HOMOEOPATHIC SOFTWARES

1. RADAR -

For more than 20 years RADAR helps homeopaths all over the world with their daily practice. RADAR is an easy to use and powerful tool at the same time – special modules add functionality for a variety of homeopathic techniques.

Radar 10 offers a great leap forward by giving easier access to more information than ever. It comes with the “Synthesis Treasure Edition“. Here are the features of this new Radar version:

• The Concepts Finder
  Translate the language of your patient into the language of the Repertory. Use the Concepts Finder to add symptoms to your repertorization.
• Radar Free Notes
  Download the latest seminar notes, videos, … Upload your personal notes to exchange with other homeopaths.
• Live Update
  Automaticaclly upgrades you, free of chanrge, to Radar program updates, Synthesis Update Logfiles, Free Notes, etc.
• Improved Multimedia
  200 new remedy pictures and 205 new sound clips. Visualize more remedies than ever before, listen to masters in homeopathy.
• Improved families functions
  Limit your analysis by selecting from different family groups or create your own groups.

• Luc De Schepper module

  Select the most important symptoms of your patient into the pyramid of Dr. Luc and differentiate remedies on the basis of the core delusion.

• Ewald Stöteler module
  Offers a new method for homoeopathic analysis and practice, using Hahnemann’s classification of diseases.
• Two miasmatic approaches
  The miasmatic analysis following Dr. Giampietro (Argentina) can be used with Radar 10 and Synthesis 9.2. Also, Sankaran’s miasmatic database has been updated for optimal use within Radar 10.
• Two new clinical files
  Radar 10 links to KENBO and to HomeoPlus, 2 clinical practice management files.

• Other miscellaneous improvements
  Right mouse click on any remedy abbreviation in the repertory screen, now offers a choice of shortcuts, etc.

Click HERE to download the DEMO Version of RADAR.

2- MAC REPERTORY SOFTWARE:

Since 1986, Kent Homeopathic Associates has been at the leading edge of homeopathic theory and technology.  MacRepertory and ReferenceWorks, have transformed the way homeopathy is practiced around the world. Nearly all of the world’s great teachers prefer our software, and many of them serve on our design team.

MacRepertory is one of  the most important repertorization tool. It makes it easy to quickly select rubrics and analyze a case, check the materia medica and to feel confident about your prescription.

ReferenceWorks is a rich analysis system based on a huge library of more than 800 volumes of materia medica, provings, journals and more.

To the free demo DVD , send a request to http://www.kenthomeopathic.com/trial-dvd.html

 

3. MERCURIUS:

Mercurius is a modern repertorization and materia medica software for homeopathic practitioners, providing you the highest quality information on which you can base your prescriptions.
To date, Mercurius has users in 70 countries.
Download a FREE demo version of Mercurius homeopathic software and give it a try.

Mercurius demo (US server)

Mercurius demo (European server)

Why exactly Mercurius stands out of the crowd:

• Very affordable pricing. Check out the best deal in homeopathic softwares.
• Combines repertory, materia medica and the patient management system in a single piece of homeopathic software.
• Is the first homeopathic software in the world to release the latest Complete Repertory 2008.
  See complete list of available repertories.
• Features 100 000+ pages of spellchecked, corrected and unified Materia Medicae.
• Provides compensated repertory model for all supported repertories.
• Features outstanding searching capabilities for both repertory and materia medica. (see articles)
• Designed by people who have been working for years as computer professionals, yet also practice homeopathy – it has the best of both worlds.
• Built on modern technologies, combines ease of use and superior performance.

3. HOMPATH :

The Classic version 8.0 is chiefly a product for the practicing classical Homoeopath. It contains more than 300 books covering a wide range of Homoeopathic subjects spread across 1  lakh pages ( 100000 pages ) . It has an easy and user-friendly interface.  Key features of Classic 8.0 include ‘Quik Repertorisation’,  ‘Intelligent Search’,’Advanced search options’,  ‘Confirmation of symptom’ ,’Quick Search’, ‘Creation of Custom repertories’ ,‘Group symptoms’ and many more.

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Features :

• Quik Rep
  A speedy Repertorisation  module. View simultaneous Repertorisation table,  apply Symptom  options , Remedy options and Repertorisation strategies from the same screen.
• Intelligent Search
  Rubric hunting and Recording made simple and easy. Simplified meanings of complex words provided through ‘Word Meanings’. Improves your knowledge of rubrics, helps you to consider symptoms which you would have otherwise missed through:
  - Cross references
  - Themes
  - Similar words
  - Synonyms
• Advanced search options
  Normal, Essential and Vital words to improve your search criteria, ensuring accurate and complete results .
  Inclusion of – American / British English, Singular / Plural words  in search results thereby not missing out on any results.
• Confirmation of symptom
  Confirm the authenticity of symptom and its remedy (ies) of a repertory from the basic materia medica source books. Understand the context of the symptom and how exactly it has been manifested in the source books.
• Quick Search
  This feature enables the user for a Quick View / Search / and Record of a rubric by accessing specific chapters and rubrics directly .
• Create Customised Repertory like  ‘User repertory’ which provides a faster and easier access to all the symptoms commonly observed by the user in his practice, ‘Combined symptom Repertory’ where you can combine two or more symptoms to save it as a combined symptom repertory, and ‘Materia Medica Repertory’ which allows you to create a repertory from the materia  medica symptoms. 
• Group symptoms
  Analyse symptoms based on Groups.Learn more about remedies by creating ‘group symptoms’ of specific groups Make statistical remedy and symptom analysis a feature significant to researchers.
• Symptom(s) forwarding
  Forward symptoms from previous cases to new or current cases, thereby saving time on re-repertorisation.
• Rubrics Related
  Thousands of Cross-references, Themes, Synonyms, Similar words, and Word meaning  for rubrics. Accessible from all the modules wherever the rubrics are present .
• Remedy Related
  Keynotes, Basic Materia Medicae, Drug property and  Drug relations accessible from all the modules wherever the remedies are available.
• Interlinked feature
  All modules are interlinked intelligently making it possible to jump from one module to
  another without having to close any module.
• New Modules
  ‘Links Tresorie’ and  ‘Hompath Assist’ available with Classic 8.

Classic has a comprehensive Repertory and Materia Medica search which is intelligent, fast and provides in-depth insight and knowledge of rubric occurrences and  remedy portraits.  Repertories include basic repertories like ‘Kent’, ‘Boericke’ etc. , also  ‘5000′ pages of ‘Gentry’s Concordances’ and ‘Phatak’s’ repertory all of which  helps finding the true similium very easy. There are intelligent and practical repertorisation strategies some of which include Expert analysis based on rules laid down by Masters of Homoeopathy – Kent, Boenninghausen and Boger, Kingdom analysis by Animal, Mineral and Plant kingdoms, etc.

4. HOMOEOPATHY PRO :

Homeopathy Pro is a professional computer program for those who practice classical homeopathy. It combines the advantages of time-proved case taking methods with advanced features of up-to-the-minute software. Take case notes in a friendly, convenient environment
enjoy most natural repertory search
get correct results from Repertories by recognized authors
read Мateria Medica to feel confident about your prescription. All this will help save your time and preserve quality of your work.

However I feel the limitations of this software as it’s limited to kent & Bonneinghausen’s repertory only. But for the newcomers in homeopathy it may be helpful.

To download the free trial version , click HERE .

5. ATMA HOMOEOPATHY SOFTWARE :

AtamA is an entry level homeopathy software from ‘Anahata Software’. It is a standard repertorisation software with limited features. Some of these features are:

• Basic repertorisation using Kent’s abridged repertory with about 10,000 symptoms.

• The numerical and totality based results are given with the facility to weigh the symptoms.

• The materia medica given for reference is Boericke’s abridged materia medica with 100 medicines.

• Hahnemann’s Organon of Medicine is provided as a reference book for philosophy.

AtamA leaves a lots to be desired even as an entry level software. With so many cheap entry level softwares available with lot’s of features, using abridged versions of books is not a good idea. Even Kent’s repertorie’s 6th edition had more than 60,000 rubrics. And now a days when people are going in for new repertories like Synthesis, Combined, Complete, and Murphy’s Repertory with many more rubrics, the abridged version of Kent becomes a limitation.

The same goes for Boericke’s materia medica. The full version has more than 700 medicines and even these do not cover all the new remedies in vogue. So a software with 100 medicines to refer may be useful for students but not for a practicing homeopath.

To download the demo & for more details and recent changes visit the Anahata website.

Courtesy:- www.drprabhattandon.wordpress.com

Amelioration of Carcinogen-Induced Toxicity in Mice by Administration of a Potentized Homeopathic Drug, Natrum Sulphuricum 200

Source : http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/

Nandini Bhattacharjee, Surajit Pathak and Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh

Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, India

To examine if a potentized homeopathic drug, Natrum Sulphuricum 200 (Nat Sulph-200) has protective potentials against hepatocarcinogenesis, liver tumors were induced in mice through chronic feeding of P-dimethylaminoazobenzene (p-DAB; initiator of hepatocarcinogenesis) and phenobarbital (PB; promoter). Mice were divided into five sub-groups: fed normal low protein diet (Gr. I, normal control); fed normal low protein plus alcohol-200 (vehicle of the homeopathic remedy) (Gr. II); fed diet mixed with 0.06% p-DAB plus 0.05% PB (Gr. III); fed diet and carcinogens like Gr.III, plus alcohol 200 (positive control for drug fed mice) (Gr. IV) and fed diet and carcinogens like Gr. III, plus Natrum Sulphuiricum-200 (Gr. V; drug fed). Mice were sacrificed at day 7, 15, 30, 60, 90 and day 120 for study of cytogenetical endpoints like chromosome aberrations (CA), micronuclei (MN), mitotic index (MI) and sperm head anomaly (SHA) and biochemical toxicity parameters like aspartate amino transferase (AST), alanine amino transferase (ALT), acid (AcP) and alkaline (AlkP) phosphatases, lipid peroxidation (LPO) and reduced glutathione (GSH) content. Less number of liver tumors were observed in Gr. V (drug fed) mice. Administration of Nat Sulph 200 reduced genomic damage, activities of AcP, AlkP, AST, ALT, LPO and increased GSH content. Therefore, independent replication of the study by others is encouraged.

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Homeopathic treatment for the Flu

John Benneth explains the Homeopathic treatment for the Flu

John Beneath is back again . This time he explains what homeopathic medicines are for H1N1 or seasonal flu . For scientific validation, in physics using modern instrumentation, in vitro using biochemistry, in vivo using zoological and botanical, go tohttp://scienceofhomeopathy.com watch the argument against homeopathy fall to pieces.
To read the studies referenced in this video, click on the following links:
In vitro evaluation of the antiviral effects of the homeopathic preparation Gripp-Heel on selected respiratory viruses.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18066110?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Antiviral activity of Engystol: an in vitro analysis.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16296918?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedarticles&l..

 

Courtesy: http://drptandon.blogspot.com/2009/11/john-benneth-explains-homeopathic.html

A Vastly Incomplete List of Scientific Research Behind Homeopathy

A Vastly Incomplete List of Scientific Research Behind Homeopathy

Courtesy : http://www.homeopathytorrents.blogspot.com/ &       http://www.drprabhattandon.wordpress.com/

Courtesy : John Benneth & Homeopathy 4 Everyone – The Hpathy Ezine

1. 1902 P.Jousset investigated the effects of silver nitrate up to 25c on mycelium. He found significant results in their weights, finding that the silver nitrate stunted growth. (reported by Gabriel Bertrand) “The Extraordinary Sensitiveness of Aspergillus Niger to Manganese.” Comptes Rendus Academie des Science; 154, 616, 1912
2. 1906 Boericke and Tafel made an unusual observation of the emanations from a high dilute of radium bromide (30c), to photograph a picture of the outline of a key. (Tafel’s Jottings, 1906.)
3. 1928 JUNKER, Hermann The Effect of Extreme DIlutions on Microorganisms Phluger’s Archiv fur die Gesamte Physiologie, 219, pp 647-672, 1928
4. 1923 Lilli Kolisko, Physical and Physiological Demonastration of the Effect of the Smallest Entities. Der Kommende Tag, A-G Verlag, Stuttgart, 1923 pp. 1-10 .
5. 1923 N.P. Krawkow- Demonstrated 15c histamine increased the blood flow in isolated rabbit ears 25% and using 12c microdoses of adrenaline, strychnine, histamine and quinine was able to affect the change of pigmentation in the isolated skins of frogs. Controls were used. “Beyond the Boundary of Sensibility of Living Protoplasm” Zeitschrift fur die Gesamte Experimntalle Medizin, 34 pp.279-306
6. 1925 G. Stearns & M. Stark reported the action of microdilutes on fruit fly tumors. In this fascinating study we see that microdilutes actually altered the genetics of their subjects. A genetically determined tendency to tumor formation ceased to exist after the administration of a microdilution of the tumor itself (isopathy). Controls were used. Other microdilutes were used to no effect. “Experiments with Homeopathic Potentized Substances Given to Dropsophilia Melanogaster with Hereditary Tumors”, The Homeopathic Recorder, 40.
7. 1925 G. Stearns tested microdilutions of salt on guinea pigs and demonstrated adverse affects from 30c to 1000c sodium chloride. He noted loss of appetite, aversion for bread, loss of weight, their young poorly nourished and scrawny, less active, indifferent, hair less glossy, rough, untidy, eyes watery, lack luster. And homeopaths brag that their “remedies” (which are actually legal drugs) can do no harm! There were 16 female control animals, and they all became pregnant, whereas only 31% of the 48 female experimental animals became pregnant. At the end of five months over half, 55% of the experimental animals were dead compared to only 35% of the control animals “Experimental Data on One of the Fundamental Claims in Homeopathy”, The Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, 18.
8. 1927 Karl Konig used microdilutes to experiment on frogs and fungi. He discovered that by using dilutions of of lead and silver nitrate ranging from 1 to 15c he could cause a premature metamorphosis in Rana fusca (common frog tadpoles) or kill them or the fungus in the water. Once again here we see that homeopathic drugs can have negative organic affects. Controls were used and the sinusoidal curve that we see in many experiments of diverse measures is first noted here. “On the Effect of Extremely Diluted (”Homeopathic”) Metal Salt Solutions on the Development and Growth of Tadpoles. Zeitschrift fur die Gesamte Experimentalle Medizin, 34, pp. 279-306
9. 1929 Vladimir Vondracek repeated Konig’s work, and instead of lead and silver nitrate used gold chloride and a different species of frog. At 12c he also reported a significant increase in the mortality of tadpoles, and also obtained a repetition of the sinusoidal curve. “The Mortality of Tadpoles in Ultra Solutions” Zeitschrift fur die Gesamte Experimentelle Medizin. 66 pp. 533-538
10. 1930 Persson, WM enzymes, The Principles of Catalysis in Biochemistry and Homeopathy, J Am. Inst. Hom. 23, pp 1055-1089
11. 1932 George Russell Henshaw discovered a method for influencing serum flocculation in rabbits. Using Bryonia alba and Baptista tinctoria he showed a reaction in some of his subjects ”A New Method of Determining the Indicated Remedy by a Flocculation Test of the Serum The Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, 25
12. 1932 Joseph Roy The Experimental Justification of the Homeopathic Dilution, Le Bulletin Medical, 46, pp. 528-531, 1932
13. 1936 Boyd, Research on Low Potencies of Homeopathy, London, Heinemann
14. 1936 Boyd, Research on Low Potencies of Homeopathy,London, Heinemann
15. 1938 Pierre Narodetzki, On the Establishment of a Technique for Studying Homeopathic Doses. Thesis. University of Paris, 1938
16. 1938 Perrson, WM enzymes, Effeats of Very Small Amounts of Medicamentws and Chemicals on Urease, Diastase and Trypsin, Archives Internatales de Pharmodynamie et de Therapie, 46, pp. 249-267
17. 1941 PATTERSON & BOYD Potency Action – – A Preliminary Study of the Alteration of the Schick Test by a Homeopathic Potency, The British Homeopathic Journal 31, pp. 301-309
18. 1941 Boyd, W.E. The action of microdoses of mercuric chloride on diastase Br. Hom J 31:1-28
19. 1941 Heintz used UV spectra conductivity to make measurements and IR analysis of high dilutes. Physikalische Wirkungen hochverdunnter potenzierter Substanzen Naturwissenchaften 29:713-25
20. 1942 Boyd, W.E. The application of a new biologic heart rate recorder to the study of the action on the frog ehart of small doses of Crataegus, DIgitalis, Strophanthus gratus and of traces doses of Strophanthus sarmentosus Br. Hom J 43:11-23
21. 1946 Boyd, W.E. “An investigation regarding the aciton on diastase of microdoses of mercuric chloride when prepared with and without mechanical shock” Br. Hom J 36:214-23 22.
22. 1951 J. Jarricot showed that veratrine sulfate 30c could decrease muscle contraction in frogs, and that Iberis amara in dilutions of 18c to 118c could slow the heart beat of turtles. The work appeared to be well controlled. “The Infinitessimals of Homeopathic Physicians Editions des Laboratoires P.H.R,.Lyon
23. 1952 Gay-Boiron , galvonmeter, A Study of the Physics of Dynamization, Edition des Laboratories P.H.R., Lyon France.
24. 1953 Gay/Boiron, galvonometer, ) A Physical Demonstration of the Real Existence of the Homeopathic Remedy, Edition des Laboratories P.H.R., Lyon France
25. 1954 Boyd, W.E. enzymes, “Biochemical and biological evidence of the activity of high potencies” British Homeopathic Journal 44:6-44 . In the1930’s Perrson had claimed homeopathic Mercuric Chloride could effect enzymatic process. Boyd followed up under more controlled conditions. Commissioned two research scholars to design the study. Extensive testing and methodology. Merc. Chloride 32C. 500 comparisons between controls and tests.
26. 1964 Heintz, polarography, Les “maximums” del la Polarographie et la force electromotrice de mouvement C.R. Seances Academy Sience 1962
27. 1966 Smith & Boericke, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Modern instrumentaion for the evaluation of homeopathic drug structure, Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy
28. 1966 Brucato & Stephenson, 50 KV Alternating Current Dielectric Tester, Dielectric strength testing of homeopathic dilutions of HgCl2, Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy
29. 1968 Smith & Boericke, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Changes caused by succussion on N.M.R. patterns and bioassay of bradykinin triacetate (BKTA) succussion and dilutions, J Am Inst Hom 1968: 61 197-212
30. 1972 Heintz, electronic measures, La mesure de l’action de dilutions successives a l’aide, Ann Hom Fr 14:275-84
31. 1975 Young, Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of succussed solutions J Am Inst Hom 68:8-16
32. 1975 Luu-D-Vinh, Raman-Laser spectroscopy, Etude des dilutions homeopathiques par effet Raman -Laser
33. 1977 NOIRET and CLAUDE, Enterobacter cloacae, Lysteria monocytogenes, Streptoccocus bovis, Activitie des diverse dilutions homeopathiques de Cuprum sulfuricum sur quelques souches microbiennes, Ann Hom Fr 19:91-109
34. 1979 Kumar and Jussal, surface tension measurements, A hypothesis on the nature of homeopathic potencies, Br Homeopathic Journal 68: 197-204
35. 1980 Boiron & Luu-D-Vinh, Raman Laser spectroscopy, Etude de l’actionde la chaleur sur les dilutions hahnemanniennes par spectrometrie raman. Ann Hom Fr 22 (2):113-18
36. 1982 Jussal, Meera, Dua, & Mishra, measured capacitance, resistance and dielectric dispersion, H-ion concentrations, electrode pontetials using an LCR bridge, time domain reflectance spectroscopy, digital pH meter, and nonpolarising electrodes. Physical effects on the suspending medium by compounds asymptotically infinite dilutions, Hahnemannian Gleanings, 3: 114-120
37. 1983 Jussal, Meera, & Dua Dielectric dispersion of weak alcoholic solutions of some drugs at high frequencies using Time Domain Spectroscopy Hahnemannian Gleanings, 8: 358-36638.
38. 1983 Jenkins & Jones yeast and wheat seedlings, Comparison of wheat and yeast as in vitro models for investigating homeopathic medicines. British Homeopathic Journal, 72, 3: 143-14739. 1983 Sacks, A.D. nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy of homeopathic remedies J. Holist. Med. 5, 2: 172-177
39. 1988 De Guidice, E. Preparata, G. Vitello, G. Water as a free electric dipole laser Phys. Rev. Lett. 61: 1085-1088
40. 1988 Davenas, E., F. Beauvais, J. Arnara, M. Oberbaum, B. Robinzon, A. Miadonna, A. Tedeschi, B. Pomeranz, P. Fortner, P. Belon, J. Sainte-Laudy, B. Poitevin & J. Benveniste (198 “Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE”, Nature, 333(6176):816-18. 42. 1990 Weingartner, O. Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR features that relate to homeopathic Sulfur potencies Berlin, J. Res. Hom. 1,1:61-68
41. 1992 Demangeat, L., Demangeat, C., Gries, P.,Poitevin, B.,Constanstinesco,A. Nuclear magnetic resonance. In this study vortexed potencies of Silicea in a concentration of 1.66X 10-5 to 1.66x 10-29 moll Silicea in 0.9% NaCl were investigate by means of NMR. Special attention was to the relaxation times T1 and T2 of the hydrogen protons Modifications des temps de relaxation RMN a 4 MHz des protons du solvant dans les tres hatures dilutions salines de silice/lactose.
42. 1994 Shui-Yin Lo, photo microscopy, (see pictures of Ice Electric, or “homeopathic” crystals below) In this unusual and controversial experiment, the Lo team, according to Dana Ullman, used an still yet unknown technique to actually photograph hydrogen bonding in water, revealing the suggestion that homeopathic drugs are a type of liquid crystal ”Anomalous State of Ice,” Modern Physics Letters B, 10,19(1996):909-919. See also, “Physical Properties of Water with IE Structures,” Modern Physics Letters B, 10, 19(1996) : 921-930.
43. 1996 Conte, Berliocchi, Lasgne and Vernot, nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared, beta scintillation, In this amazing little book this interdisciplinary French team presents the first nuclear theory for homeopathic drugs. According to the authors when matters disappears by dilution and is potentized by succussion, it leaves the opposite of the well known super dense black hole, what the authors call a WHITE HOLE and discuss a new atomic particle, the HYPERPROTON. This investigation they believe reveals the first model for the drive of animated matter. In this report they evidence the emission of Beta radiation from homeopathic drugs. Theory of High Dilutions, Polytechnica, Paris
44. 1997 VAN WIJK and WIEGANT, Using a step down arsenite treatment with 100M or 300M arsenite followed by an incubation of rat liver cells with lower concentrations of 1-10M dilutions, cells were shown to exhibit increased sensitivities to low concentrations of sodium arsenite. There was an additional increase in the synthesis of protector proteins when low concentrations of arsenite were applied to arsenite pretreated cells. Stimulation of cellular defence of stressed liver cells by subharmful doses of toxicants HomInt R&D Newsletter, 1:/1997: 12-14 Karlsruhe
45. 1999 Vittorio Elia and Marcella Niccoli, thermography, “Thermodynamics of Extremely Diluted Aqueous Solutions,” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June, 827:241-248.
46. 2001 Geckeler, Kurt and Samal, Shashadhar at the Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea discovered fullerenes, football-shaped buckyball molecules, formed aggregates in solution, and when diluted, the size of the fullerene particles increased. Cyclodextrin molecules behaved the same way. So did the organic molecule sodium guanosine monophosphate, DNA and sodium chloride. Dilution made molecules cluster five to 10 times bigger than those in the original solutions. Growth was not linear, and depended on the original concentration. Geckeler and Samal found that the more dilute the solution inthebeginning, the larger the aggregates become, and only worked in polar solvents like water, in which one end of the molecule has a pronounced positive charge while the other end is negative. Chemical Communications, 2001, page 2224; there is no volume number NewScientist.com http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1532
47. 2003 Bell I., Lewis D., Brooks A., Lewis S., Schwartz G. Gas Discharge Visualization Evaluation of Ultramolecular Doses of Homeopathic Medicines Under Blinded, Controlled Conditions. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Volume 9, Number 1, 2003, pp. 25-38.
48. 2004 Belon, P., J. Cumps, M. Ennis, P.F. Mannaioni, M. Roberfroid, J. Sainte-Laudy, & F.A. Wiegant (2004) “Histamine dilutions modulate basophil activation”, Inflammation Research, 53(5):181-8.

Research Index of Clinical Research in CCRH (Central Council Of Research in Homeopathy, India )

courtesy : CCRH Quarterly BulletinA Cumulative Index*Vol. 1-21 (1979-1992)

Katara,SavitaStudy of 413 cases of Bronchial Asthma trated with Homoeopathic System of Medicine 13(3&4)1991:5-11.
Mishra, N.Clinical research in Filariasis.13(3&4)1991:1-4.
Pal, Girendra,Action of Homoeopathic drugs on Helminthiasis: A study.
14(1&2)1992:21-25.
Perez, Raymundo Arteaga,Synthesis of a clinical history.18(3&4)1996:1-3p.
Rastogi, D.P.Ckubucak Verification of Hypoglycaemic effect of Cephlandra Indica in patients of Diabetes Mellitus.12(3&4)1990:20-21,38.
Pathogenesis of new drugs: Formic Acid.7(1-4)1985:3-6.
Study of Homoeopathic Drugs in Encephalitis epidemic (1991) in U.P.14(3&4)1992:111 Hypoglycaemic effects of some lesser known drug.8(1-4)1986:1-6.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, including AIDS: Does Homoeopathy has a role to play in its treatment?13(3&4)1991:12-18.
An overview-C.C.R.H.12(3&4)1990:1-3.
Demonstration of anti-Diabetic activities of alloxan in potentised diluent state-an experimental approach.13(3&4)1991:25-32.
Documentation in C.C.R.H13(1&2)1991:1p.
Some therapeutics hints on AIDS.11(3&4)1989:21.
Proposed strategy and Homoeopathic Research in AIDS.11(3&4)1989:18p.
Cuprum Oxydatum Nigrum:a proving report.7(1-4)1985:7-9.
A Review of Pathogenesis of Chloromyctin (Chloramphenicol)9(1&2)1987:35-38.
Clinical research in Filariasis. 13(3&4)1991: 1-4
Anti-haemorrhagic activity of homoeopathic drugs, symplocos racemosa Q-An experimental approach.17(1&2)1995:10-12p.
Cases treated with Boenninghausen’s repertory.17(1&2)1995:7p.
Materia medica – Adding from clinical cases.18(3&4)1996:9-14p.
Rauwolfia Serpentina (Aqua): A new approach inthe treatment of hypertension in homoeopathy.18(1&2)1996.:22-24p.
Evaluation of homoeopathic therapy inthe management of HIV disease.17(3&4)1995:709p.
Evaluation of homoeopathic therapy in behavioural disorders.17(3&4)1995:17-19p.
Indian medicinal plants for the homoeopathic treatment of various skin ailments.
17(1&2)1995:13-21p.
Research studies in HIV infection with homoeopathic treatment.15(3&4)1993:1-6p.
Research studies in malaria and role of malaria officinalis.15(3&4)1993:7-11p.
Singh, Hari,Clinical verification of lesser known drugs.12(3&4)1990:10-19
Study of 413 cases of Bronchial Asthma treated with Homoeopathic System of Medicine.13(3&4)1991:5-11.
Evaluation of Homoeopathic Drugs in Psoriasis,12(3&4)1990:22-28.
Effect of Homoeopathic drugs in controlling mulitplication of Hepatitis-B Virus.
11(1&2)1989:8-9.
Study of 200 cases of Bronchial Asthma10(1&2)1988:27p.
Evaluation of Homoeopathic Drugs in Psoriasis,12(3&4)1990:22-28.
Sinha, M.N. Action of Homoeopathic drugs on Helminthiasis: A study.
14(1&2)1992:21-25.
Sharma, AnitaCompilation of Rubrics from part I & II of the book "Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica" under one head.
Clinical research study on Japnese Encephalitis.20(3&4)1998:14-17p.
Diabetes mellitus and homoeopathy.20(3&4)1998:1-5p.

Collaborative studies concluded by CCRH till date:

courtesy : CCRH collaborative studies

   1. Collaborative study with Nav Chetna Drug-de-addiction Centre, Varanasi.
      Evaluation of efficacy of Homoeopathic Treatment of Drug dependants September 1988 – March 1994.

   2. Collaborative study with Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory, Ghaziabad
      A chemo pharmaco-logical study of Hypericum perforatum L. anti-inflammatory action on Albino rats – 1988.

   3. Collaborative study with Department of Gastroenterology, AIIMS, New Delhi.
      In-vitro effects of Homoeopathic drugs on HBV-associated DNA-Polymerase activity –1988.

   4. Collaborative study with Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Orissa.
      A single blind study on effect of Homoeopathic treatment on Filariasis conducted in 1991-92.

   5. Collaborative study with Banaras Hindu Univeristy
      Morpho–Histological and Pychological analysis of the Anti-fertility Effects of Pulsatilla.

