{"title":"Effect of Nux vomica mother tincture, strychnine and Nux vomica 30c on the alcohol addiction of albino rats","authors":"NC Sukul , S Ghosh, SP Sinhababu, A Sukul","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/homp.1999.0401","url":null,"abstract":"Objective To determine whether Nux vomica in material doses and Nux vomica 30c could reduce voluntary ethanol consumption in rats. To explore the physical basis of Nux vomica 30c.","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Page S63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0401","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72218538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary to the Madingley scenarios: trust our guidance or the quest for enlightened authorities","authors":"E van Galen","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/homp.1999.0370","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Page S8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0370","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136670701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Refined case analysis in daily practice based on two levels of repertorisation (Kent and Scholten)","authors":"D Payrhuber , K Pohl","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0425","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0425","url":null,"abstract":"Conventional repertorisation often merely gives suggestions of remedies, whereas investigating the life circumstances of the patient and comparing them with the principal meanings of the elements and various salts (minerals) frequently lead to clear identification of the remedy, such as: • Hypertension in a case of kidney tumour: Baryta sulphurica according to Scholten: `incapable managing his personal relationship' • Epilepsy: helium according to Scholten: `autism', a highly sensitive person, dedicated to yoga who lives partly in a transcendental world","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Page S70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0425","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133207619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Immunologic changes in healthy probands and HIV infected patients after oral administration of Staphylococcus aureus 12c: a pilot study","authors":"T Danninger, K Gallenberger , J Kraeling","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0403","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0403","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The tumoricidal and antiviral effects of Staphylococcal toxins are well documented. In a preliminary study we investigated the immune modulating properties of these toxins by administering single oral doses of a 12c potency of a lysate of <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> Cowan I, to 4 healthy probands and 12 HIV infected patients with clinical symptoms. We observed a decrease of circulating immune complexes in the healthy probands as well as in the HIV positive patients, accompanied in the latter by a significant increase of CD4 lymphocytes, CD4/CD8-ratio and an improvement of the HIV related symptoms. None of the dose dependent toxic effects commonly found in Staphylococcal sepsis were noticed. Further research on the immune modulating effects of potencies of bacterial superantigens is suggested, especially in view of a possible treatment for HIV infected and other immune compromised patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 3","pages":"Pages 106-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0403","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21778683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An epidemiological study of a homeopathic practice","authors":"P Colin","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0415","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0415","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An analysis of 2148 consultations in a private general medical homeopathic practice in France was conducted in 12 periods of 7–10 days of study over four years. The results show that homeopathy is mainly used in mental, infectious and rheumatological disorders. It is suggested that homeopathy is a useful alternative in these illnesses, as it avoids the abuse of, and the adverse effects of, sedatives, antibiotics and anti-inflammatories.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 3","pages":"Pages 116-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0415","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21778684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of potentization","authors":"B Poitevin , J-L Demangeat","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0410","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0410","url":null,"abstract":"In his paper `Effects of potentization in acqueous solutions', Schulte reviewed some prominent models and experiments. Many researchers have suggested different pathways. But most of them were more philosophical and less physical. However, the theories reviewed by Schulte are physical but too idealistic, posing great dif®culty at the experimental level. The properties of potentized homeopathic medicines are yet to be directly observed. None of the scienti®c methods succeeded so far in establishing the presence of molecules of medicines in a high homeopathic dilution. The presence of the molecules of the medicine at homeopathic dilutions is to be established ®rst experimentally to bring homeopathy in the scienti®c mainstream. Scientists are trying to search for this presence in terms of a `code', presumably existing in the form of an `ordering'. In my opinion, the existence of the type of permanent `ordering' in homeopathic remedies seems dif®cult to determine from `electronic' considerations only as one has to deal with the dilutions ranging from infra-low to ultra-high (well beyond the Avogadro limit where the probability of the presence of molecules of the medicine is almost zero). If the ordering results from some other `nonelectronic' property of unknown type, then how