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  1. While traditional medicine (TM) is employed by a significant portion of the global population for managing health issues, clinical guidelines and state recommendations often overlook this practice. The aim of ...

    Authors: Marta Puig-García, Carmen López-Herraiz, Cintia Caicedo-Montaño, María Fernanda Rivadeneira, Juan Vásconez-Donoso, Gregorio Montalvo-Villacis, Ikram Benazizi-Dahbi and Lucy Anne Parker
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:363
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  2. A growing interest in using Nigella sativa oil (NSO) in the prevention or treatment of several cardiovascular diseases has prompted this study. The research aims to investigate the effect of NSO on cardiac damage...

    Authors: Raluca Maria Pop, Emilia Vassilopoulou, Mihaela-Elena Jianu, Ștefan Horia Roșian, Marian Taulescu, Mihai Negru, Crina Bercian, Paul-Mihai Boarescu, Ioana Corina Bocsan, Gavriela Feketea, Veronica Sanda Chedea, Francisc Dulf, Jeanine Cruceru, Alina Elena Pârvu and Anca Dana Buzoianu
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:362
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  3. Astragali radix (AR) is one of the most widely used traditional Chinese herbal medicines. It exhibits diverse biological activities, including immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties; however, some of i...

    Authors: Mi-Gi Lee, Youngju Song and Hee Kang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:361
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  5. When young children experience recurrent respiratory infections, caregivers face the challenge of preventing new episodes whilst maintaining close rapport with their children. Pediatric massage, such as pediat...

    Authors: Lingjia Yin, Bei Chang, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Darong Wu and Helle Mølsted Alvesson
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:359
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  6. Natural products derived from various sources, including plants, have garnered significant interest as alternative therapeutic options. Among these, Tualang honey, extracted from the nectar of Tualang trees (Koom...

    Authors: Ain Nabila Syahira Shamsol Azman, Jun Jie Tan, Muhammad Nazrul Hakim Abdullah, Hasnah Bahari, Vuanghao Lim and Yoke Keong Yong
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:358
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  7. Dysphagia, a common complication of acute stroke, is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Acupuncture, a widely used swallowing therapy in China, has been suggested as an effective therapy for tr...

    Authors: Wei Liu, Wenyi Ge, Qi Zhao, Xiaonong Fan, Yibing Li, Hongbo Jia, Kangchen Lei, Songjiao Li, Li Li, Yuzheng Du, Jian Liu, Yan Shen, Sha Yang, Shu Wang, Xize Jia, Lei Ren…
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:357
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  8. This study aims to investigate the short-term effects and safety of adjunct Suxiao Jiuxin Pills (SJPs) on conventional therapy in chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) patients who are intolerant to the adverse effe...

    Authors: Yuanlong Hu, Yifei Wang, Shiqin Wang, Xirong Cui, Yong Feng, Zhengguang Li, Kegang Ji, Jianming Wang, Chenghua Sun, Yan Tang and Yunlun Li
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:356
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  9. Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is considered the most common altitude sickness. It can be detrimental to the health of tourists who rapidly ascend high mountains, and can also impair the performance of individu...

    Authors: Xin Wang, GuangJun Wang, ShuYong Jia, Labasangzhu Labasangzhu, Zirong Wang and Jia Liu
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:355
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  10. Acupuncture is an effective complementary therapy for nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP). Nevertheless, the utilization of acupuncture for NVP has been minimally explored in current scholarly research,...

    Authors: Qing Liu, Libing Shi, Fangxuan Lin, Zhanglian Wang, Songying Zhang, Lifang Chen, Mingjie Zhan, Han Zhang and Chenyun Miao
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:354
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  11. Chuna manual therapy (CMT), a Korean manual therapy technique predominantly used for treating low back pain (LBP) and related disorders, lacks well-conceived research focusing on its comparative effectiveness,...

    Authors: Sun-Young Park, Yeong-Jae Shin, In-Hyuk Ha, Jung Min Yun, Jun-Su Jang, Sanghun Lee, Mi Hong Yim, Woosu Choi, Hae Sun Suh, Hyuna Yoon, Dahye Ryu, Yeon-Woo Lee, In Heo, Man-Suk Hwang, Eui-Hyoung Hwang and Byung-Cheul Shin
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:353
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  12. Neurological disorders (ND) have a high incidence in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In this region, systemic challenges of conventional medicine (CM) and cultural beliefs have contributed to a large utilization of ...

