"Complementary Therapies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D000529
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.190
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2018 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Complementary Therapies" by people in Profiles.
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"It is the best part of our Hospital life": A Qualitative analysis on the impact of Yoga and Naturopathy as a Complementary therapy in the management of COVID-19. Asian J Psychiatr. 2021 10; 64:102789.
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A public survey of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine use during the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7):e0253890.
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Medicinal Plants and Isolated Molecules Demonstrating Immunomodulation Activity as Potential Alternative Therapies for Viral Diseases Including COVID-19. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:637553.
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Complementary and alternative medicines use in COVID-19: A global perspective on practice, policy and research. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2022 03; 18(3):2524-2528.
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Contested or complementary healing paradigms? Women's narratives of COVID-19 remedies in Mwanza, Tanzania. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2021 Apr 26; 17(1):30.
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Complementary and alternative medicine therapies and COVID-19: a systematic review. Rev Environ Health. 2021 Sep 27; 36(3):443-450.
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Unwillingness to engage in behaviors that protect against COVID-19: the role of conspiracy beliefs, trust, and endorsement of complementary and alternative medicine. BMC Public Health. 2021 04 08; 21(1):684.
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Lessons learned from the delivery of virtual integrative oncology interventions in clinical practice and research during the COVID-19 pandemic. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Aug; 29(8):4191-4194.
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Evaluating traditional and complementary medicines: Where do we go from here? Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2021 Mar 17; 37:e45.
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Complementary Study. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2021 03 12; 118(10):179.