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{"title":"Historical Perspective of Homeopathy in the Brazilian Public Health System.","authors":"Fernanda Maria Simões da Costa Fujino, Jane de Eston Armond, Ana Paula Ribeiro, Patrícia Colombo de Souza","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1786739","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1786739","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Homeopathy was introduced in Brazil with the French doctor Benoît Jules Mure's arrival in 1840 and was officially recognised in 1980 as a medical specialty by Brazilian regulatory authorities. Public health policies played an important role in incorporating homeopathy into the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS), emphasising homeopathy's coherence with SUS's fundamental principles and with other national health policies. Homeopathy is supported by the guidelines of the National Primary Health Care Policy and the National Policy on Integrative and Complementary Practices, and its offer in the SUS has been recognised since 2006. Challenges persist, however, such as the low prevalence of the use of homeopathy, lack of investment in professional training and under-reporting of homeopathy outpatient appointments. Investments in disseminating information on homeopathic philosophy and raising awareness among managers and health professionals are essential to strengthen its presence in the Brazilian public health system.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"203-208"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141558612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Estimation of the Likelihood Ratio of Different Symptoms for Six Homeopathic Medicines: Prognostic Factor Research.","authors":"Aditi Mohanta, Nipa Sardar, Koli Chakraborty, Malabika Sarkar, Tamoghna Saha, Anuruddha Deb, Md Sakhawat Hossain, Arpita Basu, Saima Samim, Soumya Bhattacharyya, Sangita Saha, Biswajit Basu, Anindya Sen, Mohan Giri, Pintu Debnath, Subhranil Saha, Munmun Koley, Shyamal Kumar Mukherjee, Lex Rutten","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1787078","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1787078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> <i>Arsenicum album</i>, <i>Causticum</i>, <i>Nux vomica</i>, <i>Pulsatilla nigricans</i>, <i>Rhus toxicodendron</i> and <i>Sulphur</i> are frequently prescribed homeopathic medicines; however, their symptoms, as mentioned in different homeopathic literature works, have rarely been investigated systematically. Likelihood ratio (LR), based on Bayesian statistics, may reflect a better estimation of the strengths of symptoms than the existing entries in the homeopathic literature.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> A prospective, longitudinal, analytical patient outcome study was conducted in the outpatient departments of D. N. De Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, on 1,954 patients over 21 months. The outcomes were recorded at each follow-up using the Outcome Related to Impact on Daily Living (ORIDL) +4 to -4 scale. The average period of treatment for each participant was 3 months. The LRs of four symptoms for each of the six selected medicines were calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> One hundred and two different remedies were prescribed. The prevalence, LR + , and LR - , with respective 95% confidence intervals, of different symptoms were reported. The study found that the following symptoms had particularly high LR+ scores: \"intense sympathy for the suffering of others\" (<i>Causticum</i>, LR+ = 12.0); \"dyspepsia from business anxiety\" (<i>Nux vomica</i>, LR+ = 27.4); \"burning pain relieved by heat\" (<i>Arsenicum album</i>, LR+ = 29.6); \"envy\" (<i>Pulsatilla nigricans</i>, LR+ = 13.2); \"desire for milk\" (<i>Rhus toxicodendron</i>, LR+ = 7.5); \"very selfish, no regard for others\" (<i>Sulphur</i>, LR+ = 20.6). The findings corroborated well with the presentation of the symptoms in different homeopathic materia medica and repertories. ORIDL scores of +2 or greater were identified most prominently for <i>Pulsatilla nigricans</i> (<i>n</i> = 138) and <i>Sulphur</i> (<i>n</i> = 119).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> There was adequate evidence to attribute all the assessed symptoms to the medicines investigated. Further studies with a larger population are warranted to tackle the possible confirmation bias.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"183-194"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141558611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of Eupatorium Perfoliatum 30C in Preventing Dengue Fever-A Prospective, Community-Based, Open Label, Parallel Cohort Study in Delhi, India.","authors":"Debadatta Nayak, Lovepreet Kaur, Rupali Bhalerao, Karanpreet Nahar, Hanuman Ram, Pawan Sharma, Ankit Gupta, Smita Singh, Anil Khurana, Raj Kumar Manchanda","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1788663","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1788663","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong> The study was undertaken to evaluate the protective effect of <i>Eupatorium perfoliatum</i> (EP) 30C on the incidence of dengue fever.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong> This study was designed as a prospective, open label, parallel cohort study.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong> Participants were enrolled in two medicine cohort (MC) communities and one control cohort (CC) community. Participants in MC who were more than 5 years of age received four medicated globules and those aged between 1 and 5 years received two medicated globules of EP 30C once a week for 10 weeks. Participants in CC received no medical intervention. Both cohorts received information and educational material regarding dengue.</p><p><strong>Outcome measures: </strong> The primary outcome was incidence of dengue cases based on laboratory confirmation or the clinical definition of dengue as per the case definition notified by the National Vector-Borne Disease Control Program, Government of India, during the 14 weeks of intervention and observation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> The analysis included 20,607 participants residing in three slums of Delhi, of which MC and CC included 15,298 and 5,309 participants respectively. The overall protective effect of EP 30C in MC against probable/laboratory-confirmed dengue was 59.59% (95% confidence interval [CI], 50.74 to 66.85, <i>p</i> = 0.0001). The overall protective effect of EP 30C against laboratory-confirmed dengue was 72.78% (95% CI, 54.45 to 83.74, <i>p</i> = 0.0001): 26 cases per 15,298 (0.13 per 1,000 person-weeks) in MC versus 33 cases per 5,309 (0.46 per 1,000 person-weeks) in CC.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> The use of EP 30C was associated with some protection against probable and laboratory-confirmed dengue.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"163-172"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142499456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the Role of Homeopathic Intervention in Post-COVID Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Case Series of 12 Patient Profiles.","authors":"Hima Bindu Ponnam, Siva Subrahmanyam Chirravuri, Shanmukha Priya Konduru, Swathi Jammalamadaka","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1787003","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1787003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> In the last 2 years of the pandemic, a wide range of cases of post-COVID functional gastrointestinal disorders (PC-FGIDs) has been reported.