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{"title":"Christopher E. I. Day: An Inspirational Pioneer of Homeopathic Veterinary Medicine.","authors":"Peter Gregory","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1772166","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0043-1772166","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":"112 4","pages":"286-287"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141283570","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 Broader Vision for Homeopathy: Medicine Needs Healing, and Homeopathy Has a Part to Play.","authors":"Jeremy Swayne","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1772165","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0043-1772165","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The controversial claim that homeopathic medicines actively stimulate the innate capacity of body and mind for healing and repair demands continuing and energetic investigation. But regardless of the outcome of this scientific controversy, the reported changes associated with applying the homeopathic method are matters of clinical fact. There is thus a case to be made that the homeopathic approach, the way that it studies and construes the experience of illness in individual patients, enriches our understanding of health, illness and healing; and is itself an essential contribution that homeopathy can make to the advancement of medicine. Practitioners and researchers involved in homeopathy can, and should, be more energetic and forceful in making that case.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"280-285"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10167460","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's Position in the Context of Integrative Medicine.","authors":"Robert T Mathie","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1775821","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0043-1775821","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":"112 4","pages":"213"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49677034","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":"Action of Folliculinum 6cH on Folliculogenesis in the Snake Python Regius (Shaw, 1802) - Two Case Reports.","authors":"Melina Castilho de Souza Balbueno, Jéssica Amâncio Martins, Cidéli de Paula Coelho","doi":"10.1055/s-0042-1759847","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0042-1759847","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong><i>Folliculinum</i> is a homeopathic sarcode medication that is mainly used for regulating the estrous cycle and reproductive function. In snakes, it is common to observe low frequencies of reproduction. Ovulation is related to follicular size and morphology, and follicle homogeneity may indicate the absence of problems such as dystocia (egg retention) or follicular stasis.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of the present study was to report on follicular stage changes in two ball pythons, <i>Python regius</i> (Shaw, 1802), which were treated using <i>Folliculinum</i> 6cH in a zoological park setting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two female pythons - one weighing 2.8 kg, the other weighing 2.5 kg, and neither with a history of reproduction - were examined by ultrasound to enable viewing of ovarian follicles in different phases and sizes. <i>Folliculinum</i> 6cH, two globules diluted in 200 mL of water, was administered, targeted to the eyes and nostril regions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Even given the slow metabolism of reptiles, ultrasound revealed an improvement in follicle homogeneity between 6 and 15 days after the start of homeopathy in both snakes; there was also improved weight gain in both animals. The MOdified NARanjo Criteria for Homeopathy (MONARCH) score was +8 in each of the cases, suggesting a causal relationship between the use of homeopathic medicine and clinical outcome.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong><i>Folliculinum</i> 6cH may have promoted stabilization of follicle size and enabled folliculogenesis in two ball pythons.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"275-279"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10826431","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":"Individualized Homeopathic Medicines for Low Back Pain in Lumbar Spondylosis: Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.","authors":"Akshaya Prakash, Nitai Chand Bhowmik, Subhas Singh, Satarupa Sadhukhan, Shruti Rai, Suman Singh, Umesh Kumar, Fathima Rahim, Dharshna Balamurugan, Koushik Bhar, Navin Kumar Singh, Munmun Koley, Subhranil Saha","doi":"10.1055/s-0042-1758132","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0042-1758132","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Lumbar spondylosis (LS) is a degenerative disorder of the lumbar spine. Despite substantial research efforts, no gold-standard treatment for LS has been identified. The efficacy of individualized homeopathic medicines (IHMs) in LS has remained under-researched. In this study, the efficacy of IHMs was compared with identical-looking placebos in the treatment of low back pain associated with LS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A double-blind, randomized (1:1), placebo-controlled trial was conducted at the National Institute of Homoeopathy, West Bengal, India. Patients were randomized to receive IHMs or placebos, along with standardized concomitant care for both the groups. The Oswestry low back pain and disability questionnaire (ODQ) was the primary outcome; the Roland-Morris questionnaire (RMQ) and the short form of the McGill pain questionnaire (SF-MPQ) were the secondary outcomes. Each was measured at baseline and every month for 3 months. The intention-to-treat (ITT) sample was analyzed to detect any inter-group differences using two-way repeated measures analysis of variance models overall and by unpaired <i>t</i>-tests at different time points.