According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, complementary medicine is
a. prescribed and overseen by a medical physician.
b. treatment of a physical illness by a spiritual intervention.
c. used in place of conventional medicine.
d. used together with conventional medicine.
D
Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine, such as using aromathe-rapy to help reduce discomfort after surgery.
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