   6. Collaborative study with Banaras Hindu Univeristy
      Effect of 1000 & 10000 potencies of Pulsatilla (a Homoeopathic drugs) on Ovaries, Uterii and Arcuate Neurons in Albino Rats.

   7. Amla Cancer Research Centre and Hospital, Trichur
      Homoeopathic medicines useful in Tumor reduction

   8. International Collaborative study with University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

COLLABORATIVE STUDIES

Collaborative studies concluded till date:

1. Collaborative study with Nav Chetna Drug-de-addiction Centre, Varanasi.
   Evaluation of efficacy of Homoeopathic Treatment of Drug dependants September 1988 – March 1994.
2. Collaborative study with Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory, Ghaziabad
   A chemo pharmaco-logical study of Hypericum perforatum L. anti-inflammatory action on Albino rats – 1988.
3. Collaborative study with Department of Gastroenterology, AIIMS, New Delhi.
   In-vitro effects of Homoeopathic drugs on HBV-associated DNA-Polymerase activity –1988.
4. Collaborative study with Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Orissa.
   A single blind study on effect of Homoeopathic treatment on Filariasis conducted in 1991-92.
5. Collaborative study with Banaras Hindu Univeristy
   Morpho–Histological and Pychological analysis of the Anti-fertility Effects of Pulsatilla.
6. Collaborative study with Banaras Hindu Univeristy
   Effect of 1000 & 10000 potencies of Pulsatilla (a Homoeopathic drugs) on Ovaries, Uterii and Arcuate Neurons in Albino Rats.
7. Amla Cancer Research Centre and Hospital, Trichur
   Homoeopathic medicines useful in Tumor reduction
8. International Collaborative study with University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
   Collaborative study on AIDS prevention with Traditional Medicine – 2003-04.

Ongoing Collaborative studies

1. Investigation into the action of Homoeopathic potencies on autonomous nervous system and on variability in physiological parameters using indigenous impedance Plethysmography (IPG)-Vosmon / Medical Analyzer (MA) and ANU Photo Rheography (APR) on healthy human subjects Bhabha Atomic Research Center/ Regional Research Institute Mumbai
2. Effect of Homoeopathic Drugs used in Insomnia on Serum melatonin and Cortisol level in Healthy volunteers in collaborationJIPMER, Pondicherry
3. Exploration of the Utility of GDV Camera as a Diagnostic Instrument in the Areas of Homoeopathic Fundamental Research – A pilot study in collaboration. Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, New Delhi
4. Efficacy and safety evaluation of assigned Homoeopathic drugs in experimental animals – Endocrinological studies Osmania University Endocrine, Hyderabad
5. Effects of Homoeopathic drugs in different potencies (Q,3X, 6X, 12X and 30c) on Central Nervous System and their safety evaluation Nervous System, Osmania University, Hyderabad
6. To evolve a group of most efficacious Homoeopathic medicines in benign prostatic hyperplasia with regard to improvement in the symptom complex Gaurang Clinic & Center for Homoeopathic Research/ Homoeopathic Research Foundation, Lucknow
7. To study the in vivo efficacy of a panal of homoeopathic drug against H5N1, Virus in chicken High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Bhopal
8. To evaluate the biological activity of five coded Homoeopathic drugs on plants using Bacopa Test as model system Central Institute Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow
9. Effect of Homoeopathic Medicine on Japanese Encephalitis Virus infection on choriioallantoic membrane & suchlink MiceSchool of Tropical Medicine / Drug Proving Research Unit, Kolkata
10. A multi-centric open clinical trail to ascertain role of Homoeopathic therapy in the management of depressive episode CentralInstitute of Psychiatry, Ranchi
11. A multi-centric open clinical trail to ascertain role of Homoeopathic therapy in the management of schizophrenia, CentralInstitute of Psychiatry, Ranchi
12. To study the efficacy of Homoeopathic medicines for the treatment of Cerebral Ischaemia on animal model Jamia University, New Delhi
13. Train the trainer for delivery of Model HIV Prevention and Health Promotion Programmed in India by Homoeopathy Physicians and Educators, UCLA
14. A Multicentric open Clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of indicated Homoeopathic Medicines. i) In the management of Lapse of Alcohal and opioid drug addicition.ii) In the management of Withdrawl symptoms of Alcohal and and opioid Drug addicition and  iii) In the prevention of relapses of Alcohal and Opioid Drug Abuse Socity foe peomotion of Youth & Masses, New Delhi & Darjeeling
15. Role of Homoeopathic Medicines in cancer regression & rejuvenation of depressed immune system Bose Institute, Kolkata
16. Mechanism of action of Thyroid Hormone Mimicking Homoeopathic Medicine on adult brain functional disorder in experimental Hypothyroidism. Bose Institute, Kolkata
17. Response of analysis of Plants cells to Homoeopathic Medicine. Bose Institute, Kolkata
18. Studies of dielectric, Optical & other properties of some Homoeopathic Medicinal Solution of high dilution using UV Spectroscopy, THz & other techniques. Indian Association For Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata
19. To evolve effective Homoeopathic Remedies for prevention / Cure of some important disease of animals. Indian Veterinary Research Institute Izzatnagar ( U.P.)
20. Screening & scientific evaluation of Cardio protective potential of some herbal extract in experimentally induced models of diabetes and myocardial infarction All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
21. A Structural study of homoeopathic medicine: A Pilot study. Indian Institute of  Technology Delhi, New Delhi
22. Pharmacological screening of homoeopathic medicine under Drug Standardization Program of CCRH. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
23. Pharmacological screening of Homoeopathic medicine under Drug Standardization Program of CCRH. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi
24. Pharmacological screening of Homoeopathic medicine under Drug Standardization Program of CCRH. Department ofPharmacology & Therapeutics King George Medical University, Lucknow.
25. Studies on the Biological effects and Physical basis of Homoeopathic Potencies. Dept of Botany, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan- 731 235. West Bengal & Drug Proving Research Center , Kolktta

Research Index of Clinical Research in CCRH (Contd…)

Source: होम्योपैथी नई सोच/नई दिशायें , Homeopathy-A New Approach

A Multicentric Open Clinical Trial to evolve a group of Efficacious Homeopathic Medicines in " Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

Clinical evaluation of Homoeopathic medicines in chronic cervicitis and cervical erosion- A study report

Clinical Trial of Homoeopathic Preparations of Amyleum Nitrosum, Azathioprine, Cocainum Muriaticum and Cyclosporine in HIV Disease- a study report

Management and Control of Genetic Processes in Cotton Plants through Homoeopathy

Global researches in homeopathy for Maternal & Child Care

Some Department of Defense Research / Samueli Institute (UNCLASSIFIED)

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1. Rapid Induction of Protective Tolerance to Potential Terrorist Agents: A Systematic Review of Low and Ultra-low Dose Research. Astrid Szeto, Dr. Florence Rollwagen, Dr. Wayne B. Jonas. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Samueli Institute for Information Biology.
2. Induced Neuroprotection for Biochemical Warfare. Dr. Aryan Namboodiri. Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
3. Complimentary and Alternative Research for Military Operations and Healthcare [MIL-CAM]
4. Homeopathic Nosodes for the Treatment of VEE Infection. Dr. Radha Maheshwari. Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD.
5. Mechanisms of Receptor Signaling Following Low and Ultra-Low Treatment of Macrophages with Lipopolysaccharide and Interlukin-6. Dr. Florence Rollwagen. Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD.
6. Digital Biology Program. Dr. Wayne B. Jonas, MD; Dr. John Ives; Dr. Florence Rollwagen; Dr. Rajesh Kumar. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
7. Proteomic Analysis of Homeopathic Glutamanergic Neurotoxicity and Protection. Dr. Aryan Namboodiri. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
8. Efficacy of Homeopathic Drugs in Management of Myomata Uteri. Dr. Girish Gupta. Gaurang Clinic and Centre for Homeopathic Research. Lucknow, India.
9. Homeopathic Nosodes in the Treatment of Viral Infections. Dr. Radha Maheshwari. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD.
10. A Double-blind Randomized Homeopathic Remedy Proving: A Comparison of Two High Potencies. Dr. Heribert Mollinger. Gesundheitszentrum Sokrates. Guttingen, Switzerland.
11. Macroscopic Entanglement as a Model for Information Biology Effects — Empirical Tests of a New Model. Dr. Harald Walach. Director of Research. Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology. Freiburg University Hospital. Freiburg, Germany.
12. Are the Therapeutic Effects of Homeopathy Attributed to the Consultation, the Homeopathic Remedy or Both? An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Dr. Sarah Brien, Dr. George T. Lewith. School of Medicine, University of Southamption, U.K.
13. Homeopathic Approach for the Treatment and Prevention of Cancer: Preclinical Studies Using Animal Models. Dr. Ramadasan Kuttan. Amala Cancer Research Center. Kerala, India.
14. Efficacy of Homeopathic Drugs in the Management of Cancer: A Clinical Study. Dr. Girish Gupta. Gaurant Clinic and Center for Homeopathic Research. Lucknow, India.
15. Assessment of Outcomes from the Use of Homeopathy and Acupuncture in General Practice. Dr. Karin Kirschmann. University Hospital Freiburg. Department of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology.
16. Proteomic Analysis of Homeopathic Glutamanergic Neurotoxicity and Protection. Dr. Aryan Namboodiri. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD.
17. Homeopathic Approach for Treatment and Prevention of Breast Cancer: Pre-Clinical Studies Using Cell and Animal Models. Dr. Radha Maheshwari. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD.
18. HALD Chemistry Core Laboratory. Dr. Todor Todorov, Dr. Jose Centeno. Laboratory of Biophysics and Environmental Toxicology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Washington, D.C.
19. A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Multi-centered Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy of the Homeopathic Medication TRAUMEEL S in the Treatment of Chemotherapy-induced Stomatitis in Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation. Dr. Menachem Oberbaum. Center for Integrated Complimentary Medicine. Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel.
20. Program on Neuroprotection with Homeopathic Glutamate. Dr. John Ives, Ayo Olufade, Dr.Ann Marini, Dr. Diane Marotta. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Washington, D.C.
21. Prevention of Prostate Cancer with Low-dose Cadmium. Dr. Radha Maheshwari, Dr. Jaya Gaddipati, Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Dr. Anoop Singh, Dr. Pankaj Seth, Dr. Michael Waalkes. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Two NIH laboratories; Gaurang Clinic, Lucknow, India; Amala Research Center, Amala, India.
22. Systematic Review of Hormesis and Homeopathy for Biochemical Warfare Protection. Astrid Szeto. Environmental Control Section. Food and Drug Administration. Washington, D.C.
23. Homeopathic Protection of the Brain from Biochemical Warfare Agents. Dr. Aryan Namboodiri. Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, MD.

Some more Scientific researches

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1. Variation in Fourier transform infrared spectra of some homeopathic potencies and their diluent media. Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether potentized homeopathic drugs and their diluent media differ from each other with respect to their Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra.
2. DESIGN: FTIR spectra of Nux vomica 30C, Lycopodium 30C, Santonin 30C, Cina 30C, Cina 206C, Cina 1006C, and their diluent media 90% ethanol and Ethanol 30C were obtained in the wave number range of 2000-1000 cm1 at 20 degrees C. Potassium bromide powder soaked with the potencies, pressed into pellets, and air dried were used to measure the spectra. Because water structures in homeopathic potencies are thought to carry specific information on drug molecules and because O-H bending vibrational band (v2) exclusively belongs to water, the study was restricted to the bands in that wave number region. Alcohol has no absorption in the O-H bending region. RESULTS: The potencies were found to differ from each other and their diluent media in the number of v2 bands, their wave number (cm1), shape, and half-width (cm1) of the bands. PMID: 16296914 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1. Bruno Brigo, and G. Serpelloni, "Homeopathic Treatment of Migraines: A Randomized Double-blind Controlled Study of 60 Cases," Berlin Journal on Research in Homeopathy, March 1991, 1,2:98-106).

1. Jennifer Jacobs, L. Jimenez, Margarita, Stephen Gloyd, "Treatment of Acute Childhood Diarrhea with Homeopathic Medicine: A Randomized Clinical Trial in Nicaragua," Pediatrics, May 1994, 93,5:719-25. This randomized double-blind study involving 81 children was conducted in Nicaragua in cooperation with the University of Washington and the University of Guadalajara. The results showed that, the individualized homeopathic medicine showed clinically and statistically significant improvement in the children’s diarrhea, compared to the children treated with placebo. Children that received homeopathic medicine recovered from infection 20% faster than the children treated with placebo. The children who were more sick reacted to the homeopathic treatment in a spectacular manner. In total the study used 18 different homeopathic medicines selected on an individualized basis according to the symptoms of each child.

1. The effectiveness of homeopathic treatment was proved is diabetic retinitis. (Zicari, et al., "Valutazione dell’azione Angioprotettiva di Preparati di Arnica nel Trattamento della Retinpatia Diabetica," Bolletino de Oculistica, 1992, 5:841-848).

1. White mice were exposed to X radiation with a power of 100 to 200 rad (non lethal dosage) and were then evaluated after 24, 48 and 72 hours. Ginseng 6X, 30CH and 200CH and Ruta graveolans 30CH and 200CH were given before and after the radiation. In comparison to mice who received placebo, those who were administered with homeopathic medicines presented significantly less damage in cells and chromosomes. (A.R. Khuda-Bukhsh, S. Banik, "Assessment of Cytogenetic Damage in X-irradiated Mice and its Alteration by Oral Administration of Potentized Homeopathic Drug, Ginseng D200," Berlin Journal of Research in Homeopathy, 1991, 1,4/5:254. Also Khuda-Bukhsh, A.R. Maity, S., "Alteration of Cytogenetic Effects by Oral Administration of Potentized Homeopathic Drug, Ruta graveolens in Mice Exposed to Sub-lethal X-radiation," Berlin Journal of Research in Homeopathy, 1991, 1, 4/5:264).

1. In a study conducted in the Moscow People’s Friendship University, the electric activity of the muscular wall of the stomach and duodenum was studied after the effect of the homeopathic medicine Nux Vomica (A. Zavadskaya, K. Privalova, S. Pasin, G. Loukas, Department of Homeopathy).

1. In an experiment using cats the effect of the medicine Nux Vomica 30CH was studied after applying it to the region of electrodes in the cardia of the stomach, the body, the pylorus and the duodenal bulb. After the application of the medicine, the muscular activity in the body increased by 3.2 times, 2.1 times in the pylorus, while in the duodenal bulb it was reduced by 2.2 times. The experiment proved the ability of the homeopathic medicine Nux Vomica to have an effect on the function of the stomach. The results of this experiment agree with the results of the homeopathy experimental proof for this medicine.

1. In another research conducted in the same university, the endurance of mice under hypoxia conditions due to the administration of the homeopathic medicine Hydrogenium Peroxydatum 30CH was studied (A. Chochlov, A. Zavadskaya, Ch. Efstathiou, G. Loukas, Department of Homeopathy). Two groups of mice were used, one of which received homeopathic medicine and the other placebo. Mice who received placebo were the healthier ones while mice that received the homeopathic medicine were the weaker ones. An experimental model was used, where the two groups were placed under high altitude conditions. Mice that received the homeopathic medicine showed faster and better adaptation to hypoxia conditions. Furthermore, when they returned to normal conditions, they reverted to their normal state more quickly and had longer life duration than the mice of the other group.

1. In another research conducted in the same university, the effect of the homeopathic medicine Berberis vulgaris on the lymphatic drainage was studied (A. Zavadskaya et al.). Plant tincture and homeopathic medicines in the 3rd, 6th and 30th potency were given to mice. Initially the time of drainage of the coloring substance from the intestine to the mesentery was measured before providing any medicine. Then the various medicines were tested and the drainage time was measured. The study of the results showed that the potentized forms of Berberis vulgaris increase the lymphatic drainage while the corresponding plant tincture contains it. Especially the 3rd and 6th potencies increased the drainage more in the intestine than in the mesentery while the 30th increased it to the same degree in both the intestine and the mesentery.

1. First double blind study: This cross-over study ever performed was done by homoeopaths. This impressive study was done concurrently in eleven different cities on fifteen subjects. This particular experiment consisted of 665 pages, which was the research proving of belladonna. [Howard P. Bellows. The test drug proving of the O.O. and L. Society: a reproving of Belladonna (Boston: the American homoeopathic ophthalmological, otological, and laryngological society. 1906).]

1. Scientific Evidences about Homoeopathy © Dr. Rajneesh Kumar Sharma MD (Homoeopathy), Dr. (Km) Ruchi Rajput BHMS, Homoeo Cure Research Centre P. Ltd., NH 74- Moradabad Road,Kashipur (UTTARANCHAL) – INDIA Email :drrajneeshhom@hotmail.com

Presentation by Prof. Rustum Roy and Prof. Bell of Penn State University on their scientific validity through unambiguous extensive Lab Tests conducted with Raman spectroscopy etc…

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A study on the properties of water was performed by Dr. Rustrum Roy. This paper provides an interdisciplinary base of information on the structure of liquid water.

The Structure Of Liquid Water; Novel Insights From Materials Research; Potential Relevance To Homeopathy

Rustum Roy1, W.A. Tiller2, Iris Bell3, M. R. Hoover4

Received: 2 August 2004 Revised: 6 September 2004 Accepted: 14

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Dr Devendra Kumar’s Scientific Observation

Identification of Homeopathic Medicines by Measuring Physiological Variability in Human Body Temp

Some more Scientific researches

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“INSTRUMENTAL MEASURING OF DIFFERENT HOMEOPATHIC DILUTIONS OF POTASSIUM IODIDE IN WATER” Igor Jerman, M.D., Sc.D., Full Professor of Theoretical Biology, Maja Berden, M.A. Biology, Metod Škarja, M.A. Physics, BION, Institute for Bioelectromagnetics and New Biology,Celovška 264, 1000 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (Received October 10,1998; Accepted with revisions March 10, 1999) Although more than 200 years have elapsed since the beginning of homeopathy and in spite of numerous confirmatory scientific experiments, the so-called memory of water is still a highly disputable and controversial theme in scientific circles. To make a contribution to solving this riddle, our research group tried to examine memory properties of water by the method of differential corona discharge Kirlian electrophotography of water-drop pairs. The method is based on a modified form of Kirlian photography with a subsequent thorough computer picture analysis. The potassium iodide (KI) mother solution (0.1M) was diluted in the standard way (without potentisation) or with potentisation (succussion by hand – by striking the vial 60 times against a large book as used traditionally) to 10^-3M, 10^-6M, 10^-10M, 10^-16M, 10^-17M and 10^-24M KI solutions. In the electrophotography method a drop of KI solution was compared with a drop of control water. To get a dependable system of results we compared homeopathic dilutions with ordinary distilled water, sham-potentised distilled water and non-potentised (standard) solutions. The results were analyzed by the Chi-square Goodness-of-fit test and the Sign test. They showed repeatable and statistically significant effects of concentration of KI dilutions as well as potentisation on the corona discharge process (from p < 0.05 to p < 0.001). This indicates that there is some physical basis of molecular (ionic) information imprinted into water.

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume 323, 15 May 2003, Pages 67-74 Ultra-high dilutions of lithium chloride and sodium chloride (10^-30 gcm^-3) have been irradiated by X- and ?-rays at 77 K, then progressively rewarmed to room temperature. During that phase, their thermoluminescence has been studied and it was found that, despite their dilution beyond the Avogadro number, the emitted light was specific of the original salts dissolved initially.

Scientific Research and Homeopathy Overview

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Scientific Research and Homeopathy :ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY

Homeopathy in emergency medicine Oberbaum M, Singer SR, Friehs H, Frass M. Center for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. oberbaum@netvision.net.il Wien Med Wochenschr. 2005 Nov;155(21-22):491-7

Homeopathic treatment in emergency medicine: a case series Oberbaum M, Schreiber R, Rosenthal C, Itzchaki M. The Center of Integrated Complementary Medicine Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. oberbaum@szmc.org.il Homeopathy. 2003 Jan;92(1):44-7

Scientific Research and Homeopathy :ADMINISTRATION

The regulatory framework for complementary and alternative medicines in Europe Knöss W, Stolte F, Reh K. Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte, Bonn, BRD, knoess@bfarm.de Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2008 Jul 4

Complementary medicine: equity issues in evaluation and policy-making Marian F. Institute for Complementary Medicine KIKOM, University of Bern, Switzerland. florence.marian@kikom.unibe.ch Forsch Komplement Med (2006). 2007 Dec;14 Suppl 2:2-9. Epub 2008 Jan 7

Electronic health records in complementary and alternative medicine Smith K, Kalra D.BridgeForward Software, Venture House, 2 Arlington Square, Downshire Way, Bracknell RG12 1WA, UK Int J Med Inform. 2008 Jan 30

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: AIDS/HIV

Clinical Trail of Homeopathic Preparations of Amyleum Nitrosum, Azithiaprine, Cocainum Muriaticum and Cyclosporine in HIV Disease – a study report V P Singh Central Council for Research in Homeopathy New Delhi

Vitamin C and AIDS 1 Suppression of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Replication by Ascorbate in Chronically and Acutely Infected Cells S Harakeh, RJ Jariwalla and L Pauling Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol 87, 7245-7249

Vitamin C and AIDS 2 Ascorbate effect on cytokine stimulation of HIV production Harakeh, S : Jariwalla, R J Nutrition. 1995 Sep-Oct; 11(5 Suppl): 684-7

Antioxidants and AIDS 3 Virological and immunological effects of antioxidant treatment in patients with HIV infection Muller F, Svardal AM, Nordoy I, et al. Eur J Clin Invest 2000;30:905-914

Supplements and AIDS 4 Randomised trial of effects of vitamin supplements on pregnancy outcomes and T cell counts in HIV-1-infected women in Tanzania Fawzi WW, Msamanga GI, Spiegelman D, Urassa EJ, McGrath N, Mwakagile D, Antelman G,Mbise R, Herrera G, Kapiga S, Willett W, Hunter DJ. Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA Lancet. 1998 May 16;351(9114):1477-82

India research into AIDS

Immunologic changes in healthy probands and HIV infected patients after oral administration of Staphylococcus aureus 12c: a pilot study Danninger T, Gallenberger K, Kraeling J. Br Homeopath J. 2000 Jul;89(3):106-15

Homeopathy in HIV infection: a trial report of double-blind placebo controlled study Rastogi DP, Singh VP, Singh V, Dey SK, Rao K. Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, JNBCHA, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India Br Homeopath J. 1999 Apr;88(2):49-57

Controlled clinical trials evaluating the homeopathic treatment of people with human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome Ullman D. Homeopathic Educational Services, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA. mail@homeopathic.com J Altern Complement Med. 2003 Feb;9(1):133-41

AIDS in Tanzania Barstad S. J Sykepleien. 1993 Apr 20;81(7):5-11

Formal and informal sector health providers in southern India: role in the prevention and care of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS Mignone J, Washington RG, Ramesh BM, Blanchard JF, Moses S. Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba, Canada. mignonej@ms.umanitoba.ca AIDS Care. 2007 Feb;19(2):152-8

Use of alternative treatments by HIV-positive and AIDS patients in The Netherlands Wolffers I, de Morée S. Vrije Universiteit, vakgroep Sociale Geneeskunde, Amsterdam Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1994 Feb 5;138(6):307-10

Use of homeopathy for delaying progression of HIV disease Bhave G. Int Conf AIDS. 1998; 12: 849 (abstract no. 42377)

WHO reports:

Worldwide, the surveys show that over three-quarters of AIDS patients in Africa, North America and Europe use traditional or complementary medicine for various symptoms or conditions.

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Animal Studies

Comparative efficacy of two microdoses of a potentized homeopathic drug, arsenicum album, to ameliorate toxicity induced by repeated sublethal injections of arsenic trioxide in mice Banerjee P, Bhattacharyya SS, Pathak S, Naoual B, Belon P, Khuda-Bukhsh AR. Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, India Pathobiology. 2008;75(3):156-70

Treatment of highland frogs from the two-legged stage with homeopathically prepared thyroxin Lingg G, Endler PC, Frass M,Lothaller H. Interuniversity College for Health and Development Graz/Castle of Seggau, Austria ScientificWorldJournal. 2008 Apr 20;8:446-50

Effects of homeopathy in mice experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi de Almeida LR, Campos MC, Herrera HM,Bonamin LV, da Fonseca AH. Department of Animal Parasitology, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Homeopathy. 2008 Apr;97(2):65-9

Gene expression profiling of macrophages following mice treatment with an immunomodulator medication de Oliveira CC, de Oliveira SM, Goes VM, Probst CM, Krieger MA, Buchi DD.Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), SCB, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil J Cell Biochem. 2008 Feb 19

Pretreatment with thyroxin 10-8 and the effect of homeopathically prepared thyroxin 10-30 on highland frogs – a multi-researcher study Welles SU, Endler PC, Scherer-Pongratz W, Suanjak-Traidl E, Weber S, Spranger H, Frass M, Lothaller H. Interuniversity College Graz, Castle of Seggau, Graz, Austria. Forsch Komplement Med (2006). 2007 Dec;14(6):353-7. Epub 2007 Dec 12

The effect of homeopathically prepared thyroxine on highland frogs: influence of electromagnetic fields S. Weber, P.C. Endler1, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, S.U. Welles1, E. Suanjak-Traidl1, W. Scherer-Pongratz1, M. Frass1, H. Spranger1, G. Peithner2 and H. Lothaller3 1Interuniversity College Graz/Castle of Seggau, Austria 2Peithner Inc., Vienna, Austria 3University of Graz, Austria Homeopathy Volume 97, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 3-9

Anthelmintic efficacy of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) and the homeopathic product Fator Vermes((R)) in Morada Nova sheepChagas AC, Vieira LS, Freitas AR, Arajo MR, Arajo-Filho JA, Araguo WR, Navarro AM.Embrapa Pecuria Sudeste, Rod. Washington Luiz, Km 234, Caixa Postal 339, 13560-970 So Carlos, So Paulo, Brazil Vet Parasitol. 2007 Oct 10

Treatment of lowland frogs from the spawn stage with homeopathically prepared thyroxin (10(-30)) Graunke H, Endler PC,Scherer-Pongratz W, Spranger H, Frass M, Lothaller H.Interuniversity College for Health and Development, Graz, Castle of Seggau, Austria ScientificWorldJournal. 2007 Oct 22;7:1697-702

Karen Nieber, a professor of pharmacology at the University of Leipzig, merely wanted to prove that homeopathy doesn’t work. She put a rat’s intestine in a fluid culture medium and used organic threads to fix it to a sensor so that she could measure any shortening of the intestine caused by cramps. Then she added a stimulant (atropine) to the fluid culture medium to produce severe cramps in the rat’s intestine. The intestine shrank and the scales showed a strong traction. When she then added belladonna X 90 to the culture medium, the intestine relaxed and the scales showed less traction. This proved that homeopathy is effective in the absence of any material substances – and in 2003 she won the Hans Heinrich Reckeweg award

ON THE ISOLATED RAT DUODENUM A Pharmacological Study of High Dilution Effect A. CRISTEA, S. NICULA, V. DARIE Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

Protection of Mice from Tularemia Infection with Ultra-Low, Serial Agitated Dilutions Prepared from Francisella tularensis-Infected Tissue WAYNE B. JONAS Department of Family Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 35–52, 2000

Reduction of alcohol induced sleep time in albino mice by potentized Nux vomica prepared with 90% ethanol Sukul A, Sinhabau SP,Sukul NC. Department of Zoology, Visva Bharati University, West Bengal, India Br Homeopath J. 1999 Apr;88(2):58-61

Altered solution structure of alcoholic medium of potentized Nux vomica underlies its antialcoholic effect Sukul A, Sarkar P,Sinhababu SP, Sukul NC. Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India Br Homeopath J. 2000 Apr;89(2):73-7

An evaluation of Coffea cruda effect on rats Ruiz-Vega G, Prez-Ordaz L, Proa-Flores P, Aguilar-D az Y. Instituto de F sica y Matemticas, Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Michoacn, Mexico Br Homeopath J. 2000 Jul;89(3):122-6

Nux vomica 30 prepared with and without succession shows antialcoholic effect on toads and distinctive molecular association Sukul NC, De A, Dutta R, Sukul A, Sinhababu SP. Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. nirmal@vbharat.ernet.in Br Homeopath J. 2001 Apr;90(2):79-85

Very high dilutions of dexamethasone inhibit its pharmacological effects in vivo Bonamin LV, Martinho KS, Nina AL, Caviglia F,Do Rio RG. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Santo Amaro, So Paulo, Brazil. Leoni@sti.com.br Br Homeopath J. 2001 Oct;90(4):198-203

Homeopathic prophylaxis in dairy cows on an organic farm part 1–fertility Fidelak Ch, Klocke P, Heuwieser W. Tierklinik Fortpflanzung, Freie Universit Berlin. author@bestandsbetreuung.de Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 2007 Jul;114(7):268-74

Atrial Paroxysmal Tachycardia in Dogs and its Management with Homeopathic Digitalis-two case reports Varshney JP, Chaudhuri S.Division of Medicine, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243 122, India Homeopathy. 2007 Oct;96(4):270-2

Outcomes from homeopathic prescribing in veterinary practice: a prospective, research-targeted, pilot study Faculty of Homeopathy and British Homeopathic Association, Hahnemann House, 29 Park Street West, Luton LU1 3BE, UK Homeopathy R.T. Mathie, L. Hansena, M.F. Elliotta and J. Hoarea Volume 96, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 27-34

Effect of a Homeopathic complex on oestrus induction and hormonal profile in anoestrus cows Division of Animal Reproduction, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Utter Pradesh, India Homeopathy Volume 95, Issue 3, July 2006, Pages 131-135

MASTITIS IN DANISH ORGANIC DAIRYING Mette Vaarst Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 50, DK 8830 Tjele, Denmark.

