Western medicine

noun

: the typical methods of healing or treating disease that are taught in Western medical schools

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The efficacy of these ingredients in Western medicine needs to be further evaluated since their benefits have primarily been seen in the Ayurvedic system of medicine. —Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Verywell Health, 9 July 2024

American missionaries brought education, science, and Western medicine; the British exported modern administrative techniques; the Germans taught the Nationalist Chinese about modern warfare. —John Pomfret, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013

According to Johns Hopkins Medicine this is because research has yet to fully answer how acupuncture works from the point of view of Western medicine. —USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024

Within the Indian subcontinent, Ayurveda serves as a traditional medicine system often practiced in tandem with Western medicine. —Hasina Khatib, Allure, 5 Jan. 2024

The Vajrayana spiritual center provides glimpses into the daily practices of the monks and masters of mindfulness, while the healthcare center combines Eastern and Western medicine, for instance. —Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024

All this is intended to nurture spiritual, mental, and physical well-being in a way that Western medicine traditionally fails to do. —Josh Gondelman, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2023

There are a lot of misnomers that continue in Western medicine about people making poor nutrition choices, people making poor health choices, in general, without considering the limited choices that people have. —Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023

And yet many respected hospitals in the U.S., including the Yale Cancer Center, the Mayo Clinic and Memorial Sloan Kettering, now offer reiki treatment, training and education as a complement to Western medicine. —Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023