Some Recent Publications of " Homeopathy "

Homeopathy is an international journal aimed at improving the understanding and clinical practice of homeopathy by publishing high quality articles on clinical and basic research, clinical audit and evidence-based practice of homeopathy. Click on the links below to read what's  going on in the latest issue of Homeopathy .

The 2005 meta-analysis of homeopathy: The importance of post-publication data Rutten ALB, Stolper CF : Click here for the Press release.

• Lipid peroxidation, erythrocyte antioxidants and plasma antioxidants in osteoarthritis before and after homeopathic treatment
  Publication year: 2008
  Source: Homeopathy, Volume 97, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 185-189
  S., Pinto , A.V., Rao , A., Rao
  Objective: This study attempts to evaluate the status of oxidative stress in osteoarthritis (OA), by measuring some parameters of oxidant stress and antioxidant defenses in blood, before and after homeopathy treatment, and to asses the role, if any, of homeopathic treatment in modulating free radical toxicity in OA. Methods: Erythrocyte lipid peroxidation (LP), erythrocyte antioxidants viz., glutathione (GSH), glutathione reductase (GR), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CT) and plasma antioxidants viz., ceruloplasmin, glutathione-S-transferase (GST), vitamin C, total antioxidant activity (AOA) were determined in eighty one patients with OA and fifty three normals. Forty seven patients, who were treated with homeopathic remedies were considered for...
• Effects of a homeopathic complex in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) on performance, sexual proportion and histology
  Publication year: 2008
  Source: Homeopathy, Volume 97, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 190-195
  M., Valentim-Zabott , L., Vargas , R.P.R., Ribeiro , R., Piau Jr. , M.B.A., Torres , ...
  This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the homeopathic complex Homeopatila RS® (REAL Homeopathy, Brazil), in the performance, sexual proportion and gills and liver histology of the Nile tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus L.). 4,800 post-larvae were treated for 45 days, in 12 tanks (500L), in a closed environment, with density of 400 larvae per tank. Three treatments were given: alcohol 30%, negative control (C); hormonal, positive control, 17α-methyltestosterone (H); homeopathic, Homeopatila RS®, in ethanol (HH), with four replications. Mean values for length, weight, liver somatic index, condition factor, survival rate, average values of histological alterations and sexual proportion were...
• A nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy comparison of 3C trituration derived and 4C trituration derived remedies
  Publication year: 2008
  Source: Homeopathy, Volume 97, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 196-201
  Izel, Botha , Ashley H.A., Ross
  Background: Trituration of base substances, commonly to the 3cH level, is the cornerstone of the homeopathic pharmaceutical process or insoluble solutions.1 Becker and Ehrler claim that trituration to 4cH gives a new, spiritual dimension to the homoeopathic medicine picture.2 Aim and method: This study sought to establish whether the claim that C4-derived potencies possess different physicochemical qualities to the homoeopathic medicines derived from a 3cH trituration is valid. All potencies were produced by hand according to the German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia (GHP). Five different samples were analysed using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy. Results: The results indicated a significant difference between the 12cH samples of potassium...
• A randomized controlled trial of homeopathic treatment of weaned piglets in a commercial swine herd
  Publication year: 2008
  Source: Homeopathy, Volume 97, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 202-205
  F.R.M., Soto , E.R., Vuaden , C.dP., Coelho , N.R., Benites , L.V., Bonamin , ...
  Aim: To evaluate the zootechnic performance and occurrence of diarrhea in piglets in the week post-weaning comparing supplementation with sucrose saline which contained or did not contain added homeopathic medicine. Method: Animals were randomly divided into three groups of 24 piglets each. The control group did not receive any treatment. Another group received sucrose saline, and the third group received sucrose saline with homeopathic medicine added, in the period of zero to seven days post-weaning. The homeopathic treatment consisted of Echinacea angustifolia, Avena sativa, Ignatia amara, Calcarea carbonica, all 6cH. Piglets were weighed daily for weight gain or loss, and observed for diarrhea...
• Homeopathic practice in Intensive Care Units: objective semiology, symptom selection and a series of sepsis cases
  Publication year: 2008
  Source: Homeopathy, Volume 97, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 206-213
  M.Z., Teixeira , S.M., Leal , V.M.F.A., Ceschin
  Homeopathy has been used for more than two hundred years to treat chronic disease using various approaches in a wide range of diseases. However, for acute disease and critical illness, application has been limited by inadequate training of homeopathic physicians and the small number of pertinent clinical studies. In view of the difficulty of practising homeopathy in Intensive Care Units (ICU), a protocol was developed to facilitate description of objective homeopathic symptoms with a ranking of symptoms appropriate for these situations (Protocol for Objective Homeopathic Semiology). Examples of favorable results with individualized homeopathic treatments for a series of cases of...
• How can we change beliefs? A Bayesian perspective
  Publication year: 2008
  Source: Homeopathy, Volume 97, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 214-219
  A.L.B., Rutten
  How can Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) change our beliefs? The fact that they do update prior beliefs to different posterior beliefs is explained by Bayesian philosophy.Crucial points in Bayesian analysis include setting the first prior expectation right and sequential updating of the prior in the light of new evidence. Bayesian analysis depends highly on the evidence included.RCT evidence can only falsify the placebo hypothesis, it cannot indicate which mechanism of action could be responsible for an intrinsic effect and therefore cannot overturn existing beliefs. Bayesian reasoning could structure further discussion, but subjectivity is an inherent element of this process. In...
• 20 years ago: The British Homoeopathic Journal, October 1988
  Publication year: 2008
  Source: Homeopathy, Volume 97, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 220-222
  S.T., Land
• Sheilagh Creasy, Integrity of Homeopathy Price: € 34, 00 , Verlag Peter Irl, Buchendorf, Germany (2007) ISBN 978-3-933666-19-2.
  Publication year: 2008
  Source: Homeopathy, Volume 97, Issue 4, October 2008, Page 223
  David, Owen
• Frederik Schroyens, Editor, The Essential Synthesis, Homeopathic Book Publishers, UK (October 2007) ISBN-13: 978-09557151-0-5 £65.00.
  Publication year: 2008
  Source: Homeopathy, Volume 97, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 223-224
  M., Jørgensen
• Elizabeth Wincott 1941–2008
  Publication year: 2008
  Source: Homeopathy, Volume 97, Issue 4, October 2008, Page 225
  Tom, Whitmarsh