Clinical management of idiopathic epilepsy in dogs with homeopathic Belladonna 200C: a case series J.P. Varshney Division of Medicine, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India Homeopathy Volume 96, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 46-48

Homeopathic treatment for infertility in a prize Nelore bull J. Lobreiro Millenium Farm, Maracaju, MS, Brazil Homeopathy Volume 96, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 49-51

Reduction in the number of infective Trichinella spiralis larvae in mice by use of homeopathic drugs Sukul NC, Ghosh S,Sinhababu SP. Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. ncsukul@rediffmail.com Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2005 Aug;12(4):202-5. Epub 2005 Aug 29

Wound healing by homeopathic silica dilutions in mice Oberbaum M, Markovits R, Weisman Z, Kalinkevits A, Bentwich Z. Ruth Ben-Ari Institute of Clinical Immunology, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot Harefuah. 1992 Aug;123(3-4):79-82, 156

Stimulation of bovine sperm mitochondrial activity by homeopathic dilutions of monensin Aziz DM, Enbergs H. Department of Surgery and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq. dhaferaziz@web.de Homeopathy. 2005 Oct;94(4):229-32

Clinical management of babesiosis in dogs with homeopathic Crotalus horridus 200C Chaudhuri S, Varshney JP. Clinical Diagnosis laboratory, Referral Veterinary Polyclinic, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243122 UP, India. drshubhamitra@gmail.com Homeopathy. 2007 Apr;96(2):90-4

Rat models of acute inflammation: a randomized controlled study on the effects of homeopathic remedies Conforti A, Bellavite P,Bertani S, Chiarotti F, Menniti-Ippolito F, Raschetti R. Department of Medicine-Public Health, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, Piazzale L.A. Scuro, 33100 Verona, Italy. aconforti@sfm.univr.it <aconforti@sfm.univr.it> BMC Complement Altern Med. 2007 Jan 17;7:1

A potentized homeopathic drug, arsenicum album 200, can ameliorate genotoxicity induced by repeated injections of arsenic trioxide in mice Banerjee P, Biswas SJ, Belon P, Khuda-Bukhsh AR. Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, India J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med. 2007 Sep;54(7):370-6

Effect of noise on microvascular integrity in laboratory rats Baldwin AL, Bell IR. Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. abaldwin@u.arizona.edu J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2007 Jan;46(1):58-65

Improvement of Memory by Means of Ultra-Low Doses of Antibodies to S-100B Antigen Epstein OI, Pavlov IF, Shtark MB. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2006 Dec;3(4):541-5

Comparative therapeutic use of Risedronate and Calcarea phosphorica–allopathy versus homeopathy–in bone repair in castrated rats Werkman C, Senra GS, da Rocha RF, Brandão AA. Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis, School of Dentistry of So Jose dos Campos, So Paulo State University Braz Oral Res. 2006 Jul-Sep;20(3):196-201

Effects of homeopathic medications Eupatorium perfoliatum and Arsenicum album on parasitemia of Plasmodium berghei-infected mice Lira-Salazar G, Marines-Montiel E, Torres-Monzn J, Hernndez-Hernndez F, Salas-Benito JS. Especializacin en Terapeutica Homeoptica, Mexico Homeopathy. 2006 Oct;95(4):223-8

Pretreatment with alcoholic extract of Crataegus oxycantha (AEC) activates mitochondrial protection during isoproterenol – induced myocardial infarction in rats Jayalakshmi R, Thirupurasundari CJ, Devaraj SN. Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai – 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India Mol Cell Biochem. 2006 Nov;292(1-2):59-67. Epub 2006 May 30

Protective potentials of a potentized homeopathic drug, Lycopodium-30, in ameliorating azo dye induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice Pathak S, Kumar Das J, Jyoti Biswas S, Khuda-Bukhsh AR. Department of Zoology, Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, 741235, West Bengal, India Mol Cell Biochem. 2006 Apr;285(1-2):121-31. Epub 2006 Mar 15

Efficacy of the potentized homeopathic drug, Carcinosin 200, fed alone and in combination with another drug, Chelidonium 200, in amelioration of p-dimethylaminoazobenzene-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice Biswas SJ, Pathak S, Bhattacharjee N, Das JK, Khuda-Bukhsh AR. Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Oct;11(5):839-54

Comparative Efficacy of Pre-feeding, Post-feeding and Combined Pre- and Post-feeding of Two Microdoses of a Potentized Homeopathic Drug, Mercurius Solubilis, in Ameliorating Genotoxic Effects Produced by Mercuric Chloride in Mice Datta S, Biswas SJ, Khuda-Bukhsh AR. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2004 Dec;1(3):291-300. Epub 2004 Aug 18

Inhibition of propranolol hydrochloride by its enantiomer in white mice a placebo-controlled randomized study Kuzeff RM,Mecheva RP, Topashka-Ancheva MN. Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. kuzeffm@ausdoctors.org Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2004 Feb;11(1):14-9

Cushing’s disease: a new approach to therapy in equine and canine patients
Elliott,-M Br-Homeopath-J. 2001 Jan; 90(1): 33-6

Histopathological and immunophenotyping studies on normal and sarcoma 180-bearing mice treated with a complex homeopathic medication Sato DY, Wal R, de Oliveira CC, Cattaneo RI, Malvezzi M, Gabardo J, Buchi Dde F. Universidade do Vale do Itaja­ Homeopathy. 2005 Jan;94(1):26-32

Effect of Atropa belladonna and Echinacea angustifolia in homeopathic dilution on experimental peritonitis Pedalino CM, Perazzo FF, Carvalho JC, Martinho KS, Massoco Cde O, Bonamin LV. Faculty of Health Sciences of So Paulo, FACIS, Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Homeopticos, IBEHE, Rua Bartolomeu de Gusmo, 86. 04111-020 So Paulo, SP, Brazil Homeopathy. 2004 Oct;93(4):193-8

Evaluation of protective potentials of a potentized homeopathic drug, Chelidonium majus, during azo dye induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice Biswas SJ, Khuda-Bukhsh AR Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741 235, India Indian J Exp Biol. 2004 Jul;42(7):698-714

Homeopathically prepared dilution of Rana catesbeiana thyroid glands modifies its rate of metamorphosis Guedes JR, Ferreira CM,Guimares HM, Saldiva PH, Capelozzi VL. Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, University of So Paulo School of Medicine, SP, Brazil Homeopathy. 2004 Jul;93(3):132-7

Inhibition of trans-(1S,2S)-U50488 hydrochloride by its enantiomer in white mice a placebo-controlled, randomized study Kuzeff RM, Topashka-Ancheva MN, Mecheva RP. Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. kuzeffm@ausdoctors.net Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2004 Jun;11(3):144-9

Snake remedies and eosinophilic granuloma complex in cats Aboutboul R. Animal Veterinary Clinic, Jabotinsky 1, Tel-Aviv 63479, Israel. ronitvet@zahav.net.il Homeopathy. 2006 Jan;95(1):15-9

Comparative efficacy of homeopathic and allopathic systems of medicine in the management of clinical mastitis of Indian dairy cowsVarshney JP, Naresh R. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243 122, India Homeopathy. 2005 Apr;94(2):81-5

FMS*Calciumfluor specifically increases mRNA levels and induces signaling via MAPK 42,44 and not FAK in differentiating rat osteoblasts Manduca P, Marchisio S, Astigiano S, Zanotti S, Galmozzi F, Palermo C, Palmieri D. Laboratorio di Genetica, Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Genova, C. Europa 26, Italy. man-via@unige.it Cell Biol Int. 2005 Aug;29(8):629-37

A study using Sepia 200C given prophylactically postpartum to prevent anoestrus problems in the dairy cow Williamson, A. V; Mackie, W. L; Crawford, W. J; Rennie, B. Br. homoeopath. j; 80(3):149-56, jul. 1991

NON-MOLECULAR INFORMATION TRANSFER FROM THYROXINE TO FROGS by Means of Homoeopathic Preparation and Electronic Processing P.C. ENDLER1, W. PONGRATZ1, C.W. SMITH2, J. SCHULTE3, F. SENEKOWITSCH4, M. CITRO5 1Ludwig Boltzman Institut fr Homeopathie, Durerg.4, 8010 Graz, Austria 2Department of Electric and Electronic Engineering, University of Salford, 827221 Salford, UK. 3National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA 4Institute of Bioinformatics, Graz, Austria 5Research Institute Alberto Sorti (IDRAS), Turin, Italy

TREATMENT AND PROPHYLAXIS OF SUBCLINICALMASTITIS WITH HOMEOPHATIC DRUGS R ANDERSSON, LL MORCILLO, H SOMMER, TIERARZTLICHE UMSCHAU 52 (7), 1997. 00407-00412

Canova, a Brazilian medical formulation, alters oxidative metabolism of mice macrophages de Oliveira CC, de Oliveira SM, Godoy LM, Gabardo J, Buchi Dde F. Laboratrio de Estudos de Clulas Inflamatrias e Neoplsicas, Departamento de Biologia Celular, SCB, Universidade Federal do Paran, Curitiba, PR, Brasil. J Infect. 2006 Jun;52(6):420-32. Epub 2006 Jan 4.

Homeopathy versus antibiotics in metaphylaxis of infectious diseases: a clinical study in pig fattening and its significance to consumersAlbrecht H, Schatte A. Carstens Foundation, Essen, Germany Altern Ther Health Med. 1999 Sep;5(5):64-8

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Cancer Studies

Anthroposophical medicine and mistletoe treatment studies

Effect of homeopathic medicines on transplanted tumors in mice Es S, Kuttan G, Kc P, Kuttan R.Amala Cancer Research Centre, Amala Nagar, Thrissur, Kerala State, India. 680555 amalaresearch@rediffmail.com Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2007 Jul-Sep;8(3):390-4

Men with cancer: is their use of complementary and alternative medicine a response to needs unmet by conventional care? Evans MA, Shaw AR, Sharp DJ, Thompson EA, Falk S, Turton P, Thompson T. Academic Unit of Primary Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2007 Nov;16(6):517-25

Efficacy of homeopathic treatment of skin reactions during radiotherapy for breast cancer: a randomised, double-blind clinical trialBalzarini, A : Felisi, E : Martini, A : De Conno, F Br-Homeopath-J. 2000 Jan; 89(1): 8-12

Effects of Homeopathic Preparations on Human Prostate Cancer Growth in Cellular and Animal Models Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Basic Science Building, room 217, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3900 Reservoir Rd, NW, Washington, DC 20007 Integrative Cancer Therapies, Vol. 5, No. 4, 362-372 (2006)

Homeopathic treatment of radiation-induced itching in breast cancer patients. A prospective observational study Schlappack O. Department of Radiotherapy and Radiobiology, University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20 A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Otto.Schlappack@medunivie.ac.at Homeopathy. 2004 Oct;93(4):210-5

Homeopathy as a supportive therapy in cancer Rajendran ES. Vinayaka Mission’s Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Salem 636 308, India. rajendranes@eth.net Homeopathy. 2004 Apr;93(2):99-102

The homeopathic approach to symptom control in the cancer patient: a prospective observational study Thompson EA, Reillly D. Directorate of Homeopathic Medicine, United Bristol Healthcare Trust, Bristol Homeopathic Hospital, UK Palliat Med. 2002 May;16(3):227-33

A new homeopathic approach to neoplastic diseases: from cell destruction to carcinogen-induced apoptosis Montfort H.Instituto Superior de Medicina Homeopática de Enseñanza e Investigación, Monterrey, Mexico Br Homeopath J. 2000 Apr;89(2):78-83

The late results of treatment with homeopathic agents in patients with prostatic adenoma Vozianov AF, Simeonova NK. Vrach Delo. 1990 Jul;(7):93-5

Inhibition of chemically induced carcinogenesis by drugs used in homeopathic medicine Kumar KB, Sunila ES, Kuttan G, Preethi KC, Venugopal CN, Kuttan R Amala Cancer Research Centre, Amala Nagar, Thrissur, Kerala State, India Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2007 Jan-Mar;8(1):98-102

Anti-tumour activity of Ruta graveolens extract Preethi KC, Kuttan G, Kuttan R. Amala Cancer Research Centre, Amala Nagar, Thrissur, Kerala-680555, India Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2006 Jul-Sep;7(3):439-43

Complementary and alternative medicines taken by cancer patients Simon L, Prebay D, Beretz A, Bagot JL, Lobstein A,Rubinstein I, Schraub S. Centre Paul-Strauss, BP 42, 67065 Strasbourg Bull Cancer. 2007 May 1;94(5):483-8

Peculiarities of ion transport of calcium in tumor cells under conditions of irradiation by ionizing radiation, chemopreparations and homeopathic means Mikhvetadze AV, NadateÄ shvili GG. Georgian Med News. 2006 Nov;(140):98-100

Can homeopathic treatment slow prostate cancer growth? Jonas WB, Gaddipati JP, Rajeshkumar NV, Sharma A,Thangapazham RL, Warren J, Singh AK, Ives JA, Olsen C, Mog SR, Maheshwari RK. Samueli Institute, 1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA. Integr Cancer Ther. 2006 Dec;5(4):343-9

Complementary and alternative medicine use in breast cancer patients in Europe Molassiotis A, Scott JA, Kearney N, Pud D,Magri M, Selvekerova S, Bruyns I, Fernadez-Ortega P, Panteli V, Margulies A, Gudmundsdottir G, Milovics L, Ozden G, Platin N, Patiraki E. School of Nursing, University of Manchester, Coupland III, Coupland Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. alex.molassiotis@manchester.ac.uk Support Care Cancer. 2006 Mar;14(3):260-7. Epub 2005 Sep 6

Complementary and alternative medicine Filshie J, Rubens CN. Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PT, UK. jacqueline.filshie@binternet.com Anesthesiol Clin. 2006 Mar;24(1):81-111, viii

Complementary and alternative medicine use in lung cancer patients in eight European countries Molassiotis A, Panteli V,Patiraki E, Ozden G, Platin N, Madsen E, Browall M, Fernandez-Ortega P, Pud D, Margulies A. School of Nursing, University of Manchester, Coupland III, Coupland Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. alex.molassiotis@manchester.ac.uk Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2006 Feb;12(1):34-9. Epub 2005 Nov 14

Complementary and alternative medicine use in colorectal cancer patients in seven European countries Molassiotis A, Fernandez-Ortega P, Pud D, Ozden G, Platin N, Hummerston S, Scott JA, Panteli V, Gudmundsdottir G, Selvekerova S, Patiraki E,Kearney N. University of Manchester, School of Nursing, Coupland III, Coupland Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. alex.molassiotis@manchester.ac.uk Complement Ther Med. 2005 Dec;13(4):251-7. Epub 2005 Sep 19

Use of selected complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments in veterans with cancer or chronic pain: a cross-sectional survey McEachrane-Gross FP, Liebschutz JM, Berlowitz D. Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA, USA. eachrane@mchsi.com BMC Complement Altern Med. 2006 Oct 6;6:34

Pursuit and practice of complementary therapies by cancer patients receiving conventional treatment Downer SM, Cody MM,McCluskey P, Wilson PD, Arnott SJ, Lister TA, Slevin ML. Department of Medical Oncology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London BMJ. 1994 Jul 9;309(6947):86-9

Demographic, medical, and psychosocial correlates to CAM use among survivors of colorectal cancer Lawsin C, DuHamel K,Itzkowitz SH, Brown K, Lim H, Thelemaque L, Jandorf L. Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. Catalina.Lawsin@mssm.edu Support Care Cancer. 2007 May;15(5):557-64. Epub 2007 Jan 5

Prevalence and characteristics of complementary medicine used by pediatric cancer patients in a mixed western and middle-eastern population Weyl Ben Arush M, Geva H, Ofir R, Mashiach T, Uziel R, Dashkovsky Z. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Department, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. m_benarush@rambam.health.gov.il J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2006 Mar;28(3):141-6

Complementary and alternative medicine use in patients with haematological malignancies in Europe Molassiotis A, Margulies A,Fernandez-Ortega P, Pud D, Panteli V, Bruyns I, Scott JA, Gudmundsdottir G, Browall M, Madsen E, Ozden G, Magri M, Selvekerova S, Platin N, Kearney N, Patiraki E. School of Nursing, University of Manchester, Coupland III, Coupland Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. alex.molassiotis@man.ac.uk Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2005 May;11(2):105-10

The use of complementary and alternative therapies by cancer patients in northern Israel Hana G, Bar-Sela G, Zhana D, Mashiach T, Robinson E. Quality Improvement Unit, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel Isr Med Assoc J. 2005 Apr;7(4):243-7

Use of complementary and alternative medicine in cancer patients: a European survey Molassiotis A, Fernadez-Ortega P, Pud D,Ozden G, Scott JA, Panteli V, Margulies A, Browall M, Magri M, Selvekerova S, Madsen E, Milovics L, Bruyns I,Gudmundsdottir G, Hummerston S, Ahmad AM, Platin N, Kearney N, Patiraki E. School of Nursing, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. alex.molassiotis@manchester.ac.uk Ann Oncol. 2005 Apr;16(4):655-63. Epub 2005 Feb 2

Use of complementary and alternative therapies: a national multicentre study of oncology health professionals in Norway Kolstad A,Risberg T, Bremnes Y, Wilsgaard T, Holte H, Klepp O, Mella O, Wist E. Department of Oncology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, 0310, Oslo, Norway. arnkolst@online.no Support Care Cancer. 2004 May;12(5):312-8. Epub 2004 Feb 6

Complementary therapies in palliative cancer care Yildirim YK, FadiloÄŸlu C, Uyar M. Ege University Nursing School, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Izmir, Turkey. yasemin.kyildirim@ege.edu.tr Agri. 2006 Jan;18(1):26-32

Predictors of use of complementary and alternative therapies among patients with cancer Fouladbakhsh JM, Stommel M, Given BA, Given CW. College of Nursing, Michigan State University in East Lansing, USA. judif129@comcast.net Oncol Nurs Forum. 2005 Nov 3;32(6):1115-22

Homeopathy in cancer treatment R Kothari, S Rao, S Shivram Krupa Homoeopathists, Mumbai, India

Oncology and homeopathy at the general hospital in Klagenfurt E Pichler Klagenfurt, Austria

PRODUCT FOR REGRESSION OF TUMORS OCCURING IN THE HUMAN BODY (with Homeopathy) Dr. Prasanta Banerji 114A Ashutosh Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700 025 and 10/3/1 Elgin Road, Kolkata – 700 020 The PB Homeopathic Research Foundation University of Texas and MD Anderson Cancer Center and Huntington Medical Research Institute and US varsity moots tie-up with Kolkata homeopathy clinic

Cancer Free India Homeopathic Research and Treament of AIDS and Tuberculosis Dr. A.B.Dey, Professor of Geriatrics, AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr. B.K.Mohanti, Prof. of Radiation Oncology. Dr. S.D.Pundir, BHMS from Jaipur University AIIMS

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: CARDIOLOGY

Cardioprotective effect of tincture of Crataegus on isoproterenol-induced myocardial infarction in rats Jayalakshmi R, Niranjali Devaraj S. Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India J Pharm Pharmacol. 2004 Jul;56(7):921-6

Homeopathy in cardiac arrhythmia L Hutsol, M Hutsol, I Tsymbal Vinnitsa National Medical University, Vinnitsa Clinical Town Hospital, Vinnitsa, Ukraine

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Case Studies

Hahnemann’s youngest patients – an analytic study of the first homeopathic treatments for children Ritzmann I. Med Ges Gesch. 1999;18:189-208

Homeopathic Treatment for Chronic Disease: A 6-Year, University-Hospital Outpatient Observational Study David S. Spence, Directorate of Homeopathic Medicine, United Bristol Healthcare, National Health Service Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom. Elizabeth A. Thompson, University Department of Palliative Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. S.J. Barron, Directorate of Homeopathic Medicine, United Bristol Healthcare, National Health Service Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2005, 11(5): 793-798. doi:10.1089/acm.2005.11.793.

Outcomes from homeopathic prescribing in medical practice: A prospective, research-targeted, pilot study R.T. Mathie and T.W. Robinson
Faculty of Homeopathy and British Homeopathic Association, Hahnemann House, 29 Park Street West, Luton, LU1 3BE, UK Homeopathy Volume 95, Issue 4, October 2006, Pages 199-205

The homeopathic patient: comparative results of homeopathic and conventional GP patient interviews Gunther M Med Ges Gesch. 1999;18:119-36

Users of homeopaths in Norway in 1998, compared to previous users and GP patients Steinsbekk A, Fønnebø V. Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. aslak.steinsbekk@medisin.ntnu.no Homeopathy. 2003 Jan;92(1):3-10

A preliminary audit investigating remedy reactions including adverse events in routine homeopathic practice Thompson E, Barron S, Spence D. Bristol Homeopathic Hospital, United Bristol Healthcare Trust, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6PD, UK. elizabeth.thompson@ubht.swest.nhs.uk Homeopathy. 2004 Oct;93(4):203-9

Strength of vital force in classical homeopathy: bio-psycho-social-spiritual correlates within a complex systems context Bell IR,Lewis DA 2nd, Lewis SE, Brooks AJ, Schwartz GE, Baldwin CM. Department of Medicine and Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85724-5153, USA. ibell@u.arizona.edu J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Feb;10(1):123-31

Homeopathic practitioner views of changes in patients undergoing constitutional treatment for chronic disease Bell IR, Koithan M,Gorman MM, Baldwin CM. Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5153, USA. ibell@u.arizona.edu J Altern Complement Med. 2003 Feb;9(1):39-50

Homeopathy–what are the active ingredients? An exploratory study using the UK Medical Research Council’s framework for the evaluation of complex interventions Thompson TD, Weiss M. Academic Unit of Primary Care, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JL, UK. trevor.thompson@bris.ac.uk BMC Complement Altern Med. 2006 Nov 13;6:37

Why do parents take their children to homeopaths? — an exploratory qualitative study Steinsbekk A, Bentzen N, Brien S. Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. aslak.steinsbekk@ntnu.no Forsch Komplementarmed. 2006 Apr;13(2):88-93. Epub 2006 Apr 19

When conventional treatment is not enough: a case of migraine without aura responding to homeopathy Whitmarsh TE. Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, Scotland J Altern Complement Med. 1997 Summer;3(2):159-62

Homeopathy in [corrected] spontaneous bacterial peritonitis Teut M. Gesundheitszentrum POLIKUM Friedenau, Berlin, Deutschland. michael.teut@polikum.de Forsch Komplementarmed. 2006 Dec;13(6):372-5. Epub 2006 Dec 21

Measuring the effects of acupuncture and homeopathy in general practice: an uncontrolled prospective documentation approachGüthlin C, Lange O, Walach H. Department of Evaluation Research in Complementary Medicine, Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Freiburg University Hospital, Hugstetter Str, 55 D-79106 Freiburg, Germany. guethlin@ukl.uni-freiburg.de BMC Public Health. 2004 Mar 4;4:6

Case reports on cured patients with severe psychiatric diseases CN Cámpora Fundación Médica Homeopática Vitalis, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Thrombotic-thrombocytopenic purpura: a case report from an intensive care unit M Frass Ludwig Boltzmann Institute For Homeopathy, Dept. of Internal Medicine I, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

The caged bird sings – a prospective formal case series of 18 routine referrals to Bristol Homeopathic Hospital T Thompson¹, M Weiss^{2 1} Primary Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK ² Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, UK

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Cost Effectiveness

Economic aspects of allergies: status and prospects for Austria Stein V, Dorner T, Lawrence K, Kunze M, Rieder A. Institut für Sozialmedizin, Centre for Public Health, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Osterreich. katharina.v.stein@meduniwien.ac.at Wien Med Wochenschr. 2007;157(11-12):248-54

Outcome and costs of homoeopathic and conventional treatment strategies: a comparative cohort study in patients with chronic disorders Witt C, Keil T, Selim D, Roll S, Vance W, Wegscheider K, Willich SN. Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, 10098 Berlin, Germany. claudia.witt@charite.de Complement Ther Med. 2005 Jun;13(2):79-86

Does homeopathy reduce the cost of conventional drug prescribing? A study of comparative prescribing costs in general practice Jain A. Kingfisher Medical Centre, South East London, UK. asha.jain@gp-985020.nhs.uk Homeopathy. 2003 Apr;92(2):71-6

The economic evaluation of complementary medicine: a staged approach at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital van Haselen R.Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, London, UK Br Homeopath J. 2000 Jul;89 Suppl 1:S23-6

Improving the evaluation of homeopathy: economic considerations and impact on health Chaufferin G. Boiron, Sainte-Foy-les Lyon, France Br Homeopath J. 2000 Jul;89 Suppl 1:S27-30

Effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of homeopathy in general practice Рsummarized health technology assessmentBornh̦ft G, Wolf U, von Ammon K, Righetti M, Maxion-Bergemann S, Baumgartner S, Thurneysen AE, Matthiessen PF. Chair in Medical Theory and Complementary Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany Forsch Komplementarmed. 2006;13 Suppl 2:19-29. Epub 2006 Jun 26

Use and expenditure on complementary medicine in England: a population based survey Thomas KJ, Nicholl JP, Coleman P. Medical Centre Research Unit, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. k.j.thomas@sheffield.ac.uk Complement Ther Med. 2001 Mar;9(1):2-11.

The costs of treating rheumatoid arthritis patients with complementary medicine: exploring the issue van Haselen RA, Graves N,Dahiha S. Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, UK Complement Ther Med. 1999 Dec ;7 (4):217-21 10709304

Cost effectiveness and efficacy of homeopathy in primary health care units of the Government of Delhi – a study RK Manchanda¹, M Kulhashreshtha^{2 1} Directorate of ISM and Homoeopathy, Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, New Delhi, India; M ² Directorate of Health Services, Government of Delhi, India

Cost-effectiveness of homeopathy in chronic diseases D Spence Bristol Homeopathic Hospital, Bristol, UK

Is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) cost-effective? a systematic review Patricia M Herman, ¹ Benjamin M Craig,² and Opher Caspi^{3 1}Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA ²Department of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA ³Recanati Center for Internal Medicine and Research, Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson Campus), Petah Tikva, Israel BMC Complement Altern Med. 2005; 5: 11

Complementary and alternative medicine costs – a systematic literature review
Maxion-Bergemann S, Wolf M, Bornhöft G, Matthiessen PF, Wolf U. PanMedion Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland Forsch Komplementarmed. 2006;13 Suppl 2:42-5. Epub 2006 Jun 2

Scientific Research and Homeopathy ENTAL STUDIES

Outcomes from homeopathic prescribing in dental practice: a prospective, research-targeted, pilot study R.T. Mathie^, and S. FarrerFaculty of Homeopathy and British Homeopathic Association, Hahnemann House, 29 Park Street West, Luton LU1 3BE, UK Homeopathy Volume 96, Issue 2, April 2007, Pages 74-81

Dentistry and homeopathy: an overview Bhat SS, Sargod SS, George D. Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Yenepoya Dental College Hospital, Nithyananda Nagar, Mangalore, Karnataka State, India Dent Update. 2005 Oct;32(8):486-8, 491

Comparative study of homeopathic remedies clinical efficacy in comprehensive treatment of inflammatory periodontal diseases in patients with burdened allergic status Grudianov AI, Bezrukova IV, Aleksandrovskaia IIu. Stomatologiia (Mosk). 2006;85(2):25-8

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Dermatology

Effects of Mahonia aquifolium Ointment on the Expresion of Adhesion, Proliferation, and Activation Markers in the Skin of Patients with Psoriasis M. Augustin, U. Andrees, H. Grimme, E. Schöpf, J. Simon Universitäts-Hautklinik Freiburg Forschende Komplementärmedizin 1999;6:19-21

A placebo controlled clinical trial investigating the efficacy of a homeopathic after-bite gel in reducing mosquito bite induced erythema Hill N, Stam C, Tuinder S, van Haselen RA. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1995;49(1-2):103-8

Contact dermatitis from Rhus toxicodendron in a homeopathic remedy Carla Cardinali, Stefano Francalanci, Barbara Giomi, Marzia Caproni, Achille Sertoli, Paolo Fabbri, Jr Amer. Acad. Derm Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 150-151 (January 2004)

Effective treatment of seborrheic dermatitis using a low dose, oral homeopathic medication consisting of potassium bromide, sodium bromide, nickel sulfate, and sodium chloride in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study – Original research: seborrhea Alternative Medicine Review, Feb, 2002 by Steven A. Smith, Ardith E. Baker, John H. Williams, Jr.

