Integrative Medicine Treatment in Times of Pandemic Coronavirus Disease?

Med Acupunct

Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Published: February 2021

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has expanded around the world, resulting in a pandemic with high morbidity and mortality. To date, no specific treatment or vaccine is available to treat or prevent this sudden and potentially deadly disease. Economic restructuring brings opportunities and challenges to integrative medicine treatment. In such complex situations, integrative medicine treatments are to be provided cautiously, and the shift from in-person visits to remote medical services might play an important role in how such services are delivered.

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