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ArticleCureus2024

Recovery From Long COVID: The Role of Bioelectric Meridian Therapy in Restoring Health and Well-Being.

Praveen Mallari, Tracy Taulier, Mohammad A Kamal

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Praveen MallariZoology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, IND.
Tracy TaulierBioelectric Meridian Therapy, Academy of Bioelectric Meridian Massage Australia, Brisbane, AUS.
Mohammad A KamalBiochemistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University, Riyadh, SAU.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report explores the journey to a healthier life of a 57-year-old man who stayed athletic after contracting COVID-19 during a trip to a foreign country. He had minimal symptoms in the beginning. He started with a dull cough, but the symptoms then progressed to loss of taste and smell, mental fatigue, and nerve problems. In this case study, traditional cures helped only to some extent. Out of frustration with these symptoms, the patient started bioelectric meridian therapy (BMT) in August 2021 and benefited from it. The patient described progressive sensation, cognition, and muscle power enhancement during six months of BMT sessions. The therapy relieved the muscles' stiffness and regulated the bio-energy circulation to improve the general quality of life and ease physical exertion operations. The case affirms how supportive modalities such as BMT help handle the after-effects of COVID-19. The patients' recovery involved precise mental concentration, return of appetite, and regained vigor, which improved the patient's life. This case report shows how integrative approaches may be helpful when it comes to the reactivation of health processes after virus infection.

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bioelectric meridian therapycomplementary therapycovid-19 recoveryloss of taste and smellmental fatiguepost-covid syndrome

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PMID39726863
PMCPMC11670143

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