This statistic represents the various reasons why the French did not consult an alternative medicine practitioner in 2019. It shows that
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percent of respondents did not feel the need to consult an alternative medicine practitioner and that
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percent of French people who had not consulted such a practitioner considered this kind of therapies ineffective.
Alternative medicine, also called complementary or integrative medicine among others, designates therapeutic practices residing outside classical medical science which originated from oriental, ancestral or innovative traditions. Among those alternative medicines, we can for example find acupuncture (from Chinese medicine), Ayurvedic medicine, herbal medicine, osteopathy or homeopathy.
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Harris Interactive. (November 15, 2019). Why have you never consulted an alternative medicine practitioner?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101825/reasons-not-to-turn-to-alternative-medicine-in-france/
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