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holistic medicine, system of health care based on a concept of the "whole" person as one whose body, mind, spirit, and emotions are in balance with the environment. Stressing personal responsibility for health, a holistic approach may include conventional medicine and various nontraditional methods of diagnosis and therapy, e.g., acupuncture acupuncture , technique of traditional Chinese medicine, in which a number of very fine metal needles are inserted into the skin at specially designated points.
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