Effects of homeopathic treatment on pruritus of haemodialysis patients: a randomised placebo-controlled double-blind trialCavalcanti AM, Rocha LM, Carillo R Jr, Lima LU, Lugon JR.Community Health Institute, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Homeopathy. 2003 Oct;92(4):177-81

Effect of homeopathic treatment of 60 Japanese patients with chronic skin disease Itamura R. Department of Dermatology, Obitsu Sankei Hospital, 1-4 Namikinishi-machi, Kawagoe-city, Saitama-ken 350-0025, Japan. ronkoita@yk.rim.or.jp Complement Ther Med. 2007 Jun;15(2):115-20. Epub 2006 Nov 29

Homeopathic treatment of Japanese patients with intractable atopic dermatitis Itamura R, Hosoya R. Department of Dermatology, Obitsu Sankei Hospital, Saitama, Japan. ronkoita@a5.rimnet.ne.jp Homeopathy. 2003 Apr;92(2):108-14

Molluscum contagiosum: a case series Rajendran ES. Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation Deemed University, Vinayaka Mission’s Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. rajendranes@eth.net Homeopathy. 2002 Oct;91(4):255-9

Treatment of mild to moderate psoriasis with Reliéva, a Mahonia aquifolium extract–a double-blind, placebo-controlled studyBernstein S, Donsky H, Gulliver W, Hamilton D, Nobel S, Norman R. Dermatology and Cosmetic Center, 1665 East Ridge Road, Rochester, New York 14621, USA Am J Ther. 2006 Mar-Apr;13(2):121-6

Psoriasis and Natrum muriaticum ES Rajendran Vinayaka Missions Homeopathic Medical College, Salem, India

Reliéva, a mahonia aquifolium extract for the treatment of adult patients with atopic dermatitis Donsky H, Clarke D. 1Dermatology and Cosmetic Center of Rochester, Rochester, NY; and 2Lakeside Medical Association, Glendate, CA, and Providence Holy Cross Hospital, Mission Hills, CA Am J Ther. 2007 Sep-Oct;14(5):442-6

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : DIABETES

Use of complementary and alternative medicine in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus – prevalence, patterns of use, and costsDannemann K, Hecker W, Haberland H, Herbst A, Galler A, Schäfer T, Brähler E, Kiess W, Kapellen TM. Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Pediatr Diabetes. 2008 Mar 5

Scope and limitation of homeopathy in diabetes mellitus SK Patra Diabetes Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, India

Scientific Research and Homeopathy :ENDOCRINOLOGY

New diagnostic and therapeutic approach to thyroid-associated orbitopathy based on applied kinesiology and homeopathic therapyMoncayo R, Moncayo H, Ulmer H, Kainz H. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Aug;10(4):643-50

Scientific Research and Homeopathy :ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Aspergillus niger as a new allergic agent associated with bindis and its efficacy against homeopathic drugs Shrivastava JN, Kumar A, Bhatnagar VP. Microbiology Lab, Dept. of Botany, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Deemed University, Dayalbagh, Agra- 282005, India J Environ Biol. 2006 Oct;27(4):705-7

Homeopathic remedy for arsenic toxicity?: Evidence-based findings from a randomized placebo-controlled double blind human trialBelon P, Banerjee A, Karmakar SR, Biswas SJ, Choudhury SC, Banerjee P, Das JK, Pathak S, Guha B, Paul S,Bhattacharjee N, Khuda-Bukhsh AR. Boiron Lab, 20 rue de la Liberation, Sainte-Foy-Los-Lyon, France Sci Total Environ. 2007 Oct 1;384(1-3):141-50. Epub 2007 Jul 12

Can homeopathic arsenic remedy combat arsenic poisoning in humans exposed to groundwater arsenic contamination?: a preliminary report on first human trial Khuda-Bukhsh AR, Pathak S, Guha B, Karmakar SR, Das JK, Banerjee P, Biswas SJ, Mukherjee P, Bhattacharjee N, Choudhury SC, Banerjee A, Bhadra S, Mallick P, Chakrabarti J, Mandal B. Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, West Bengal, India. khudabukhsh_48@rediffmail.com Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2005 Dec;2(4):537-48. Epub 2005 Oct 19

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Ear, Nose and Throat

Is homeopathy useful in the treatment of allergic, ENT and respiratory conditions? Dr Bob Leckridge, Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital CAM 8.6.07

Randomised controlled trial of homoeopathy versus placebo in perennial allergic rhinitis with overview of four trial series Morag A Taylor, research associate, a David Reilly, honorary senior lecturer in medicine, a Robert H Llewellyn-Jones, lecturer, b Charles McSharry, principal immunologist, c Tom C Aitchison, senior lecturer in statistics. d a University Department of Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, b Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia, c University Department of Immunology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, d Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ BMJ 2000;321:471-476

Homeopathic Arnica montana for post-tonsillectomy analgesia: a randomised placebo control trial A Robertson , R Suryanarayanan , A Banerjee Homeopathy. 2007 Jan ;96 (1):17-21 17227743

A meta-analysis of homeopathic treatment of pollinosis with Galphimia glauca Lüdtke R, Wiesenauer M. Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Tübingen, Deutschland. rainer.luedtke@uni-tuebingen.de Wien Med Wochenschr. 1997;147(14):323-7

Is homeopathic ‘immunotherapy’ effective? A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with the isopathic remedy Betula 30c for patients with birch pollen allergy Aabel S, Laerum E, Dølvik S, Djupesland P. Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Department of General Practice, Oslo, Norway Br Homeopath J. 2000 Oct;89(4):161-8

Double-blind trial comparing the effectiveness of the homeopathic preparation Galphimia potentiation D6, Galphimia dilution 10(-6) and placebo on pollinosis Wiesenauer M, Gaus W Arzneimittelforschung. 1985;35(11):1745-7

A meta-analysis of homeopathic treatment of pollinosis with Galphimia glauca Lüdtke R, Wiesenauer M. Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Tübingen, Deutschland. rainer.luedtke@uni-tuebingen.de Wien Med Wochenschr. 1997;147(14):323-7

Treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis using homeopathic preparation of common allergens in the southwest region of the US: a randomized, controlled clinical trial Kim LS, Riedlinger JE, Baldwin CM, Hilli L, Khalsa SV, Messer SA, Waters RF. Southwest College Research Institute, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85282-1751, USA. l.kim@scnm.edu Ann Pharmacother. 2005 Apr;39(4):617-24. Epub 2005 Mar 1

Homeopathy in acute rhinosinusitis: a double-blind, placebo controlled study shows the efficiency and tolerability of a homeopathic combination remedy Friese KH, Zabalotnyi DI. Dr.Friese@t-online.de HNO. 2007 Apr;55(4):271-7

Homeopathy in acute otitis media in children: treatment effect or spontaneous resolution? Frei H, Thurneysen A. Spezialarzt FMH für Kinder and Jugendliche, FA Homöopathie SVHA, Laupen, Switzerland. dr.heiner.frei@swissonline.ch Br Homeopath J. 2001 Oct;90(4):180-2

Homeopathic and conventional treatment for acute respiratory and ear complaints: A comparative study on outcome in the primary care setting Max Haidvogl* 1 , David S Riley* 2 , Marianne Heger* ^ 9 ,3 , Sara Brien* 4 , Miek Jong5 , Michael Fischer* 6 , George T Lewith* 4 , Gerard Jansen* 7 and André E Thurneysen* 8 1Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Homeopathy, Graz, Austria 2University of New Mexico School of Medicine and Integrative Medicine Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA 3HomInt, Karlsruhe, Germany 4Complementary Medicine Research Unit; Primary Medical Care, University of Southhampton, Southhampton, UK 5VSM Geneesmiddelen, Alkmaar, The NetherlandS 6ClinResearch GmbH, Cologne, Germany 7Tilburg, The Netherlands
8Institute for Complementary Medicine (KIKOM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007, 7:7doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-7

Individualized homeopathic treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: an observational study Mojaver YN, Mosavi F, Mazaherinezhad A, Shahrdar A, Manshaee K Department of Oral Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Dental School, Rafsanjan, Iran. Yalda_n_m@Yahoo.com Homeopathy. 2007 Apr;96(2):82-6

Is homoeopathy a placebo response? Controlled trial of homoeopathic potency, with pollen in hayfever as model Reilly DT, Taylor MA, McSharry C, Aitchison T. Lancet. 1986 Oct 18;2(8512):881-6

Efficacy of a complex homeopathic medication (Sinfrontal) in patients with acute maxillary sinusitis: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial Zabolotnyi DI, Kneis KC, Richardson A, Rettenberger R, Heger M,Kaszkin-Bettag M, Heger PW. Research Institute for Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases, Kiev, Ukraine Explore (NY). 2007 Mar-Apr;3(2):98-109

Effects of homeopathic treatment on salivary flow rate and subjective symptoms in patients with oral dryness: a randomized trialHaila S, Koskinen A, Tenovuo J. Porin Hammaspiste, Pori, Finland. sirkka.haila@plusterveys.fi Homeopathy. 2005 Jul;94(3):175-81

Pharmacoeconomic comparison between homeopathic and antibiotic treatment strategies in recurrent acute rhinopharyngitis in children Trichard M, Chaufferin G, Nicoloyannis N BOIRON, 20 rue de la Liberation, 69 110 Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France. melanie.trichard@boiron.fr Homeopathy. 2005 Jan;94(1):3-9

Comparison of solid and liquid forms of homeopathic remedies for tonsillitis Wiesenauer M. Adv Ther. 1998 Nov-Dec;15(6):362-71

Homeopathy as seen by a nonhomeopathic otorhinolaryngologist Schepens Y. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg. 1984;38(2):208-11

Immunology and homeopathy. 4. Clinical studies-part 2 Bellavite P, Ortolani R, Pontarollo F, Piasere V, Benato G, Conforti A. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2006 Dec;3(4):397-409. Epub 2006 Jul 31

Clear Tinnitus, middle-ear pressure, and tinnitus relief: a prospective trial Goldstein B, Shulman A, Avitable MJ. Department of Otolaryngology, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA. metrc@inch.com Int Tinnitus J. 2007;13(1):29-39

MEDICOECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE TREATMENT OF RECURRENT ACUTE RHINOPHARYNGITIS IN 18-MONTH-OLD TO 4-YEAR-OLD-CHILDREN BY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS A. VAINCHTOCK (GYD Institut), L. LAMARSALLE (GYD Institut), G. CHAUFFERIN (BOIRON Laboratories), G.Y. DANSETTE (GYD Institut), G. DURU (Claude Bernard University Lyon 1)

Homeopathic and conventional treatment for acute respiratory and ear complaints: a comparative study on outcome in the primary care setting Haidvogl M, Riley DS, Heger M, Brien S, Jong M, Fischer M, Lewith GT, Jansen G, Thurneysen AE. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Homeopathy, Graz, Austria. max.haidvogl@meduni-graz.at <max.haidvogl@meduni-graz.at> BMC Complement Altern Med. 2007 Mar 2;7:7

Alternative versus conventional treatment strategy in uncomplicated acute otitis media in children: a prospective, open, controlled parallel-group comparison Wustrow TP; Otovowen Study Group. ENT Associates, Munich, Germany. wustrowt@web.de Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2004 Feb;42(2):110-9

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Effectiveness

Outcome related to impact on daily living: preliminary validation of the ORIDL instrument Reilly D, Mercer SW, Bikker AP,Harrison T. AdHom Academic Department, Centre for Integrative Care, Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 OXQ, Scotland, UK BMC Health Serv Res. 2007 Sep 2;7:139

Treatment appraisals and beliefs predict adherence to complementary therapies: a prospective study using a dynamic extended self-regulation model Bishop FL, Yardley L, Lewith GT Br J Health Psychol. 2007 Oct 24

An epidemiological study of a homeopathic practice Colin P Br Homeopath J. 2000 Jul;89(3):116-21

The homeopathic mustard gas trials of 1941-42 Commentary on: British Homoeopathic Society (1943). Report on mustard gas experiments (Glasgow and London). British Homoeopathic Journal 33:1–12.

THE EUROPEAN UNION, HOMEOPATHY AND OTHER UNCONVENTIONAL MEDICINES Dr. Michel Van Wassenhoven. Substitute Member at the European Parliament, President of the action COST-B4 – (1993-1999) “Unconventional Medicine” in 1997. “One can no longer disregard unconventional Medicine or hide behind obsolete dogmatic assertions.”

Cuba’s public health system before and after the introduction of homeopathy: patients on homeopathic vs. allopathic treatment JL Alvarez^{1 1} Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Clinical trials of homoeopathy Kleijnen J, Knipschild P, ter Riet G. Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Research, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands. BMJ. 1991 Feb 9;302(6772):316-23

Efficacy of selected complementary and alternative medicine interventions for chronic pain Tan G, Craine MH, Bair MJ, Garcia MK, Giordano J, Jensen MP, McDonald SM, Patterson D, Sherman RA, Williams W, Tsao JC. Anesthesiology Care Line (145), Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030. tan.gabriel@med.va.gov. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2007;44(2):195-222

Quality criteria of homoeopathic mother tinctures: considerations regarding suitable tests for homoeopathic monographs Biber A,Franck-Karl G, Klein G, Stumpf KH. Deutsche Homöopathie-Union, Karlsruhe, Germany. anton.biber@dhu.de Pharmeur Sci Notes. 2005 Aug;2005(1):53-9

Patient benefit survey: Liverpool Regional Department of Homoeopathic Medicine Richardson WR. Department of Homoeopathic Medicine, Old Swan Health Centre, Liverpool, UK Br Homeopath J. 2001 Jul;90(3):158-62

Patient benefit survey: Tunbridge Wells Homoeopathic Hospital Clover A. Homoeopathic Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom Br Homeopath J. 2000 Apr;89(2):68-72

Responses to homeopathic treatment in National Health Service general practice Robinson T. Barton House, Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3EQ, UK. doctortwrobinson.com Homeopathy. 2006 Jan;95(1):9-14

Double-blind, placebo-controlled homeopathic pathogenetic trials: symptom collection and analysis Dominici G, Bellavite P, di Stanislao C, Gulia P, Pitari G.Centro Omeopatico Vescovio, p.zza Vescovio 7, Rome, Italy Homeopathy. 2006 Jul;95(3):123-30

The growth of a lie and the end of “conventional” medicine Mastrangelo D, Loré C Department of Ophthalmology, University of Siena, Italy. mastrangelo@unisi.it Med Sci Monit. 2005 Dec;11(12):SR27-31. Epub 2005 Nov 24

Audit of outcome in 829 consecutive patients treated with homeopathic medicines Sevar R. Br Homeopath J. 2000 Oct;89(4):178-87

Homeopathy users wouldn’t switch to conventional medicine
2007-09-20 14:46:58 Source : Moneycontrol.com World Health Organisation

Homeopathy and conventional medicine: an outcomes study comparing effectiveness in a primary care setting Riley D, Fischer M,Singh B, Haidvogl M, Heger M. University of New Mexico Medical School, Albuquerque, USA. dsriley@integrativemed.org J Altern Complement Med. 2001 Apr;7(2):149-59

Homeopathic medical practice: long-term results of a cohort study with 3981 patients Witt CM, Lüdtke R, Baur R, Willich SN. Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, D-10098 Berlin, Germany. claudia.witt@charite.de BMC Public Health. 2005 Nov 3;5:115

Diagnoses and treatment in homeopathic medical practice Becker-Witt C, Lüdtke R, Weisshuhn TE, Willich SN.Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsökonomie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2004 Apr;11(2):98-103

Patient benefit survey: Liverpool Regional Department of Homoeopathic Medicine Richardson WR. Department of Homoeopathic Medicine, Old Swan Health Centre, Liverpool, UK Br Homeopath J. 2001 Jul;90(3):158-62

An observational study of patients receiving homeopathic treatment Van Wassenhoven M, Ives G.Unio Homoeopathica Belgica, 132 chaussée de Bruxelles, 1190 Brussels, Belgium Homeopathy. 2004 Jan;93(1):3-11

Harm in homeopathy: aggravations, adverse drug events or medication errors? Endrizzi C, Rossi E, Crudeli L, Garibaldi D. Homeopathic Clinic, Reference Regional Centre, Campo di Marte Hospital, AUSL 2 Lucca, Italy Homeopathy. 2005 Oct;94(4):233-40

Safety of homeopathic injectables for subcutaneous administration: a documentation of the experience of prescribing practitionersBaars EW, Adriaansen-Tennekes R, Eikmans KJ. Louis Bolk Instituut, Department of Healthcare and Nutrition, Driebergen, The Netherlands. e.baars@louisbolk.nl J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Aug;11(4):609-16

Patients’ assessments of the effectiveness of homeopathic care in Norway: a prospective observational multicentre outcome studySteinsbekk A, Lüdtke R. Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. aslak.steinsbekk@ntnu.no Homeopathy. 2005 Jan;94(1):10-6

Patients treated by homeopaths registered with the Society of Homeopaths: a pilot study Relton C, Chatfield K, Partington H,Foulkes L. HSR, Sheffield School for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK. c.relton@sheffield.ac.uk Homeopathy. 2007 Apr;96(2):87-9

Satisfaction among patients of a homeopathic clinic Peer O, Bar Dayan Y, Shoenfeld Y. Medical Dept. B, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Harefuah. 1996 Jan 15;130(2):86-9, 143

Study of the practice of homeopathic general practitioners in France Trichard M, Lamure E, Chaufferin G. Laboratoires BOIRON, 20 rue de la Libération, Sainte-Foy-Lès-Lyon 69 110, France. etudes-economie@boiron.fr Homeopathy. 2003 Jul;92(3):135-9

Evaluation of a GP practice based homeopathy service Slade K, Chohan BP, Barker PJ. Coventry City Primary Care Trust, Christchurch House, Greyfriars Lane, Coventry, CV1 2GQ, UK. karen.slade@doctors.org.uk Homeopathy. 2004 Apr;93(2):67-70

A pilot prospective study on the consultation and relational empathy, patient enablement, and health changes over 12 months in patients going to the Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital Bikker AP, Mercer SW, Reilly D. AdHom Academic Departments, Centre for Integrative Care, Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom. J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Aug;11(4):591-600

Using a computer-based clinical management system to improve effectiveness of a homeopathic service in a fundholding general practice Peters D, Pinto GJ, Harris G. Marylebone Health Centre, University of Westminster, London, UK. petersd@umin.ac.uk Br Homeopath J. 2000 Jul;89 Suppl 1:S14-9

Homeopath & patient–a dyad of harmony? Frank R. Facultaet für Soziologie, University of Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany. rog.frank@t-online.de Soc Sci Med. 2002 Oct;55(8):1285-96

Use of and satisfaction with homeopathy in a patient population Goldstein MS, Glik D.University of California-Los Angeles, USA Altern Ther Health Med. 1998 Mar;4(2):60-5

Homeopathy and health related Quality of Life: a survey in six European countries Anelli M, Scheepers L, Sermeus G, Van Wassenhoven M. CONSEUR: European Consumers Association, Brussels, Belgium Homeopathy. 2002 Jan;91(1):18-21

Patient compliance with homeopathic therapy Endrizzi C, Rossi E. Homeopathic Clinic, ASL 2 Lucca, Homeopathic Reference Centre Region of Tuscany, Italy Homeopathy. 2006 Oct;95(4):206-14

Final report on the Milwaukee test of the thirtieth dilution 1880 (Early use of blind assessment in a homoeopathic scientific experiment) Storke EF, Martin R, Rosenkrans EM, Ford J, Schloemilch A, McDermott GC, Carlson OW (1880) Homoeopathic Times 7:12/280-1

Developing and evaluating complementary therapy services: part 2. Examining the effects of treatment on health status Richardson J. School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, Research Council for Complementary Medicine, London, United Kingdom. janet.richardson@kcl.ac.uk J Altern Complement Med. 2001 Aug;7(4):315-28

The integrative project “Homeopathy in pediatrics“ at the children’s hospital of the University of Munich, Germany S Kruse², M Dorcsi-Ulrich¹, C Lucae^{2 1} Pediatric medical practice, München, Germany ² Dr. von Hauner’s Hospital for Children, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, München, Germany

Use and acceptance of classical natural and alternative medicine in Germany–findings of a representative population-based surveyHärtel U, Volger E. Europäisches Gesundheitszentrum für Naturheilverfahren, Sebastian Kneipp Institut GmbH, Bad Wörishofen, Deutschland. haertel@lrz.uni-muenchen.de Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2004 Dec;11(6):327-34

Effects of acupuncture and homeopathy: prospective documentation. Interim results Walach H, Güthlin C. Department of Environmental Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany Br Homeopath J. 2000 Jul;89 Suppl 1:S31-4

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Epidemics

A controlled evaluation of a homoeopathic preparation in the treatment of influenza-like syndromes Ferley JP, Zmirou D,DAdhemar D, Balducci F. Centre Alpin de Recherche Epidmiologique et de Prevention Sanitaire, Grenoble University Hospital, France Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1989 Mar;27(3):329-35

Homeopathic treatment of acute childhood diarrhea: results from a clinical trial in Nepal Jennifer Jacobs, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. L. Margarita Jiménez, Department of Public Health, Health Sciences Center, University of Guadalajara. Stephen Malthouse, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Elizabeth Chapman, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Dean Crothers, Evergreen Center for Homeopathic Medicine, Edmonds, Washington. Mary Masuk, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Wayne B. Jonas, Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2000, 6(2): 131-139. doi:10.1089/acm.2000.6.131.

Homoeopathic Oscillococcinum for preventing and treating influenza and influenza-like syndromes Vickers AJ, Smith C. Integrative Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA. andrewline@earthlink.net Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(2):CD001957

Self care in health Nessa F, Rahman S, Banu S. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Dhaka Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull. 1991 Oct;17(2):63-73

Combating epidemics through miasmatic prescription (Japanese Encephalitis)
G Srinivasulu Dept. of Organon of Medicine, Government Homoeopathic Medical College (Affiliated to N. T. R. University of Health Sciences, A.P.), Cuddapah, India

Immunomodulatory effect of Canova medication on experimental Leishmania amazonensis infection Pereira WK, Lonardoni MV,Grespan R, Caparroz-Assef SM, Cuman RK, Bersani-Amado CA. Laboratory of Inflammation, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Maring, Avenida Colombo, 5790, 87020-900 Maring-PR, Brazil J Infect. 2005 Aug;51(2):157-64. Epub 2004 Nov 5.

Plagues and Pestilences: past and present, Homeopathy’s approach to epidemic disease W Taylor Homeopathy Department, Portland, USA

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : GALL STONES

Characteristics of immune homeostasis in patients with cholelithiasis complicated by hepatitis and cholangitis Dronov OI, Simkin MK. Lik Sprava. 2006 Jul-Sep;(5-6):52-5

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : GENITOURINARY

Evaluation of 2LHERP in preventing recurrences of genital herpes. Institut International 3IDI Jenaer M, Henry MF, Garcia A,Marichal B. Institut International 3IDI, Paris, France Br Homeopath J. 2000 Oct;89(4):174-7

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : HAEMATOLOGY

Can Homeopathy Bring Additional Benefits to Thalassemic Patients on Hydroxyurea Therapy? Encouraging Results of a Preliminary Study Antara Banerjee1, Sudipa Basu Chakrabarty2, Susanta Roy Karmakar1, Amit Chakrabarty2, Surjyo Jyoti Biswas1, Saiful Haque1, Debarsi Das1, Saili Paul1, Biswapati Mandal3, Boujedaini Naoual4, Philippe Belon4 and Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh1 1Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741 235, 2 Institute of Genetic Engineering, 30 Thakurhat Road, Badu, Kolkata-700 128, 3Directorate of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani, West Bengal, India and 4Boiron Laboratory, 20 Rue de la Liberation, Sainte-Foy-Les-Lyon, France eCAM Advance Access published October 29, 2007

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : HYPERSENSITIVITY

Expectations and effectiveness of medical treatment and classical homeopathic treatment for patients with hypersensitivity illnesses-One year prospective study Launsø L, Henningsen I, Rieper J, Brender H, Sandø F, Hvenegaard A. National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), University of Tromsø, Norway Homeopathy. 2007 Oct;96(4):233-42

An exploratory retrospective study of people suffering from hypersensitivity illnesses who attend medical or classical homeopathic treatment Launsø L, Kimby CK, Henningsen I, Fønnebø V. The National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM) University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway. Launsoe@post7.tele.dk Homeopathy. 2006 Apr;95(2):73-80

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : HYPERTENSION

CAM use among older adults age 65 or older with hypertension in the United States: general use and disease treatment Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA. rbell@wfubmc.edu J Altern Complement Med. 2006 Nov;12(9):903-9

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : IATROGENIC

Evidence of the principle of similitude in modern fatal iatrogenic events Teixeira MZ. Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. marcus@homeozulian.med.br Homeopathy. 2006 Oct;95(4):229-36

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : INSOMNIA

The homeopathic preparation Neurexan vs. valerian for the treatment of insomnia: an observational study Waldschütz R, Klein P. Hadwigstrasse 24, D – 78224 Singen, Germany ScientificWorldJournal. 2008 Apr 20;8:411-20

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : INTENSIVE CARE

Adjunctive homeopathic treatment in patients with severe sepsis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in an intensive care unit Frass M, Linkesch M, Banyai S, Resch G, Dielacher C, Löbl T, Endler C, Haidvogl M, Muchitsch I, Schuster E. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Homeopathy, Graz, Austria. michael.frass@kabsi.at Homeopathy. 2005 Apr;94(2):75-80

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: In Vitro and Related Studies

In vitro evaluation of the antiviral effects of the homeopathic preparation Gripp-Heel on selected respiratory viruses Glatthaar-Saalmüller B. Labor Dr. Glatthaar, Clinical Immunology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, A-1210 Vienna, Austria (e-mail: glatthaar@l-d-g.de). Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2007 Nov;85(11):1084-90

Does potentized HgCl2 (Mercurius c orrosivus) affect the activity of diastase and alpha-amylase? Witt CM, Bluth M, Hinderlich S, Albrecht H, Lüdtke R, Weisshuhn TE, Willich SN. Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany. claudia.witt@charite.de J Altern Complement Med. 2006 May;12(4):359-65

Histamine dilutions modulate basophil activation Belon P, Cumps J, Ennis M, Mannaioni PF, Roberfroid M, Sainte-Laudy J,Wiegant FA. Boiron, 20 rue de la Libération, 69110 Sainte-Foy-Les-Lyon, France Inflamm Res. 2004 May;53(5):181-8. Epub 2004 Apr 21

In-Vitro Activity of Thuja Occidentalis Linn. Against Pathogenic Aspergilli Dr. Girish Gupta Dr. A. K. Srivastava The Homoeopathic Heritage Vol. 27, No. 1, January 2002 pg. 5 – 12.

