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Do observational studies have relevance in measuring the outcomes of homoeopathic treatment? 
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Homeopathy is one of the most controversial alternative medical therapies. It was developed by Samuel Hahnemann and is based on three main principles: the
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This is an article that intelligently considers the controversial aspects of homeopathy: in particular the fact that the remedy usually contains no molecules of the original substace. The author examines the "memory of water", the idea that the medicine cannot be separated from its context, and the idea of "entanglement" in quantum physics..."From creating the mixture, to the order of who does what and when, the context which allopathy dismisses, is what actually determines the outcome rather than the one act of creating a very diluted mixture.."
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The treatment and prevention of Malaria by Homeopathy has become a highly controversial subject, largely due to the nefarious activities of 'Sense about Science', a so-called 'charity' funded largely by large pharmaceutical companies. BBC News, who always meekly and cravenly support conventional, drug-based medicine, have broadcast several programmes attacking homeopathy for 'daring' to treat the disease!
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Homeopath Steve Scrutton explores the controversial topic of the treatment of malaria by homeopathy. Because of campaigns by sceptics, it is something that homeopaths have to be careful to claim to treat in the west, but as Steve outlines, the proof is there in the results of clinical trials and through reports by people in the field...
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One argument in favor of the true healing power of homeopathy — one that I’ve never heard countered by the skeptics — is the success of homeopathic remedies in treating animals.
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Homeopath Tina Anderson describes her own experience treating animals, and outlines some of the many studies showing the effectiveness of veterinary homeopathy - where the argument that homeopathy is placebo is easily countered...
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One piece of evidence for the holographic nature of nonstandard fields that have been proposed in recent years — the zero-point field (a candidate for the unified field [2]), the psi field of psychic phenomena, Ervin Laszlo’s Akashic field [3], and the morphic field proposed by Rupert Sheldrake [4] — is that they all share a common feature: sensitivity to similarity in vibration.
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In this excerpt from her new book Active Consciousness: Awakening the Power Within, Amy Lansky explains how the principle of similar vibrations underlies many concepts of fields that have been proposed to explain reality, and how consciousness interacts with it. Then of course there is homeopathy...
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The rising profile of homoeopathy has produced something of a dilemma in the world of medicine: does it work or doesn't it? The decision bites deep: if homoeopathic medicine is nothing but fraud, quackery, and placebo, as many of its opponents would maintain, then a large number of competently trained homoeopaths and doctors, together with countless thousands of dedicated lay practitioners have been led up the medical garden path
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Although written back in the 90's by one of my old Sydney colleagues, scientist and homeopath Paul Callinan, this remains one of the most readable and scholarly introductions to the principles of homeopathy...
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Listed below are 50 medical conditions in which there is currently a positive balance of evidence for homeopathy in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). For
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On this page, the British Homeopathic Association lists more than 50 medical conditions for which there is positive evidence of homeopathy in randomised controlled trials (RCTs), together with references. There are also many more conditions where real world observational studies reveal benefits from homeopathy...
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Every now and then, someone in the media falsely claims that there is little or no evidence supporting the practice of homeopathy. They either cherry-pick their references — as Timothy Caulfield did in Tuesday’s National Post — or lump homeopathy in with less well-established and non-standardized practices
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The following positive media article on homeopathy was published in the Canadian National Post...
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Guest Post Written by Dr. Muhammed Rafeeque (The Author) Introduction There are several health related myths among the public. In common usage, many people consider some normal body functions and e...
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Hypertension is not a disease, but a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the artery is elevated. Once associated with middle and older age, it is now becoming common in younger age groups. This article examines the types of high blood pressure, the causes, pathology, clinical symptoms, dietary approaches and the treatment by homeopathy...
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Our polychrest remedies have sufficient depth to influence the glandular conditions. If we closely study these constitutionals, many are from the same chemical…
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This post by Dr Dushyant Kamal Dhari looks at the homeopathic remedies with affinity to glandular tissues and the sufficient depth to influence endocrine function...
