SNI 86.960—Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine activities

Where 86.960 sits

1. R Human Health and Social Work Activities
2. 86 Human health activities
3. 86.9 Other human health activities
4. 86.96 Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine activities
5. 86.960 Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine activities

What 86.960 includes

• Preventive, curative or rehabilitative health care. The health benefits of these services have not necessarily been scientifically proven and the services do not necessarily have to be accepted as evidence-based medicine.
• Traditional medicine that has long encompassed a multifaceted practice, developed within various societies before or during the development of modern medicine, e.g. traditional Chinese therapies, e.g. acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, unani medicine, traditional African medicine
• Complementary therapeutic services, such as Alexander therapy, aromatherapy, Bach therapy and other flower therapies, body therapy, Ayurvedic medicine, herbal medicine, naturopathy, nutritional therapy
• Alternative therapeutic services, such as homeopathy, chiropractic, osteopathy, crystal therapy, iridology, kinesiology, radionics
• Healing
• Hypnotherapy
• Reflexology activities
• Cesar and Mensendieck correction therapies
• Naprapathy

What 86.960 excludes

• Body treatment techniques, e.g. shiatsu, Thai massage, watsu, tuina qigong, see 86.999

Example activities

• horseback therapy, hippotherapy, therapy that uses animals in treatment
• hypnotherapy
• gestalt therapy
• acupressure
• acupuncture, people
• alternative medicine, cure diseases, for people
• alternative medical treatment such as acupuncture, reflexology and homeopathy, for humans
• biopathy
• homeopathy for humans
• kinesiology
• lymphotherapy
• medical fibro massage
• reflexology
• reflexology treatment
• psychoprophylaxis

86.960 in other systems