The term ‘allopathic medicine’ is used to describe mainstream medicine - that which is modern and science-based. The word has Greek origins, with ‘allos’ meaning ‘opposite’, and ‘pathos’ meaning ‘to suffer’.

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What Is Allopathic
Medicine?
The term ‘allopathic medicine’ is used to describe
mainstream medicine - that which is modern and science-
based. The word has Greek origins, with ‘allos’ meaning
‘opposite’, and ‘pathos’ meaning ‘to suffer’.

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A
llopathic medicine is
the form of medical
treatment that most
people are familiar
with, and other terms
include conventional
medicine, Western
medicine, orthodox
medicine, allopathy, and biomedicine.
Allopathic medicine is the system that
medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists
and many other licensed healthcare
professionals follow, with treatments
including medication, radiation, surgery
and a range of other procedures and
therapies.
Modern allopathic medicine treats
illness, infection, and disease by offering
prescription drugs such as antibiotics,
blood pressure medications, diabetes
drugs and migraine medications, as well
as replacing certain hormones such as
insulin, estrogen and testosterone.
Allopathic medicine describes one
medical philosophy and practice, which
is typically contrasted with ‘alternative
medicine’. Whilst alternative medicine
tends not to include any elements of
allopathic medicine, complementary
and integrative medicine combines
elements of mainstream medicine with
alternative procedures.
Alternative medicine includes several
differentpractices,includingchiropractic
care, homeopathy, naturopathy, Ayur­
veda and Chinese medicine.
Alternative medicine includes several different
practices, including chiropractic care, homeopathy,
naturopathy, Ayurveda and Chinese medicine.

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