Complementary Therapies

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E02.190
Concept/Terms	Complementary Therapies Complementary Therapies Therapies, Complementary Therapy, Complementary Complementary Medicine Complementary Medicine Medicine, Complementary Alternative Medicine Alternative Medicine Medicine, Alternative Alternative Therapies Alternative Therapies Therapies, Alternative Therapy, Alternative

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Complementary Therapies [E02.190]

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Bar chart showing 96 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2002 and 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1998	1	0	1
1999	0	2	2
2000	2	1	3
2001	4	0	4
2002	6	3	9
2003	7	0	7
2004	4	1	5
2005	5	1	6
2006	2	2	4
2007	1	0	1
2008	2	1	3
2009	3	2	5
2010	3	1	4
2011	4	0	4
2012	8	1	9
2013	5	2	7
2014	6	0	6
2015	3	1	4
2016	1	1	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	2	0	2
2019	1	0	1
2021	3	0	3
2022	1	0	1
2023	0	1	1

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Liou KT, Ashare R, Worster B, Jones KF, Yeager KA, Acevedo AM, Ferrer R, Meghani SH. SIO-ASCO guideline on integrative medicine for cancer pain management: implications for racial and ethnic pain disparities. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2023 07 03; 7(4).

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Mavraj G, Balouch B, Alnouri G, Sataloff RT. Alternative and Complimentary Medication Use in Singers: A Pilot Survey. J Voice. 2025 Mar; 39(2):483-491.

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Jazieh AR, Abuelgasim KA, Ardah HI, Alkaiyat M, Da'ar OB. The trends of complementary alternative medicine use among cancer patients. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2021 Jun 08; 21(1):167.

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Asadi-Pooya AA, Brigo F, Lattanzi S, Karakis I, Asadollahi M, Trinka E, Talaat El Ghoneimy L, Pretorius C, Contreras G, Daza-Restrepo A, Valente K, D'Alessio L, Turuspekova ST, Aljandeel G, Khachatryan S, Ashkanani A, Tomson T, Kutlubaev M, Guekht A, Alsaadi T, Calle-Lopez Y, Mesraoua B, R?os-Pohl L, Al-Asmi A, Villanueva V, Igwe SC, Kissani N, Jusupova A. Complementary and alternative medicine in epilepsy: A global survey of physicians' opinions. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 04; 117:107835.

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Mesraoua B, Kissani N, Deleu D, Elsheikh L, Ali M, Melikyan G, Hail HA, Wiebe S, Asadi-Pooya AA. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for epilepsy treatment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Epilepsy Res. 2021 02; 170:106538.

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Asadi-Pooya AA, Homayoun M, Sharifi S. Complementary and integrative medicine in epilepsy: What patients and physicians perceive. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 12; 101(Pt A):106545.

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Abuelgasim KA, Alsharhan Y, Alenzi T, Alhazzani A, Ali YZ, Jazieh AR. The use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with cancer: a cross-sectional survey in Saudi Arabia. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2018 Mar 12; 18(1):88.

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Bielory L. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Allergy-Immunology: More Information is Needed. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Jan - Feb; 6(1):99-100.

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Stubblefield S. Survey of complementary and alternative medicine in pediatric inpatient settings. Complement Ther Med. 2017 Dec; 35:20-24.

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Leiby A, Vazirani M. Complementary, Integrative, and Holistic Medicine: Integrative Approaches to Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Pediatr Rev. 2016 Apr; 37(4):e10-5.

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