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...refers TM as "a comprehensive term used to refer both to TM systems such as traditional Chinese medicine ... and to various forms of indigenous medicine." It states: "In countries where the dominant health care system is based on allopathic medicine, or where TM has not been incorporated into the national health care system, TM is often termed `complementary,' `alternative,' or `non-conventional' medicine."
The report's definitional foundation is faulty. Allopathic medicine is extinct. Allopathy is a term coined by Samuel Hahnemann (founder of homeopathy) to designate medical practices, such as bloodletting, based on ancient Greek superstitious beliefs about four fluids of the body they called humors. The term is often used incorrectly to...
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