Other alternative medicine practices, such as homeopathy, were developed in western Europe and in opposition to western medicine, at a time when western medicine was based on unscientific theories that were dogmatically imposed by western religious authorities.
Andre alternative medicinske behandlingsmetoder, såsom homøopati, var udviklet i Vesteuropa og i opposition til konventionel lægekunst, på et tidspunkt hvor konventionel lægekunst var baseret på uvidenskabelige teorier der dogmatisk blev påtvunget af religiøse autoriteter.