Integrative Medicine Research (Mar 2024)

Recommendations and guidelines of integrative medicine for COVID-19 care: The APEC project outcome

  • Libin Jia,
  • Michelle Beidelschies,
  • Joel M. Evans,
  • Richard C. Niemtzow,
  • Songxuan Zhou Niemtzow,
  • Jeffery A. Dusek,
  • Yufang Lin,
  • Charles Wu,
  • C. Jason Wang,
  • Yi-Chang Su,
  • Chien-Yu Lin,
  • Peristiwan Ridha Widhi Astana,
  • Danang Ardiyanto,
  • Rusmiyati Hardjoutomo,
  • Khwanchai Visithanon,
  • Jagravudh Puagkong,
  • Julalak Chokpaisarn,
  • Martha Villar Lopez,
  • Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi,
  • Myeong Soo Lee,
  • Hernan Jose Garcia Ramirez,
  • Cecilia Plaza Bobadilla,
  • Elizabeth Margarita Gonzalez Quinteros,
  • Monica Galanti de la Paz,
  • Cecilia C. Maramba-Lazarte

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
p. 101022

Abstract

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This article - Recommendations and Guidelines of Integrative Medicine (IM) for COVID-19 Care - was one of the outcomes from an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Project (Integrative Medicine (IM) and COVID -19 Care) during the time between May 2022 and March 2023. With the efforts from care providers, researchers, health policy makers and healthcare administrative leaders among APEC economies, the purpose of this file was to provide comprehensive IM systems for COVID-19 care as recommendations and suggestive guidelines including care methods, tools, procedures, symptom conditions and targets selections, and points need to be considered during care applications. All cited COVID-19 care practices have confirmed their efficacy and usefulness either used alone or combined with conventional medicine. This article provides current useful medical information on IM for COVID-19 care which could benefit APEC economies and world health communities on their healthcare system.

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