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 This page has been "saved" from the [https://web.archive.org/ web-archive] (wayback-machine) and is displayed here for historical reasons, as Manish Bhatia, its founder (now running hpathy.com) has tried to reach the same as we do, just only for CAM issues, a few years ago. This wonderful attempt for a fair and helpful site on alternative medicine was sabotaged and destroyed by fanatical materialists and had to be given up. Many of the links of this page will not work anymore (shown in red).

<big>'''Welcome to Wiki4CAM - an online encyclopedia for Complementary & Alternative Medicine!'''</big>

The complementary and resource with information on all complementary medicine and alternative therapies, CAM research, integrative medicine, holistic and natural remedies.

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

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== Complementary and Alternative Medicine ==

''Complementary and Alternative Medicine'' (CAM) is an umbrella term for [[Alternative_medicine|alternative medicine]], [[Complementary_medicine|complementary medicine]], and [[Integrative_medicine|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 [http://www.wiki4cam.org 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."

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== Holistic Medicine ==

''Holistic medicine'' is defined as a system of health care which fosters a cooperative relationship among all those involved, leading towards optimal attainment of the physical, mental emotional, social and spiritual aspects of health.

'''Holistic Medicine''' emphasizes the need to look at the whole person, including analysis of physical, nutritional, environmental, emotional, social, spiritual and lifestyle values. Holistic Medicine is often related to alternative medicine but it encompasses all stated modalities of diagnosis and treatment including drugs and surgery, if no safe alternative exists. Holistic medicine focuses on education and responsibility for personal efforts to achieve balance and well being.

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== Natural Medicine ==

''Natural Medicine'' is a term used to describe the philosophy of the particular alternative medicine systems that emphasize ''Vis Medicatrix Naturae'', "the healing power of nature." It is often considered synonymous with [[Naturopathy|Naturopathy]] or Naturopathic Medicine but most (not all) complementary and alternative medicine systems are considered natural medicine. The therapeutic emphasis of '''Natural Medicine''' is on supporting or stimulating the organism’s self-healing processes, rather than treating the symptoms or the disease. This is also sometimes call "vitalistic" medicine.

== Getting started ==

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[[File:Exclaim orange.png|right|Exclaim orange.png]]Are you wondering why we need another wiki? Read the article below to find out why the alternative medicine community needs to come together to document their healing modalities:

'''[[Why_do_we_need_Wiki4CAM?|Why do we need Wiki4CAM?]]'''

Find out why the CAM practitioners need to come together to build Wiki4CAM!
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== Individual CAM Therapies (alphabetic list) ==

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[[Acupressure|Acupressure]] &#124; [[Acupuncture|Acupuncture]] &#124; [[Amchi_system|Amchi system]] &#124; [[Anthroposophic_medicine|Anthroposophic medicine]] &#124; [[Applied_Kinesiology|Applied Kinesiology]] &#124; [[Aromatherapy|Aromatherapy]] &#124; [[Ayurveda|Ayurveda]]<br/> [[Bach_Flower|Bach Flower]] &#124; [[Bowen_Technique|Bowen Technique]]<br/> [[Chelation_Therapy|Chelation Therapy]] &#124; [[Chiropractic|Chiropractic]] &#124; [[Chromotherapy|Chromotherapy]] &#124; [[Craniosacral_Therapy|Craniosacral Therapy]]<br/> [[Dowsing|Dowsing]]<br/> [[Emotional_Freedom_technique_(EFT)|Emotional Freedom technique (EFT)]] &#124; [[External_Enhanced_Counter_Pulsation|External Enhanced Counter Pulsation]] (EECP)<br/> [[Fasting|Fasting]] &#124; [[Faith_Healing|Faith Healing]]<br/> [[Iridology|Iridology]] &#124; [[Isopathy|Isopathy]]<br/> [[Quigong|Quigong]]<br/> [[Herbalism|Herbalism]] &#124; [[Homeopathy|Homeopathy]] &#124; [[Hydrotherapy|Hydrotherapy]]<br/> [[Magnetotherapy|Magnetotherapy]] &#124; [[Meditation|Meditation]] &#124; [[Mud_Therapy|Mud Therapy]] &#124; [[Music_Therapy|Music Therapy]]<br/> [[Naturopathy|Naturopathy]]<br/> [[Orthomolecular_medicine|Orthomolecular medicine]] &#124; [[Osteopathy|Osteopathy]]<br/> [[Pranic_healing|Pranic healing]]<br/> [[Reflexology|Reflexology]] &#124; [[Reiki|Reiki]]<br/> [[Shamanic_Healing|Shamanic Healing]] &#124; [[Shiatsu|Shiatsu]] &#124; [[Siddha|Siddha]]<br/> [[Traditional_Chinese_Medicine_(TCM)|Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)]] &#124; [[Transendental_Meditation|Transendental Meditation]]<br/> [[Unani|Unani]] &#124; [[Urine_Therapy|Urine Therapy]]<br/> [[Yoga|Yoga]]
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