The in vitro evidence for an effect of high homeopathic potencies–a systematic review of the literature Witt CM, Bluth M,Albrecht H, Weisshuhn TE, Baumgartner S, Willich SN. Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, D-10098 Berlin, Germany. claudia.witt@charite.de Complement Ther Med. 2007 Jun;15(2):128-38. Epub 2007 Mar 28

Biochemical efficacy of homeopathic and electronic preparations of D8 potassium cyanate Dittmann J, Kanapin H, Harisch G.Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Deutschland Forsch Komplementarmed. 1999 Feb;6(1):15-8

Effect of low doses and high homeopathic potencies in normal and cancerous human lymphocytes: an in vitro isopathic study Wälchli C, Baumgartner S, Bastide M. Institute for Complementary Medicine (KIKOM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. waelchli@hiscia.ch J Altern Complement Med. 2006 Jun;12(5):421-7

Activation of mononuclear bone marrow cells treated in vitro with a complex homeopathic medication Cesar B, Abud AP, de Oliveira CC, Cardoso F, Gremski W, Gabardo J, Buchi DD. Departamento de Biologia Celular, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil Micron. 2007 Feb 22; [Epub ahead of print]

In vivo treatment of melanoma (B16F10) with a homeopathic agent and with a cytokine (IFN-alpha) Pascual-Carpe F, Vicente-Ortega V, Campos-Aranda M, Yañez-Gascón J. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Murcia University, Espinardo Campus,30100 Murcia, Spain Oncol Res. 2006;16(5):211-6

Investigation of cytokine expression in human leukocyte cultures with two immune-modulatory homeopathic preparationsRamachandran C, Nair PK, Clèment RT, Melnick SJ. Research Institute, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, Florida 33155, USA. cheppail.ramachandran@mch.com J Altern Complement Med. 2007 May;13(4):403-7

In vivo study of the anti-inflammatory effect of Rhus toxicodendron dos Santos AL, Perazzo FF, Cardoso LG, Carvalho JC. Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde de São Paulo, R. Bartolomeu de Gusmão, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Homeopathy. 2007 Apr;96(2):95-101

Antioxidative, antiproliferative and biochemical effects in HepG2 cells of a homeopathic remedy and its constituent plant tinctures tested separately or in combination Gebhardt R. Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. rgebhardt@medizin.uni-leipzig.de Arzneimittelforschung. 2003;53(12):823-30

Comparative analysis of the influence of various factors in different combinations on the ionic homeostasis of a cell NadareÄ shvili GG. Georgian Med News. 2006 Aug;(137):109-11

Influence of some homeopathic preparations on tumor cells NadareÄ shvili GG. Georgian Med News. 2006 Jul;(136):99-101

Influences of some homeopathic preparations on ionic homeostasis at different dilutions NadareÄ shvili GG. Georgian Med News. 2006 Jun;(135):120-3

Dual inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase/cyclooxygenase by a reconstituted homeopathic remedy; possible explanation for clinical efficacy and favourable gastrointestinal tolerability Jäggi R, Würgler U, Grandjean F, Weiser M. VitaPlant AG, Benkenstrasse 254, 4108 Witterswil, Switzerland. rjaeggi@vitaplant.ch Inflamm Res. 2004 Apr;53(4):150-7. Epub 2004 Mar 18

Inhibition of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha secretion from resting and activated human immunocytes by the homeopathic medication Traumeel S Porozov S, Cahalon L, Weiser M, Branski D, Lider O, Oberbaum M. The Center for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 91031, Israel Clin Dev Immunol. 2004 Jun;11(2):143-9

Phagocytosis, endosomal/lysosomal system and other cellularaspects of macrophage activation by Canova medication Lopes L,Godoy LM, de Oliveira CC, Gabardo J, Schadeck RJ, de Freitas Buchi D Laboratório de Estudos de Células Inflamatórias e Neoplásicas, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil Micron. 2006;37(3):277-87. Epub 2005 Sep 19

Effects of the homeopathic preparation Engystol on interferon-gamma production by human T-lymphocytes Enbergs H. Institute of Physiology, Biochemistry and Animal Hygiene, University of Bonn, Germany. heinrich.enbergs@medscape.com Immunol Invest. 2006;35(1):19-27

A rapid TLC screening method for the quality control of Sedum acre L. homeopathic tinctures B Gehrmann¹, MF Melzig^{2 1} Einhorn-Rats-Apotheke, Markt 10–12, 25813 Husum, Germany ² Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 2+4, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Antiviral activity of Engystol: an in vitro analysis Oberbaum M, Glatthaar-Saalmüller B, Stolt P, Weiser M. The Center of Integrated Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. oberbaum@szmc.org.il J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Oct;11(5):855-62

Effects of ultrahigh dilutions of 3,5-dichlorophenol on the luminescence of the bacterium Vibrio fischeri Antje Brack^{, a, b}, Jürgen Strube^a, Peter Stolz^a and Heinz Decker^{b a} Forschungsinstitut Kwalis gGmbH, Fuldaer Str. 21, Dipperz 36160, Germany ^bInstitute for Molecular Biophysics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – General Subjects
Volume 1621, Issue 3, 11 June 2003, Pages 253-260

Histamine dilutions modulate basophil activation Belon P, Cumps J, Ennis M, Mannaioni PF, Roberfroid M, Sainte-Laudy J,Wiegant FA. Boiron, 20 rue de la Libération, 69110 Sainte-Foy-Les-Lyon, France Inflamm Res. 2004 May;53(5):181-8. Epub 2004 Apr 21

Effects of Saussurea lappa roots extract in ethanol on leukocyte phagocytic activity, lymphocyte proliferation and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) Sarwar A, Enbergs H. Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Agriculture 38040, Faisalabad, Pakistan. anas_sarwar@hotmail.com Pak J Pharm Sci. 2007 Jul;20(3):175-9

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Malaria

MALARIA AND HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES IN GHANA An Open Study and a Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial V.M.A. van ERP¹ and M. BRANDS ^2
1 BSc, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ² MD, Homeopaths without Borders Netherlands

Homeopathy medicine to check malaria in Bhopal State Government of Bhopal

The effect of a homeopathic neem preparation for the prophylaxis of malaria An exploratory trial in an at-home setting in TanzaniaN.M. Barlow-Benschop, MD, MScA, C.GambaB, S.P. Barlow, BScA, T. M. Blasco, M.A. PhD candidateC

Sierra Leone: Reduction in the incidence, severity and duration of malaria episodes and parasitaemia Sponsor(s): Malamed; Blackie Foundation Trust

Homeopathic treatment of malaria in Ghana Open study and clinical trial BSC Veronique M.A. Van Erp* and MD Martien BrandsBritish Homoeopathic journal
Volume 85, Issue 2, April 1996, Pages 66-70

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Menstruation and Menopause

Treating hot flushes in menopausal women with homeopathic treatment–Results of an observational study MF Bordet1, A Colas1, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, P Marijnen2, JL Masson3 and M Trichard4 1Boiron, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France 2Reims, France 3Ecully, France 4Lyon, France Homeopathy Volume 97, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 10-15

Effects of homeopathic treatment in women with premenstrual syndrome: a pilot study M Yakir, S Kreitlerb, A Brzezinskic, G Vithoulkasd, M Oberbaume and Z Bentwichf The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel Psychology Department, Tel Aviv University, Israel Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel Alonisos 37005, Greece The Institute of Research on Complementary Medicine Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem Ruth Ben Ari Institute of Clinical Immunology, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot 76100 British Homoeopathic journal Volume 90, Issue 3, July 2001, Pages 148-153

Homeopathy service in a National Health Service community menopause clinic: audit of clinical outcomes Relton C, Weatherley-Jones E. School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK. c.relton@sheffield.ac.uk J Br Menopause Soc. 2005 Jun;11(2):72-3

Homeopathy for menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors: a preliminary randomized controlled trial Jacobs J, Herman P,Heron K, Olsen S, Vaughters L Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA. jjacobs@igc.org J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Feb;11(1):21-7

Use of alternative therapies for menopause symptoms: results of a population-based survey Newton KM, Buist DS, Keenan NL,Anderson LA, LaCroix AZ. Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA. newton.k@ghc.org Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Jul;100(1):18-25

Homeopathic treatment of hot flushes: a pilot study Clover A, Ratsey D. Tunbridge Wells Homoeopathic Hospital, UK. anne_clover@lineone.net Homeopathy. 2002 Apr;91(2):75-9

Factors associated with the use of complementary medicine and non-pharmacological interventions in symptomatic menopausal women Daley A, MacArthur C, McManus R, Stokes-Lampard H, Wilson S, Roalfe A, Mutrie N. Division of Primary Care, Public and Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Climacteric. 2006 Oct;9(5):336-46

Evidence study of the effectiveness of homeopathy in treating amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea M Schmück Heidelberg, Germany

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Meta Analysis

Dana Ullman You Tube video explains homeopathic meta analysis research

Homeopathy Annual Evidence Update: June 2008 The 2008 Annual Evidence Update on Homeopathy aims to identify, organise and present the most up-to-date evidence on this topic. We have carried out searches in a large number of databases. The searches aimed to identify all relevant systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published since April 2007. Previously published studies have been included in the 2007 Homeopathy National Knowledge Week (NKW).

Universal Condemnation for The Lancet’s Stance on Homeopathy

Boiron Laboratories Disputes British Journal’s Editorial on Homeopathy In its continued educational and research efforts for the advancement of homeopathy, Boiron Laboratories disputes an editorial comment published in The Lancet’s Nov. 17, 2007 issue on the basis that its author has misinterpreted results of clinical trials on homeopathic medicines.

The Lancet article (Vol 366, 27 August 2005): “Are the clinical effects of homeopathy placebo effects? Comparative study of placebo controlled trials of homeopathy and allopathy”

The research evidence base for homeopathy: a fresh assessment of the literature Mathie RT. Faculty of Homeopathy, 15 Clerkenwell Close, London, EC1R 0AA, UK. rmathie@trusthomeopathy.org Homeopathy. 2003 Apr;92(2):84-91

Homeopathy and The Lancet Peter Fisher Director of Research, Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3HR, UK Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2006 March; 3(1): 145–147

Homeopathy for postoperative ileus? A meta-analysis Barnes J, Resch KL, Ernst E. Department of Complementary Medicine, Postgraduate Medical School, University of Exeter, United Kingdom. J Clin Gastroenterol. 1997 Dec;25(4):628-33

A systematic review of how homeopathy is represented in conventional and CAM peer reviewed journals Timothy Caulfield* and Suzanne DeBow Health Law Institute, University of Alberta, Canada BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2005, 5(1):12

Are the clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effects? A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials LINDE K., CLAUSIUS N., RAMIREZ G., MELCHART D., EITEL F., HEDGES L. V., JONAS W. B. Münchener Modell, Centre for Complementary Medicine Research, Technische Universität/Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität, München, ALLEMAGNE Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, ETATS-UNIS Theoretische Chirurgie, Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik Innenstadt, Ludwig Maximillians Universität, München, ALLEMAGNE Department of Education, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, ETATS-UNIS Office of Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 5B-37, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, ETATS-UNIS Lancet 1997, vol. 350, no9081, pp. 834-843 (145 ref.)

Homeopathy on trial: prospective clinical studies in the 19th century ME Dean University of York, Department of Health Sciences, York, UK

Evidence of clinical efficacy of homeopathy: a meta-analysis of clinical trials Cucherat M, Haugh M C, Gooch M, Boissel J P European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2000 Volume 56(1) Pages 27-33

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Neurology

Complementary and alternative medicine for multiple sclerosis Schwarz S, Knorr C, Geiger H, Flachenecker P. Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, J 5, Mannheim 68159, Germany; Department of Neurology, Klinikum Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1- 3, Mannheim 68167, Germany Mult Scler. 2008 Jul 16

Homeopathic vs conventional treatment of vertigo: a randomized double-blind controlled clinical study Weiser M, Strösser W,Klein P. Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH, Baden-Baden, Germany. weiser.michael@heel.de Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1998 Aug;124(8):879-85

The homeopathic preparation Vertigoheel versus Ginkgo biloba in the treatment of vertigo in an elderly population: a double-blinded, randomized, controlled clinical trial Issing W, Klein P, Weiser M. The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Feb;11(1):155-60

Treatment of vertigo with a homeopathic complex remedy compared with usual treatments: a meta-analysis of clinical trialsSchneider B, Klein P, Weiser M. Institut für Biometrie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany Arzneimittelforschung. 2005;55(1):23-9

Microcirculatory effects of a homeopathic preparation in patients with mild vertigo: an intravital microscopic study Klopp R,Niemer W, Weiser M. Institute for Microcirculation, Berlin, Germany Microvasc Res. 2005 Jan;69(1-2):10-6

The IMCO Scheme as a Tool in Developing Team-Based Treatment for People with Multiple Sclerosis Launsø L, Skovgaard L. The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society, Copenhagen, Denmark., The National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), The Medical Faculty, University of Tromsø, Norway J Altern Complement Med. 2008 Jan 16

The long-term effects of homeopathic treatment of chronic headaches: one year follow-up and single case time series analysis Walach H, Lowes T, Mussbach D, Schamell U, Springer W, Stritzl G, Haag G. Department of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany. walach@ukl.uni-freiburg.de Br Homeopath J. 2001 Apr;90(2):63-72

Double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study of homoeopathic prophylaxis of migraine Whitmarsh TE, Coleston-Shields DM, Steiner TJ. Princess Margaret Migraine Clinic, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK Cephalalgia. 1997 Aug;17(5):600-4

Observational study of quality of life in patients with headache, receiving homeopathic treatment Muscari Tomaioli, G : Allegri, F : Miali, E : Pomposelli, R : Tubia, P : Targhetta, A : Castellini, M : Bellavite, P

Homeopathic treatment of mild traumatic brain injury: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial Chapman EH,Weintraub RJ, Milburn MA, Pirozzi TO, Woo E.Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA J Head Trauma Rehabil. 1999 Dec;14(6):521-42

Homeopathic treatment of migraine: a double blind, placebo controlled trial of 68 patients Straumsheim P, Borchgrevink C,Mowinckel P, Kierulf H, Hafslund O. Arena Medisinske Senter, Sognsveien, Oslo, Norway Br Homeopath J. 2000 Jan;89(1):4-7

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : OBSTETRICS

Homeopathic remedies in prenatal care Brennan P. Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor, MI, USA. J Nurse Midwifery. 1999 May-Jun;44(3):291-9

Patient admission and induced abortion. A different mode: homeopathy and sophrology Tregan D, Cailleux-Kreitmann J,Nègre-Garnier C. Soins Gynecol Obstet Pueric Pediatr. 1994 Mar;(154):37-9

The effect of the homeopathic remedies Arnica montana and Bellis perennis on mild postpartum bleeding a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study preliminary results Oberbaum M, Galoyan N, Lerner-Geva L, Singer SR, Grisaru S, Shashar D,Samueloff A. The Center for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 91031, Israel. oberbaum@szmc.org.il Complement Ther Med. 2005 Jun;13(2):87-90

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : OPHTHALMOLOGY

Homeopathy in Cuban epidemic neuropathy: an open clinical trial Cairo J, Elliot BE, Barnouin J, Fleites P, Araoz A, Morales M, Verdura T, Sanchez M, Serrano C, Alvarez JL, Veillard JJ. Instituto Finlay, Avenida 27, La Lisa, Ciudad Habana, Cuba. Br Homeopath J. 2001 Jul;90(3):154-7

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : ORTHOPAEDICS

Homeopathic arnica therapy in patients receiving knee surgery: results of three randomised double-blind trials Brinkhaus B,Wilkens JM, Ladtke R, Hunger J, Witt CM, Willich SN.Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany Complement Ther Med. 2006 Dec;14(4):237-46. Epub 2006 Oct 13

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Paediatrics

Complementary medicine use in multi-ethnic paediatric outpatients Robinson N, Blair M, Lorenc A, Gully N, Fox P, Mitchell K.Centre for Complementary Healthcare and Integrated Medicine (CCHIM), Faculty of Health & Human Sciences, Thames Valley University, Paragon House, Boston Manor Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GA, UK Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2008 Feb;14(1):17-24. Epub 2007 Nov 26

Complementary or alternative? The use of homeopathic products and antibiotics amongst pre-school children Wye L, Hay AD,Northstone K, Bishop J, Headley J, Thompson E BMC Fam Pract. 2008 Jan 30;9(1):8

Why pediatric health care providers are not using homeopathic antidiarrheal agents Pappano D, Conners G, McIntosh S,Humiston S, Roma D.Department of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, TN J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Dec;13(10):1071-6

Homeopathic Secretin in autism: a clinical pilot study Robinson TW. Barton House, Beaminster, Dorset, UK Br Homeopath J. 2001 Apr;90(2):86-91

Homeopathic treatment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled crossover trial Heiner Frei1, Regula Everts2, Klaus von Ammon3, Franz Kaufmann2, Daniel Walther2, Shu-Fang Hsu-Schmitz4, Marco Collenberg4, Katharina Fuhrer2, Ralph Hassink5, Maja Steinlin2 Contact Information and André Thurneysen3 Contact Information (1) Swiss Association of Homeopathic Physicians SAHP, Lucerne, Switzerland (2) Division of Paediatric Neurology, University Childrenrsquos Hospital, Inselspital, 3010 Berne, Switzerland (3) Kollegiale Instanz für Komplementärmedizin (KIKOM)/Homeopathy, Imhoof Pavillon, Inselspital, 3010 Berne, Switzerland (4) Department of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science (IMSV), University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland (5) Zentrum für Entwicklungsförderung und pädiatrische Neurorehabilitation, Bienne, Switzerland European Journal of Pediatrics Volume 164, Number 12 / December, 2005

Treatment for hyperactive children: homeopathy and methylphenidate compared in a family setting Frei H, Thurneysen A. Spezialarzt FMH für Kinder und Jugendliche, FA Homöopathie SVHA, Laupen, Switzerland. dr.heiner.frei@swissonline.ch Br Homeopath J. 2001 Oct;90(4):183-8

Homeopathic treatment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled crossover trial Frei H, Everts R, von Ammon K, Kaufmann F, Walther D, Hsu-Schmitz SF, Collenberg M, Fuhrer K,Hassink R, Steinlin M, Thurneysen A.Swiss Association of Homeopathic Physicians SAHP, Lucerne, Switzerland Eur J Pediatr. 2005 Dec;164(12):758-67. Epub 2005 Jul 27

Homeopathy on a neonatology ward B Baltacis^{1 1} Neonatologie, KA Rudolfstiftung, Wien, Austria

A randomized comparison of homoeopathic and standard care for the treatment of glue ear in children Harrison H, Fixsen A,Vickers A Complement Ther Med. 1999 Sep;7(3):132-5

Homeopathic treatment of acute otitis media in children: a preliminary randomized placebo-controlled trial Jacobs J, Springer DA,Crothers D. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. jjacobs@igc.org Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Feb;20(2):177-83

Use of complementary and alternative medicine in pediatric otolaryngology patients attending a tertiary hospital in the UK Shakeel M, Little SA, Bruce J, Ah-See KW.Department of Otolaryngology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, Scotland, UK Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2007 Nov;71(11):1725-30. Epub 2007 Aug 21

The characteristics of complementary and alternative medicine use by parents of asthmatic children in Southern Israel Singer L,Karakis I, Ivri L, Gross M, Bolotin A, Gazala E. Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Acta Paediatr. 2007 Nov;96(11):1693-7. Epub 2007 Sep 19

Non-pharmacological methods for the treatment of pain in children and adolescents Cunin-Roy C, Bienvenu M, Wood C. Unité d’évaluation et de traitement de la douleur, hôpital Robert-Debré, 48, boulevard Serrurier, 75019 Paris, France. Arch Pediatr. 2007 Oct 9; [Epub ahead of print]

Homeopathy for childhood diarrhea: combined results and metaanalysis from three randomized, controlled clinical trials Jacobs J,Jonas WB, Jiménez-Pérez M, Crothers D. Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA. jjacobs@igc.org Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003 Mar;22(3):229-34

Paediatric homoeopathy in general practice: where, when and why? Ekins-Daukes S, Helms PJ, Taylor MW, Simpson CR,McLay JS. Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Buildings, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2005 Jun;59(6):743-9

Homeopathy in acute otitis media in children: treatment effect or spontaneous resolution? Frei H, Thurneysen A. Spezialarzt FMH für Kinder and Jugendliche, FA Homöopathie SVHA, Laupen, Switzerland. dr.heiner.frei@swissonline.ch Br Homeopath J. 2001 Oct;90(4):180-2

Treatment of acute childhood diarrhea with homeopathic medicine: a randomized clinical trial in Nicaragua Jacobs J, Jiménez LM, Gloyd SS, Gale JL, Crothers D.Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle Pediatrics. 1994 May;93(5):719-25

Homeopathic care for the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections in children: a pragmatic, randomised, controlled trial comparing individualised homeopathic care and waiting-list controls Steinsbekk A, Fønnebø V, Lewith G, Bentzen N. Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), MTFS, N-7489 Trondheim, Norway. aslak.steinsbekk@ntnu.no Complement Ther Med. 2005 Dec;13(4):231-8. Epub 2005 Oct 18

Randomised controlled trials of homeopathy in hyperactive children: treatment procedure leads to an unconventional study design. Experience with open-label homeopathic treatment preceding the Swiss ADHD placebo controlled, randomised, double-blind, cross-over trial Frei H, Everts R, von Ammon K, Kaufmann F, Walther D, Schmitz SF, Collenberg M, Steinlin M, Lim C,Thurneysen A. Swiss Association of Homeopathic Physicians, Lucerne, Switzerland. heiner.frei@hin.ch Homeopathy. 2007 Jan;96(1):35-41

The effects of a complex homeopathic medicine compared with acetaminophen in the symptomatic treatment of acute febrile infections in children: an observational study Derasse M, Klein P, Weiser M. d.s.h Statistical Services GmbH, Rohrbach, Germany Explore (NY). 2005 Jan;1(1):33-9

Using homeopathy for treating childhood asthma: understanding a family’s choice Doerr L. Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA J Pediatr Nurs. 2001 Aug;16(4):269-76

An exploratory study of the contextual effect of homeopathic care. A randomised controlled trial of homeopathic care vs. self-prescribed homeopathic medicine in the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections in children Steinsbekk A, Lewith G,Fønnebø V, Bentzen N. Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), MTFS, N-7489 Trondheim, Norway Prev Med. 2007 Feb 9; [Epub ahead of print]

Effects of Spascupreel versus hyoscine butylbromide for gastrointestinal cramps in children Müller-Krampe B, Oberbaum M,Dipl-Math PK, Weiser M. Pediatr Int. 2007 Jun;49(3):328-34

Attacks of apnea in a newborn aged 18 days Bauer J. Kinder- und Jugendklinik des Städtischen Klinikum Offenbach, Landgrafenring 20, 63071 Offenbach, Germany. jan.bauer@arcor.de Forsch Komplementarmed. 2006 Aug;13(4):241-3. Epub 2006 Sep 5

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY STUDIES

Metallocenyl dendrimers and their applications in molecular electronics, sensing, and catalysis Astruc D, Ornelas C, Ruiz J. Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR CNRS 5255, Université Bordeaux 1, 33405 Talence Cedex, France. d.astruc@ism.u-bordeaux1.fr Acc Chem Res. 2008 Jul;41(7):841-56

Analysis of gypsogenin saponins in homeopathic tinctures Szakiel A, Henry M.Department of Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland Acta Biochim Pol. 2007 Dec 10

Thermoluminescence in ultra-high dilution research van Wijk R, Bosman S, van Wijk EP. International Institute of Biophysics, Neuss, Germany. meluna.wijk@wxs.nl J Altern Complement Med. 2006 Jun;12(5):437-43

Thermoluminescence of ultra-high dilutions of lithium chloride and sodium chloride Louis Rey Chemin de Verdonnet 2, 1010, Lausanne, Switzerland Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications Volume 323, 15 May 2003, Pages 67-74

Permanent physico-chemical properties of extremely diluted aqueous solutions of homeopathic medicines Elia V, Baiano S, Duro I,Napoli E, Niccoli M, Nonatelli L. Department of Chemistry, University Federico II of Naples, Complesso, Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia 80126, Naples, Italy. elia@chemistry.unina.it Homeopathy. 2004 Jul;93(3):144-50

Gas discharge visualization evaluation of ultramolecular doses of homeopathic medicines under blinded, controlled conditions Bell IR, Lewis DA 2nd, Brooks AJ, Lewis SE, Schwartz GE. Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5153, USA. ibell@u.arizona.edu J Altern Complement Med. 2003 Feb;9(1):25-38

High homeopathic potencies are different from potentized solvent when investigated with the REDEM technology Witt C, Lüdtke R, Weisshuhn TE, Willich SN. Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsökonomie, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin. Claudia.witt@charite.de Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2005 Feb;12(1):6-13

An experimental study of potentiated aqueous solutions Lobyshev VI, Tomkevich MS, Petrushanko IIu. Biofizika. 2005 May-Jun;50(3):464-9

Absorption spectra of electronic-homoeopathic copies of homoeopathic nosodes and placebo have essential differences Korenbaum VI, Chernysheva TN, Apukhtina TP, Sovetnikova LN. V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Vladivostok, Russia. v-kor@poi.dvo.ru Forsch Komplementarmed. 2006 Oct;13(5):294-7. Epub 2006 Oct 20

Quantum Coherence and Conscious Experience Mae-Wan Ho
Bioelectrodynamic Laboratory, Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, U.K.

Variation in Fourier transform infrared spectra of some homeopathic potencies and their diluent media Sukul NC, Ghosh S, Sukul A, Sinhababu SP. Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. ksh_ncsukul@sancharnet.in J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Oct;11(5):807-12

Changes in physico-chemical parameters of homeopathic remedies ferrum metallicum CH6 and ferrum metallicum CH30 after exposure to high frequency electromagnetic radiation of low intensity Mendez NM. Radiats Biol Radioecol. 2005 Mar-Apr;45(2):212-3

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : PLANT STUDIES

कृषि विज्ञान की नई विधा एग्रोहोम्योपैथी फ़सलोत्पादन में होम्योपैथिक दवाओं का प्रयोग –पँकज अवधिया ( कृषि वैज्ञानिक –रायपुर )

Beneficial effects of Biochemic drug Natrum mur … ( Dr Pankaj Oudhia –Raipur)

Safed and Kali Musli planted in pots for Agrohomoeopathy experiements  (Dr Pankaj Oudhia –Raipur)

Details of Agrohomoeopathic experiments conducted by using  various Homoeopathic Drugs (Dr Pankaj Oudhia –Raipur)

Effects of different Homoeopathic drugs prepared from common weeds on radial growth of Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus membranaceus) under in vitro …( Dr Pankaj Oudhia –Raipur)

Effect of different concentrations of selected Homoeopathic drugs, prepared from obnoxious weeds on radial growth of mushroom (Pleurotus florida). (Dr Pankaj Oudhia –Raipur)

Management and Control of Genetic Processes in Cotton Plants through Homoeopathy Dr. H.U. Gangar Ex-Head, Engineering & Workshop, Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, (ICAR) , Mumbai

Duckweed (Lemna gibba L.) as a Test Organism for Homeopathic Potencies Scherr C, Simon M, Spranger J, Baumgartner S. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Frick, Switzerland., Society for Cancer Research, Institute Hiscia, Arlesheim, Switzerland. J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Nov;13(9):931-8

Effects of Potentised Substances on Growth Kinetics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe C. Scherra,c; S. Baumgartnera,b; J. Sprangerc,e; M. Simond aVerein für Krebsforschung, Institut Hiscia, Arlesheim, Schweiz bKollegiale Instanz für Komplementärmedizin (KIKOM), Universität Bern, Insel-Spital, Imhoof-Pavillon, Bern, Schweiz cForschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, Frick, Schweiz dInstitut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres (ICBM), Universität Oldenburg, Deutschland eInstitut für anthroposophische Veterinärmedizin, Frick, Schweiz Forsch Komplementärmed 2006;13:298-306 (DOI: 10.1159/000095302)

Statistical analysis of the effect of high dilutions of arsenic in a large dataset from a wheat germination model Brizzi M, Nani D,Peruzzi M, Betti L. Dipartimento di Scienze statistiche, University of Bologna, Italy Br Homeopath J. 2000 Apr;89(2):63-7

Growth stimulation of dwarf peas (Pisum sativum L.) through homeopathic potencies of plant growth substances Baumgartner S,Thurneysen A, Heusser P. Kollegiale Instanz für Komplementärmedizin, Universität Bern, Insel-Spital, Imhoof-Pavillon, Bern, Switzerland. s.baumgartner@hiscia.ch Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2004 Oct;11(5):281-92

Effect of electronic homeopathic copy of biohumus fertilizer on tomato sprout development Korenbaum VI, Chernysheva TN,Apukhtina TP, Shin SN, Demeniuk VN. Pacific Institute of Oceanology, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690041 Russia. v-kor@poi.dvo.ru Radiats Biol Radioecol. 2003 May-Jun;43(3):370-4

Effects of potentised substances on growth kinetics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe Scherr C,Baumgartner S, Spranger J, Simon M. Verein für Krebsforschung, Institut Hiscia, Arlesheim, Schweiz. scherr@vfk.ch Forsch Komplementarmed. 2006 Oct;13(5):298-306. Epub 2006 Oct 20

The effects of a 45x potency of arsenicum album on wheat seedling growth — a reproduction trial Binder M, Baumgartner S,Thurneysen A. Institute for Complementary Medicine (KIKOM), University of Bern, Switzerland Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2005 Oct;12(5):284-91. Epub 2005 Oct 13

A biostatistical insight into the As(2)O(3) high dilution effects on the rate and variability of wheat seedling growth Brizzi M,Lazzarato L, Nani D, Borghini F, Peruzzi M, Betti L. Department of Statistical Sciences, Bologna University, Italy Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2005 Oct;12(5):277-83. Epub 2005 Oct 13

Medicinal plants and homeopathy: a scientific and literary study C Amengual Selva, Mallorca, Spain

Effect of the homeopathic solution Sulphur on the growth and productivity of radish Bonato, C. M., Silva, E. P. da Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av Colombo, 5790, 87020, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. Acta Scientiarum – Agronomy, 2003 (Vol. 25) (No. 2) 259-263

Homeopathy agriculture pioneers

Employing homeopathy for plant protection by By Hussnain Qureshi

Forum For Agrohomeopathy

Mark Moddy publications

Role of homeopathy in Agriculture

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : PLASTIC SURGERY

Effect of Homeopathic Arnica montana on Bruising in Face-lifts Results of a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Brook M. Seeley, MD; Andrew B. Denton, MD; Min S. Ahn, MD; Corey S. Maas, MD Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2006;8:54-59.

