Background: Alternative and complementary medicine (CAM) is extensively utilized worldwide due to its potential in relieving both psychological and physical conditions.As the prevalence of lifestyle diseases has been increasing with each passing day, CAM plays a vital role around the globe.Objective: The current review was designed to analyze the effect of CAM usage on patients having lifestyle management diseases in various hospitals and community pharmacies.Methods: The researchers performed a systematic examination utilizing diverse search engines to locate cross-sectional studies.A manual exploration was carried out using the following electronic databases: Web of Science, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Pro Quest, Pub Med, ResearchGate and Scopus.This systematic review was according to the standards of "Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews" (PRISMA) and Meta-analysis.Results:This review included the updated studies taken from 2002 to 2023.The higher trend of CAM usage was from Western Asia.However, it covered other continents as well.Out of 26,000 patients, 18,000 were observed to be using alternative and complementary medicines.The AXIS tool served an essential
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