Integrative, Complementary, and Preventive Medicine Allied Academies Conferences

Integrative, Complementary, and Preventive Medicine

Many people go for medical treatments that are complementary, and away from mainstream medicine. For instance, acupuncture sometimes is used to treat the side effects of cancer treatment. When both medicinal care are used simultaneously, then it is known as integrative medicine. This session further discusses the clinical effectiveness and its efficacy and the holistic approach of integrative and complementary medicine.

USA: Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care; American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine; The Hastings Center; Institute of Medicine (IOM); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Samueli Institute; Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM); Medical Acupuncture and Research Association; American Academy of Medical Acupuncture; American Board of Medical Acupuncture; American Botanical Council; American Herbal Products Association; American Horticultural Therapy Association; Herb Research Foundation

Europe: British Acupuncture Council; British Complementary Medicine Association; British Herbal Medicine Association; British Homeopathic Association; British Medical Acupuncture Society; European Central Council of Homeopaths; European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioner’s Association; European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy; Research Council for Complementary Medicine

Asia: China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences; Indian Board of Alternative Medicine; International Society for Japanese Kampo Medicine (ISJKM); Pancyprian Association of Acupuncturists Limited; China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Asia Herb Association; Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)