Effect of homeopathic Arnica montana on bruising in face-lifts: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trialSeeley BM, Denton AB, Ahn MS, Maas CS. Connecticut Facial Plastic Surgery, Farmington, Conn, USA Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2006 Jan-Feb;8(1):54-9

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : PROVINGS

Homeopathic pathogenetic trials of Acidum malicum and Acidum ascorbicum Fisher P, Dantas F. Academic Department, Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, UK. pfischer@gn.apc.org Br Homeopath J. 2001 Jul;90(3):118-25

A double-blind, randomized, homeopathic pathogenetic trial with healthy persons: comparing two high potencies Mallinger H,Schneider R, Laffel M, Walach H. Health Center Sokrates, Gattingen, Switzerland Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2004 Oct;11(5):274-80

Can homeopaths detect homeopathic medicines? A pilot study for a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled investigation of the proving hypothesis Vickers A, McCarney R, Fisher P, van Haselen R. Academic Unit, Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, London, UK Br Homeopath J. 2001 Jul;90(3):126-30

Homeopathic proving symptoms: result of a local, non-local, or placebo process? A blinded, placebo-controlled pilot study Walach H, Sherr J, Schneider R, Shabi R, Bond A, Rieberer G. Department of Evaluation Research in Complementary Medicine, Samueli Institute European Office, Institute for Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany. walach@ukl.uni-freiburg.de Homeopathy. 2004 Oct;93(4):179-85

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Psychiatry

The pathway followed by psychotic patients to a tertiary health center in a developing country: A comparison with patients with epilepsy Razali SM, Mohd Yasin MA. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kota Baru, Kelantan, Malaysia Epilepsy Behav. 2008 May 28

Do Existing Psychologic Scales Measure the Nonspecific Benefit Associated with CAM Treatment? Hyland ME, Lewith GT, Wheeler P. Department of Health Psychology, University of Plymouth, Devon, UK J Altern Complement Med. 2008 Mar;14(2):185-9

Homeopathic remedies as metaphors in family therapy. A narrative-based approach to homeopathy Konitzer M, Rene A, Doering T. Department of General Practice, Medical School of Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover, Germany. kleinwaechter.edv@t-online.de Homeopathy. 2003 Apr;92(2):77-83

Homeopathic approach in the treatment of patients with mental disability Dolce Filho R. Centro Esp rita Nosso Lar Casa Andr Luiz, S Paulo-SP, Brazil. rdolce@uol.com.br Homeopathy. 2006 Jan;95(1):31-44

Homeopathic treatment of depression and anxiety Davidson JR, Morrison RM, Shore J, Davidson RT, Bedayn G. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke Unversity Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA Altern Ther Health Med. 1997 Jan;3(1):46-9

Can homeopathy learn something from psychoanalysis? Van Hootegem H. henk.van.hootegem@skynet.be Homeopathy. 2007 Apr;96(2):108-12

Homeopathic and psychiatric perspectives on grief Davidson JR, Gaylord S. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA Altern Ther Health Med. 1998 Sep;4(5):30-5

Homeopathic treatment of addiction F Kusse Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Management of depression by homeopathic practitioners in Sydney, Australia Makich L, Hussain R, Humphries JH.School of Health, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia Complement Ther Med. 2007 Sep;15(3):199-206. Epub 2006 Nov 7

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : RENAL

The berberis story: Berberis vulgaris in therapeutics Arayne MS, Sultana N, Bahadur SS. Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan. arayne@gawab.com Pak J Pharm Sci. 2007 Jan;20(1):83-92

Homeopathic concepts and diagnosis in the management of chronic renal failure P Pareek Pareek Homeopathic Clinic, Moti Katra, Agra, India

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Respiratory

Clinical Research with homeopathy in Tuberculosis/MDRTB Multi agency trials by the Government of Delhi

Homeopathic treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients DP Rastogi New Delhi, India

Evaluation of Homoeopathic drugs in the treatment of tuberculosis (a clinical trial) DR. R. K. MANCHANDA Deputy Director, (Homoeopathy) Dept. of Medicine. Nehru H. M. C. and Hospital, New Delhi. Dr. Sonia chauhan House Physician, Nehru H. M. C. and Hospital, New Delhi. Dr. Preety Lakhera, Homoeopathic Physician

Predictors of complementary therapy use among asthma patients: results of a primary care survey Shaw A, Noble A, Salisbury C,Sharp D, Thompson E, Peters TJ. Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Health Soc Care Community. 2008 Mar;16(2):155-64

The use of simplified constitutional indications for self-prescription of homeopathic medicine Steinsbekk A, Bentzen N,Fønnebø V, Lewith G. Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), MTFS, N-7489 Trondheim, Norway. aslak.steinsbekk@medisin.ntnu.no Complement Ther Med. 2004 Jun-Sep;12(2-3):112-7

Treatment of inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract comparison of a homeopathic complex remedy with xylometazolineAmmerschlÃger H, Klein P, Weiser M, Oberbaum M.Facharztr Allgemeinmedizin, Aschaffenburg, Deutschland Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2005 Feb;12(1):24-31

Effects of homeopathic intervention on medication consumption in atopic and allergic disorders Frenkel M, Hermoni D. Department of Family Medicine, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. Altern Ther Health Med. 2002 Jan-Feb;8(1):76-9

Oscillatory effects in a homeopathic clinical trial: an explanation using complexity theory, and implications for clinical practiceHyland ME, Lewith GT. Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK. mhyland@plymouth.ac.uk Homeopathy. 2002 Jul;91(3):145-9

Homeopathy and respiratory allergies: a series of 147 cases Colin P. phill.colin@free.fr Homeopathy. 2006 Apr;95(2):68-72

A complex homeopathic preparation for the symptomatic treatment of upper respiratory infections associated with the common cold: An observational study Schmiedel V, Klein P.Habichtswald-Klinik, Kassel, Germany Explore (NY). 2006 Mar;2(2):109-14

Assessing patients’ preferences for characteristics associated with homeopathic and conventional treatment of asthma: a conjoint analysis study Ratcliffe J, Van Haselen R, Buxton M, Hardy K, Colehan J, Partridge M. Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK. jratcliffe@rti.org Thorax. 2002 Jun;57(6):503-8

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Rheumatology

A Modern Homeopathic Medication Works as well as COX 2 Inhibitors: Treating Osteoarthritis of the Knee Heinz Birnesser, Peter Klein, Michael Weiser FORTBILDUNG UND PRAXIS FÜR DEN HAUSARZT 2003;25(4) pp. 261–4

Alternative and complementary therapies in fibromyalgia syndrome Langhorst J, Häuser W, Irnich D, Speeck N, Felde E,Winkelmann A, Lucius H, Michalsen A, Musial F. Klinik für Innere Medizin V, Naturheilkunde und Integrative Medizin, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Am Deimelsberg 34a, 45276, Essen, Deutschland, jost.langhorst@gmx.de Schmerz. 2008 Jun;22(3):324-33

Complementary and alternative medicine use in rheumatoid arthritis: an audit of patients visiting a tertiary care centre Zaman T,Agarwal S, Handa R. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India Natl Med J India. 2007 Sep-Oct;20(5):236-9

A randomised, controlled, triple-blind trial of the efficacy of homeopathic treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome Weatherley-Jones E, Nicholl JP, Thomas KJ, Parry GJ, McKendrick MW, Green ST, Stanley PJ, Lynch SP. Medical Care Research Unit, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK. e.weatherley-jones@sheffield.ac.uk J Psychosom Res. 2004 Feb;56(2):189-97

Improved clinical status in fibromyalgia patients treated with individualized homeopathic remedies versus placebo I. R. Bell, D. A. Lewis, A. J. Brooks, G. E. Schwartz, S. E. Lewis, B. T. Walsh and C. M. Baldwin Program in Integrative Medicine, Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, the Arizona Respiratory Center and the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, and Saybrook Graduate School and Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA. Rheumatology 2004; 43: 577-582

The efficacy and safety of a homeopathic gel in the treatment of acute low back pain: a multi-centre, randomised, double-blind comparative clinical trial Stam C, Bonnet MS, van Haselen RA.Regulatory Affairs Department, VSM Geneesmiddelen bv, Alkmaar, The Netherlands Br Homeopath J. 2001 Jan;90(1):21-8

Electroencephalographic cordance patterns distinguish exceptional clinical responders with fibromyalgia to individualized homeopathic medicines Bell IR, Lewis DA 2nd, Schwartz GE, Lewis SE, Caspi O, Scott A, Brooks AJ, Baldwin CM. Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. ibell@u.arizona.edu J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Apr;10(2):285-99

A randomized controlled trial comparing topical piroxicam gel with a homeopathic gel in osteoarthritis of the knee van Haselen RA,Fisher PA. The Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3HR, UK Rheumatology (Oxford). 2000 Jul;39(7):714-9

Homeopathic remedies for the treatment of osteoarthritis: a systematic review Long L, Ernst E. Department of Complementary Medicine, School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Studies, University of Exeter, UK. L.Long@exeter.ac.uk Br Homeopath J. 2001 Jan;90(1):37-43

The homeopathic antiarthitic preparation Zeel comp. N: a review of molecular and clinical data Birnesser H, Stolt P. Klinik f Sportorthop/Sporttraumatologie, Universittsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. brinesser@msm1.ukl.uni-freiburg.de Explore (NY). 2007 Jan-Feb;3(1):16-22

A homeopathic ointment preparation compared with 1% diclofenac gel for acute symptomatic treatment of tendinopathy Schneider C, Klein P, Stolt P, Oberbaum M. Klinik f Ganzheitsmedizin, Herrsching, Germany Explore (NY). 2005 Nov;1(6):446-52

A preliminary investigation into the effectiveness of the homoeopathic remedy, Ruta graveolens, in the treatment of pain in plantar fasciitis CLARK J,PERCIVALL A. Br J Pod 2000: Aug;3(3):81-5

Improved clinical status in fibromyalgia patients treated with individualized homeopathic remedies versus placebo Bell IR, Lewis DA 2nd, Brooks AJ, Schwartz GE, Lewis SE, Walsh BT, Baldwin CM. Department of Psychiatry, Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. IBELL@U.ARIZONA.EDU Rheumatology (Oxford). 2004 May;43(5):577-82. Epub 2004 Jan 20

EEG alpha sensitization in individualized homeopathic treatment of fibromyalgia Bell IR, Lewis DA 2nd, Lewis SE, Schwartz GE,Brooks AJ, Scott A, Baldwin CM. Program in Integrative Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, The Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. ibell@u.arizona.edu Int J Neurosci. 2004 Sep;114(9):1195-220

A Randomized Doubleblind Trial on the Efficacy of a Homeopathic Drug for Rheumatoid Arthritis Wiesenauer M, Gaus W Wirksamkeitsnachweis eines Homeopathikums bei chronischer Polyarthritis: Eine randomisierte Doppelblindstudie bei niedergelassenen Arzten Akt Rheumatol. 1991: 16: 1-9

Homoeopathic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: evaluation by double-blind clinical therapeutic trial WW Buchana, RG Gibso, SL Gibso, AD MacNeil Br J Clin Pharmacol том 9 (5), 1980. стор. 00453-9

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : SPINAL CORD INJURY

Alternative, complementary, energy-based medicine for spinal cord injury Johnston L; Paralyzed Veterans of America’s Education Foundation laurancejohnsto@aol.com Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2005;93:155-8

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : STROKE

Adjunctive care with nutritional, herbal, and homeopathic complementary and alternative medicine modalities in stroke treatment and rehabilitation Bell IR. Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2007 Jul-Aug;14(4):30-9

Scientific Research and Homeopathy ; UROLOGY

Individualized homeopathic therapy for male infertility I Gerhard and E Wallis
Outpatient Clinic for Complementary Medicine, Department for Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproduction, Gynecological Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Voßstr. 9, D-69115, Heidelberg, Germany Homeopathy Volume 91, Issue 3, July 2002, Pages 133-144

Scientific Research and Homeopathy : VASCULAR

Efficacy of Arnica in varicose vein surgery: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study Wolf M,Tamaschke C, Mayer W, Heger M. Praxis für Homöopathie, Berlin-Karow, Deutschland. manfred.wolf@berlin.de Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2003 Oct;10(5):242-7

Scientific Research and Homeopathy: Water (Memory)

A new geometrical description of entanglement and the curative homeopathic process Milgrom LR. Homeopathy Research Institute, London, United Kingdom J Altern Complement Med. 2008 Apr;14(3):329-39

Korean scientists prove homeopathy Benveniste’s dilutions went way beyond the level investigated by the Korean chemists Samal and Geckeler. The highest dilutions could have contained nothing but water molecules. Yet, these gave effects just as if the drug molecules were still present. The water appears to remember the original molecules dissolved in it.

Rustum Roy This paper does not deal in any way with, and has no bearing whatsoever on, the clinical efficacy of any homeopathic remedy. However, it does definitively demolish the objection against homeopathy, when such is based on the wholly incorrect claim that since there is no difference in composition between a remedy and the pure water used, there can be no differences at all between them. We show the untenability of this claim against the central paradigm of materials science that it is structure (not composition) that (largely) controls properties, and structures can easily be changed in inorganic phases without any change of composition. The burden of proof on critics of homeopathy is to establish that the structure of the processed remedy is not different from the original solvent.

Dynamics of hydrogen bonds: how to probe their role in the unusual properties of liquid water Jos Teixeira et al 2006 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18 S2353-S2362 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/18/36/S09

A special issue of the journal Homeopathy, journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy and published by Elsevier, on the Memory of Water brings together scientists from around the world for the first time to publish new data, reviews and discuss recent scientific work exploring the idea that water can display memory effects. The concept of memory of water is important to homeopathy because it offers a potential explanation of the mechanism of action of very high dilutions often used in homeopathy.

Chemists in Korea have discovered Benveniste’s dilutions went way beyond the level investigated by the Korean chemists Samal and Geckeler. The highest dilutions could have contained nothing but water molecules. Yet, these gave effects just as if the drug molecules were still present. The water appears to remember the original molecules dissolved in it.

Martin Chapman website on water structure references 1,200+ primarily peer-review articles. Chaplin is an objective observer of water structure and homeopathy, and his summary of the research is that homeopathic solutions are clearly not the same thing as plain water.

E. Davenas, F. Beauvais and J. Amara et al., Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE, Nature 333(1988), pp. 816-818. Full Text via CrossRef | View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus

J.H. Ovelg nne, A.W. Bol, W.C. Hop and R. van Wisk, Mechanical agitation of very dilute antiserum against IgE has no effect on basophil staining properties, Experientia 48 (1992), pp. 504-508. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus

S.J. Hirst, N.A. Hayes, J. Burridge, F.L. Pearce and J.C. Foreman, Human basophil degranulation is not triggered by very dilute antiserum against human IgE, Nature 366 (1993), pp. 525-527. Full Text via CrossRef | View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus

Y. Thomas, The history of the Memory of Water, Homp 96 (2007), pp. 151-157. SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (400 K)

M. Schiff, The Memory of Water, Thorsons, London (1995).

D. Evans, Placebo: Mind over Matter in Modern Medicine, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2003).

O. Weingrtner, The nature of the active ingredient in ultramolecular dilutions, Homp 96 (2007), pp. 220-226. SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (157 K)

L. Milgrom, Conspicuous by its absence: the Memory of Water, macro-entanglement, and the possibility of homeopathy, Homp 96(2007), pp. 209-219. SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (736 K)

M. Chaplin, The Memory of Water: an overview, Homp 96 (2007), pp. 143-150. SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (224 K)

J. Teixeira, Can water possibly have a memory? A sceptical view, Homp 96 (2007), pp. 158-162. SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links |PDF (366 K)

D. Anick and J. Ives, The silica hypothesis for homeopathy: physical chemistry, Homp 96 (2007), pp. 189-195. SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (242 K)

V. Voeikov, The possible role of active oxygen in the Memory of Water, Homp 96 (2007), pp. 196-201. SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (136 K)

D. Anick, The octave potencies convention: a mathematical model of dilution and succussion, Homp 96 (2007), pp. 202-208.SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (187 K)

V. Elia, E. Napoli and R. Germano, The Memory of Water: an almost deciphered enigma. Dissipative structures in extremely dilute aqueous solutions, Homp 96 (2007), pp. 163-169. SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (338 K)

M.L. Rao, R. Roy, I.R. Bell and R. Hoover, The defining role of structure (including epitaxy) in the plausibility of homeopathy, Homp96 (2007), pp. 175-182. SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (775 K)

L. Rey, Can low temperature thermoluminescence cast light on the nature of ultra-high dilutions?, Homp 96 (2007), pp. 170-174.SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (267 K)

B. Vyb ral and P. Vorek, Long term structural effects in water: autothixotropy of water and its hysteresis, Homp 96 (2007), pp. 183-188. SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (279 K)

Using the techniques of modern material science, the unique signatures of specific homeopathic remedies and potencies has now been determined by prominent American scientists Professor Rustom Roy, the Founding Director of the Materials Research Laboratory at Penn State, Professor Iris R. Bell, Director of Research Education for the Program of Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine

Instrumental measurements of different homeopathic dilutions of potassium iodide in water Jerman I, Berden M, Skarja M. BION, Institute for Bioelectromagnetics and New Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia Acupunct Electrother Res. 1999;24(1):29-44

The Memory of Water: an almost deciphered enigma. Dissipative structures in extremely dilute aqueous solutions Elia V, Napoli E,Germano R. Dipto. di Chimica, Universit Federico II di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy Homeopathy. 2007 Jul;96(3):163-9

Homeopathy and structure of water: a physical model Kratky KW. Institut fur Experimentalphysik der Universit Wien, Vienna, Austria. karl.kratzky@univie.ac.at Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2004 Feb;11(1):24-32

Quanta and coherence effects in water and living systems Smith CW. cyril.smith@which.net J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Feb;10(1):69-78

A new approach to the memory of water Tschulakow AV, Yan Y, Klimek W.Landesstiftung Insel Hombroich, Kapellener Strasse o.N., D- 41472 Neuss, Germany Homeopathy. 2005 Oct;94(4):241-7

Hormesis, epitaxy, the structure of liquid water, and the science of homeopathy Mastrangelo D. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Siena, Policlinico Le Scotte, Siena, Italy Med Sci Monit. 2007 Jan;13(1):SR1-8. Epub 2006 Dec 18

The possible role of active oxygen in the memory of water Voeikov VL. Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia. vvl@soil.msu.ru Homeopathy. 2007 Jul;96(3):196-201

The Floating Water Bridge Fuchs, Elmar C., Woisetschlger, Jakob, Gatterer, Karl, Maier, Eugen, Pecnik, Ren, Holler, Gert, and Eisenklbl, Helmut. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 (2007) 6112-6114

Body Language & Homeopathy

Body Language & Homeopathy

Gestures are something that everyone of us sees and uses in everyday life – however, we do not observe them carefully and not many use them from a clinical point of view. This power point presentatation by Dr Ajit Kulkarni  will give you vital information about their use in clinical homeopathic practice.

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Mind Map Software

Mind map software is an important tool in studying Homeopathic Materia medica .

What is Mind Map ?

A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.

It is an image-centered diagram that represents semantic or other connections between portions of information. By presenting these connections in a radial, non-linear graphical manner, it encourages a brainstorming approach to any given organizational task, eliminating the hurdle of initially establishing an intrinsically appropriate or relevant conceptual framework to work within.

A mind map is similar to a semantic network or cognitive map but there are no formal restrictions on the kinds of links used.

The elements are arranged intuitively according to the importance of the concepts and they are organized into groupings, branches, or areas. The uniform graphic formulation of the semantic structure of information on the method of gathering knowledge, may aid recall of existing memories.

Some Examples of Mind Maps created by Irish School Of Homeopaths:

click http://homeopathytorrents.blogspot.com/search/label/Mind%20Map%20of%20Homeopathic%20Medicines to see  more examples of Mind Maps of homeopathic Medicines

Screenshot of Aconite ( Thanks : Roger Knight )

Screenshot Of Anacardium ( Thanks : Roger Knight )

Screenshot of Lycopodium ( Thanks : Roger Knight )

Source : http://drprabhattandon.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/mind-mapping-software-a-better-way-for-expression/

Bach Flower Remedies

1. AGRIMONY: Humorous hides mental torture from others.
2. ASPEN: Fears of unknown things [feelings, vague].
3. BEECH: Order and discipline everywhere [intolerance].
4. CENTANRY: No individuality submits to [weakness of will power].
5. CERATO: Asking for advice doing their own talkative [doubt their own judgement, seeks confirmation of others]
6. CHERRY PLUM: Unable to resist impulse [temptation, emotion, desperation], [uncontrolled, irrational thoughts]
7. CHESTNUT BUD: Lack of observation repeated mistakes. Forgets the past easily.
8. CHICORY: Self love self pity- possessiveness. Cross when no attended.
9. CLEMATIS: Day dreamers, absent-minded-lack of concentration. Polite form of suicide. Prefers to be alone with his thoughts. Poor memory [brings down to earth] needs much sleep. Faintly Greediness Lake of interest.
10. CRAB-APPLE: Self dislike, concern of dirt.
11. ELM: Temporary lack of confidence in discharge of duties- trustee, doctor, family head.[overwhelmed by inadequency & responsibility.
12. GENTIAN: Depression for known cause discourage due to failure at school. Doubt discouragement.
13. GORSE: hopelessness pessimistic. 'oh, what's the use'
14. HEATHER: Self centred ness, making mountain of moles. Every talk about his owns ‘I’. egoistic
15. HOLY: Jealousy, hatred, suspicious, anger, worried, afraid, sex indulgence, sex mania.
16. HONEYS SUCKLE: Dwells in the memories of the past. Home sickness not living in present.
17. HORN BEAM: Monday morning feeling tiresomeness in thought & not due to physical exhaustion.
18. IMPATIENS: Quick & impatient extreme mental tension, irritability, excessive reaction.
19. LARCH: Lack of confidence a convinced after failure & no attempts though capable full of interest & ambitions.
20. MIMULUS: Fears of known things heard or seen. Nervousness, shyness.
21. MUSTARD: Depression & fear for unknown cause.
22. OAK: Optimistic, ease less efforts even in despair, fighting without loss of hope.
23. OLIVE: Exhaustion after exertion completes mentally & physically lack of interest- depression.[fatigued-drained of energy]
24. PINE: Putting blame on them feeling of guilt self blame.
25. RED CHEST NUT: Fear and anxiety for family & others.
26. ROCK ROSE: Extreme fear panic emergency.
27. ROCK WATER: Rigid minded, inflexible.
28. SCLERANTHUS: Lazy persons postpone doing now or afterwards. Uncertainity/ indecision/ fluctuating mood.
29. STAR OF BETHLEHEM: Many shocks in life. Mental or physical.
39. WHITE CHEST NUT: Persistent unwanted thoughts, preoccupation with some worry or episode. Mental arguments.
30. VERVEIN: Strain & tension.
31. VINE: Dominator or tyrant – Hitler type
32. WILLOW: For resentment put blame on others.
33. WILD OAT: Weak anaemic despondent.
34. WILD ROSE: Resigned- loss of interest- no efforts to improve.
35. WATER VIOLET: Proud / reserved / enjoy to be alone / aloof
36. WALNUT: To adjust [puberty, menopause, divorce, new surroundings]
37. SWEET CHEST NUT: Link breaker.[they feel that they have reached the limits of endurance]
38. RESCUE: cherry plum + clematis + impatiens + rock rose + star of bethlehem [shock, terror, emotional upset, stage fright]

Homeopathic Individualized Q-potencies versus Fluoxetine for Moderate to Severe Depression: Double-blind, Randomized Non-inferiority Trial

Homeopathic Individualized Q-potencies versus Fluoxetine for
Moderate to Severe Depression: Double-blind, Randomized
Non-inferiority Trial

U. C. Adler, N. M. P. Paiva, A. T. Cesar, M. S. Adler, A. Molina, A. E. Padula
and H. M. Calil
Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaı ´, Homeopathy Graduation Programme, Department of Psychobiology,
Universidade Federal de Sa ˜ o Paulo, Sa ˜ o Paulo, Brazil

Homeopathy is a complementary and integrative medicine used in depression, The aim of this study is to investigate the non-inferiority and tolerability of individualized homeopathic medicines [Quinquagintamillesmial (Q-potencies)] in acute depression, using fluoxetine as active control. Ninety-one outpatients with moderate to severe depression were assigned to receive an individualized homeopathic medicine or fluoxetine 20mg day–1(up to 40mg day–1) in a pro-
spective, randomized, double-blind double-dummy 8-week, single-center trial. Primary efficacy measure was the analysis of the mean change in the Montgomery & Asberg Depression Rating  Scale (MADRS) depression scores, using a non-inferiority test with margin of 1.45. Secondary  efficacy outcomes were response and remission rates. Tolerability was assessed with the side
effect rating scale of the Scandinavian Society of Psychopharmacology. Mean MADRS scores  differences were not significant at the 4th (P¼0.654) and 8th weeks (P¼0.965) of treatment.  Non-inferiority of homeopathy was indicated because the upper limit of the confidence interval (CI) for mean difference in MADRS change was less than the non-inferiority margin: mean differences (homeopathy–fluoxetine) were 3.04 (95% CI 6.95, 0.86) and 2.4 (95% CI 6.05, 0.77) at 4th and 8th week, respectively. There were no significant differences between the percentages of response or remission rates in both groups. Tolerability: there were no significant differences between the side effects rates, although a higher percentage of patients treated with fluoxetine reported troublesome side effects and there was a trend toward greater
treatment interruption for adverse effects in the fluoxetine group. This study illustrates the feasibility of randomized controlled double-blind trials of homeopathy in depression and indicates the non-inferiority of individualized homeopathic Q-potencies as compared to fluoxetine in acute treatment of outpatients with moderate to severe depression.

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http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/

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Research Supporting Homeopathy

Courtesy : HealthNews

By: Melanie Grimes
Published: Friday, 13 February 2009

The first double-blind crossover study ever performed was conducted by homeopaths in 1906. This study was run concurrently in eleven different cities on fifteen subjects. The documentation of this experiment consisted of 665 pages, published as Research Provings of Belladonna. Also at the turn of the nineteenth century, a book on homeopathic research was published called The Logic of Figures or Comparative Results of Homeopathic and Other Treatments. This book provided dozens of charts comparing disease and death rates in homeopathic and allopathic (mainstream) hospitals. This research also investigated statistics on the epidemic diseases of scarlet fever, yellow fever, and typhoid. The research showed that homeopathic hospitals had an average of 50 to 80 percent fewer deaths per 100 people, depending on the disease compared.
During World War II, an early double-blind study of homeopathy was sponsored by the British government. The experiment demonstrated that those given homeopathic remedies experienced a significant improvement in burns from mustard gas compared to those given placebo.
Many modern clinical trials are currently underway, looking for evidence of the efficacy of homeopathy from controlled trials in human subjects. More than 100 clinical trials have been conducted, some published in highly prestigious journals such as Lancet and JAMA. In 1997, K. Linde and W. Jonas, directors of the Alternative Medicine Evaluation Department of the National Institute of Health, co-signed a meta-analysis which evaluated 186 clinical trials on homeopathic therapies. Among the 105 trials whose results could be interpreted, 81 presented positive results, while homeopathy did not have a positive effect in 24 others. The authors concluded that, "the results of this meta-analysis are incompatible with the hypothesis that the clinical effects of homeopathy are due exclusively to a placebo effect."
Proliferation of interest in the area of clinical research abounds. In April 2003, a two-day conference was held in London on the topic of clinical research. Dick Koster  reports: "Those who are opposed to homeopathy…base their conclusion on the last negative study…. Followers of homeopathy herald all positive news and complain about serious design flaws in negative studies…. Both sides claim their successes and failures as definitive while in reality, new research…would only add or subtract a small effect to or from the already existing evidence…of homeopathy being true." This being said, Koster goes on to say that "homeopaths look at their patient results and believe that no amount of negative research could topple their belief in homeopathy."
A recent double-blind study has shown the antiviral effect of homeopathic remedies. Eight of the ten remedies tested inhibited viruses in chicken embryos from 50 to 100 percent depending on the potencies used. German scientists at a Veterinary College showed use of the homeopathic remedy Chelidonium lowered serum cholesterol when given twice a day to rabbits on a cholesterol rich diet.
The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology published a double-blind experiment on patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Of those given a homeopathic medicine, 82 percent experienced some relief of symptoms, while only 21 percent of those given a placebo experienced any similar degree of improvement.
Research has also been conducted in the use of homeopathy in cancer. In 77 mice that received a transplant in fibrosarcoma, 52 percent survived more than a year when treated with homeopathic remedies. The 77 untreated mice died within 10-15 days.
Many critics of homeopathic research site flaws in the designs of the studies, weakness in reporting and measuring techniques, small numbers of study participants, and the difficulties in replicating results. Homeopathy works and the proof is in the pudding. Because the science is based on one remedy for one person, it is difficult to construct studies and judge the results. Clinical results have noted homeopathic cures taking place around the globe for over 100 years. The miniscule doses are still immeasurable by today’s science, but in the future, equipment will be designed that can adequately measure the healing effects of homeopathy.

Health Maintenance Through Positive Thinking

Paper presented in National Seminar on Positive Perspectives of Health and Behaviour, Department of Psychology, M.D. University, Rohtak, February, 1&2, 2008.

