I-Zinc. Kuyaziwa ukuthi ukunikezwa kwe-zinc okwanele kuyadingeka ukuze kusebenze kahle amasosha omzimba. Ukuntuleka kwe-zinc kuvame ukutholakala kubantu abane-sickle cell anemia, njengoba lesi sifo sandisa isidingo se-zinc. Ucwaningo lomtholampilo olungahleliwe lwezifundo ze-130 ezilandelwa izinyanga ezingu-18 lubonisa ukuthi ukwengezwa kwe-220 mg ye-zinc sulphate (amaphilisi) athathwa kathathu ngosuku kunganciphisa isilinganiso senani leziqephu ezithathelwanayo kanye nezinkinga ezihlobene nazo.⁸ Ucwaningo lwakamuva lweminyaka emithathu lwezifundo ezingama-32 ezithathe u-50 mg kuya ku-75 mg we-zinc eyisisekelo ngosuku lwafinyelela eziphethweni ezifanayo.⁹ Ekugcineni, ukuthathwa kwe-10 mg ye-zinc eyisisekelo ngosuku ezinganeni ezithintekile kuzoqinisekisa ukukhula kwazo kanye nesisindo esiseduze nesilinganiso.¹¹

 Omega-3 okunamafutha acid. Kunobunye ubufakazi bokuthi ukudla i-omega-3 fatty acids kungasiza ekunciphiseni imvamisa yokuhlaselwa kobuhlungu okujwayelekile kwe-sickle cell anemia.^5,12,13

 I-Acupuncture. Izifundo ezimbili ezincane zibonisa ukuthi ukutshopa kungasiza ekudambiseni ubuhlungu ekuhlaselweni okubuhlungu.^3,4 Umcwaningi ukhuluma ngokuthola imiphumela ngale ndlela kuyilapho izindlela ezijwayelekile zehlulekile. Imiphumela yayimangalisa kangangokuthi wasebenzisa i-acupuncture kwezinye izimo ezine.⁴. Bheka ishidi le-Acupuncture.

 I-cocktail ye-Vitamin C, amavithamini E et garlic. Ngokocwaningo olusanda kulawulwa lomtholampilo olubandakanya abantu abangu-20, lokhu kwelashwa kungase kusebenze ezimeni ze-sickle cell anemia, uma kubhekwa umphumela wayo we-antioxidant.⁶ Kunganciphisa ukwakheka kwamaseli anokuminyana okuphezulu kanye nolwelwesi olungavamile. Kodwa-ke, lezi zivame ukuvimbela ukujikeleza kwegazi ngakho-ke kubangela ubuhlungu obujwayelekile obuhambisana nalesi simo. Kulolu cwaningo, 6 g kagalikhi osekhulile, 4 g kuya ku-6 g wevithamini C kanye ne-800 IU kuya ku-1 IU kavithamini E.

 I-Homeopathy. I-Homeopathy ingasiza ekudambiseni izimpawu ezithile, njengokukhathala.¹⁰

 Usizo nezinyathelo zokusiza. Ukuba yingxenye yeqembu labasekeli kungaba yinzuzo enkulu.

Ukufaka ukushisa okumanzi endaweni ethintekile kungasiza ekudambiseni ubuhlungu.