noun
fasting therapy; starvation cure; medical fasting
Medical term for supervised fasting as a treatment, often contrasted with 断食療法 (therapeutic fasting). Used in clinical or alternative medicine contexts.
See also: 断食療法
絶食療法は、医師の監督のもとで行われるべきだ。
Fasting therapy should be carried out under a doctor's supervision.
この病院では、特定の疾患に対して絶食療法を取り入れている。
This hospital uses fasting therapy for certain conditions.