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Natural medicine is the practice of using any form of medicine that is in its natural form. Many traditional medical practices as well as what is more commonly termed complementary medicine or alternative medicine fall into this broad category. Natural medicine is often seen as an alternative to chemical medicine and surgery in the modern world, though many natural medicines contain the same active molecules as chemical medicine but sourced from plants instead of produced synthetically, but usually in lesser amounts. The term traditional medicine is used with two main meanings. ... Alternative medicine broadly describes methods and practices used in place of conventional medical treatments. ... Alternative medicine broadly describes methods and practices used in place of, or in addition to, conventional medical treatments. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ... A typical modern surgery operation For other meanings of the word, see Surgery (disambiguation) Surgery (from the Greek cheirourgia - lit. ... Jump to: navigation, search Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepaticophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants...


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Natural medicine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (116 words)
Natural medicine is the practice of using any form of medicine that is in its natural form.
Many traditional medical practices as well as what is more commonly termed complementary medicine or alternative medicine fall into this broad category.
Natural medicine is often seen as an alternative to chemical medicine and surgery in the modern world, though many natural medicines contain the same active molecules as chemical medicine but sourced from plants instead of produced synthetically, but usually in lesser amounts.
Natural medicine advice (524 words)
Loosening the Medicare purse strings is a key to success for the natural medicine clinic that King County opened in Kent last fall, a leading advocate for natural medicine said yesterday.
Natural medicine involves the use of vitamins and herbs, rather than pharmaceuticals, to fight illness.
The physician said the King County Natural Medicine Clinic, which opened in October to serve low-income residents, was a step in the right direction.
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