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The primary objective of this open-label, retrospective, observational study was to examine change in indicators of anxiety changed after treatment period of at least 1 month with the homeopathic-complex medicine Datif-PC®. A secondary objective was to describe the quantitative changes in the sleep pattern of the subjects included in the study
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This recent observational study found that treatment of anxiety and sleep disorders with a specific combination homeopathic remedy produced notable improvements in a short period of time. The observed effects were not affected by sex, age or baseline anxiety. See our Perth clinic pages on individual treatment of anxiety and sleep issues: www.cottnat.com.au/anxiety-disorders-treatment.asp and www.cottnat.com.au/insomnia-treatment-perth.asp
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My feeling- or is it my wishful thinking?- is that plants will help us out. The movie Carol Boyce is currently making about Homeopathy on the Farm is a brill…
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A thoughtful article by homeopath Anne Vervarcke, on our relationship with plants and her successful use of homeopathy in treating their diseases, which has become known as agrohomeopathy. "(Plants) process light by photosynthesis, capture it and make it accessible for animals and humans. In this way they are our stepping stones to the light, meanwhile giving us freely their beauty, abundance, food, refinement, colors, joy, herbs and spices and most important: medicines. Plants are the alpha and the omega of medicine. "
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No, homeopathy and science are not in opposition. Homeopath and former research biochemist Clara Amaya, PhD., shows us how, while the narrow scientific methods used to evaluate conventional medications are ill-suited to homeopathy, the spirit of scientific inquiry and homeopathy are not in opposition at all.
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In order to carry out scientific research, and keep up with the standards of evidence-based medicine, homeopathy has had to use a scientific model designed for conventional medicine, despite the fundamental differences between these systems.
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My introduction to homeopathyIn the early 1960s I was Medical Registrar at Salisbury General Hospital - now a block of flats. My career plan at that time was to progress in hospital medicine and become a consultant.
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Dr John English reveals his introduction to homeopathy in the 1960's. He tells of why he then studied it, and practised and taught homeopathy for more than 30 years...
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Complementary medicines, including homeopathy, are used by many patients with cancer, usually alongside with conventional treatment. However, the molecular mechanisms underneath the anticancer effect, if any, of these medicines have still remained unexplored. To this end we attempted to evaluate the efficacy of calcarea carbonica, a homeopathic medicine, as an anti-cancer agent and to delineate the detail molecular mechanism(s) underlying calcerea carbonica-induced tumor regression
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This recently published research adds to the growing body of evidence for anti-cancer effects from potentised homeopathic medicines. This time the effect was obvious in vivo, due to an immune-modulatory effect, but was not seen in vitro...
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The dilutions and the memory of water theory The aspect of homeopathy that is implausible for many people is that the medicines are often – though by no m
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This article discusses some of the research to support the "memory of water" theory of the action of homeopathy. The problem for many (and definitely for crusading sceptics, whose viewpoint is that there is no way it COULD work, end of story) is that any other system of medicine works through chemical properties. It is understandably difficult for the orthodox profession to accept that the medium used in the preparation of homeopathic remedies, namely water, may carry therapeutic "information" in the same way that the plastic medium of a CD carries information, but any analysis of its chemical characteristics will not reveal the wealth of data contained...
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The three points of the triangle represent the patient (P), the Practitioner (Pr) and the Remedy (rx). According to Lionel Milgrom35 you can transpose the entanglement theory from quantum physics to homeopathy. In short it means that any two pieces of matter that were ever connected will stay connected forever...
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Homeopath Anne Vervarcke explores the mysteries of the patient-practitioner relationship in this excerpt from her new book "Homeopathy: Strange, Rare and Peculiar"...
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by Dr C.D.G. Johnson Allow me to indulge in a short spell of make-believe by introducing you to a little-known airline – the “British Homeopathic Air
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This is a useful article from the British Homeopathic Association on remedies for fear of flying, air travel and jet lag...
