Uit een inventarisatie naar het gebruik bij 94 patienten bleek het volgende i.v.m. het gebruik:

Fytiotherapie: (n = 16) Ocimum basilicum (basil) (3 [18.8%] patients), Apium graveolens (celery) (2 [12.5%]), Citrus aurantium (bit- ter orange) leaves (2 [12.5%]), Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) (1 [6.3%]), Citrus decumana (grapefruit) (2 [12.5%]), Allium cepa (onion) (1 [6.3%]), Allium sativum (garlic) (1 [6.3%]), Medicago sativa (alfalfa) (1 [6.3%]), Avena sativa (oatmeal) (1 [6.3%]), Triticum aestivum (wheat germ) (1 [6.3%]), and Chayota edulis (chayote) (1 [6.3%]).

The complementary therapies most often used were massage (6 [28.6%] pa- tients), bioenergy (5 [23.8%]), and acupuncture (4 [19.0%]); smaller percentages of the patients used electrostimulation and acupuncture (2 [9.5%]), chiropractic and acupuncture (2 [9.5%]), electrostimulation and bioenergy (1 [4.8%]), auricular plaster therapy (weight-loss girdles) (1 [4.8%]), and chiropractic (1 [4.8%]). 

uit: Prevalence of self-treatment with complementary products and therapies for weight loss: A randomized, cross-sectional Study in Overweight and Obese Patients in Colombia.

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