Editing Crohn's disease (section)

=== Alternative medicine ===
It is common for people with Crohn's disease to try [[complementary or alternative medicine|complementary or alternative therapy]].<ref name="Caprilli_2006">{{cite journal | vauthors = Caprilli R, Gassull MA, Escher JC, Moser G, Munkholm P, Forbes A, Hommes DW, Lochs H, Angelucci E, Cocco A, Vucelic B, Hildebrand H, Kolacek S, Riis L, Lukas M, de Franchis R, Hamilton M, Jantschek G, Michetti P, O'Morain C, Anwar MM, Freitas JL, Mouzas IA, Baert F, Mitchell R, Hawkey CJ | title = European evidence based consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease: special situations | journal = Gut | volume = 55 | issue = Suppl 1 | pages = i36–i58 | date = March 2006 | pmid = 16481630 | pmc = 1859996 | doi = 10.1136/gut.2005.081950c | quote = the colitis activity index fell significantly in the treatment group compared to the sham acupuncture group. However, recruitment did not reach its target and the number of patients was small. | collaboration = European Crohn's Colitis Organisation }}</ref> These include diets, [[probiotics]], fish oil, and other [[Herbalism|herbal]] and nutritional supplements. A 2006 survey in Germany found that about half of people with IBD used some form of alternative medicine, with the most common being [[homeopathy]], and a study in France found that about 30% used alternative medicine.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Joos S | title = Review on efficacy and health services research studies of complementary and alternative medicine in inflammatory bowel disease | journal = Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine | volume = 17 | issue = 6 | pages = 403–409 | date = June 2011 | pmid = 21660673 | doi = 10.1007/s11655-011-0758-3 | s2cid = 207298246 }}</ref>
* There is insufficient to recommend the use of [[acupuncture]].<ref name="Caprilli_2006" />
* [[Homeopathic preparations]] are of no benefit with this or any other condition.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Smith K |title=Homeopathy is Unscientific and Unethical |journal=Bioethics |volume=26 |issue=9 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-8519.2011.01956.x |pages=508–512 |year=2012 |s2cid=143067523 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1035885 |access-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-date=October 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029012949/https://zenodo.org/record/1035885 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* There is no good evidence that cannabis or cannabis oil are an effective or safe treatment.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kafil TS, Nguyen TM, MacDonald JK, Chande N | title = Cannabis for the treatment of Crohn's disease | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | volume = 11 | issue = 11 | pages = CD012853 | date = November 2018 | pmid = 30407616 | pmc = 6517156 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD012853.pub2 }}</ref>