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Homeopathy is placebo - ban homeopathy Homeopathy... there’s nothing in it, it’s a sham. Homeopathy is a con as the medicines contain nothing. You are a ‘deluded fool’ to believe it works....
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A total of 164 random controlled trial, (RCT) papers in homeopathy (on 89 different medical conditions) have been published in good quality scientific journals.
By comparison, out of 1016 systematic reviews of RCTs in conventional medicine:
So, as you can see,the evidence for both is almost exactly identical. As you would expect, there have been far more trials on drugs, because they are funded by drug companies. Also, given the fact that RCTs suit conventional medicine far better than homeopathy, which has an individualised approach to treatment, the correspondence is remarkable. The fact that half of any response to any therapy could be placebo is simply a baseline and should not be a criticism...
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Effect of Arnica D30 in marathon runners. Pooled results from two double-blind placebo controlled studies.
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These pooled results from two studies show that Arnica D30 has a positive effect on muscle soreness after marathon running, but not on cell damage measured by enzymes. I would suggest that muscle cell damage is necessary to rebuild more muscle tissue and increase strength and endurance, but that the decrease in soreness suggests less inflammatory response and quicker recovery. This accords with the understanding that homeopathy augments the natural healing responses of the body without suppressing them...
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Gold and silver jewelry, steel items, brass coins and many other metal things have been known as healers since ancient times. However, most people do not treat metal as a method of treatment and consider it to be remnants of the past.
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Applying metal plates to different parts of the body that correspond to active points to improve health and heal people is known as metallotherapy or siderism. It may seem an esoteric practice; but all these metals are used in homeopathy, with some interesting parallels. For example, gold for depression and copper for headaches...
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Brief review, and publication details of Mae-Wan Hos book 'The Rainbow And The Worm - The Physics of Organisms' (2nd Edition)
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Physics, not chemistry, appears to hold the key to understanding the mechanism of homeopathy. This is why orthodox medicine has such difficulty in even beginning to accept that homeopathy could possibly work, rooted as it is in biochemistry. This exceptional work attempts to integrate quantum physics with biology and to explain the enigma of life. As Mae-Wan Ho explains, the principle of holism and the unique properties of water are an essential feature of life. This accords with vitalist homeopathic principles and could provide a means of understanding how homeopathy works...
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J Complement Integr Med. 2013 May 7;10(1):1-8. doi: 10.1515/jcim-2012-0016.
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This new research study showed a combination of homeopathic China 30C and Chelidonium 30C had a preventative effect on a malarial parasite in rodents that exceeded that of the standard drug,and a moderate curative effect...
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Homeopath Katharina Gaertner reports on her exploration of homeopathic practices in India.
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A western homeopath trained in the Vithoulkas approach spends five months investigating homeopathic centres in India to develop additional skills. Her experiences may not be as extensive as the title of the article suggests, and she admits her report may be critical towards other schools of homeopathy. It is interesting nonetheless.
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Homeopathic remedies are regularly used to accelerate the healing of fractures, enhance callus formation and reduce pain. While these benefits have been reported by patients and prescribers in clinical practice, there has been an absence of studies to document these improvements …until recently.
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This double blind randomised controlled study of 67 patients treated for fractured ankles with homeopathy showed a definite positive effect. The treatment group experienced faster healing, and significant improvement in fracture line, edge, callus formation and fracture union compared to the placebo group. They also experienced less pain and used less analgesia.
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Linlee Jordan from the Aurum Project discusses the unique issues facing homeopathic research. In answer to the call for more research in homeopathy, in many cases Randomised Controlled Trials have been used. However many homoeopaths contend that RCTs are not suited to validating homoeopathy and that supposedly less exalted observational study methods are. Homeopathy is individualised and monitored over a period of time, with changes of medicine based on changes in the symptom pattern. Therefore observational studies may be better suited to homeopathy, even though the research world has put the observational study near the bottom of the hierarchy of evidence...