alternative and complementary therapies的意思|示意

Do alternative and complementary therapies for HIV and AIDS work?

治疗HIV与AIDS的替代和补充疗法有效吗？

By definition, complementary and alternative medicine consists of therapies that are unproven, at least by the standards of Western medicine.

根据定义，补充和替代疗法包括那些未经验证的，至少是不为西方医学标准所验证的方法。

The use of these complementary and alternative therapies has become a multi-billion dollar industry that is expected to continue its rapid growth.

这些补充和替代疗法现已成为数十亿美元的行业，而且预计这一行业将继续迅速增长。

Supporters of complementary and alternative medicine propose a number of reasons why their therapies have not been subjected to thorough testing.

补充和替代疗法的支持者举出了几个这些疗法未能接受彻底验证的原因。

However, because many complementary and alternative therapies have not yet been studied, it is not known which are potentially helpful, and which are potentially harmful.

然而，由于很多辅助疗法，选择疗法还没有被研究过，那些方法是潜在有效的，哪些是潜在有害的，还不清楚。