代だい替たい療りょう法ほう

also: だいがえりょうほう

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Meanings

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alternative therapy

Refers to medical treatments used instead of conventional Western medicine, such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, or chiropractic.

She chose alternative therapy for her cancer treatment.

代だい替たい療りょう法ほうの中なかには科か学がく的てきな根こん拠きょが不ふ十じゅう分ぶんなものもある。

Some alternative therapies lack sufficient scientific evidence.

西せい洋よう医い学がく
Western medicine; the conventional medical system that alternative therapies are contrasted with.
補ほ完かん療りょう法ほう
Complementary therapy; used alongside conventional medicine, whereas 代替療法 is used in place of it.

代替療法
- だいたいりょうほう
  Standard kanji spelling for the reading だいたいりょうほう.
- だいがえりょうほう
  The kanji spelling 代替療法 can also be read as だいがえりょうほう, but this reading is less common.
代だい替がえ療りょう法ほう
Variant spelling with okurigana, read as だいがえりょうほう. Less common than 代替療法.
だいがえりょうほう

Compound of 代替 (alternative, substitution) and 療法 (therapy, treatment).