The present condition and its market size of the alternative medicine of our country

Western medical treatment is present global standard medical treatment, and it has the history which goes back to Hippocrates of 2300 years ago. The medical treatment of our country incorporated the Oriental medical treatment which has 3000 years of history in this Western medical treatment, and has accomplished rapid progress as legitimate present age medical treatment. Although striven medical workers enrich the medical support environment to a patient by Evidence Based Medicine, Informed Consent, Second Opinion, etc. based on the scientific basis by the pile of a vast quantity of medical treatment data There is a domain which mainly has been attracting attention from the non-medical person since 1970s. It is alternative medicine. The purpose of this paper is to focus on alternative medicine, to consider the viewpoint and point of argument of precedence research in this field, to study the alternative medicine industrial market of our country, and to draw a measure in a problem or a subject. As a result, this research proved that there are various problems and subjects in the alternative medicine of our country. Furthermore, it was also able to propose creating global integrative medicine and welfare infrastructure.1. はじめに2. 代替医療とは如何なる医療か2-1 定義の確認2-2 分類2-3 代替医療が注目される理由3. 代替医療の現状3-1 わが国で利用されている代替医療3-2 学術的な研究活動3-3 科学的な根拠について4. 代替医療における医療経済4-1 代替医療と医療経済学4-2 わが国における代替医療の市場規模4-3 アメリカにおける代替医療の市場規模4-4 医療保険と医療費の削減について5. おわり