A female Native American (or, any other indigenous) shamanistic healer.

(medicine, humorous) Electroconvulsive therapy.

(uncountable) Synonym of Ayurveda / (countable) A medicine (substance) that is based on Ayurvedic medicine.

A branch of alternative medicine based on the belief that a healer can channel healing energy into a patient by various methods.

Alternative form of folk medicine

Synonym of folk medicine

(uncountable) Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.

The combination of mainstream medicine, based on scientific evidence, and alternative medicine.

(historical) A branch of American medicine that made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Any of the aggressive medical practices and methods used until the mid-19th century, particularly the dangerous and unproven treatments that were later replaced by scientific approaches.