My definition of alternative medicine is anything that is not prescribed by a doctor. The online definition of alternative medicine health care expands somewhat to this. It says it includes the use of dietary supplements, special teas, vitamins and herbal preparations and practices such as massage therapy, acupuncture, spiritual healing and meditation. Another one says that alternative medicine health care includes treatment that may not be fully accepted by the main established medical community. It is a variety of therapeutic or preventive health care practices such as homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic and herbal medicine, that do not follow generally accepted medical methods and may not have a scientific explanation for the fact that they work. There is a big difference to what they say and what I say and of course theirs is much more descriptive and I completely agree. I changed to an alternative medicine doctor years ago and I have been so much healthier since then. I have a medicine cabinet full of everything but prescription drugs and I seldom use them for myself or my family.