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Bibliography: Homeopathy (827
records)
"General index to homeopathic remedies in the Materia Medica in English, 1846-1963," J
Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 298-303, 1965.
Keywords: Bibliography/*Homeopathy
"Excerpts from An Undelivered and Unorthodox Address," Bull N Y Acad Med, vol. 48,
no. 8, pp. 1065-7, 1972.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/New
York
C. W. Aakster, "Concepts in alternative medicine," Soc Sci Med, vol. 22, no. 2, pp.
265-73, 1986.
Abstract: After discussing some important alternative approaches, different
interpretations are presented of the concepts of health, disease, diagnosis,
therapy and patient. These differences are elucidated in three main frames of
medical thinking: the pharmaceutical, the integrational and the holistic model.
Attention is given to the problem of scientific proof, especially in relation to the
effectiveness of alternative therapies. In a concluding paragraph it is attempted
to analyse the (social) backgrounds of the controversy between regular and
alternative medicine.
Keywords: Acupuncture/*Alternative
Medicine/Anthroposophy/Chiropractic/Diagnosis/Health/Holistic
Health/Homeopathy/Human/Hypnosis/Mental Healing/Models,
Biological/Naturopathy/Osteopathic Medicine/Psychotherapy
A. Abbott, "Europe tightens rules that govern homeopathic products [news] [published
erratum appears in Nature 1992 Dec 17;360(6405):616]," Nature, vol. 359, no. 6395,
1992.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/Europe/Formularies,
Homeopathic/*Homeopathy/Human/*Legislation, Drug
R. Aberer, W./Strohal, "Homoeopathic preparations--severe adverse effects, unproven
benefits [letter]," Dermatologica, vol. 182, no. 4, 1991.
Keywords: Anaphylaxis/*CHEMICALLY
INDUCED/*Homeopathy/Human/Pruritus/*CHEMICALLY INDUCED
H. Achilles, "[The beginning of homeopathy in veterinary medicine]," DTW Dtsch Tierarztl
Wochenschr, vol. 95, no. 10, pp. 412-5, 1988.
Keywords: Animal/English Abstract/Germany/History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/*VETERINARY/Textbooks/Veterinary
Medicine/*HISTORY
K. Achte, "[Medicine in 1888 from Duodecim articles]," Duodecim, vol. 104, no. 9, pp.
738-40, 1988.
Keywords: Finland/History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human/Hysteria/Periodicals/*HISTORY/Psychiatry/HISTORY
T. E. Adams, "Erosion of veterinary influence [letter; comment]," Vet Rec, vol. 130, no. 24,
1992.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/Animal/*Homeopathy/Human/*Veterinary
Medicine
R. H. Adler, "[Homeopathy and its relation to the unconscious--of the physician (editorial)],"
Schweiz Med Wochenschr, vol. 122, no. 7, pp. 215-6, 1992.
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel/*Homeopathy/Human/*Philosophy,
Medical/Physicians/PSYCHOLOGY/Switzerland
N. Akhtar, R./Izhar, "Popularization of indigenous medicines/products in India," Trop Doct,
vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 168-9, 1989.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/India/Medicine, Ayurvedic/*Medicine,
Traditional
D. A. Albarracin Teulon, "[The 1877 Rubio Prize and homeopathy. A polemic in the
Academy]," An R Acad Nac Med (Madr), vol. 108, no. 2, pp. 445-56, 1991.
Keywords: *Awards and Prizes/History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Societies, Medical/*HISTORY/Spain
J. Alibeu, J. P./Jobert, "[Aconite in homeopathic relief of post-operative pain and agitation in
children]," Pediatrie (Bucur), vol. 45, no. 7-8, pp. 465-6, 1990.
Abstract: Despite the use of modern analgesic methods and an improved use
of narcotics, the combination pain-agitation sometimes persists in the
recovery-room. Aconit seems to be an appropriate homeopathic treatment in
this case. To prescribe it, the following conditions must be combined: violence
and suddeness of the stress bringing about intense and anguish. The study
included 50 children with such symptoms; it was carried out double-blind, the
children being given either placebo or Aconit. Aconit proved to be effective for
children's postoperative agitation with 95% good results. It is usually stated in
such studies that the placebo effect is high and may reach rates higher than
30%. Aconit is an amazing cure when well prescribed, as much for the
speediness of its action as for its efficiency. This remedy has a place in the
recovery-room and should be in every physician's emergency case. The
fundamental research could specify how the remedy works and may be
discover other molecules effective for stress.
