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Preferred term
traditional medical systems: origin and global spread
Definition
- Allopathy is the collective term applied to several ancient medical/dietary healing systems that evolved in India, the Eastern and Western Mediterranean basin, China, and the Americas. Allopathy holds that health represents balance while illness and disease are caused by imbalance. [Source: Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine & Health; Traditional Medical Systems: Origin and Global Spread]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/traditional_medical_systems:_origin_and_global_spread
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