WHAT IS    COMPLEMENTARY       MEDICINE ?
WHAT IS    INTEGRATIVE             MEDICINE ?
WHAT IS    ALTERNATIVE             MEDICINE ?

 

Complementary means that a new treatment method is intended to be used in addition to the standard proven treatment option to improve what we already know to work

 

Integrative means that the treatments are designed to work together; a blending of the best of both traditional and non traditional options.

 

Alternative suggests that a treatment method is to be used instead of known and conventionally accepted treatments