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Enrolment was stopped prematurely because of time restrictions; 55 patients were randomized (verum: 28; control: 27); 49 were analyzed by ITT (verum: 26; control: 23). Inter-group differences in ODQ (<i>F</i> _{1, 47} = 0.001, <i>p</i> = 0.977), RMQ (<i>F</i> _{1, 47} = 0.190, <i>p</i> = 0.665) and SF-MPQ total score (<i>F</i> _{1, 47} = 3.183, <i>p</i> = 0.081) at 3 months were not statistically significant. SF-MPQ total score after 2 months (<i>p</i> = 0.030) revealed inter-group statistical significance, favoring IHMs against placebos. Some of the SF-MPQ sub-scales at different time points were also statistically significant: e.g., the SF-MPQ average pain score after 2 months (<i>p</i> = 0.002) and 3 months (<i>p</i> = 0.007). <i>Rhus toxicodendron, Sulphur</i> and <i>Pulsatilla nigricans</i> were the most frequently indicated medicines.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Owing to failure in detecting a statistically significant effect for the primary outcome and in recruiting a sufficient number of participants, our trial remained inconclusive.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>CTRI/2019/11/021918.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"240-250"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10618766","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":"Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Individualized Homeopathic Medicines in Atopic Dermatitis in Adults: A Replication Trial with 6 Months' Follow-up.","authors":"Sanjukta Mandal, Shubhamoy Ghosh, Aakash Deep Das, Bikash Biswas, Chithra Palanisamy, Nilanjana Guha, Shukdeb Maiti, Souvik Dutta, Navin Kumar Singh, Munmun Koley, Subhranil Saha","doi":"10.1055/s-0042-1760339","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0042-1760339","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic relapsing and remitting inflammatory skin disease that can have a significant impact on quality of life. During the last four decades, a rising trend in AD has been observed in India. Homeopathic medicines are claimed to be beneficial in AD; however, convincing research evidence has been lacking. We compared the efficacy of individualized homeopathic medicines (IHMs) against placebos in the treatment of AD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 6 months' duration (<i>n</i> = 60), adult patients were randomized to receive either IHMs (<i>n</i> = 30) or identical-looking placebos (<i>n</i> = 30). All participants received concomitant conventional care, which included the application of olive oil and maintaining local hygiene. The primary outcome measure was disease severity using the Patient-Oriented Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis (PO-SCORAD) scale; secondary outcomes were the Atopic Dermatitis Burden Scale for Adults (ADBSA) and Dermatological Life Quality Index (DLQI) - all were measured at baseline and every month, up to 6 months. Group differences were calculated on the intention-to-treat sample.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After 6 months of intervention, inter-group differences became statistically significant on PO-SCORAD, the primary outcome (-18.1; 95% confidence interval, -24.0 to -12.2), favoring IHMs against placebos (<i>F</i> _{1, 52} = 14.735; <i>p</i> <0.001; two-way repeated measures analysis of variance). Inter-group differences for the secondary outcomes favored homeopathy, but were overall statistically non-significant (ADBSA: <i>F</i> _{1, 52} = 0.019; <i>p</i> = 0.891; DLQI: <i>F</i> _{1, 52} = 0.692; <i>p</i> = 0.409).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>IHMs performed significantly better than placebos in reducing the severity of AD in adults, though the medicines had no overall significant impact on AD burden or DLQI.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"251-261"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9408567","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":"Arsenicum album 30C: An Unlikely Source of Liver Toxicity.","authors":"Debadatta Nayak, Anupriya Chaudhary, Ishant Arora, Roja Varanasi","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1768917","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0043-1768917","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"288-290"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9643977","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":"Christopher E. I. Day: An Inspirational Pioneer of Homeopathic Veterinary Medicine.","authors":"Peter Gregory","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1772166","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0043-1772166","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"286-287"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10194136","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":"Menopause: Questions and Answers for Improving Homeopathic Clinical Practice.","authors":"Emma Macías-Cortés","doi":"10.1055/s-0042-1755362","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0042-1755362","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Medical attention for menopausal women is frequently delivered by health care providers (general practitioners, gynecologists or homeopathic physicians) who are not specialized in post-reproductive care. Homeopathy has been used for treating menopausal complaints for more than two centuries. Therefore, it is important to improve clinical knowledge in this field among homeopathic physicians. Nowadays, there is a special interest in the study of menopause-related chronic conditions due to the impact on women's quality of life. The aim of this review is to address the important key points of the menopause, clinical assessment, and available tests for evaluating menopausal women, as well as some general topics regarding homeopathic clinical practice for menopause.