objective different medical and rehabilitation interventions have been used for treatment of cerebral palsy (cp). in addition to conventional methods, complementary medicine such as homeopathy has been used in treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders. this study has been done to determine what effect homeopathic treatment would have on motor development (md) of children with spastic cp, when a...

BACKGROUND The claims made for the clinical effects of homeopathy are controversial. The results of several meta-analyses of clinical trials are positive, but they fail in general to highlight specific medical conditions that respond well to homeopathy. AIMS This review examines the cumulative research from randomised and/or double-blind clinical trials (RCTs) in homeopathy for individual med...

The author critically reviews a randomised controlled trial by homeopathy for chronic headache and an observational follow-up studyof the same patient cohort.The results showed no di¡erence between homeopathy and placebo. The author believes that theseresultswere a‘falsenegative’due to inadequatehomeopathic treatment, particularly relating to the duration of symptoms and handling of homeopathic...

This lecture was conceived out of two complementary needs. I have always harbored an interest in the science behind homeopathy: explanations for what make those little white pellets perform such miraculous actions on the body. And I have observed that veterinarians who practice homeopathy are rightfully consumed with clinical matters, namely how to become better prescribers to increase success ...

I examine the positive and negative features of homeopathy from an ethical perspective. I consider: (a) several potentially beneficial features of homeopathy, including non-invasiveness, cost-effectiveness, holism, placebo benefits and agent autonomy; and (b) several potentially negative features of homeopathy, including failure to seek effective healthcare, wastage of resources, promulgation o...

This study is designed to assess AIDS knowledge among Homeopathy educators and physicians in India, which has not been evaluated previously. India now has the largest number of HIV infected persons worldwide, with an estimated cumulative 5.1 million infections. Homeopathy is the dominant system among the nationally-recognized alternative or complementary systems of medicine, which collectively ...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to provide a long-term cost comparison of patients using additional homeopathic treatment (homeopathy group) with patients using usual care (control group) over an observation period of 33 months. METHODS Health claims data from a large statutory health insurance company were analysed from both the societal perspective (primary outcome) and from the statutory healt...

objectives: cerebral palsy (cp) is a static encephalopathy with abnormal reflexes that cause motor developmental delay. in addition to conventional methods, complementary medicine like homeopathy has been used in treatment of neuro-developmental disorders. this study has been done to determine the effect of adding homeopathic treatment to rehabilitation on abnormal reflexes of children with spa...

Homeopathic medications are used by millions, and hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on these remedies in the USA alone. In the UK, the NHS covers homeopathic treatments. Nonetheless, homeopathy is held in considerable disrepute by much of the medical and scientific community. Many proponents of homeopathy are well aware of these criticisms but remain unimpressed. The differences of opin...

BACKGROUND The issue of potency choice in homeopathy has always been controversial. In "high" potencies there are no molecules of the starting substance remaining and in low potencies (including tinctures) the line between homeopathy and herbal medicine is blurred. METHOD The literature on potency selection is reviewed, including the use of low potencies and their effects on organ physiology....