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Alternative Ways Medicine Traditional Curing People Made Plants

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A__________ medicine uses traditional ways of curing people, such as medicines made from plants, massage, and acupuncture .Alternative medicine uses traditional ways of curing people, such as medicines made from plants, massage, and acupuncture .
...alternative health care.
word alternative
full-definition
noun
If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second.
New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
adjective
An alternative plan or offer is different from the one that you already have, and can be done or used instead.
There were alternative methods of travel available.
They had a right to seek alternative employment.
Alternative is used to describe something that is different from the usual things of its kind, or the usual ways of doing something, in modern Western society. For example, an alternative lifestyle does not follow conventional ways of living and working .
...unconventional parents who embraced the alternative lifestyle of the Sixties.
If you like alternative comedy you'll love this book.
Alternative medicine uses traditional ways of curing people, such as medicines made from plants, massage, and acupuncture .
...alternative health care.
Alternative energy uses natural sources of energy such as the sun, wind, or water for power and fuel, rather than oil, coal, or nuclear power.
inflections alternatives
cefr-level A2

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