What kind of research do we need?
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A research paper comparing the use and satisfaction levels of patients treated with homeopathy as compared to treatments with other non-homeopathic complementary and alternative methods, esp. in pediatric cancers.
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IIT scientists have said the homeopathic medicines work on the principle of nanotechnology. Homeopathic pills containing metals such as gold, copper and iron retain their potency even when diluted to a nanometre or one-billionth of a metre, states the IIT-Bombay research published in the latest issue of ‘Homeopathy’,
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A question often asked is whether combination remedies can really store multiple frequencies, or do they just merge, as too many colors on a palate create gray. Physicist Cyril W. Smith finally answers this question.
Read more →Homoeopathic medicine Belladonna is effective in preventing Japanese Encephalitis (JE), a recent study conducted by the Kolkata-based School of Tropical Medicine has shown. Conducted in collaboration with the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy (CCRH) under the Department of AYUSH, researchers claim to have found a probable
Read more →The author presents a formidable list of homeopathy research studies (abstracts) to counter any lingering claim that homeopathy is not proven.
Read more →Background
Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer, and the most rapidly expanding cancer in terms of worldwide incidence. Chemotherapeutic approaches to treat melanoma have been uniformly disappointing. A Brazilian complex homeopathic medication (CHM), used as an immune modulator, has been recommended for patients with depressed immune systems. Previous studies in mice have demonstrated that the CHM activates macrophages, induces an increase in the number of leukocytes and improves the murine response against Sarcoma-180.
Methods
Here we studied the interaction of mouse lymph node lymphocytes, co-cultured in vitro with macrophages in the presence or absence of the CHM, with B16F10 melanoma cells.
Results
Lymphocytes co-cultured with macrophages in the presence of the CHM had greater anti-melanoma activity, reducing melanoma cell density and increasing the number of lysed tumor cells. There was also a higher proportion of activated (CD25+) lymphocytes with increased viability. Overall, lymphocytes activated by treatment destroyed growing cancer cells more effectively than control lymphocytes.
Conclusion
Co-culture of macrophages with lymphocytes in the presence of the CHM enhanced the anti-cancer performance of lymphocytes against a very aggressive lineage of melanoma cells. These results suggest that non-toxic therapies using CHMs are a promising alternative approach to the treatment of melanomas. In addition, they are attractive combination-therapy candidates, which may enhance the efficacy of conventional medicines by improving the immune response against tumor cells.
There are more than 138 randomized controlled trials of homeopathy in human medicine, but fewer than 20 have been performed in all of veterinary medicine and not one has involved horses. To gain insight regarding the kinds of problems that veterinarians in the UK treat via homeopathy
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To investigate if E. coli diarrhoea in neonatal piglets could be prevented by homeopathy, the researchers set up a randomised, observer blind and placebo-controlled trial. Piglets of the homeopathic treated group had significantly less E. coli diarrhoea than piglets in the placebo group.
Read more →Positive effects of homeopathy are often attributed to the placebo effect by its critics. Recently Nuhn T, Lüdtke R & Geraedts M. compared the placebo effects in clinical trials in homeopathy with the same in conventional medicine trials1. They found that the placebo effect in homeopathy is
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