Complementary Therapies in Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed journal that has considerable appeal to anyone who seeks objective and critical information on complementary therapies or who wishes to deepen their understanding of these approaches. It will be of particular interest to healthcare practitioners including family practitioners, complementary therapists, nurses, and physiotherapists; to academics including social scientists and CAM researchers; to healthcare managers; and to patients.

Complementary Therapies in Medicine aims to publish valid, relevant and rigorous research and serious discussion articles with the main purpose of improving healthcare. The journal believes that good healthcare needs to be based on clinical judgement and the available evidence on what is safe and effective, integrating conventional and complementary therapies as appropriate.

Complementary Therapies in Medicine focuses on prospectively registered human randomized controlled trials using CONSORT criteria and systematic reviews, registered in PROSPERO, that follow 2020 PRISMA guidelines. We do not consider study protocols, animal or in vitro research, network pharmacology, or case reports/series. We occasionally consider observational studies using STROBE guidelines; and we consider pilot studies focusing on feasibility of recruitment/retention/blinding/fidelity to study protocols.

Each issue features original, high quality research on complementary medicine, as well as information and experiences on integrating complementary medicine into mainstream care.

Editor-in-Chief
Kathi Kemper
Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA Email Kathi Kemper
Associate Editors
Vincent C.H. Chung
The Jockey Club School Of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2/F Prince of Wales Hospital, New Territories, Shatin, Hong Kong Email Vincent C.H. Chung
Holger Cramer
Research Director, Dept. of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Am Deimelsberg 34a, 45276, Essen, Germany Email Holger Cramer
Jongbae Park
Associate Professor, Center for Pain Research & Innovation, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Box DUMC 3094, Durham, NC 27710 USA Email Jongbae Park
David Riley
Helfgott Research Institute, National College of Natural Medicine, 2220 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, Oregon, OR 97201, USA Email David Riley
Hung-Rong Yen
School of Chinese Medicine (SCM), Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, No.91 Hsueh-Shih Road, 40402, Taichung, Taiwan Email Hung-Rong Yen
Statistical Advisor
David Sibbritt
Fac. of Health, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, New South Wales, Australia Email David Sibbritt
International Advisory Board
D. Anheyer
Essen, Germany
J. Barnes
Auckland, New Zealand
T.P. Bell
Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Z.X. Bian
Hong Kong, China
R. Bradley
Portland, Oregon, USA
N. Bragazzi
Genova, Italy
A. Broom
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
D. Bulgin
Rovinj, Croatia
A. Büssing
Herdecke, Germany
R.Q. Chen
Pokfulam, China
K. Cheng
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
S. Cochrane
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
M. Costa
Lisboa, Portugal
M. Demarzo
Sao Paulo, Brazil
J. Dusek
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Y. Fei
Beijing, China
N. Filice de Barros
Campinas, Brazil
V. Fonnebo
Tromso, Norway
J. Frye
B.-L. Gao
Shijiazhuang, China
H. Haller
Essen, Germany
T. Hoover
Y-C Hung
Taipei, Taiwan
S. Klein
Bern, Switzerland
R. Lauche, Ph.D.
Essen, Germany
M.S. Lee
Daejeon, The Republic of Korea
T.L. Lee
Singapore City, Singapore
P.C. Leung
Shatin, Hong Kong
B. Lim
Geumjeong-Gu, Busan, The Republic of Korea
J. Liu
Beijing, China
M. Liu
Richmond, North Carolina, USA
J. Luo
Beijing, China
Y. Ma
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
R. McCraty
Boulder Creek, California, USA
E. Miao
Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
Y. Ozgur Cakmak
Wellington, New Zealand
H. Park
Seoul, The Republic of Korea
P. Roberti di Sarsina
Bologna, Italy
M. Romoli
Florence, Italy
A. Sahebkar
Mashhad, Iran
R. Stange
Berlin, Germany
K. Thomas
Sheffield, England, UK
J. Wardle, PhD
Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia
K. Watanabe
Tokyo, Japan
U. Wolf
Bern, Switzerland
H. Yamashita
Osaka, Japan
J. Yuan
Hong Kong
G.Q. Zheng
Wenzhou, China