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong> This case series aimed to investigate the role of homeopathic intervention in the treatment of PC-FGIDs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> This is a retrospective analysis of the clinical data of individuals who had suffered from PC-FGIDs that were diagnosed based on clinical symptoms using the Gastrointestinal Symptoms Rating Scale (GSRS) and treated exclusively with individualized homeopathic medicines. Cases that had undergone regular monthly assessment using the GSRS and had a Post-COVID-19 Functional Status (PCFS) score for up to 3 months were considered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Thirty cases were screened and twelve were included according to the study criteria. The mean age of seven women and five men was 36 years. GSRS and PCFS scores showed marked improvement in each of 10 cases within the 3-month treatment period.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Homeopathic intervention proved beneficial in 10 of 12 patients with PC-FGIDs. The findings may help researchers plan future controlled clinical studies in this field.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"195-202"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characterisation of Aqueous Ultra-high Homeopathic Potencies: Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis.","authors":"Michel Van Wassenhoven, Martine Goyens, Pierre Dorfman, Philippe Devos, Jean-Louis Demangeat","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1787782","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1787782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong> Over the past decade, research using various methods has claimed the material nature, including nanoparticles (NPs), of high homeopathic potencies. The current study aims to verify these findings using NP tracking analysis (NTA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> Six independent serial dilutions of commonly used homeopathic medicines-either soluble (<i>Gelsemium</i>, <i>Pyrogenium</i>, <i>Kalium mur</i>) or insoluble (<i>Cuprum</i>, <i>Argentum</i>, <i>Silicea</i>)-were prepared according to European Pharmacopoeia standards. We compared the homeopathic dynamisations (DYNs) in pure water with their potentised controls and with simple dilutions (DIL) up to 30cH/10^-60. We also tested the influence of the container (glass or PET) on the solvent controls.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> We observed the presence of particles from 20 to 300-400 nm in all DYNs, DILs and controls, except in pure unstirred water. The sizes and size distributions of NPs in high homeopathic potencies were smaller than those in controls for soluble sources and larger for insoluble sources, even above 11cH. The opposite behaviour was observed in the number of NPs. When comparing DYN and DIL, the number, size, presence of aggregates or chains and brightness of NPs increased with DYNs, which was also observed above 11cH. Many NPs scattered light of low intensity, indicating the presence of material particles. The container had a significant effect on the number and size of NPs, indicating the involvement of the atmosphere and leaching processes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Homeopathic medicines contain NPs with specific properties, even when diluted beyond Avogadro's number. Homeopathic potentisation is not a simple dilution. The starting material, the solvent used, the type of container and the manufacturing method influence the characteristics of these NPs. The nature of these NPs is not known, but most likely they are a mixture of nanobubbles and elements from the atmosphere and container, including insoluble ones.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"146-162"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12283143/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142017302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of Eupatorium perfoliatum 30C in Preventing Dengue Fever: A Critical Appraisal.","authors":"Hinpetch Daungsupawong, Viroj Wiwanitkit","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1801389","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1801389","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"214"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143500637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Response to the Letter to the Editor: Effectiveness of Eupatorium perfoliatum 30C in Preventing Dengue Fever: A Critical Appraisal.","authors":"Debadatta Nayak, Lovepreet Kaur, Rupali Bhalerao, Karanpreet Nahar, Hanuman Ram, Pawan Sharma, Ankit Gupta, Smita Singh, Anil Khurana, Raj K Manchanda","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1801390","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1801390","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"215-216"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143500639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Turning Point for Homeopathy?","authors":"Robert T Mathie","doi":"10.1055/a-2634-8630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2634-8630","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":"114 3","pages":"145"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144690068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MONARCH Inventory for Causal Attribution in Homeopathy Case Reports: Explanation and Elaboration.","authors":"Chetna Deep Lamba, Nidhi Mahajan, Vishwa Kumar Gupta, Lex Rutten, Michael Teut, Lefteris Tapakis, Todd Hoover, Anna Gerstenhoefer, Yuen Ying Yvonne Fok, Rajkumar Manchanda, Robbert van Haselen","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1792166","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1792166","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> The Modified Naranjo Criteria for Homeopathy (MONARCH) inventory is a novel and useful tool for assessing the likelihood of a causal relationship between the homeopathic intervention and the ultimate clinical outcome.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong> To explain and elaborate on the use of the MONARCH inventory to improve its consistency of use and thereby elevate the overall quality and evidentiary value of homeopathy case reports.</p><p><strong>Explanation and elaboration: </strong> Each of the 10 MONARCH inventory domains is explained and elaborated with the aid of references from published literature and hypothetical clinical situations. The MONARCH total score can range from -6 to +13; within that range, an arithmetic total of +6 is available from the scores of four critical domains, which should be given prominence in the overall consideration of causality. In reporting a clinical case, great importance should be placed on the narrative of the MONARCH evaluation process, domain by domain.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> The application of MONARCH allows us to evaluate the likelihood of a causal relationship between the intervention and the observed clinical outcomes in successfully treated cases, thereby augmenting their evidentiary value.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"173-182"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Homeopathy at a Turning Point.","authors":"Andrea Dei","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1789000","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1789000","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"209-213"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142286068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}