Five Major Tpes of Complementary and Alternative Medicine?

Question

I know that the five major types are Alternative Medical Systems, Mind-Body Interventions, Biologically-Based Therapies, Manipulative and Body-Based Methods, and Energy Therapies.

Can you please tell me which of those the following correspond to:

Aromatherapy

Crystal Therapy

Therapuetic Touch

can Aromatherapy and Therapeutic Touch go with two?

I have that Aromatherapy is Alternative Medical and another source says its Mind-Body.

and Therapuetic Touch was found in Manioulative and Body-Based methods and Enery Therapies.

please and thankyou.

Answer 1

Crystal Therapy is Energy Therapies

Therapeutic Touch falls under Energy Therapies as it is a form of energy healing similar to Reiki.  Don't confuse Therapuetic Touch with Therapeutic Massage which is manipulative/body-based.  

Aromatherapy falls under Mind-Body Interventions, Biologically-Based Therapies.  It could also fall under Energy Therapies but it really shouldn't as there are scientific properties and chemical components that are broken down that actually have a healing effect on the mind/body.  When Aromatherapy is combind with massage, then it becomes Manipulative/body-based methods.

All three methods fall under Alternative Medical because of the effects of the method used.