LibGuides: Public Health Information: Complementary & Alternative Medicine

What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine?

“Complementary” generally refers to using a non-mainstream approach together with conventional medicine.
“Alternative” refers to using a non-mainstream approach in place of conventional medicine.

Complementary, Alternative, or Integrative Health: What’s In a Name?
Definition of complementary and alternative medicine.

National Center for Complimentary and Integrative Health

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Research-based information from acupuncture to zinc.Learn how to make safe decisions regarding your care and choosing products and providers.

Dietary Supplements

Websites

MedlinePlus: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
MedlinePlus: Acupuncture
MedlinePlus: Chiropractic
MedlinePlus: Herbal Medicine
Native American Ethnobotany
Searchable database of foods, drugs, dyes and fibers derived from plants by Native American Peoples.
Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Useful resources for patients and health professionals seeking information about cancer and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), including definitions, databases, publications, and links to trustworthy Web sites.
Time to Talk
Time to Talk is an educational campaign to encourage patients and their health care providers to openly discuss the use of complementary health practices.

Public Health Information

What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine?

National Center for Complimentary and Integrative Health

Dietary Supplements

Websites

Associations