ABSTRACT\\r\\nObjective: The study was designed to identify the status of using alternative treatment in families who had an asthmatic child and their reasons for applying an alternative treatment. Method: The universe of this descriptive study consisted of 339 families whose children were receiving treatment in Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Unit of a public hospital between December 2016 and March 2017 and who agreed to participate in the study. The data were collected using \\\"Questionnaire Form\\\" which was prepared by researchers in accordance with the literature. The data were evaluated in the SPSS 20.0 software. Averages and percentages were used for the evaluation. Findings: The average age of the cases was 6.78�3.37 and 41% of them were girls. 68.1% of the cases lived in the city center. About half of the parents were primary school graduates. The majority of the mothers were housewives, and about half of the fathers worked as a worker. A large majority of the cases with asthma complaints for 3.10�2.49 years in average used medication and nearly half of the parents of these children were satisfied with the medication that their children used. 49.3% of the cases used the complementary and alternative treatment (CAT) method. The most commonly used CAT methods were honey (20.4%) and honey and ginger mix (19.8%). Approximately half of the cases have been using CAT for less than 6 months. 68.9% of the cases began to use CAT because they believed that it would support the treatment. The proportion of the parents who used CAT for themselves (the majority of them used it for acute upper respiratory tract infections) was 16.8%. The most commonly used CAT methods by parents were herbal tea (29.8%) and honey (26.3%). Among the socio-demographic characteristics of the cases, the occupation of the parents was found to affect the use of CAT (p>0.05). Among the factors associated with the asthma treatment and the use of CAT, medication use, satisfaction with the medication used, and the use of CAT by parents were found to affect the use of CAT (p>0.05).Conclusion: Almost half of the cases were using CAT. The occupation of the parents, individual\\\'s use of medication, satisfaction with the medication used, and the use of CAT by the parents affected the use of CAT. Since the use of CAT is known to be able to affect the effect of medication used by individuals and the treatment process, it was suggested to give training to the parents of asthmatic children on the disadvantages of unconscious CAT use.\\r\\n\\r\\nKeywords: Asthma, child, use of CAT

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