This is a list of types of medical therapy, including forms of traditional medicine and alternative medicine. For psychotherapies and other behavioral and psychological intervention methods, see list of psychotherapies.
abortive therapy
acupressure (some scientific aspects, many prescientific)
acupuncture (some scientific aspects, many prescientific)
adjunct therapy
adjunctive therapy
adjuvant therapy
alternative therapy (two senses: a second choice among scientific therapies, or alternative medicine)
androgen replacement therapy
animal-assisted therapy
antibody therapy
antihormone therapy
antiserum therapy
aquarium therapy
aquatic therapy (nonscientific and scientific forms)
aromatherapy
art therapy
Auger therapy
aurotherapy
autism therapies
autologous immune enhancement therapy
balneotherapy
bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (some scientific aspects, some pseudoscientific)
biotherapy
blood irradiation therapy
brachytherapy
cardiac resynchronization therapy
cell therapy
cytotherapy
cell transfer therapy
chelation therapy
chemotherapy
Chinese food therapy (some scientific aspects, mostly prescientific)
chiropractic therapy (some scientific aspects, some pseudoscientific)
chronotherapy (treatment scheduling)
chrysotherapy
climatotherapy
cobalt therapy
cold compression therapy
combination therapy
consolidation therapy
contrast bath therapy
counseling
craniosacral therapy (mostly pseudoscientific)
cryotherapy
crystal therapy (mostly pre- and pseudoscientific)
cupping therapy
curative therapy
cytoluminescent therapy (mostly pseudoscientific)
dark therapy
definitive therapy
destination therapy
diathermy
diesel therapy (ironic name)
dietary therapy (various nonscientific and scientific forms)
drug therapy
duct tape occlusion therapy (mechanism unknown but has had some scientific study)
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