M. FAIM A. ANSARI*                                                    ASIYA AIJAZ**

*RESEARCH SCHOLAR                                                    **READER

                              DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

                               ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY

                                          ALIGARH (U.P.)

Health:

Psychological resources such as hope, optimism, personal control, sense of meaning, and subjective well-being are known to exercise a protective influence on health. The Greek physician Hippocrates anticipated that positive emotions and health outcomes may be linked through multiple pathways. In the developed and developing countries, health is seen as the most valuable asset for a good quality of life, particularly in later years of life. Good health of the citizen is key facilitator to contribute to society. Smith (1990) said, “In the past, good health meant the absence of disease.” Today the definition of health is high level wellness that goes beyond the absence of disease toward one’s maximum potential which includes mind, body and sprit. High level wellness is the integration of health component, i.e. emotional, physical, social, spiritual and mental.

The common origin of the word health from “hoelth”, an English word meaning safe or sound and whole of body (Dolfman, 1973). There is no one contemporary meaning for the term. A nursing oriented definition of health consistent with the theme that the health is a subjective phenomenon that is operationalizable has been proposed by the Lynn. Lynn, 1990 defined health as a subjective representation of a person’s composite evaluation of somatic sense of self (how one is feeling) and functional ability (how one is doing).As such, health is manifested in the subjective judgment that one is experiencing wellness or illness. These subjective experiences are dynamic and are an outgrowth of person and environment interactions. As long as a person is capable of evaluating how he/she is feeling and doing at some level, the person has health.

The World Health Organization (WHO, 1948) defines health as a “state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Thus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has very clearly indicated that the absence of disease is not enough for health. This, definition emphasizes on positive and negative dimensions of health. Negative health or ill health has a subjective component expressed in the concept of illness and discomforts and an objective component express in concept of disease, injury, handicap or deformity. Positive health has two components: wellbeing and fitness. This state entails an appropriate balance of the physical, mental, social ingredients. Fitness can be considered as the objective physical components, where as, wellbeing can indicate the psychosocial component of positive health.

Lau (1995) found that when young healthy adults were asked to describe in their own words “what being healthy means to you?” their beliefs about health could be understood within the following dimensions:-

Ø     Physiological/Physical- good condition, having energy.

Ø     Pathological-happy, energetic, feels good psychologically.

Ø     Behavioural-eat and sleep properly.

Ø     Future consequence-live longer.

Ø     The absence of, e.g., sickness, disease & symptoms.

Kasl and Cobb (1966) states that health behaviour is any activity undertaken by a person believing himself to be healthy for the purpose of preventing disease or detecting it at an asymptomatic stage. Therefore, positive health can be defined as activities that may prevent disease, detect disease and disability at an early stage, promote and enhance health, or protect from risk of injury. Thus, “positive health can be defined as any activity undertaken by individual with a frequency or intensity that increases health or reduces disease”

As, we all know that the good health is a gift of God, but having good health is not sufficient but to maintain it also equally important. For this reason one should also focus on healthy lifestyle and positive thinking.

  ADOPT A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

• Exercise regularly. Physical activity plays a key role in reducing and preventing the effects of stress. Make time for at least 30 minutes of exercise, three times per week. Nothing beats aerobic exercise for releasing pent-up stress and tension.
• Eat a healthy diet. Well-nourished bodies are better prepared to cope with stress, so be mindful of what you eat. Start your day right with breakfast, and keep your energy up and your mind clear with balanced, nutritious meals throughout the day.
• Reduce caffeine and sugar. The temporary "highs" caffeine and sugar provide often end in with a crash in mood and energy. By reducing the amount of coffee, soft drinks, chocolate, and sugar snacks in your diet, you’ll feel more relaxed and you’ll sleep better.
• Avoid alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs. Self-medicating with alcohol or drugs may provide an easy escape from stress, but the relief is only temporary. Don’t avoid or mask the issue at hand; deal with problems head on and with a clear mind.
• Get enough sleep. Adequate sleep fuels your mind, as well as your body. Feeling tired will increase your stress because it may cause you to think irrationally.

The positive aspect of health is reflected in the Arabian proverb, “A man, who is healthy, has an optimistic view and who has an optimistic view, has everything” (Husain, 2005).

POSITIVE THINKING FOR GOOD HEALTH:

Happy people are always focusing on good events and worthy quality of life; they have optimistic view of life. Positive thinking can help people to gain peace of mind, obtain better health and attain an unceasing stream of energy. Positive thinking can have a beneficial effect on people’s health by increasing a person’s intellectual, physical, psychological, and social resources. Positive thinking leads to opportunity, Positive thinking is healthy. By practicing positive thinking one can enhance positive emotions, feeling and positive mental attitude which improve the quality of peoples lives and heal their bodies from illness and stresses.

According to Frederickson (2001) Positive emotions increase people’s physical, cognitive and social resources, which in turn help them cope more effectively with stressful experiences and live healthier.

According to Nudel and Nudel, positive thinking is an effective way to achieve mastery of bio-energy healing. Maintenance of a positive energy level in a healer’s own bio-energy field reduces stress and emotional tension in the healer and in others positive emotions and feelings and a positive mental attitude can improve the quality of people’s lives and heal their bodies of illnesses and stresses.

On the other hand, negative emotions and feelings bring poisonous toxins to the organism. Strong negative emotions such as anger, spite, envy, jealousy, and fear make the endocrine system accumulate poisons in the blood. Anxiety, depression, and doubt can also cause poisoning of the blood. Passive and lengthy negative emotions are even more dangerous for health than for active, sudden and momentary negative emotions. Negative emotions shorten the span of life. Treatment of physical symptoms with positive thoughts and statements was popularized in France a century ago, and it still has the power to overcome unwanted states (stress, tension, and unhappiness). Thoughts and feelings make up reality and add color to it. So, unhappiness brings a gray world and reality. To change a gray
world and to overcome the feeling of unhappiness, anxiety, or tension, one needs to refocus the mind on positive, healing thoughts. When people predict that something wrong is going to happen to them, it is more likely to
happen because negative thoughts will be reflected in their unconscious. Moreover, the person may develop psychosomatic illnesses (about 70% of all illnesses are psychosomatic, or caused by mental stress). Psychosomatic illnesses worsen when given special attention. Instead of paying direct attention to pain or illness, every time a negative thought occurs, say something like, "It will be better than I think." When a wish of any desired condition is established in the mind, somehow the unconscious mind leads
the wish to realization-not magically, but through mental programming. Besides healing illnesses, positive attitudes help one to withstand troubles and problems, make correct decisions, and overcome obstacles. Do not focus on negative events; try to discover a positive perspective. For example, individuals should understand that they need to read more or think more of others in order to find the ways of perfect communications. Because the thoughts of individuals are either positive or negative, they are reflected in their social or asocial behaviors. People should observe and conceive the world around them, as well as their inner worlds, with positive perceptions. Healers should have "a positive mind state" before they begin practicing bio-energy healing. Healers communicate with other people giving them energy. "Negative" energy cannot bring healing; only damage and it is destructive for both a healer and a healee. Healing energy is "a positive energy" sent by "a positive mind." Your thoughts are in your control, and they can be very powerful.

Positive thoughts can motivate healthy behaviors, such as eating healthy food and being active. It’s simple really. If you believe you can take 10,000 steps a day, you will be more likely to take an extra walk to meet your goal. If you know you can avoid holiday weight gain, you’ll feel great when you pass the tempting dessert buffet, and fit comfortably in your winter clothes. If you set your mind to do something, you can do it. Positive thinking can also help you achieve and maintain healthy behaviors, such as becoming more physically active or limiting your sugar intake.

Peale (1996) has measured the success of positive-thinkers and found that those who think positively they can lose weight, or increase their physical activity, these people are more successful than people with less faith in themselves. The confidence you have in performing a certain behavior is called self-efficacy; and self-efficacy is a key in successful behavior change.

A "can-do" attitude may be just what it takes to jumpstart a healthier lifestyle. Best of all, your attitude is something you can control. You have the choice to have a positive outlook. Chances are when you choose to think positively, you’ll feel better about yourself and be able to perform better in whatever you do.

HOW TO STAY POSITIVE:

Positive thinkers admit when they feel frustrated or depressed. They don’t ignore it. But they also don’t blame themselves. Instead, they try to understand the negative thoughts and feelings and counter them with more positive ones. So how do you stay positive, maintain momentum and sustain healthy behaviors? Here are few tips given by Peale (1996):-

Ø     Look for a good role model. There is always someone who seems to be doing just what you want to be doing. Maybe they’ve scheduled exercise into their workday and switched from coffee to herbal tea. Learn from a successful friend, family member or colleague. Ask them how they keep healthy and follow in their footsteps.

Ø     Try some positive self-talk and avoid negative-talk. Take a minute to give yourself an ego boost. Repeat some motivational words out loud or to yourself. Negative talk, "I can’t do it," "I’m fat," is dangerous for your well-being and healthy goals. Try to avoid the negative self-talk before it harms you. Remind yourself that you deserve happiness and can make positive changes.

Ø     Get support. Tell your friends and family about your healthy habits. It helps to have an encouraging network.

Ø     Reward yourself. Give yourself a pat on the back for your healthy efforts. Take a nice bath, get a massage, and enjoy a new DVD or CD.

Ø     Have a plan. Making a plan to exercise or eat healthy lunches with a friend can mean the difference of sticking with your goals or falling off track. If you’ve planned for an activity, you’ll likely stick with it. You may even find that writing down your goals and steps to achieve them can help you stay on track. Take it day by day or week by week. The process of writing down your personal action plan is a good way to keep you honest and watch your progress or pitfalls.

Positive thinking is mental attitude that enters into the mind through words and images that are conducive to growth, expansion and success. It is mental attitude that expects good and favorable results. A positive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health and a successful outcome of every situation and action, whatever the mind expects, it finds.

The power of positive thinking can change and improve your life. Maintaining positive thinking and attitude will drive you to success, healthy life and happiness. Positive thinking is a habit that is right practice. Positive thinking is something you have to do everyday as often as possible and whenever you can. By practicing positive thinking everyday, you create a state of mind where you are constantly positive- it becomes a state of being positive. By doing this at last you will find an amount of positive energy that will create a positive situation for you everyday. Positive emotions and feelings and a positive mental attitude can improve the quality of people’s lives and heal their bodies of illnesses and help to regain health.

One approach to positive thinking given by Martin (1991) is called the three C’s: Commitment, Control and Challenge.

Commitment: Make a positive commitment to yourself, to learning, work, family, friends, nature, and other worthwhile causes. Praise yourself and others, Always dream of success, Be enthusiastic.

Control: Keep your mind focused on important things. Set goals and priorities for what you think and do. Visualize practicing your actions. Develop a strategy for dealing with problems. Learn to relax. Enjoy successes. Be honest with yourself.

Challenge: Be courageous. Change and improve each day. Do your best and don’t look back. See learning and change as opportunities. Try new things. Consider several options. Meet new people. Ask lots of questions. Keep track of your mental and physical health. Be optimistic.

Martin (1991) has shown that people with these characteristics are winners in good times and survivors in hard times. “……People who begin consciously to modify their inner conversations and assumptions report an almost immediate improvement in their performance. Their energy increases and things seem to go better…”

Commitment, control and challenge help build self-esteem, reduce stress, live healthier and promote positive thinking.

Mental and emotional expectations can influence medical outcomes. The effectiveness of any medical treatment depends in part on how useful you expect it to be. As we know that our feeling of ineffectiveness of recourses lead us to stressful situation, we can overcome this situation by maximizing our efforts and our positive thoughts like “I can do it, even with limited resources” “So what, if I am running short of recourses, I can manage this.” This thinking can only be developed through positive thinking.

Positive affirmations are created through positive thinking to counter negative thoughts. These affirmations neutralize negative thoughts and build your self confidence. Positive affirmations give ways to the opportunities that are always present to some degree in a difficult situation.

Positive thinking help one to withstand troubles and problems, make correct decisions and overcome obstacles, stresses, and remains healthy. People should observe and conceive the world around them, as well as their inner worlds, with positive perceptions.

Spiritual strength promotes positive thinking, positive ideas, positive habits, positive attitudes, and positive efforts. There are qualities that promote wisdom, physical and mental well-being. Positive emotions stimulate the nervous system that protects the heart and reduces blood pressure. A realistic assessment of one’s limitations, the development of autonomy, and an ability to cope effectively with stress enable individuals to boost their positive thinking. The ability to recognize, accept and manage our feelings plays an integral role in our emotional development.

Meaning in life is very important for developing positive thinking. Those who are having meaning in their life are more likely to develop positive thinking. It has been observed that people who have meaning in their lives are keener to reduce stress for healthy life.

To develop positive thinking the person should be open to new ideas, activities and doing new things and new innovations, so that they can be more positive in their thinking.

The positive thinking can be developed by positive self talk, healthy attitudes, following effective fitness programmes (healthy diet), financially sound, hopefulness, new ideas, sense of responsibility etc. we can also develop positive thinking by acquiring new knowledge through stimulating mental activities that allows us to create environment in which useful and productive lives can be enjoyed.

Practicing positive self-talk will improve your outlook. When your state of mind is generally optimistic, you’re able to handle everyday stress in a constructive way. That ability may contribute to the widely observed health benefits of positive thinking. Positive thinking decreased negative stress. As it is very much clear that the people who think positively are more optimistic than the people who don’t.

CONCLUSION:

It is very much clear from the above discussion that the people who think positively enjoy better and healthy life. Positive thoughts can motivate healthy behaviors, such as eating healthy food and being active. Positive thinking is the process of creating thoughts, that creates and focus energy into reality, to bring into creation a positive outcome, which you see as a benefit to yourself or others. This is a powerful gift that we all have but a lot of people are not aware of it.

Thus, we can say positive events are even sweeter when you see them as evidence of more to come, and see yourself as the master of your own fate.  Therefore, we can say those who habitually practice positive thinking tend to experience more success, which can add up to a less stressful and healthier life. The power of positive thinking can change and improve your life. Maintaining positive thinking and attitude will drive you to success, healthy life and happiness.

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The facts about an ingenious homeopathic experiment that was not completed due to the “tricks” of Mr. James Randi.

Courtesy: Dr. Vithoulkas

The facts about an ingenious homeopathic experiment that was not completed due to the “tricks” of Mr. James Randi.

In 2002 the BBC Horizon program presented a documentary that showed that the Benveniste experiment about homeopathy was a fake one and therefore… homeopathy was also fake! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2512105.stm

Mr.Vithoulkas had repeatedly stressed in many communications that the experiment was in any case a falsely conceived one from its very beginning (see the correspondence). The opponents of homeopathy basing in this false experiment by Benveniste their hypocritical arguments maintained that homeopathy was simply placebo effect.

Mr Randi after this false experiment (ignoring all other experiments that showed the effect of homeopathy) declared in his website (http://www.randi.org/) that whoever could prove the validity of the action of a homeopathically potentized remedy beyond the Avogadro number would be winning one million $ as a prize.

Mr Vithoulkas challenged this statement and with this idea a new experiment was conceived that would prove that the highly potentized remedies could actually have a biological effect upon the human organism.

The experiment was simple: An individualized remedy would be given to a number of patients in a double blind fashion and half of the patients would receive placebo the other half would get the real remedy. The Greek Homeopathic physicians that would participate in taking of the cases and prescribing the remedies should point out in the end of the experiment the ones that they had got the real remedy.

The protocol was structured by a group of internationally known scientists and the experiment had to take place in one of the hospitals in Athens.

What follows is the real story (with facts in correspondence that transpired) of how through several "tricks", Mr.Randi refused to go through the experiment and rescued his million.

We sent the following statement to Mr. Randi in order to be posted to his website but he refused to post it.

RETRACTION STATEMENT

11.11.2008

INTRODUCTION: This is a retraction statement against the erroneous piece of information published on JREF (James Randi Educational Foundation) website http://www.randi.org/ , concerning the supposedly "withdrawal of Homeopaths" from a experiment (agreed upon between JREF and the Greek homeopathic team of medical doctors) that was devised in order to prove that there is a biological effect on human organism from the ultra high dilutions of homeopathic remedies, beyond the Avogadro number.

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EVENTS:

- The group of homeopaths led by Prof. George Vithoulkas contracted an agreement with JREF on 2003, with the objective of matching a “challenge” posed by JREF, in order to carry out a scientific experiment that proves that the human organism responds to homeopathic ultra dilutions, and claim the 1 million USD challenge prize offered by JREF.

- On 2003, a team of “skeptics” was set up, to represent the JREF side in the scientific experiment that would follow. The group of skeptics and the group of homeopaths led by Prof. George Vithoulkas have been conducting preparatory work continuously since then.

- A protocol was drawn up with the title: “Do homeopathic remedies have a recognizable biological effect on the human organism?”

- The venue for the experiment was to be a Greek hospital. Eventually, after several contacts with several hospitals, the municipality hospital "ELPIS" in Athens, Greece had agreed to host the experiment. The pharmacist that would provide the homeopathic remedies for the experiment -Mr. Korres Pharmacy-, was also found and the agreement was finalized on 12.10.2005. At that time Ms. Althea Katz, representative of Mr. Alec Gindis (he was one of the representatives of Mr. Randi) visited the Greek municipality hospital in Athens and discussed all the details about the experiment exhaustively.

- In 26.10.2005, Mr. Alec Gindis informed Prof. Vithoulkas by e-mail that the finances for the experiment were not yet raised and therefore the experiment could not start in spite of the fact that everything else was ready.

- In 17.8.2006, we received a signed agreement from Mr. Randi in which he stated that he was satisfied with the suggested protocol and he waived the claim of a preliminary test.

- As we waited for the finances to be raised, in order to start with the experiment, in 2.2.2006, we were informed that Mr. Randi had a health problem. When Mr. Gindis asked him to assign a representative in order to deal with all the procedures for the starting of the experiment, Mr. Randi refused to do so. As a result of his refusal the experiment was delayed so much until a new Mayor was elected in Athens who replaced the authorities of the ELPIS hospital, something that we had anticipated and repeatedly stressed to the “sceptics” long ago. The new Mayor Dr. Kaklamanis, a conventional medical doctor was indifferent if not hostile to the project. We had repeatedly warned the “sceptics” that if the experiment did not start the latest in the beginning of 2006, the new Mayor will change the key persons in the hospital -the president of the hospital and also the chairman of the scientific committee- and the new people most probably would not respect the decision of the previous scientific committee.

At this crucial time in the beginning of 2006 that the experiment had to start, Mr. Randi declared that he was sick and that his rehabilitation was …going to last from the beginning of February till July! But this was the crucial period that the experiment should have started in order not to be affected by the new authorities of the hospital.

It is characteristic of the urgency from the exchange of e-mails and more especially the e-mail Mr. Gindis wrote to Mr. Randi: “I want to underline, though, that your participation is critical… As you can imagine, the homeopaths are very concerned about your health. In their eyes you “failed” them by getting sick right when they just about put it all together”.

In 7.4.2006 Mr. Gindis wrote to Mr. Randi in order to signal to him that the homeopathic team was ready to start: “All in all, I am impressed that he (Prof. Vithoulkas) managed to put together such a team, find a sponsoring hospital and find a way to recruit patients with advertising efforts and costs carried by the hospital and participating homeopaths”. But instead Randi suspended all activities of the experiment attributing it to his supposedly state of health!

Mr. Randi knew very well that this period was crucial for us to start the experiment and we had made this urgency explicit by sending several e-mails urging them that it was necessary to go ahead immediately. But Mr. Randi needed …six months "to recover" denying to assign a collaborator. As expected, in Autumn of 2006 a new Mayor Dr. Kaklamanis M.D. was elected in Athens.

For us, all this extended period of recovery was obviously an excuse for not starting the experiment.

After the election of the new Mayor, a new chairman for the scientific committee and a new president of the hospital were installed.

Immediately we started pressing them to respect the decision of the previous scientific committee or to decide -in a new meeting- in favour of the experiment.

The interesting thing was that on 16.5.2008, Mr. Randi -thinking most probably that we could never succeed in getting a second permission- suddenly became very gallant and wrote: “In any case, it may not be necessary for me to actually be present in person for these tests. I am prepared to assign security and protocol duties to Alec Gindis and to Mr. Gabor, so they can act in my behalf”. But in the mean time and as early as March 2008 was already putting up in his website a text claiming that the "Greek homeopaths have withdrawn from the experiment …as expected"!!

The important question is: why Mr. Randi delayed the starting of the experiment by the moment everything was in place in 2006, claiming that he…would be recovering for six months and that nobody else could replace him, while the next time, when he thought that we could never succeed in obtaining a second permission from the ELPIS hospital, he became so gallant as to assign a collaborator?!!

He was so sure that we will not succeed in getting a second permission from the hospital that in 16.5.2008 Mr. Randi sent us a… notarized statement saying:

“I intend to go through with the proposed test of the claims of homeopathy, as previously discussed in exchanges between George Vithoulkas and myself. This stance has not changed, and it will not change”. !!! See his new statement later on (17.10.2008) when he knew already that we had the permission!!

- In the end of July of 2008, after a lot of efforts, we obtained for a second time the permission to conduct the proposed homeopathic experiment at the ELPIS hospital.

- On 2^nd and 3^rd September of 2008, there was a final meeting in the International Academy of Classical homeopathy in Alonissos to discuss last details of the experiment. In the meeting were present the representative of Randi, Mr. Hrasko Gabor, Ms Althea Katz (representative of Mr. Alec Gindis), Dr. Menachem Oberbaum, principal investigator of the experiment and Prof. George Vithoulkas. They discussed for two days all the details about the experiment and the discussion was taped officially and also some of it videoed by a professional camera man from Israel.

- A FEW DAYS LATER (during September 2008) WE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM USA THAT IN RANDI’S WEBSITE WAS APPEARING (since March 2008) A TEXT (under a title ANOTHER WITHDRAWAL) SAYING IN EFFECT THAT THE GREEK HOMEOPATHS HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM THE EXPERIMENT!!

In the document was stated that a major test of homeopathy in Greece has met the expected fate, being abandoned by the homeopathy community!!!!

This information infuriated the group of homeopaths led by Prof. George Vithoulkas and a lot of damage was caused to him as was accused for been associated with such unreliable people.

But the most outrageous event happened on 17.10.2008, when we actually received an "ultimatum" from Mr. Randi by which he was changing all the previous agreements refusing to go ahead with the experiment as planned.

Here is what he wrote:

“…Forget all previous correspondence exchanged on the subject. …What appears here is the current status. …First, we require that George Vithoulkas submit a regular, properly-filled-out application and submit it –just as we require everyone to do. After that has been received, we’ll go ahead– as with any regular applicant- with the arrangements, including the requirement for the preliminary stage”.

Here you can see his whole statement with some remarks from us in red:

To All Concerned:

The brouhaha that began as a comprehensive homeopathy test In Greece, has been consuming far too much of my time and attention, and of my colleagues, as well. Forget all previous correspondence exchanged on the subject. What appears HERE is the current status. Mr. Randi asked from us to forget all previous correspondence after we discovered the false, slanderous and deceptive posting at his website JREF with the title: “Another Withdrawal”.

We’re starting anew. Bear in mind that WE are offering the million-dollar prize, and WE will control the parameters, in line with the rules of the challenge – which are available to everyone. There will be no more exceptions, which I had – unwisely – granted to certain persons in order to be more accommodating; they have always chosen to be difficult, capricious, and arrogant as a result of this courtesy. No more.

First, we require that George Vithoulkas submit a regular, properly-filled-out application, and submit it – just as we require EVERYONE to do. After that has been received, we’ll go ahead – as with any regular applicant – with the arrangements, including the requirement for the preliminary stage. Mr. Randi changed the terms of agreement when he saw that everything was ready for starting the experiment. While his representatives were discussing with Prof. George Vithoulkas in Alonissos (September 2008), he was publicizing to his website that the Greek homeopaths had withdrawn!!! Since I’m not personally handling the challenge applications, I’m not aware of how many places George Vithoulkas has tried for a venue, but I know that his own country turned him down, as well as some others. Second, we’ll require that Mr. Vithoulkas obtain a venue and all the necessary facilities for conducting a double-blind, correct, acceptable protocol, before we will go ahead – following the receipt of the application.

Mr. Randi pretends that he ignores the fact that we had already the permission and the facilities for a second time though we had informed the “skeptics”.

The protocol used by the Royal Society/BBC tests in the UK – based on Jacques Benveniste’s design, and carefully supervised by the homeopathic community there – would be acceptable for this set of tests.

Mr. Randi wants to change even the terms of protocol that took years to be contracted!!

Don’t contact me personally on this matter. I’ll not entertain any arguments or pleas. It will be handled by Alison Smith, working with others on our staff.

Actually Mr. Randi is dismissing his previous collaborators, Mr. Alec Gindis and Mr. Hrasko Gabor!!!

These 300 words constitute my entire commentary on the matter.

James Randi.

It was clear now for a second time that when everything was in place in order to start the experiment, Mr. Randi didn’t wish to go ahead and found ridiculous excuses for withdrawing.

Consequently, as a least compensation, for the moral damage caused to Greek homeopaths and to the homeopathic community in general, we demand:

1. The apologies from Mr. Randi personally posted at his website.

2. The retraction of the text “Another Withdrawal” from all sites.

3. This document to be posted in the same place in the website of JREF where the "withdrawal statement" was posted.

4. A legal, notarized statement retracting the last statement of 17.10.2008 that has cancelled all Mr. Randi’s previous commitments.

If Mr. Randi fulfils all these conditions we will continue as planned. If these conditions are not fulfilled within a month, we will consider that Mr. Randi has withdrawn from the experiment. In any case, we will go ahead and complete the experiment without Mr. Randi, only with the help of sceptics Mr. Alec Gindis and Mr Hrasko Gabor who really care in seen this experiment finally completed.

55 Facts About Homeopathy

Presenting 55 Facts About Homeopathy
By Louise Mclean, LCCH MHMA.

In the last few years there have been many articles in the newspapers attacking
homeopathy, claiming it contains nothing more than water, ignoring all the positive
studies and saying it works through the placebo effect. Therefore I decided to
compile a list of facts to counter this criticism and present the salient points as
clearly as possible. So far I have come up with 55.

 

How Homeopathy Works

FACT 1: Hippocrates ‘The Father of Medicine’ of Ancient Greece said there were two
Laws of Healing: The Law of Opposites and the Law of Similars. Homeopathy treats
the patient with medicines using the Law of Similars, orthodox medicine uses the Law of
Opposites, e.g. antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, anti-convulsants, anti-hypertensives,
anti-depressants, anti-psychotics.

FACT 2: Homeopathic theories are based on fixed principles of the Laws of Nature
which do not change – unlike medical theories which are constantly changing!

FACT 3: Homeopathy is an evidence-based, empirical medicine.

FACT 4: Homeopathy is both an art and a science.

FACT 5: The Homeopathic PROVINGS of medicines are a more scientific method of
testing than the orthodox model.

FACT 6: Homeopathic medicine awakens and stimulates the body’s own curative
powers. The potentised remedy acts as a catalyst to set healing into motion.

FACT 7: Homeopathic medicines work by communicating a current/pattern/frequency of
energy via the whole human body to jump start the body’s own inherent healing
mechanisms.

FACT 8: Homeopathy assists the body to heal itself, to overcome an illness which brings
the patient to a HIGHER level of health. Orthodox medicine suppresses the illness,
bringing the patient to a lower level of health.

FACT 9: The homeopathic practitioner endeavours to search for and treat the CAUSE of
the disease in order to heal the EFFECT.

FACT 10: Outcomes of homeopathic treatment are measured by the LONG TERM
curative effects of prescribing and complete eradication of the disease state.

FACT 11: The homeopathic practitioner treats the WHOLE PERSON, believing all
symptoms are interrelated and seeks to select a medicine which most closely covers them
all.

FACT 12: Homeopathy works FAST in acute illnesses, slower in chronic illness.

FACT 13: Homeopathic medicine has been proven extremely effective in Epidemics
such as cholera, typhoid, diptheria, yellow fever, polio and influenza and were used
extensively in 19th century. http://www.whale.to/v/winston.html

Homeopathic Medicines

FACT 14: Homeopathic remedies are cheap.

FACT 15. Pharmaceutical medicines are expensive.

FACT 16: Homeopathy is the 2nd most popular and widely used medicine in the world.

FACT 17: There are more than 4,000 homeopathic medicines.

FACT 18: Homeopathic medicines have no toxic side-effects.

FACT 19: Homeopathic medicines are NON-ADDICTIVE.

FACT 20: In 200 years, there has never been a single homeopathic medicine recalled,
unlike pharmaceutical medicines.

FACT 21: Every true homeopathic medicine is made using ONE SUBSTANCE –
whether plant, mineral, metal, etc. The exact substance is known, unlike most modern
drugs where we are rarely informed of the ingredients.

FACT 22: Any remedy up to a 12c or a 24x potency still contains the original molecules
of the substance and this is known as Avogadro’s number.

FACT 23: Every Patient is Unique so homeopathic medicines are individualised.

