of alternative medicine are home to anti-vaccination sentiment, but chiropractic is one of the most popular of those fields, and its tensions are more in the open.
    — New York Times, 14 July 2021
  • There are many places online (such as aarp.org) to find information about alternative medicine and therapies.
    — Lee Woodruff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The first season took topics covered in depth on Goop -- from the female orgasm to psychedelics to energy healing -- and adapted them as shorts, led by a range of doctors, alternative medicine practitioners and the staff of Goop.
    — Variety, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • He was surrounded by a phalanx of doctors and what today might be called practitioners of alternative medicine.
    — Colin B. Bailey, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
  • King Charles has long promoted alternative medicine, and became patron of the Faculty of Homeopathy in 2019.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 25 Oct. 2022
  • In the year 2023, the world of alternative medicine witnessed a significant surge in interest and demand for CBD oil as a potential remedy for migraines.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2023
  • High Folk Healing, also known as alternative medicine, is becoming a normal thing.
    — Joan Juliet Buck, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Oz, who is an advocate of alternative medicines and treatments, has been skewered by the medical community for years.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Kress, who previously worked in the medical field, joined the dispensary 2 1/2 years ago because of his interest in alternative medicine.
    — Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024

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