alternative medicine

form of non-scientific healing
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alternative medicine
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alternative medicine

Summary

alternative medicine is a field of study[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,329 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • alternative medicine's instance of is recorded as field of study[3].
  • alternative medicine's instance of is recorded as healing knowledge[4].
  • alternative medicine is a type of pseudomedicine[5].
  • alternative medicine is a type of healing knowledge[6].
  • alternative medicine is a type of medical treatment[7].
  • alternative medicine's Commons category is recorded as Alternative medicine[8].
  • alternative medicine's said to be the same as is recorded as pseudomedicine[9].
  • alternative medicine's said to be the same as is recorded as healing knowledge[10].
  • alternative medicine is the opposite of medicine[11].
  • alternative medicine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alternative medicine[12].
  • alternative medicine's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as healthcare=alternative[13].
  • alternative medicine's described by source is recorded as Green Map Icons[14].
  • alternative medicine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Alternative medicine[15].
  • alternative medicine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Alternative medicine sidebar[16].
  • alternative medicine's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C15178[17].
  • alternative medicine's uses is recorded as traditional medicine[18].
  • alternative medicine's uses is recorded as complementary therapy[19].
  • alternative medicine's uses is recorded as placebo[20].
  • alternative medicine's practiced by is recorded as Heilpraktiker[21].
  • alternative medicine's practiced by is recorded as healer[22].
  • alternative medicine's practiced by is recorded as homeopath[23].
  • alternative medicine's practiced by is recorded as naturopath[24].
  • alternative medicine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].

Why It Matters

alternative medicine ranks in the top 3% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,329 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 125 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Unified Medical Language System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of pseudomedicine, healing knowledge, medical treatment
    Uses
    Described by source Green Map Icons
    Instance of
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|25 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 391, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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