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>A literature search regarding menopause and current guidelines and recommendations was performed. To be practical and concise, the information is presented in the form of questions and answers. Currently, there is an international classification of woman's reproductive aging that can be useful for clinical and research purposes in homeopathy. A comprehensive homeopathic approach is mandatory for evaluating women with a healthy menopause, but also for those experiencing co-morbidities. In an integrative health care system, several assessment resources can be incorporated into the homeopathic consultations. Clinical and laboratory examinations for detecting metabolic disorders (dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, diabetes and hypertension, among others), mood disorders, cognitive impairment and osteoporosis are available in many clinical settings. Screening for gynecological cancers is an international recommendation at this stage. All data obtained from homeopathic consultations would help to integrate well-documented case reports. This would give the possibility to generate hypotheses to design high-quality clinical research.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Improving homeopathic clinical practice for menopause is useful for both clinical and research purposes. The international recommendations for evaluating menopausal women should be incorporated in homeopathic clinical practice, mainly in clinical settings where homeopathy is integrated in outpatient services.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":" ","pages":"214-225"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40701806","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":"Individualized Homeopathic Medicines as Adjunctive Treatment of Pediatric Epilepsy: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.","authors":"Bharti Gupta,&nbsp;Pankhuri Misra,&nbsp;Avaranjika Karuppusamy,&nbsp;Dharshna Balamurugan,&nbsp;Maneet Parewa,&nbsp;Maneela Tomar,&nbsp;Shruti Rai,&nbsp;Himani Vashishth,&nbsp;Satarupa Sadhukhan,&nbsp;Navin Kumar Singh,&nbsp;Munmun Koley,&nbsp;Subhranil Saha","doi":"10.1055/s-0042-1755361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1755361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Epilepsy, one of the most common neurological diseases, contributes to 0.5% of the total disease burden. The burden is highest in sub-Saharan Africa, central Asia, central and Andean Latin America, and south-east Asia. Asian countries report an overall prevalence of 6/1,000 and that in India of 5.59/1,000. We examined whether individualized homeopathic medicines (IHMs) can produce a significantly different effect from placebos in treatment of pediatric epilepsy in the context of ongoing standard care (SC) using anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was a 6-month, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (<i>n</i> = 60) conducted at the pediatric outpatient department of a homeopathic hospital in West Bengal, India. Patients were randomized to receive either IHMs plus SC (<i>n</i> = 30) or identical-looking placebos plus SC (<i>n</i> = 30). The primary outcome measure was the Hague Seizure Severity Scale (HASS); secondary outcomes were the Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy (QOLCE-16) and the Pediatric Quality of Life inventory (PedsQL) questionnaires; all were measured at baseline and after the 3^rd and 6^th month of intervention. The intention-to-treat sample was analyzed to detect group differences and effect sizes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Recruitment and retention rates were 65.2% and 91.7% respectively. Although improvements were greater in the IHMs group than with placebos, with small to medium effect sizes, the inter-group differences were statistically non-significant - for HASS (<i>F</i> _{1, 58} = 0.000, <i>p</i> = 1.000, two-way repeated measures analysis of variance), QOLCE-16 (<i>F</i> _{1, 58} = 1.428, <i>p</i> = 0.237), PedsQL (2-4 years) (<i>F</i> _{1, 8} = 0.685, <i>p</i> = 0.432) and PedsQL (5-18 years) (<i>F</i> _{1, 47} = 0.000, <i>p</i> = 0.995). <i>Calcarea carbonica</i>, <i>Ignatia amara</i>, <i>Natrum muriaticum</i> and <i>Phosphorus</i> were the most frequently prescribed medicines. No serious adverse events were reported from either of the two groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Improvements in the outcome measures were statistically non-significantly greater in the IHMs group than in the placebos group, with small effect sizes. A different trial design and prescribing approach might work better in future trials.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>CTRI/2018/10/016027.</p>","PeriodicalId":13227,"journal":{"name":"Homeopathy","volume":"112 3","pages":"170-183"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10156105","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}