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  1. Muscle disuse results in loss of skeletal muscle mass and function. Hochu-ekki-to (TJ-41; Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang in Chinese) is an herbal medicinal formulation used to treat patients with frailty, fatigue and app...

    Authors: Mitsutaka Yakabe, Tatsuya Hosoi, Hiroko Sasakawa, Masahiro Akishita and Sumito Ogawa
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:341
  2. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death. Although Regorafenib showed survival benefits in patients with CRC, reports imply the recurrence of malignant phenotype resulting from chemo...

    Authors: Shabnam Shahidi, Kobra Rostamizadeh, Mojtaba Fathi, Keivan Nedaei and Ali Ramazani
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:340
  3. Platelet aggregation and advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and oxidative stress are known as key factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases and diabetic complications. In this context, fruit a...

    Authors: Zahra Amri, Ikram Ben Amor, Amira Zarrouk, Raja Chaaba, Jalel Gargouri, Mohamed Hammami and Sonia Hammami
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:339
  4. Patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) frequently use homeopathic therapy. Although there is some evidence that homeopathy may be effective in treating symptoms of SAR, there is a lack of high-quality ...

    Authors: J. Siewert, M. Teut, K. Gaertner, S. Binting, C. Eberhardt, M. Ortiz, W. Grabowska, T. Reinhold, S. Roll, B. Stoeckigt, S. N. Willich, H. Cramer and B. Brinkhaus
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:338
  5. Peripheral atherosclerosis is a common macrovascular complication of diabetes, but the treatment is limited. Chinese herbal medicine is the complementary and alternative therapy to delay the progression of ath...

    Authors: Yulin Leng, Xiaoxu Fu, Lisen Qian, Qiqi Li, Hong Gao, Hongyan Xie and Chunguang Xie
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:337
  6. Cuscuta epithymum Murr. (C. epithymum), as an herbal medicine, has played an anti-cancerous role in various studies; however, its possible neuroprotective effects have been neglected. Here, we aimed to investigat...

    Authors: Masoumeh Pourhadi, Zahra Niknam, Rasoul Ghasemi, Mina Soufi Zomorrod, Vahid Niazi, Mehrdad Faizi, Hakimeh Zali and Faraz Mojab
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:335
  7. Cucumis melon is a medicinal plant with multiple pharmacological properties such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and diuretic effects. An increasing body of scientific evidence established the anti-diabetic...

    Authors: G. Adebayo-Gege, V. Alicha, T. O. Omayone, S. C. Nzekwe, C. A. Irozuoke, O. A. Ojo and A. F. Ajayi
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:334
  8. Gushukang (GSK) capsules are a Chinese patented medicine that is widely used in clinics for the treatment of osteoporosis (OP). Animal experiments have revealed that the bone mineral density of osteoporotic ra...

    Authors: Ruohui Lin, Bingying Xie, Lihua Xie, Jirong Ge and Shengqiang Li
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:333
  9. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and pattern of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by and attitudes towards CAM of Turkish women during pregnancy and birth.

    Authors: Ruşen Öztürk, Ayşe Emi̇nov and Gül Ertem
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:332
  10. Malaria is a complex issue due to the availability of few therapies and chemical families against Plasmodium and mosquitoes. There is increasing resistance to various drugs and insecticides in Plasmodium and i...

    Authors: Shweta Sinha, Bikash Medhi, B. D. Radotra, Daniela I. Batovska, Nadezhda Markova, Ashish Bhalla and Rakesh Sehgal
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:330
  11. This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-015-0839-5.

    Authors: Yue-Hua Jiang, Wei Sun, Wei Li, Hong-Zhen Hu, Le Zhou, Hui-Hui Jiang and Jing-Xin Xu
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:329
  12. Biological synthesis of natural products from plants has made us an inspiring methodology in the field of science and biotechnology.

    Authors: Somashekara Rajashekara, Dondapati Reena, Mullahalli Venkataramareddy Mainavi, Locheruvapalli Srinivasa Sandhya and Utpal Baro
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:328
  13. Among the most commonly consumed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) is Diclofenac (Dic), especially in low-income countries due to its high efficiency and affordable price. However, the continuous a...

