Prevention and management of adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination using traditional Korean medicine: An online survey of public health doctors

Table 4 Recommendation of using Korean medicine for potential coronavirus disease 2019 adverse events

No.	Question	Frequency (n = 93)	Percent (%)
1	Do you recommend taking herbal medicine in advance to prevent side effects from the COVID-19 vaccination?
	Highly recommend	24	25.81
	Recommend	33	35.48
	Neutral	29	31.18
	Not recommend	7	7.53
	Not recommend at all	0	0
2	If you are recommending for the prevention of side effects from the COVID-19 vaccination, which herbal medicine do you recommend? (multiple answers allowed)
	Not recommend	15	26.32
	Recommend with specific herbal medicine	19	33.33
	No response	35	61.40
3	Would you recommend Korean medicine treatment for potential side effects from the COVID-19 vaccination?
	Highly recommend	20	22.22
	Recommend	35	38.89
	Neutral	31	34.44
	Not recommend	3	3.33
	Not recommend at all	1	1.11
	No response	3	3.33
4	If it is helpful, which treatment do you recommend among Korean medicine treatments? (multiple answers allowed)
	Herbal medicine treatment	69	74.19
	Acupuncture treatment	19	20.43
	Moxibustion treatment	7	7.53
	Cupping therapy	4	4.30
	Pharmacopuncture	2	2.15
	Chuna manual therapy	4	4.30
5	Do you think Korean medicine treatment is helpful for the people in the case of adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine?
	Strongly Agree	27	29.03
	Agree	43	46.24
	Neutral	20	21.51
	Disagree	3	3.23
	Strongly Disagree	0	0.00

COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.