    Authors: Youssoufa Maiga, Leon Samuel Moskatel, Seybou H. Diallo, Oumar Sangho, Housseini Dolo, Fatoumata Konipo, Salimata Diallo, Awa Coulibaly, Mariam Daou, Modibo Sangaré, Thomas Coulibaly, Adama Sissoko, Guida Landouré, Mohamed Albakaye, Zoumana Traoré, Abdoul Karim Dao…
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:352
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  13. Chronic Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation has been associated with various cardiovascular alterations, including disruptions in antioxidant defense mechanisms, lipid metabolism, and inflammatory respo...

    Authors: Yonca Coluk, Emine Gulceri Gulec Peker, Sembol Yildirmak, Arif Keskin and Guven Yildirim
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:351
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  14. Nano-drug delivery systems have become a promising approach to overcoming problems such as low solubility and cellular uptake of drugs. Along with various delivery devices, dendrimers are widely used through t...

    Authors: Saeideh Ebrahimi, Majid Sadeghizadeh, Mohammad Reza Aghasadeghi, Mehdi Shafiee Ardestani, Shaghayegh Adib Amini and Roohollah Vahabpour
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:350
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  15. Post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) not only increases patient mortality and disability, but also adversely affects motor function and the ability to perform routine daily activities. Current therapeutic a...

    Authors: Xiao-Ping Cheng, Zhao-Di Wang, Yue-Zhu Zhou, Li-Qiong Zhan, Di Wu, Li-Li Xie, Kai-Liang Luo, Jin-Peng He, Wei Lin, Jun Ni, Lan Lv and Xin-Yuan Chen
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:349
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  16. Advanced cancer patients commonly suffer from a fatigue-sleep disturbance symptom cluster. Baduanjin is considered a promising mind-body exercise for relieving the fatigue-sleep disturbance symptom cluster. Ho...

    Authors: Huina Zou, Xiaoyan Lin, Tingjin Duan, Jianwei Zheng and Huimin Xiao
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:348
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  17. To explore, using network pharmacology and RNA-seq technologies, potential active targets and mechanisms underpinning Radix Bupleuri’s effectiveness during sepsis treatment.

    Authors: Hao Wang, Wei Xiong, Yongchu Laram, Li Hu, Wu Zhong and Yingchun Hu
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:347
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  18. Nanostructured materials used have unique properties and many uses in nanotechnology. The most striking of these is using herbal compounds for the green synthesis of nanoparticles. Among the nanoparticle types...

    Authors: Ozlem Tonguc Yayintas, Neslihan Demir, Fadime Canbolat, Tülay Kiliçaslan Ayna and Melek Pehlivan
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:346
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  19. Galatella is a genus in the family Asteraceae, represented by 35-45 species. Considering the high effectiveness of the ethyl acetate (EtOAc) fraction of G. grimmii against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MIC = 0.5 µg...

    Authors: Abolfazl Shakeri, Mehrangiz Tajvar, Ghazaleh Tabriznia Tabrizi, Saman Soleimanpour, Javid Davoodi, Javad Asili, Mohammad Sadegh Amiri and Seyed Ahmad Emami
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:345
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  21. Acute leukemia is characterized by abnormal white blood cell proliferation with rapid onset and severe complications. Natural compounds, which are alternative treatments, are widely used in cancer treatment. P...

    Authors: Kantorn Charoensedtasin, Wasinee Kheansaard, Sittiruk Roytrakul and Dalina Tanyong
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:343
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  24. The use of Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in chronic liver disease (CLD) patients in Germany is unknown. This study investigated the frequency of CAM use and associated sociodemographic, clinical...

    Authors: Fleur Sophie Gittinger, Anna Rahnfeld, Elena Lacruz, Alexander Zipprich, Frank Lammert and Cristina Ripoll
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:340
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  25. Gegen Qinlian Decoction (GQD) is a classical traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formula primarily utilized for treating gut disorders. GQD showed therapeutic effects on several diseases in clinical and animal ...

    Authors: Yaqin Peng, Yao Du, Yuanyuan Zhang, Ze Wang, Tao Hu, Yuning Mai, Hongxiu Song, Weichao Pan, Qinglong Cai, Feifei Ge, Yu Fan, Hee Young Kim, Dekang Liu and Xiaowei Guan
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:339
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  26. Current prostate cancer treatments are associated with life-threatening side effects, prompting the search for effective and safer alternatives. Aspilia pluriseta Schweinf. ex Engl. has previously shown anticance...