FACT 24: Homeopaths treat genetic illness, tracing its origins to 6 main genetic causes
or ‘miasms’: Tuberculosis, Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Psora (scabies), Cancer, Leprosy.

FACT 25: High fevers will drop within minutes after taking the homeopathic medicine
Belladonna and Aconite.

FACT 26: There are thousands of homeopathic books, available at specialist outlets, not
sold in the high street.

Homeopathic Hospitals

FACT 27: There are 5 homeopathic hospitals in the UK – in London, Tunbridge Wells,
Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow. They cost the NHS under £10 million a year compared
to the £100 billion for the total annual NHS budget for 2008!

FACT 28: At one of the earliest debates on the NHS Act of 1948 the Government
pledged that homoeopathy would continue to be available on the NHS, as long as there
were "patients wishing to receive it and doctors willing to provide it".

FACT 29: There is a campaign by certain UK Professors to oust homeopathy completely
from the NHS after they wrote on NHS headed paper to all Primary Care Trusts in 2006
telling managers not to refer patients to the homeopathic hospitals.

FACT 30: The Homeopathic Hospitals are clean, with friendly, well informed staff. The
patients are generally pleased with their treatment unlike many orthodox National Health
Service hospitals.

FACT 31: The chances of contracting MRSA or C. Difficile at a Homeopathic Hospital
are extremely rare.

FACT 32: Unlike orthodox medicine, where the side-effects of pharmaceutical
medicines bill for negligence claims can run into millions, one UK leading insurance
company reported only ‘a couple’ of claims against homeopaths in a ten year period!
Hence insurance cover for homeopathy is cheap reflecting low risk.
Orthodox Medicine Opposing Homeopathy

FACT 33: In the United States in the early 1900s there were 22 homeopathic medical
schools and over 100 homeopathic hospitals, 60 orphanages and old people’s homes and
1,000+ homeopathic pharmacies.

FACT 34: Members of the American Medical Association had great animosity towards
homeopathy after its formation in 1847 and it was decided to purge all local medical
societies of physicians who were homeopaths.

FACT 35: Big Pharma does not want the Public to find out how well homeopathy works!
Scientific Studies

FACT 36: In 2005 World Health Organisation brought out a draft report which showed
homeopathy was beneficial causing Big Pharma to panic and the Lancet to bring out an
editorial entitled ‘The End of Homeopathy’.

FACT 37: In 2005 the Lancet tried to destroy homeopathy but were only looking at 8
inconclusive trials out of 110 of which 102 were positive. This was a fraudulent analysis.
"The meta-analysis at the centre of the controversy is based on 110 placebo-controlled clinical trials of homeopathy and 110 clinical
trials of allopathy (conventional medicine), which are said to be matched. These were reduced to 21 trials of homeopathy and 9 of
conventional medicine of ‘higher quality’ and further reduced to 8 and 6 trials, respectively, which were ‘larger, higher quality’. The
final analysis which concluded that ‘the clinical effects of homoeopathy are placebo effects’ was based on just the eight ‘larger, higher
quality’ clinical trials of homeopathy. The Lancet’s press release did not mention this, instead giving the impression that the
conclusions were based on all 110 trials."
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1375230

FACT 38: There have been many clinical trials that prove homeopathy works. In the
past 24 years there have been more than 180 controlled, and 118 randomized, trials into
homeopathy, which were analysed by four separate meta-analyses. In each case, the
researchers concluded that the benefits of homeopathy went far beyond that which could
be explained purely by the placebo effect.

FACT 39: The Bristol Homeopathic Hospital carried out a study published in November
2005 of 6500 patients receiving homeopathic treatment. There was an overall
improvement in health of 70% of them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4454856.stm

FACT 40: Homeopathy can never be properly tested through double blind randomised
trials because each prescription is individualised as every patient is unique. Therefore 10
people with arthritis, for example, may all need a different homeopathic medicine.

FACT 41: Homeopathic medicines are not tested on animals.

FACT 42: Homeopathic medicines work even better on animals and babies than on
adults, proving this cannot be placebo effect.

FACT 43: Homeopathy is safe for women to take while pregnant and safe for old people.

FACT 44: Scientists agree that if and when homeopathy is accepted by the scientific
community it will turn established science on its head.

Homeopathic Practitioners

FACT 45: Homeopathic Practitioners train for 4 years in Anatomy and Physiology, as
well as Pathology and Disease, Materia Medica, Homeopathic Philosophy and study of
the Homeopathic Repertory.

FACT 46: Most homeopaths treat patients who have been referred to them by
word of mouth. Most patients seek out homeopathy because conventional treatment has
not benefitted them or because it poses too great a risk of side-effects.

FACT 47: The homeopathic community has thousands, even millions, of
written case notes that demonstrate the positive benefits of their treatment. Some
homeopaths have video proof of their patients before and after treatment.

FACT 48: Homeopaths charge patients an average of £50 an hour. Specialist
Doctors can charge up to £200 or more.

Popularity of Homeopathy

FACT 49: The popularity of homeopathy has grown in the past 30 years, its revival
entirely through word of mouth and estimated to be growing at more than 20% a year the
world over!

FACT 50: Hundreds of famous people throughout the past 200 years have enjoyed the
benefits of homeopathic medicine. www.homeopathicrevolution.com

FACT 51: The aristocratic patronage of homeopathy in the UK extended well into the
1940s and beyond can be easily demonstrated. In the Homeopathic Medical Directories
there are lists of patrons of the dispensaries and hospitals. They read like an extract from
Burke’s or Debrett’s.

FACT 52: The Royal Families of Europe use homeopathic medicine and Queen
Elizabeth II of England never travels anywhere without her homeopathic vials of
medicine.

FACT 53: Homeopathy is practised nowadays in countries all over the world. In
India there are 100 homeopathic medical schools and around 250,000 homeopathic
doctors!

FACT 54: In a recent Global TGI survey where people were asked whether they trust
homeopathy the following percentages of people living in urban areas said YES: 62% in
India, 58% Brazil, 53% Saudi Arabia, Chile 49%, United Arab Emirates 49%, France
40%, South Africa 35%, Russia 28%, Germany 27%, Argentina 25%, Hungary 25%,
USA 18%, UK 15%.

http://www.tgisurveys.com/documents/TGIbarometerhomeopathy_Jan08.pdf

FACT 55: The media as a whole has been unwilling to air a defence of the efficacy of
homeopathy and the validity of this 250 year old profession.

Copyright Louise Mclean © 2008

Understanding Vision

TIPS & SECRETS

– Alan V. Schmukler

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Oh no, split nails!

Antimonium crudum has a marked action on the nails, causing deficient growth. If, after an accident has split the nail, the latter does not heal readily but grows cracked and thick, Antimonium c. will make it grow as it should. I have also used this drug in treating a split hoof of my horse.

Clinical Materia Medica – E.A. Farrington

Looks Like Arsenicum

Sarcolactic Acid  is of great value in the most violent form of influenza, especially with retching and prostration, when Arsenicum fails. Sore feeling all over, muscular weakness, worse from exertion. Nighttime restlessness, can’t get to sleep. Uncontrollable vomiting (even water). Also, weakness after influenza.

Baryta Muriatica

Arterio-sclerosis where a high systolic pressure with a comparatively low dystolic tension is attended by cerebral cerebral and cardiac symptoms. Narrowing of the cardiac orifice with pain right after eating. Multiple sclerosis of brain and cord. Lassitude in the morning.

Materia Medica with Repertory – Wm Boericke Thanks to S. Salfi U.S.

Habitual Abortion

Plumbum Metallicum for cases of habitual abortion, especially those occurring between 70 and 90 days. “She feels a lack of room for foetus in the uterus; inability of uterus to expand; threatening abortion.”

‘Clinical Experiences of 70 years in Homoeopathy’ — Dr. S.P.Koppikar

Rubric describing this in RADAR : ‘Small for fetus, sensation as if uterus too large’ – Plb is one of 12 remedies listed under this rubric; the only grade 2 remedy being Ovininum. All the others, including Plb are grade 1.

Thanks to : Dr. Firuzi Mehta

Calcarea Silicata

Calcarea Silicata causes absorption of corneal exudations. Ulcers with punched out edges indicate it. –J.H.Clarke – Also for atrophy of children when Silica fails (Calc sil 1x). Ussher. Always cold and lack of vital heat. Dreams of the dead.

Dose and Potency – Dr. P.S. Rawat -Thanks to  J. Finney -Ireland

Kali Cyanatum

Agonizing neuralgias with screaming and loss of consciousness. Cancer of tongue. Petroz cured a cancerous ulcer on the right side of the  tongue with Kali Cyanatum 1m.  Surface of body cold and moist. Better from motion. Worse 4am – 4pm.

Lotus M.M. – Robin Murphy N.D.    – Thanks to Felicia Coles  - Canada

Crotalus Horridus

Nose bleed during septic diseases (Bapt.) or in broken down constitutions . Blood is thin, dark and doesn’t coagulate.  Face flushes. Vertigo with fainting.

HomeopathicTherapeutics – Samuel Lilienthal, M.D.  – Thanks to Pat Mason –U.S.

Arsenicum Iodatum

Stomach Nausea-Brushing the teeth on. This rubric has only one medicine ARS IOD (Kent),when viewed in RADAR under “Vithoulkas View”

In RADAR “Millennium view-progressive”there are 6 medicines: All Cepa, All.s, Ars Iod, Crot-c, Crot H, Merc

This is Really Swell

Conium : Mouth swelling-Gums bluish red. Only one medicine grade2

Nat Mur:  Mouth Swelling -gums -bluish red-spongy swelling.  Only one medicine grade 1  RADAR/synthesis.

Wequar – Pakistan

Pulsatilla

“Ripe cold” in which the discharges are green and bland, not in the least excoriating; bad smell in the nose, as of old catarrh. If given in the beginning it usually spoils the case, for sneezing and excoriating discharges are not its characteristics. Farrington’s Comparative Materia Medica

Murthy – India
Nitric acid

In regard to the sticking pain as from splinters– ” This is a grand keynote of Nitric Acid and will serve to indicate wherever it is found. It requires a touch or movement to elicit it. When it occurs in the throat it requires the act of swallowing to set it up; in the anus, the passage of stool; in ulcers, the touch of a dressing. It may occur in any part of the body : in in-growing toenails. “

J.H.Clarke /repeated by M.L. Tyler
Calendula

Chief among the homeopathic remedies available for diaper rash is Calendula. Parents frequently find that the rash heals rapidly after applying Calendula lotion/ointment/gel. A word of caution here. If calendula is available to you only in tincture form, which contains alcohol, it will ‘burn’ the skin. The tincture must be diluted in a ratio of 1 part remedy to 3 parts water before use.

Homeopathy and your child By Lyle W. Morgan PH.D.
Salt of the Earth

A little symptom complex that means Natrum mur and Natrum mur only is
Hates sympathy, fuss and company, Craves salt, Loathes fat

Tyler’s drug pictures

Rhus tox

Rhustox is indicated in dysentery when there are tearing pains down the thighs during defecation. (A single remedy of grade 2)

Kent’s Repertory   - Thanks to Murthy – India

That Sinking Feeling

Hahnemann gives us an important foot note. “That symptoms of a not very important character, and, otherwise, trivial affections induce a sudden and complete sinking of the strength, is a very important and characteristic peculiarity of Arsenicum.” Guernesey adds ” Exhaustion is not felt by the patient when lying still, but as soon as he moves, he is surprised to find himself so weak.”

Tyler’s drug pictures  - Murthy - India

Nux Vomica

When the stomach is sick, it will empty its contents with no great effort ordinarily, but in Nux, there is retching and straining as if the action were going the wrong way, as if it would force the abdomen open; a reversed action; retches, gags, and strains and after a prolonged effort he finally empties the stomach. Stomach, nausea, inability to vomit : nux-v. This symptom is a very common problem attending many acute ailments and a dose of Nux vomica will pave the way to cure. Stomach, nausea, inability to vomit : nux-v.

Kent’s MM quoted by Tyler  -Murthy
Apis

Back, eruptions, prickly heat : Apis mel. Only remedy of grade 2 in Kent’s repertory.

Murthy

Potpourri

I have used Alumina-200 in alteration with Merc. Sol-200 for intense itching when worse with warmth.

Coffea Cruda-200 in alternation with Kali. Phos-200 has been useful for treating insomnia

Explore Sulphur-200 as an inter-current remedy in sexual weakness

In Ptosis (Drooping of eyelids), I have succeeded with Causticum in high potency in alternation with Gelsemium and Kali Phos.

In violent dry and fatiguing cough, Rumex-30 has given me good results

Consider Colocynthis, Gnaphalium , Rhus tox when treating sciatic pain

In Anorexia, Cocculus-30, Pulsatilla-6+30, China-30 are remedies recommended by Dr. P. N. Pai and have been has been found useful in many cases.

Most of my cases of Dysentery have been cured with Colocynthis and Merc. cor

I have used the trio of Arsenicum alb, Ipec and Natrum sulph in treating asthma

Thanks to Homoeo Dr. Sultan Mahmood – Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

Not Your Ordinary Itch

Petroleum :Itching with no visible eruption. He scratches the skin until moisture oozes forth, and keeps on scratching until the skin bleeds and the part becomes cold.

Kent Lectures on Materia Medica..quoted by Tyler also.

This symptom is split in Kent’s repertory as under

Skin, itching, eruption, without : alum., ars., cist., dol., gels., lach., med., merc., mez., petr., psor., sulph.

Skin, itching, scratch, until it is raw : agar., alum., am-c., ant-c., arn., bar-c., bov., calc., carb-s., caust., chin., dros., graph., hep., kali-c., kreos., lach., lyc., mang., merc., olnd., petr., phos., plb., psor., puls., rhus-t., ruta., sabin., scil., sep., sil., sul-ac., sulph., til.

Skin, coldness, scratching, after : agar., mez., petr.

Mezerium comes closest, but in Mez the itching changes place.

Murthy -India

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New Evidence for Homeopathy

Two new studies conclude that a review which claimed that homeopathy is just a placebo, published in The Lancet, was seriously flawed. George Lewith, Professor of Health Research at Southampton University comments: ‘The review gave no indication of which trials were analysed nor of the various vital assumptions made about the data. This is not usual scientific practice. If we presume that homeopathy works for some conditions but not others, or change the definition of a ‘larger trial’, the conclusions change. This indicates a fundamental weakness in the conclusions: they are NOT reliable.’

The background to the ongoing debate is as follows:

In August 2005, The Lancet published an editorial entitled ‘The End of Homeopathy’, prompted by a review comparing clinical trials of homeopathy with trials of conventional medicine. The claim that homeopathic medicines are just placebo was based on 6 clinical trials of conventional medicine and 8 studies of homeopathy but did not reveal the identity of these trials. The review was criticised for its opacity as it gave no indication of which trials were analysed and the various assumptions made about the data.

Sufficient detail to enable a reconstruction was eventually published and two recently published scientific papers based on such a reconstruction challenge the Lancet review, showing that:

• Analysis of all high quality trials of homeopathy yields a positive conclusion.
• The 8 larger higher quality trials of homeopathy were all for different conditions; if homeopathy works for some of these but not others the result changes, implying that it is not placebo.
• The comparison with conventional medicine was meaningless.
• Doubts remain about the opaque, unpublished criteria used in the review, including the definition of ‘higher quality’.

The Lancet review, led by Prof Matthias Egger of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Berne, started with 110 matched clinical trials of homeopathy and conventional medicine, reduced these to ‘higher quality trials’ and then to 8 and 6 respectively ‘larger higher quality trials’. Based on these 14 studies the review concluded that there is ‘weak evidence for a specific effect of homoeopathic remedies, but strong evidence for specific effects of conventional interventions’.

There are a limited number of homeopathic studies so it is quite possible to interpret these data selectively and unfavourably, which is what appears to have been done in the Lancet paper. If we assume that homeopathy does not work for just one condition (Arnica for post-exercise muscle stiffness), or alter the definition of ‘larger trial’, the results are positive. The comparison with conventional medicine was meaningless: the original 110 trials were matched, but matching was lost after they were reduced to 8 and 6. But the quality of homeopathic trials was better than conventional trials.

This reconstruction casts serious doubts on the review, showing that it was based on a series of hidden judgments unfavourable to homeopathy. An open assessment of the current evidence suggests that homeopathy is probably effective for a number of conditions including allergies, upper respiratory tract infections and ‘flu, but more research is desperately needed.

Prof Egger has declined to comment on these findings.

Published: Monday, November 3, 2008 – 17:22 in Health & Medicine

SEXUAL ILLS & DISEASES

Sexual Ills & Diseases By ANSHUTZ.P. Download

LOVE QUOTES

Top 100 Love Quotes

Top Love Quotes & Sayings of All Time

The following is the collection of Quotes about love or Romance that we feel are the top quoted quotes of all time.

1. "A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous."
–Ingrid Bergmen

2. Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.

Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.
- Captain Corelli’s Mandolin6. "Love is the beauty of the soul."
–St. Augustine

3. "My night has become a sunny dawn because of you."
–Ibn Abbad

4. "In real love you want the other person’s good. In romantic love you want the other person."
–Margaret Anderson

5. "In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities."
–Janos Arnay

7. "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."
–Aristotle

8. "Each moment of a happy lover’s hour is worth an age of dull and common life."
–Aphra Behn

9. "Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me."
–Sarah Bernhardt

10. "In my wildest dreams, you always play the hero. In my darkest hour of night, you rescue me, you save my life."
–Bliss and Cerney

11. "Come live with me and be my love, and we will some new pleasures prove, of golden sands, and crystal beaches, with silken lines and silver hooks…"
–John Dunne

12. "What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes…"
–Elizabeth Barret Browning

13. "I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach…"
–Elizabeth Barrett Browning

14. "Take away love, and our earth is a tomb."
–Robert Browning
15. "But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever."
–Robert Burns

16. "She walks in Beauty, like the night
Of cloudness climes and starry skies,
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes…"
–Lord Byron

17. "Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me."
–Lord Byron

18. "I love you, not only for what you are, But for what I am when I am with you."
–Roy Croft

19. "You’re nothing short of my everything."
–Ralph Block

20. "The only true gift is a portion of yourself."
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

21. "Thou art to me a delicious torment."
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

22. "Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart."
–Euripides

23. "I love her and that’s the beginning of everything."
–F. Scott Fitzgerald

24. "I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun-warmed, flower-bordered path."
–Andre Gide

25. "Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
–Robert Heinlein

26. "Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."
–Oliver Wendell Holmes

27. "What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven."
–Victor Hugo

28. "It’s so easy, To think about Love, To Talk about Love, To wish for Love, But it’s not always easy, To recognize Love, Even when we hold it…. In our hands."
–Jaka

29. "Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one."
–John Keats

30. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
–Helen Keller

31. "… See there’s this place in me where your fingerprints still rest, your kisses still linger, and your whispers softly echo. It’s the place where a part of you will forever be a part of me."
–Gretchen Kemp

32. "When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness."
–Amy Lowell

33. "Make me immortal with a kiss."
–Christopher Marlowe

34. "Oh, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars."
–Christopher Marlowe

35. "Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart."
–Alphonse Marie de la Martine

36. "In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing."
–Mignon McLaughlin

37. "We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net of our kisses."
–Pablo Neruda

38. "The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain signing to it…you and you alone make me feel that I am alive…Other men, it is said, have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough."
–George Moore

39. "In love there are two things: bodies and words."
–Joyce Carol Oates

40. "I become a waterwheel, turning and tasting you, as long as water moves."
–Rumi

41. "I miss you even more than I could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal."
–Vita Sackville-West

42. "Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."
–Antoine de Saint-Exupery

43. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
–Antoine de Saint-Exupery

44. "There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."
–George Sand

45. "Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart."
–Robert Sexton

46. "My heart is ever at your service."
–William Shakespeare

47. "The more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite."
–William Shakespeare

48. "Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition."
–Alexander Smith

49. "I am my beloved, and my beloved is me."
–Song of Solomon

50. "Her breath is like honey spiced with cloves, Her mouth delicious as a ripened mango."
–Srzgarakarika

51. "To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven."
–Karen Sunde

52. "Love, till dawn sunder night from day with fire Dividing my delight and my desire…"
–A. C. Swinburn

53. "Love is friendship set on fire."
–Jeremy Taylor

54. "Within you I lose myself. Without you I find myself wanting to become lost again."
–Unknown

55. "Somewhere there’s someone who dreams of your smile…"
–Unknown

56. "I see my fated stars in your eyes. They melt me like the sun does snow."
–Unknown

57. "The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart."
–Unknown

58. "To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed."
–Unknown

59. "If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you made me smile, I would have the whole night sky in the palm of my hand."
–Unknown

60. "If you love me only in my dreams, let me be asleep forever."
–Unknown

61. "Kiss me and you will see stars; love me and I will give them to you."
–Unknown

62. "Love is a dream that comes alive when we meet."
–Unknown

63. "The soul that can speak with its eyes can also kiss with a gaze."
–Unknown

64. "Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essense."
–Vincent van Gogh

65. "Harmony is pure love, for love is a concerto."
–Lope de Vega

66. "Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches, And here is my heart which beats only for you."
–Paul Verlaine

67. "When a heart finds another, what’s a cloud more or less in the sky?"
–Wolf and Page

68. "The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman’s heart.
–Josiah G. Holland

69. "From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven. And when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, their streams of light flow together, and a single brighter light goes forth from their united being."
–Unknown

70. "The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one’s relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life."
–Sir Hugh Walpole

71. "Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love."
–Erich Fromm

72. "You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly."
–Sam Keen

73. "The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable."
–Victor Hugo

74. "True love begins when nothing is looked for in return."
–Antoine De Saint-Exupery

75. "Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time: effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end."
–Germaine De Stael

76. "The life and love we create is the life and love we live."
–Leo Buscaglia

77. "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it."
–Ivan Panin

78. "Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals."
–J. Isham

79. "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
–Lao Tzu

80. "The most eloquent silence; that of two mouths meeting in a kiss."
–Unknown

81. "Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul."
–St. Augustine

82. "Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it."
–Thomas Fuller

83. "Paradise is always where love dwells."
–Jean Paul F. Richter

84. "True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart."
–Honore de Balzac

85. "We are all born for love… it is the principle existence and it’s only end."
–Benjamin Disraeli

86. "Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness."
–Oliver Wendell Holmes

87. "Love doesn’t make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile."
–Elizabeth Browning

88. "To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with."
–Mark Twain

89. "If I know what love is, it is because of you."
–Herman Hesse

90. "So dear I love him that with him,
All deaths I could endure.
Without him, live no life."
– William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

91. "Love is like a friendship caught on fire: In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable."
–Bruce Lee

92. "She walks in beauty,
Like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes."
–Byron

93. "….A simple I love you means more than money…."
–Frank Sinatra

94. "How delicious is the winning of a kiss at love’s beginning."
–Thomas Campbell

95. "One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love."
–Sophocles

96. "Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."
–Mark Twain

97. "Come, let us make love deathless."
–Herbert Trench

98. "There is no remedy for love but to love more."
–Henry David Thoreau

99. "If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever."
–Alfred Lord Tennyson

100. "All love is sweet, given or returned."
–Percy Bysshe Shelley

Can Water Remember

Source : Health24.com

 

 

The much-anticipated documentary Water – The Great Mystery, from the creators of What the Bleep Do We Know?, has just been released in South Africa.

The blockbuster made waves in the UK and US earlier this year, and is centred on the theme of so-called “water memory” – a controversial theory which proposes that water responds to our thoughts and, through this mechanism, has a profound effect on our health.

The launch coincided with the South African tour of Japanese researcher Dr Masaru Emoto, author of the New York Times best-seller Hidden Messages of Water, who believes water is deeply connected to our individual and collective consciousness.

Do we really know all there is to know about water? Are these theories as far-fetched as they seem to be? Take a look at some of the theories proposed in the documentary – then you decide:

Water – The Great Mystery
Scientists worldwide agree: water is unique and without it life on Earth simply wouldn’t be possible.

H2O is a particularly interesting molecule in the sense that it makes up the only substance on the planet that can exist in three states – solid, liquid and gas. Water has the highest surface tension of all liquids, it’s the most powerful solvent on Earth and has the remarkable ability to rise up through the trunks of massive trees, defying gravity and immense atmospheric pressure in the process.

This much is made clear in the introduction of Water – The Great Mystery.

The documentary features several scientists from around the world who’ve researched water. The impressive list includes, among others, Prof Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and Nobel Chemistry laureate, Prof Rustum Roy from the State University of Pennsylvania and member of the International Academy of Science, Prof Vladimir Voeikov, a biologist from the Moscow State University, Prof Konstantin Korotkov, a physicist of St. Petersburg State Technical University in Russia, and Dr Emoto, who is also President Emeritus of the International Water for Life Foundation.

Interesting theories are proposed:

1. It’s noted that water receives and makes an “imprint” of any outside influence, “remembering” everything that occurs in the space that surrounds it. Research seems to indicate that any substance coming into contact with water leaves a trace behind (incidentally, this theory is also central to homeopathy).

2. It’s further noted that, as water records information, it acquires new properties, yet its chemical composition remains unchanged. It seems that the structure of water – i.e. how its molecules are organised into clusters – is key to the remarkable properties that are proposed. It’s hypothesised that the clusters work as “memory cells”, in which water records the history of its relationship with the world.

3. Its proposed that, while water remains water, its structure reacts to “irritation”. It’s noted that “modern instruments have made it possible to record that within each of water’s memory cells, there are 440 000 information panels, each of which is responsible for its own type of interaction with the environment.”

4. Brief mention is made of the difference between free-flowing water in nature and the water that’s distributed to our homes through intricate water-supply systems – i.e. the water we most often come into contact with. It’s suggested that our tap water is basically “dead” in structural terms: when crystals are formed from this water, there’s no beauty or symmetry. Austrian researcher Allois Gruber suggests that this water “sucks energy out of people, plants and animals”.

5. Scientists quoted in the movie claim that water responds to our thoughts. As our bodies are mostly made up of water, it’s said that if the water in our cells can become peaceful, so can we.

6. Mention is made of experiments on the effect that diverse factors, such as magnetic and electrical fields, various objects and human emotions, have on samples of water. According to Prof Konstantin Korotkov, there seems to be evidence that positive and negative human emotions have the strongest influence. When study participants were asked to project emotions onto flasks with water, negative emotions (e.g. fear, aggression and hatred) reduced the energy of the sample water, whereas positive emotions (e.g. love, tenderness and concern) increased the water’s energy levels.

7. This theory is expanded with reference to experiments conducted by Dr Emoto. His research seems to show that water reacts positively to words such as “love” and “gratitude” by forming beautiful crystals when frozen in a cryogenic chamber. The opposite seems to be true for a phrase such as “You disgust me”. Water also seems to react to prayer and music.

What’s your opinion?
We’re amazed. If some of these theories are even just partly true, it certainly turns our understanding of the physics of water on its head.

But although the theories are laid forward by some heavyweight scientists, there are many other experts around the world who are extremely sceptical about the concept of water memory, branding it as “pseudoscience”.

For example, research done years ago by French scientist Jacques Benveniste has been widely discredited. The researcher made headlines when his work on water memory was published in the reputable journal Nature in 1988. His research seemed to show that water that had been in contact with an allergenic substance retained a memory of this substance even after it was diluted several times (so much so that nothing but pure water was left).

However, efforts to replicate his work proved futile and investigators found that the results obtained from Benveniste’s laboratory were unreliable. John Maddox, editor of Nature, conducted the investigation himself and, according to the BBC, later stated that Benveniste’s assistants were being subconsciously selective in the way they interpreted the data.

Regarding more recent work, only one article on Dr Emoto’s controversial theory that human emotion has an effect on the structure of water has appeared in a peer-reviewed journal. This is an indication that Dr Emoto’s theories at least (on which a large part of the documentary is built) can’t be accepted as truth at this stage. More research simply has to be done. Dr Emoto has also been criticised for the fact that he too seems to be doing selective sampling.

It’s furthermore worth noting that many opportunists have jumped on the bandwagon, and have started marketing products made from “structured” or “clustered” water as a cure for a range of ills and an antidote to ageing. To our knowledge, however, no substantial research has been done on the efficacy of these products, which means that they could very well be a waste of money.

Health24 will be following the controversy and will, in time, also conduct interviews with some of the other experts quoted in the Water documentary. In the meantime, we’d like to hear from you: post your comments below and let us know what you think!

- (Carine van Rooyen, Health24, September 2008)

Audio Lectures on Organon

Source: Hpathy.com

Audio Lecture on Aphorism One (4.98mb)

Audio Lecture on Aphorism Two (8.86mb)

Audio Lecture on Aphorism Three (6.2mb)

Audio Lecture on Aphorism Four (MP3/5.9mb)

Audio Lecture on Aphorism Five, Part I (MP3/4.56mb)

Audio Lecture on Aphorism Five, Part 2 (MP3/8.83mb)

Audio Lecture on Aphorism Six (MP3/4.10mb)

Audio Lecture on Aphorism Seven & Eight (MP3/4.97mb)