    Authors: Mai M. Anwar and Ibrahim M. Ibrahim Laila
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:327
  14. Herbal medicines, derived from medicinal plants, are among the most popular alternative remedies around the globe. In Saudi Arabia, herbal medicines are extensively used by public as part of the culture as wel...

    Authors: Syed Faisal Zaidi, Sheikh Abdul Saeed, Muhammad Anwar Khan, Aslam Khan, Yaqoub Hazazi, Mohammed Otayn, Mohammed Rabah and Muhammad Daniyal
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:326
  15. Despite progress in haemodialysis and conventional medicine approaches, many patients still struggle to maintain an acceptable quality of life and turn to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to addres...

    Authors: Alex Tatang Mambap, Gwendoline Enda Ukum, Denis G. Teuwafeu, Mahamat Maimouna and Gloria Enow Ashuntantang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:325
  16. ‘Taikong blue’ lavender, a space-bred cultivar of Lavandula angustifolia, is one of the main lavender essential oil production crops in Xinjiang Province, China. Several cases of local usage indicated that ‘Taiko...

    Authors: Mengya Wei, Fei Liu, Rifat Nowshin Raka, Jie Xiang, Junsong Xiao, Tingting Han, Fengjiao Guo, Suzhen Yang and Hua Wu
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:324
  17. Penyanqing (PYQ), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has a good clinical efficacy for the treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Previously, researches on its anti-inflammatory effect and mechanism...

    Authors: Linna Gong, Zhishuo Miao, Li Zhang, Birui Shi, Zuoqi Xiao, Panzi Qiu, Menghua Liu and Wei Zou
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:323
  18. The increasing number of patients surviving cancer leads to more people experiencing late and long term-effects from the disease and its treatment. Fatigue, sleep disorders, early menopause, pain, and nerve da...

    Authors: Agnete E. Kristoffersen, Barbara Wider, Jorunn V. Nilsen, Mona Bjelland, Dana C. Mora, Johanna Hök Nordberg, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad, Kiwumulo Nakandi and Trine Stub
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:322
  19. Diazinon (DZN), a widely used chemical herbicide for controlling agricultural pests, is an important organophosphorus pesticide and an environmental pollutant which induces toxic effects on living organisms du...

    Authors: Gholam-Hassan Danaei, Arian Amali, Mohammad Karami, Mohammad-Bagher Khorrami, Bamdad Riahi-Zanjani and Mahmood Sadeghi
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:321
  20. Common bile duct ligation (BDL) is a rat experimental model to induce biliary cirrhosis. Lung fibrosis and pulmonary vascular angiogenesis and congestion are the most common complications of biliary cirrhosis ...

    Authors: Noha Abdel-Aziz Nassef, Manal S. Abd-El Hamid, Samy A. Abusikkien and Asmaa Ibrahim Ahmed
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:320
  21. Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) is often considered a precursor to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and represents a key therapeutic target for early intervention of AD. However, no treatments have been appr...

    Authors: Hee-Yeon Shin, Tae-Bin Yim, Hye-Min Heo, Geon-Ho Jahng, Seungwon Kwon, Seung-Yeon Cho, Seong-Uk Park, Woo-Sang Jung, Sang-Kwan Moon, Chang-Nam Ko and Jung-Mi Park
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:318
  22. Drug-induced mitochondrial toxicity is thought to be a common mechanism of drug hepatotoxicity. Xian-Ling-Gu-Bao (XLGB) oral preparation is a commonly used drug for osteoporosis in China. Classical safety eval...

    Authors: Shujuan Piao, Hongwei Lin, Xia Tao and Wansheng Chen
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:317
  23. Accumulating evidence reveals that music therapy appears to help patients with pain. However, there is a limited understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Several studies indicate that leptin level has a cru...

    Authors: Yingying Lv, Junzhen Wu, Yongming Xu, Shaofeng Pu, Chen Li and Dongping Du
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:316
  24. Coronary angiography is the gold standard for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. This intervention is nevertheless a source of anxiety for the patient both by its discomfort and by the consequences link...