can one expect to measure it using experimental techniques which measure the effects arising due to electronic changes only? Interestingly, all the efforts to date to bring homeopathy into the mainstream of science have been unsuccessful. Homeopathy thus poses a serious problem before science. It seems that we are in a similar dilemma as confronted by `classical physics' in the late nineteenth century while explaining the problem of `black body emission' and the `non-existence of the ether'. The `new physics' emerged from the existing clues but in unconventional ways. Similar attempts should be made to solve this dilemma. The only clue available at this time is the symptoms it produces in the human body. It suggests that the homeopathic medicines should have some sort of `bio-identi®cation' recognizable by the mind, in addition to its well-established `electronic identi®cation'. Further, as the use of mother tinctures and remedies at very low potencies are close to the allopathic use of remedies, the mode of action at the physiological level should be similar in both the curative systems. KM Jain Kaliyasot Dam, Old Walmi Campus Ravishankar Nagar Post of®ce, P.B.No. 588 Bhopal, 462 016, India","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 3","pages":"Pages 155-156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0410","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21778690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using a computer-based clinical management system to improve effectiveness of a homeopathic service in a fundholding general practice","authors":"D Peters , GJ Pinto, G Harris","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0373","DOIUrl":"10.1054/homp.1999.0373","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Problems which the development attempts to address.</p><p>This study’s overall objectives were to determine whether:</p><p></p><ul><li><span>•</span><span><p>The aims of collaboration between General Practitioner (GPs) and a homeopath can be made explicit and service delivery optimised by using computer-based data collection in a multi-disciplinary primary care team that includes a homeopathic practitioner.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Outcomes of the homeopathic service can be evaluated in a practical way, which allows quality assurance through rapid audit cycles.</p></span></li></ul><p>Method: The primary care team (PCT) explored the problems of developing a rational and quality assured complementary therapy service in a series of meetings in an NHS practice where complementary therapists are members of the PCT. This led to the defining of data-collection structures and processes needed. The researchers designed and supervised their implementation and evaluation through a series of action research cycles.</p><p>A database was designed which allowed the clinicians to track interventions and outcomes using the Measure Your Own Medical Outcome Profile (MYMOP). Critical incidents were brought to fortnightly clinical meetings and methods were continually adapted as problems arose and new options emerged at six-weekly audit meetings.</p><p>Results: GPs tended to refer patients who do not fit easily into biomedical disease categories. Patients referred tend to self-rate themselves as experiencing notably poor wellbeing. MYMOP has to be used skillfully with homeopathic patients, especially where psychological distress is identified as one of their main complaints.</p><p>Conclusions: It is possible to introduce rigour and reflectiveness when providing a homeopathic service in general practice by assessing the needs of patient and practitioners, agreeing intake guidelines, developing referral processes, implementing audit cycles. Clear lines of communication can be established and a patient-centred outcome measure can be introduced into the treatment cycle.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Pages S14-S19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0373","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21778694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testing the effectiveness of antibiotic and homeopathic medication in the frame of herd reorganisation of subclinical mastitis in milk cows","authors":"J Spranger","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/homp.1999.0400","url":null,"abstract":"In organic agriculture the use of antibiotics in therapy and prevention is restricted, especially the antibiotic drying off of cows. An extension of the prohibition to the animals kept under conventional conditions is required by human medicine. A systematic homeopathic programme of preventive measures, as well as standardised homeopathic treatments, will be tested as a possible solution to this problem.","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Page S62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0400","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72218539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patient-evaluated effect of homeopathic treatment","authors":"A Steinsbekk","doi":"10.1054/homp.1999.0386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/homp.1999.0386","url":null,"abstract":"A non-controlled prospective observational study on 1100 new patients attending 80 homeopaths in Norway is proposed. The patients were asked at their ®rst visit which complaints they sought help for, and how these complaints affected their daily living, scored on a 10 cm visual analogue scale (VAS). They were also asked to score their wellbeing on a VAS. After 6 months the patients were sent a follow-up form by mail asking how the complaints affected their daily living now, and how their wellbeing was. The inclusion of patients was done from November 1996 to May 1998, and the last follow-up was in December 1998.","PeriodicalId":100201,"journal":{"name":"British Homoeopathic Journal","volume":"89 ","pages":"Page S46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/homp.1999.0386","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72257446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}