Medical Therapy traditional medicine

This is a list of types of medical therapy, including forms of traditional medicine and alternative medicine. For psychotherapies and other behavioral and psychological intervention methods, see list of psychotherapies.

• abortive therapy

• acupressure (some scientific aspects, many prescientific)

• acupuncture (some scientific aspects, many prescientific)

• adjunct therapy

• adjunctive therapy

• adjuvant therapy

• alternative therapy (two senses: a second choice among scientific therapies, or alternative medicine)

• androgen replacement therapy

• animal-assisted therapy

• antibody therapy

• antihormone therapy

• antiserum therapy

• aquarium therapy

• aquatic therapy (nonscientific and scientific forms)

• aromatherapy

• art therapy

• Auger therapy

• aurotherapy

• autism therapies

• autologous immune enhancement therapy

• balneotherapy

• bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (some scientific aspects, some pseudoscientific)

• biotherapy

• blood irradiation therapy

• brachytherapy

• cardiac resynchronization therapy

• cell therapy

• cytotherapy

• cell transfer therapy

• chelation therapy

• chemotherapy

• Chinese food therapy (some scientific aspects, mostly prescientific)

• chiropractic therapy (some scientific aspects, some pseudoscientific)

• chronotherapy (treatment scheduling)

• chrysotherapy

• climatotherapy

• cobalt therapy

• cold compression therapy

• combination therapy

• consolidation therapy

• contrast bath therapy

• counseling

• craniosacral therapy (mostly pseudoscientific)

• cryotherapy

• crystal therapy (mostly pre- and pseudoscientific)

• cupping therapy

• curative therapy

• cytoluminescent therapy (mostly pseudoscientific)

• dark therapy

• definitive therapy

• destination therapy

• diathermy

• diesel therapy (ironic[broken anchor] name)

• dietary therapy (various nonscientific and scientific forms)

• drug therapy

• duct tape occlusion therapy (mechanism unknown but has had some scientific study)

• electrohomeopathy (electropathy)

• electroconvulsive therapy

• electromagnetic therapy

• electromagnetic therapy (alternative medicine) (pseudoscientific)

• electron therapy

• electrotherapy

• empiric therapy (two senses, one scientific, one not)

• energy therapy (mostly pre- and pseudoscientific)

• enzyme replacement therapy

• epigenetic therapy

• equine therapy

• estrogen replacement therapy

• exercise therapy

• extracorporeal shockwave therapy

• fast neutron therapy

• Feldenkrais therapy (not entirely scientific, but empirical)

• feminizing hormone therapy

• fluoride therapy

• gene therapy

• gene therapy for color blindness

• gene therapy for epilepsy

• gene therapy for osteoarthritis

• gene therapy in Parkinson's disease

• gene therapy of the human retina

• gold standard therapy

• grape therapy (prescientific and quackery forms)

• Greyhound therapy (ironic[broken anchor] name)

• halotherapy (mostly prescientific; see also mineral spa)

• heat therapy

• helminthic therapy

• herbal therapy (prescientific and pseudoscientific forms; compare phytotherapy)

• hippotherapy

• hormone therapy

• hormonal therapy (oncology)

• hormone replacement therapy

• horticultural therapy

• host modulatory therapy

• hydrotherapy (nonscientific and scientific forms)

• hyperbaric oxygen therapy

• hyperthermia therapy

• hypothermia therapy for neonatal encephalopathy

• ichthyotherapy (prescientific but empirical)

• immunosuppressive therapy

• immunotherapy

• induction therapy

• intraoperative electron radiation therapy

• intraoperative radiation therapy

• intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

• intravenous therapy

• inversion therapy

• investigational therapy

• laser therapy

• leech therapy (prescientific and scientific forms)

• light therapy

• lithium therapy

• low level laser therapy

• maggot therapy

• magnet therapy

• magnetic resonance therapy

• maintenance therapy

• manual therapy

• martial arts therapy

• masculinizing hormone therapy

• massage therapy

• medical gas therapy

• medical nutrition therapy

• medical therapy in general contexts means therapy and within medical contexts often means specifically pharmacotherapy

• mesotherapy (pseudoscientific)

• microwave thermotherapy

• mindfullness

• molecular chaperone therapy

• molecular therapy

• monoclonal antibody therapy

• monotherapy

• mud therapy (prescientific)

• music therapy

• negative air ionization therapy

• neoadjuvant therapy

• neurologic music therapy

• Neuro therapy

• neutron capture therapy of cancer

• neutron therapy

• occupational therapy

• oral rehydration therapy

• osmotherapy

• oxygen therapy

• ozone therapy

• palliative therapy

• particle therapy

• pet therapy

• phage therapy

• pharmacotherapy

• phonemic neurological hypochromium therapy

• photodynamic therapy

• phototherapy

• photothermal therapy

• physical therapy

• physiotherapy

• phytotherapy

• platin therapy

• polychemotherapy

• polytherapy

• preventive therapy

• prolotherapy

• prophylactic therapy

• protein therapy

• proton therapy

• pulsed electromagnetic field therapy

• PUVA therapy

• qigong therapy

• quack therapies

• radiation therapy

• radiotherapy

• Recreation Therapy

• rehydration therapy

• rescue therapy

• respiratory therapy

• retail therapy (semifacetious name)

• salt therapy (mostly prescientific; see also mineral spa)

• salvage therapy

• scuba diving therapy

• serotherapy

• sex therapy

• sonodynamic therapy (mostly pseudoscientific)

• sound therapy

• spa therapy (prescientific and pseudoscientific forms)

• speech therapy

• speleotherapy (mostly prescientific; see also mineral spa)

• stem cell therapy

• step therapy

• stepladder therapy

• stepdown therapy

• stereotactic radiation therapy

• supportive therapy

• systemic therapy

• sweat therapy (mostly prescientific; see also sauna and mineral spa)

• tai chi therapy

• targeted therapy

• thalassotherapy

• thermotherapy

• TK cell therapy

• tolerogenic therapy

• transdermal continuous oxygen therapy

• transgender hormone therapy

• ultraviolet light therapy

• urine therapy (some scientific forms; various prescientific or pseudoscientific forms)

• virotherapy

• wake therapy

• Waon therapy

• water cure therapy