    Authors: Laure Abensur Vuillaume, Charles Gentilhomme, Sandrine Weber, Nadia Ouamara, Julien Bayard, Mathieu Valla, Khalife Khalife, Christophe Goetz and Nazmine Guler
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:315
  25. Authors: Mina Saeedi, Aida Iraji, Yasaman Vahedi-Mazdabadi, Atiyeh Alizadeh, Najmeh Edraki, Omidreza Firuzi, Mahdieh Eftekhari and Tahmineh Akbarzadeh
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:314

    The original article was published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:303

  26. To date, treating nasal polyps (NPs) is still a medical challenge. However, we have developed an innovative therapy using licorice extract (LE: Glycyrrhiza glabra) to treat rhinitis and sinusitis via nasal irriga...

    Authors: Geng-He Chang, Pei-Rung Yang, Yu-Ching Cheng, Ke-Hsin Hsu, Ching-Yuan Wu, Yao-Hsu Yang, Yu-Shih Lin, Cheng-Ming Hsu, Ming-Shao Tsai, Yao-Te Tsai and Pey-Jium Chang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:313
  27. The mechanism of action of Angelicae Pubescentis Radix in rheumatoid arthritis treatment is complex; the pathways and protein targets involved remain unclear. This study predicted the targets and signaling pathwa...

    Authors: Junhao Zhang, Rui Wang, Xiao Liang, Hao Tian Bai, Ya Lan Li, Shuhui Sun, Qianqian Zhang and Jing Yang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:312
  28. Smoking and depression are closely related and form a vicious cycle. Yokukansan (YiganSan) is a polyherbal remedy that has the effect of calming neuropsychiatric symptoms such as anger and irritation. To exami...

    Authors: Maki Komiyama, Yuka Ozaki, Hiromichi Wada, Hajime Yamakage, Noriko Satoh-Asahara, Akihiro Yasoda, Yoichi Sunagawa, Tatsuya Morimoto, Shinji Tamaki, Masahiro Suzuki, Takuo Shibayama, Toru Kato, Yasumasa Okada, Toshiyuki Kita, Yuko Takahashi and Koji Hasegawa
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:311
  29. Anoxia is characterized by changes in the morphology, metabolism, and function of tissues and organs due to insufficient oxygen supply or oxygen dysfunction. Gentiana straminea Maxim (G.s Maxim) is a traditional ...

    Authors: Xiu mei Kong, Dan Song, Jie Li, Yi Jiang, Xiao ying Zhang, Xiao Jun Wu, Ming juan Ge, Jiao jiao Xu, Xiao min Gao and Qin Zhao
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:310
  30. Oral cancer, one of the most common cancers, has unimproved 5-years survival rate in the last 30 years and the chemo/radiotherapy-associated morbidity. Therefore, intervention strategies that evade harmful sid...

    Authors: Marwa M. Essawy, Mostafa M. Mohamed, Hanaa S. Raslan, Salma T. Rafik, Ashraf K. Awaad and Omneya R. Ramadan
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:309
  31. The “multiple-hit” hypothesis is currently the most widely accepted theory for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) pathogenesis. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of the water extract of...

    Authors: Aihua Deng, Fengying Liu, Xuchong Tang, Yun Wang, Peng Xie, Qifu Yang and Bing Xiao
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:308
  32. We aimed to elucidate the synergistic effect and potential mechanism of New Baitouweng Decoction (NBD) combined with fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in rats with DSS-induced ulcerative colitis (UC).

    Authors: Xin Gu, Zhiwei Miao, Yantian Wang, Yue Yang, Tongtong Yang and Yi Xu
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:307
  33. This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-018-2118-8.

    Authors: Ming-wei Liu, Rui Wei, Mei-xian Su, Hui Li, Tian-wen Fang and Wei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:306
  34. This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-020-2873-1.

