- Title Pages
- Preface to the Supportive Care Series
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 The nature of palliation and its contribution to supportive care
- Chapter 2 Anatomy and physiology
- Chapter 3 Quality of life – models and measures of quality of life
- Chapter 4 Complementary medicine for respiratory diseases
- Chapter 5 Economics applied to respiratory supportive care
- Chapter 6 Mechanisms of dyspnoea
- Chapter 7 Assessment of dyspnoea in research
- Chapter 8 Assessment of dyspnoea in clinical practice and audit
- Chapter 9 Drug therapies
- Chapter 10 Oxygen and airflow
- Chapter 11 Rehabilitation and exercise
- Chapter 12 Dyspnoea and respiratory muscle training
- Chapter 13 Psychosocial therapies
- Chapter 14 Nutrition and cachexia
- Chapter 15 Occupational therapy and environmental modifications
- Chapter 16 Upper airflow obstruction
- Chapter 17 Diffuse airflow obstruction and ‘restrictive’ lung disease
- Chapter 18 Neuromuscular and skeletal diseases
- Chapter 19 Dyspnoea in motor neurone disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
- Chapter 20 Hyperventilation and disproportionate breathlessness
- Chapter 21 Physiology and pathophysiology of cough
- Chapter 22 Chronic cough with a ‘normal’ chest radiograph
- Chapter 23 Massive haemoptysis: causes, assessment, and management
- Chapter 24 The therapy of expectoration
- Chapter 25 The management of cystic fibrosis
- Chapter 26 Mechanisms of pain associated with respiratory disease
- Chapter 27 Pain in association with respiratory conditions: assessment in research and clinical practice
- Chapter 28 Treating severe pain in advanced lung disease
- Chapter 29 Pain in association with respiratory disease management: neurolytic procedures
- Chapter 30 Assessment and management of respiratory symptoms of malignant disease
- Chapter 31 Comprehensive supportive care in HIV pulmonary disease
- Chapter 32 Chronic infections: pulmonary tuberculosis
- Index
Complementary medicine for respiratory diseases
Complementary medicine for respiratory diseases
- Chapter:
- (p.67) Chapter 4 Complementary medicine for respiratory diseases
- Source:
- Supportive Care in Respiratory Disease
- Author(s):
Sam H. Ahmedzai (Contributor Webpage)
Martin F. Muers
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines several commonly used complementary therapies in the management of respiratory diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive airways disease, and advanced cancer-related breathlessness. These complementary therapies include acupuncture, herbalism, and homeopathy. Evidence from randomised controlled trials reveals that acupuncture, homoeopathy, and yoga are promising therapies. The chapter suggests that complementary therapies should be rigorously tested so that patients can be better informed about which treatments will benefit them most and that more research is needed to determine the benefit of risk profiling each therapy.
Keywords: complementary therapies, respiratory diseases, asthma, obstructive airways, breathlessness, acupuncture, homeopathy, herbalism, yoga
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- Title Pages
- Preface to the Supportive Care Series
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 The nature of palliation and its contribution to supportive care
- Chapter 2 Anatomy and physiology
- Chapter 3 Quality of life – models and measures of quality of life
- Chapter 4 Complementary medicine for respiratory diseases
- Chapter 5 Economics applied to respiratory supportive care
- Chapter 6 Mechanisms of dyspnoea
- Chapter 7 Assessment of dyspnoea in research
- Chapter 8 Assessment of dyspnoea in clinical practice and audit
- Chapter 9 Drug therapies
- Chapter 10 Oxygen and airflow
- Chapter 11 Rehabilitation and exercise
- Chapter 12 Dyspnoea and respiratory muscle training
- Chapter 13 Psychosocial therapies
- Chapter 14 Nutrition and cachexia
- Chapter 15 Occupational therapy and environmental modifications
- Chapter 16 Upper airflow obstruction
- Chapter 17 Diffuse airflow obstruction and ‘restrictive’ lung disease
- Chapter 18 Neuromuscular and skeletal diseases
- Chapter 19 Dyspnoea in motor neurone disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
- Chapter 20 Hyperventilation and disproportionate breathlessness
- Chapter 21 Physiology and pathophysiology of cough
- Chapter 22 Chronic cough with a ‘normal’ chest radiograph
- Chapter 23 Massive haemoptysis: causes, assessment, and management
- Chapter 24 The therapy of expectoration
- Chapter 25 The management of cystic fibrosis
- Chapter 26 Mechanisms of pain associated with respiratory disease
- Chapter 27 Pain in association with respiratory conditions: assessment in research and clinical practice
- Chapter 28 Treating severe pain in advanced lung disease
- Chapter 29 Pain in association with respiratory disease management: neurolytic procedures
- Chapter 30 Assessment and management of respiratory symptoms of malignant disease
- Chapter 31 Comprehensive supportive care in HIV pulmonary disease
- Chapter 32 Chronic infections: pulmonary tuberculosis
- Index