Mainstream Medicine stands for the medicine that the government and health insurance companies officially recognize. In this respect, there is a gray area between the traditional medicine and the alternative therapies that are reimbursed from the supplementary health insurance are reimbursed. With those therapies there is of recognition, even though we generally do not attribute them to the mainstream medicine that we use.

Mainstream medicine are taught and practiced in major hospitals around the country. Physical therapy and speech therapy also belong to this group, even though they are paramedical professions. In many of the cases, alternative medicine can complement mainstream medicine, for example, when it does not seem to produce (sufficient) results. For example, from the perspective of homeopathy mainstream medicine described as allopathy. The two methods of medicine are As far as that is concerned, it is not necessary to exclude one exclude either when you want to undergo treatment. That does notwithstanding, it is wise to keep the distinction between mainstream and alternative medicine is wise to keep it clearly in mind.