Ernst E
J R Soc Med. 1995 May;88(5):244-7.
Complementary medicine (CM), defined as health care which lies for the most part outside the mainstream of conventional medicine, is gaining popularity in Britain and elsewhere. In the UK the most prevalent therapies are manipulation (used by 36% of the population), herbalism (24%) homoeopathy (16%) and acupuncture (16%). Due to the heterogeneity of CM, it is often problematic to generalize. The debate about the usefulness of CM is often regrettably emotional, and thus unproductive. In the pursuit of a more fruitful way ahead, the following highlights some of the main arguments from both 'sides' and tries to disguise them as misconceptions.
补充医学（CM），被定义为大部分处于传统医学主流之外的医疗保健方式，在英国及其他地方正日益受到欢迎。在英国，最流行的疗法是手法治疗（36%的人口使用）、草药疗法（24%）、顺势疗法（16%）和针灸（16%）。由于补充医学的异质性，进行概括往往存在问题。关于补充医学效用的争论常常遗憾地带有情绪化，因而没有成效。为了寻求一条更富有成效的前进道路，以下突出了双方的一些主要论点，并试图将它们伪装成误解。