    Authors: Innocent Oluwaseun Okpako, Florence Atieno Ng’ong’a, Cleophas Mutinda Kyama and Sospeter Ngoci Njeru
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:338
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  27. Drug combination therapy is preferred over monotherapy in clinical research to improve therapeutic effects. Developing a new nanodelivery system for cancer drugs can reduce side effects and provide several adv...

    Authors: Zeinab Fotouhi Ashin, Sanam Sadeghi-Mohammadi, Zahra Vaezi, Farhood Najafi, Shaghayegh AdibAmini, Majid Sadeghizadeh and Hossein Naderi-Manesh
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:337
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  28. In health care, two in three users of complementary therapies (CT) stay silent about their CT use. Disclosure of CT use to physicians is important for patient safety, participation, and shared decision-making....

    Authors: Pauliina Aarva, Tiina Väänänen, Maija Pyykkönen and Tiia-Tuulia Kankkunen
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:336
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  29. Multiple trauma has serious complications, which increases the risk of morbidity and mortality in the patients. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of supplementation with phytosomal curcumin on clinical a...

    Authors: Mahdiye Mirjalili, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Shirin Hassanizadeh, Zahra Kiani, Davood Soleimani, Sepide Amini, Babak Alikiaii, Seyed Adel Moallem, Gholamreza Askari, Saeed Abbasi and Mohammad Bagherniya
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:335
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  30. Acute lung injury (ALI) as one kind of acute pulmonary inflammatory disorder, manifests primarily as damage to alveolar epithelial cells and microvascular endothelial cells. Activation of the complement system...

    Authors: Jiao Li, Qi-Yun Zhang, Qing-Yu Lu, Qiao-Zhou Liu, Li Guo, Min Li and Qian-Yun Sun
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:334
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  31. In early 2020, COVID-19 pandemic has mobilized researchers in finding new remedies including repurposing of medicinal plant products focusing on direct-acting antiviral and host-directed therapies. In this stu...

    Authors: Mohd Ridzuan Mohd Abd Razak, Nur Hana Md Jelas, Nor Azrina Norahmad, Norazlan Mohmad Misnan, Amirrudin Muhammad, Noorsofiana Padlan, Muhammad Nor Farhan Sa’at, Murizal Zainol and Ami Fazlin Syed Mohamed
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:333
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  32. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) represents a significant global health crisis due to its resistance to conventional therapies and lack of specific molecular targets. This study explored the potential of Erio...

    Authors: Francis Adu-Amankwaah, Candice Februarie, Kudakwashe Nyambo, Gerald Maarman, Ndivhuwo Tshililo, Lawrence Mabasa, Vuyo Mavumengwana and Lucinda Baatjies
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:332
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  33. Pakistani immigrants are the largest non-Western ethnic minority group in Norway. Traditional medicines (TM) are extensively used in Pakistan, and studies show that ethnic minorities also use them to recover f...

    Authors: Saliha Khalid, Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen, Lise-Merete Alpers, Christine Råheim Borge, Samera Azeem Qureshi and Trine Stub
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:331
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  34. For patients with sepsis receiving non-invasive ventilation (NIV), early rehabilitation is crucial. The Sitting Baduanjin (SBE) is an efficient early rehabilitation exercise suitable for bed patients. There is...

    Authors: Ming-Gui Chen, Fangfang Wang, Lixia Huang, Tingjie Qi, Hanhua Guo, Rui-Xiang Zeng, Xiaoyan Li, Haizhen Chen, Min-Zhou Zhang, Liheng Guo and Xiaoxuan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:330
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  35. Breast cancer is one of the most common diseases globally that may have side effects on liver and renal function. Pharmacological treatments to reduce adverse liver and renal effects are still limited. It has ...

    Authors: Safoora Sadat Erfanian, Hourieh Ansari, Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard, Zahra Amini and Ali Hajigholami
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:329
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  36. Available data suggest that general practitioners (GPs) in Germany use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities more frequently than GPs in many other countries. We investigated the country diff...

    Authors: Klaus Linde, Robert Bayer, Jan Gehrmann and Bianca Jansky
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:328
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  37. Oral lesions are a common clinical symptom arising from various etiologies and disrupt the patient’s quality of life. However, no definite treatment is not yet possible, due to the constantly changing environm...

    Authors: Fatemeh Jahanimoghadam, Amirhossein Javidan, Mehdi Ranjbar, Molook Torabi, Sina Kakooei and Fariba Sharififar
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:327
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  38. The effectiveness and safety of acupuncture therapy to delay lung function decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remain unclear. This study aimed to determine whether acupuncture, as an adjun...