    Authors: Li Hao, Ming-wei Liu, Song-tao Gu, Xue Huang, Hong Deng and Xu Wang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:305
  35. Cinnamomum verum J. Presl. (Lauraceae), Myrtus communis L. (Myrtaceae), Ruta graveolens L. (Rutaaceae), Anethum graveolens L. (Apiaceae), Myristica fragrans Houtt. (Myristicaceae), and Crocus sativus L. (Iridacea...

    Authors: Mina Saeedi, Aida Iraji, Yasaman Vahedi-Mazdabadi, Atiyeh Alizadeh, Najmeh Edraki, Omidreza Firuzi, Mahdieh Eftekhari and Tahmineh Akbarzadeh
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:303

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:314

  36. Neuroinflammation-mediated microglia polarization is a major process in various central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress contributes to the inflammatory signals as well as to mi...

    Authors: Qian Li, Yao Wu, Xue-shen Chen, Tao Zeng, Lin-ling Liu, Zi-qi Feng, Dan-yang Liu, Ling Zhu and Li-hong Wan
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:302
  37. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) approximately constitutes 90% of the reported cases. 30-40% of diabetics eventually develop diabetic nephropathy (DN); accounting for one of the major causes of morbidity and mo...

    Authors: Nida Baig, Rabia Sultan and Shamim Akhtar Qureshi
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:301
  38. To evaluate safety of acupuncture treatment by Korean Medicine Doctors (KMDs), a prospective, practice-based survey on adverse events (AEs) associated with acupuncture was conducted.

    Authors: Jiyoon Won, Jun-Hwan Lee, Heejung Bang and Hyangsook Lee
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:300
  39. Shengjing capsule (SJC) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and has gained widespread clinical application for the treatment of male infertility (MI). However, the pharmacological mechanism of SJC against ...

    Authors: Ming Wang, Qi Wang, Hui Jiang, Yongqiang Du and Xiansheng Zhang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:299
  40. Accompanied by the decline of physiological functions, the decrease of physical activity, and comorbidities, older adults are susceptible to sarcopenia because of accelerated loss of muscle mass. Resistance tr...

    Authors: Shengnan Yue, Jing Zhang, Jiaxin Li, Yanwei Hao, Shaofeng Wang, Tianyu Liu, Wen Zhong, Chongli Chen, Fei Wang and Bin Li
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:298
  41. About 68% of women aged 18–44 years have experienced cyclic mastalgia (CM), which occurs during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle when elevated hormone levels induce greater breast gland thickness. CM ha...

    Authors: Chuan Yu, Jun Wang, Bin Shen, Xiang Li, Rui Zhang, Yan Qin, Guofan Jian and Jing Guo
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:297
  42. Traditional Chinese exercise as a new pulmonary rehabilitation technique has been increasingly used and achieved good results in pulmonary rehabilitation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The ai...

    Authors: Jiaming Hu, Rundi Gao, Yiting Wang, Yan Li, Yaqin Wang, Zhen Wang and Junchao Yang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:296
  43. Balance function provides a physiological link between the physical and cognitive function, and is a potential predictor for cognitive frailty. As a gentle mind–body exercise, Baduanjin can develop flexibility...

    Authors: Yu Zhang, Jiawei Wu, Xiaoqian Wang and Guohua Zheng
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:295
  44. This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-13-10.

    Authors: Danish Ahmed, Manju Sharma, Alok Mukerjee, Pramod W. Ramteke and Vikas Kumar
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:294
  45. Fever is the most common reason for children’s visits to medical centers. Its management is an essential duty of a pediatric nurse. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of body wash with Marshmall...

    Authors: Hadis Goodarzi, Fatemeh Valizadeh, Fatemeh Ghasemi, Farzad Ebrahimzade, Seyedeh Hanieh Seifosadat, Bahram Delfan and Nadereh Taee
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:293
  46. Belief in complementary and alternative medicine practices is related to reduced preparedness for vaccination. This study aimed to assess home remedy awareness and use in South Tyrol, where vaccination rates i...

    Authors: Wolfgang Wiedermann, Dietmar Ausserhofer, Anna Vögele, Ulrich Becker, Giuliano Piccoliori, Christian J. Wiedermann and Adolf Engl
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022 22:292