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There are many types of complementary therapy. Some are based on traditional medical systems outside of western medicine such as Traditional Chinese Medicine or Indian Ayurvedic Medicine.
For simplicity, we have divided the various complementary therapies into five groups:
But therapies can be grouped in other ways and some may fit into more than one group.
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