It has been reported that universities are increasingly turning their backs on homoeopathy and complementary medicine amid opposition from the scientific community to pseudo-science degrees.
Data concerning utilization are only available for complementary medicine as a whole; for many countries, the uptake is shown to be high and still increasing.
However, it becomes extremely difficult for any one complementary medicine to show significant efficacy above and beyond what is routinely prescribed for the patient.
Perhaps because of his patients' interest in alternative and complementary medicine, he became a keen supporter of the use of herbal medicine and its appropriate place in orthodox medicine.
Anti-inflammatory effects of this protease have been reported again more recently, and the material has come into some use in alternative or complementary medicine.