8696 Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine activities

This subcategory includes preventive, curative, or rehabilitative healthcare services whose health benefits are not based on scientific data for diagnosing and treating diseases and have so far not been fully assessed in ways that can be universally accepted as being evidence-based. This subcategory includes:

• traditional medicine services (e.g. traditional Chinese therapies, including acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicines, traditional African medicines, Unani)
• complementary therapeutic services (e.g. Alexander therapy, aromatherapy, Bach therapy and other flower therapies, body therapy, Ayurvedic, herbal medicine, naturopathy, nutritional therapy)
• alternative therapeutic services (e.g. homeopathy, chiropractic treatments, osteopathy, crystal therapy, iridology, kinesiology, radionics)

This subcategory excludes:

• services providing body treatment techniques (e.g. shiatsu, Thai massage, Watsu, tui na qigong), see 86.99.09