    Authors: Guixing Xu, Qin Luo, Mingsheng Sun, Liuyang Huang, Jiali Liu, Chunyan Yang, Qingsong Huang, Chan Xiong, Zuoqin Yang, Sha Yang, Fang Zeng and Fanrong Liang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:326
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  39. Failure of treatment with gemcitabine in most cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) patients is due to drug resistance. The therapeutic potential of natural plant secondary compounds with minimal toxicity, such as cannabid...

    Authors: Thatsanapong Pongking, Phonpilas Thongpon, Kitti Intuyod, Sirinapha Klungsaeng, Raynoo Thanan, Apisit Chaidee, Naruechar Charoenram, Suppakrit Kongsintaweesuk, Chadamas Sakonsinsiri, Kulthida Vaeteewoottacharn, Somchai Pinlaor and Porntip Pinlaor
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:325
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  40. Equisetum diffusum D. Don commonly known as ‘Himalayan horsetail’, has been traditionally used in the treatment of back pain, bone fracture and dislocation, and arthritis by various tribal communities of India. O...

    Authors: Sourav Sarkar, Debabrata Modak, Sudipta Kumar Roy, Anupam Biswas, Mafidul Islam, Rinku Baishya, Sujoy Bose, John J. Georrge and Soumen Bhattacharjee
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:324
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  41. Haptotherapy fosters a sense of unity between the body, mind, and emotions. In addition, it contributes to expanding the woman’s perception of her pregnancy and developing a more positive attitude towards preg...

    Authors: Burcu Küçükkaya, Hafsa Kübra Işık and Gülay Rathfısch
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:323
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  42. Tocotrienol is a vitamin E analogue that is known to exert anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Hence, in the current study, the effects of TRF on the expression of pro- and anti-apoptotic proteins in th...

    Authors: You Goh, Muhammad Zulfiqah Sadikan, Heethal Jaiprakash, Nurul Alimah Abdul Nasir, Renu Agarwal, Igor Iezhitsa and Nafeeza Mohd Ismail
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:322
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  43. Dauricine (DAU), a benzyl tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloid isolated from the root of Menispermum dauricum DC, exhibits promising anti-Alzheimer’s disease (AD) effects, but its underlying mechanisms remain inadequa...

    Authors: Ranran Zhang, Xiaoyan Huang, Chunling Zhou, Qian Zhang, Dongsheng Jia, Xiaoliang Xie and Ju Zhang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:321
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  45. Dietary supplement (DS) use is common and increasing among older adults, though much data available on use frequencies are from surveys and performed cross-sectionally. This paper sought to assess the frequenc...

    Authors: Ryan Moran, Sara Baird, Carolyn G. DiGuiseppi, David W. Eby, Sarah Hacker, Chelsea Isom, Vanya Jones, Kelly C. Lee, Guohua Li, Lisa J. Molnar, Rudy Patrick, David Strogatz and Linda Hill
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:319
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  46. Laser acupuncture is a proven non-invasive treatment with effects comparable to traditional acupuncture in different types of headaches, but there is still insufficient evidence for chronic migraine (CM) in ad...

    Authors: Huan-Yun Wu, Chi-Sheng Wang, Yuan-Chen Liu, Ching-Chun Chung, Wan-Ling Chen, Chia-I Tsai, Chiann-Yi Hsu and Chi-Hsiang Chou
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:318
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  47. This study evaluated and compared the phytochemical and antioxidant properties of the solvent extracts of Azadirachta indica A. Juss and Vernonia amygdalina Del leaves. Methanolic and aqueous extracts showed high...

    Authors: Lesten Eliez Chisomo Chatepa, Bonface Mwamatope, Ibrahim Chikowe and Kingsley George Masamba
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:317
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  48. Oxidative stress (OS) is one of the major causes of ovarian aging and dysfunction. Indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) is an indole compound derived from tryptophan with free radical scavenging and antioxidant prope...

    Authors: Ahui Liu, Zhijun Liu, Haofei Shen, Wenjing Du, Yanbiao Jiang, Liyan Wang, Rui Zhang, Panpan Jin and Xuehong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:316
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  49. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a precursor to the development of many diseases (atherosclerosis, diabetes, etc.). It is marked by disruptions in glucose and lipid metabolism, along with hypertension. Numerous ty...

    Authors: Yiqing Zhou, Jie Su, Yingjie Dong, Ziwen He, Yajun Wang, Suhong Chen and Guiyuan Lv
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2024 24:315
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