If you Google “Medicine” the first listing will be this article in Wikipedia.  For simplicity sake an excerpt is presented here: “Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness. Contemporary medicine applies health science, [...]

Now, the term “Alternative Medicine” as understood from a certain standpoint is not accurate. And that’s because many of the “alternative” therapies have longer histories than “traditional” western medicine.