Alternative medicine and Holistic medicine

Alternative medicine noun - The practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture.

Holistic medicine and alternative medicine are semantically related. in complementary medicine topic. In some cases you can use "Holistic medicine" instead a noun phrase "Alternative medicine".

Holistic medicine noun - Medical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factors.

Alternative medicine and holistic medicine are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Alternative medicine" with "Holistic medicine", this phrases are similar.