Keywords: Aconite/*ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Adolescence/Anxiety/DRUG THERAPY/Child/Child,
Preschool/Double-Blind Method/English
Abstract/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Infant/Male/Pain,
Postoperative/*DRUG THERAPY
M. Altman, "[Homeopathy--supplementary to medical treatment]," Harefuah, vol. 122, no.
3, pp. 166-9, 1992.
Keywords: Animal/*Homeopathy/Human
M. Altman, "[Treatment of fever of unknown origin by homeopathy]," Harefuah, vol. 126,
no. 6, pp. 317-20, 368, 367, 1994.
Abstract: 2 cases of fever of unknown origin (FUO) treated successfully by
homeopathy are presented. The purpose is to show the effectiveness of
homeopathy as adjuvant therapy for those in whom the full medical diagnostic
process, assessment, and treatment are not effective. In a 12-year-old boy
fever and abdominal pain persisted for several months despite various medical
treatments. All symptoms disappeared following homeopathic treatment. In a
66-year-old man fever and other symptoms also disappeared after such
treatment. We emphasize that homeopathy is not a substitute for the full
conventional medical diagnostic investigation and treatment of FUO.
Homeopathy should only be practiced by medical doctors to avoid, to the
greatest extent, diagnostic and therapeutic errors.
Keywords: Aged/Case Report/Child/English Abstract/Fever of Unknown
Origin/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/*THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Male
H. Alwast, "[Homeopathy in dentistry]," Zahnarzt, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 519-20, 1983.
Keywords: *Dentistry/*Homeopathy/Human
M. S. Andrade, L. E./Ferraz, M. B./Atra, E./Castro, A./Silva, "A randomized controlled
trial to evaluate the effectiveness of homeopathy in rheumatoid arthritis," Scand J
Rheumatol, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 204-8, 1991.
Abstract: Forty-four patients with active Rheumatoid Arthritis were entered
into a 6-month double-blind trial comparing homeopathy and placebo. The
treatments were generally equally effective in most assessments. Statistically
significant improvements were produced, however, in 3 of 5 and 2 of 5 results
respectively assessed in homeopathic and placebo treated groups. There was
no statistically significant difference between groups. Adverse effects were
scarcely and comparably reported in both groups and did not require a change
in therapy.
Keywords: Arthritis,
Rheumatoid/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/*THERAPY/Comparative
Study/*Homeopathy/Human/Severity of Illness Index
P. Andreas, K./Gangler, "[Homeopathy in stomatology--science or superstition? Comment
and reply to the paper of Dr. K.P. Reinecke: Mode of Action and Indication of the Sepsis
Preparations. Dtsch. Stomat. 20 (1970), 266]," Dtsch Stomatol, vol. 22, no. 5, pp.
356-60, 1972.
Keywords: Dental Pulp Diseases/DRUG THERAPY/English
Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human/Periodontitis/DRUG
THERAPY/Placebos/Toothache/*THERAPY
K. Antall, J./Kapronczay, "[Samuel Hahnemann]," Orv Hetil, vol. 114, no. 32, pp. 1945-7,
1973.
Keywords: Germany/Homeopathy/HISTORY/Hungary
J. L. Aragon, "[Homeopathy: its origin, doctrine and fundamentals. What all professionals of
the healing art must know]," Rev Agrup Odontol Cap Fed, vol. 20, no. 82, pp. 1257-8,
1972.
Keywords: Homeopathy
E. Asher, "Homeopathy in medical practice [letter]," Aust Fam Physician, vol. 16, no. 3,
1987.
Keywords: Australia/*Homeopathy/Human
E. C. Atwater, "The physicians of Rochester, N.Y., 1860-1910: a study in professional
history, II," Bull Hist Med, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 93-106, 1977.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Hospitals, General/HISTORY/Human/New
York/Physicians/*HISTORY/SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION/Societies,
Medical/HISTORY
J. J. Aulas, "Is the evidence for homoeopathy reproducible? [letter; comment]," Lancet, vol.
345, no. 8944, pp. 251; discussion 252-3, 1995.
Keywords: Asthma/*DRUG THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Randomized
Controlled Trials/*STANDARDS
M. Aulas-Rougemont, "[A nurse at the 4th World Congress of Natural Medicine, Geneva
29 to 31 May 1980. Current fashion of new roads?]," Krankenpfl Soins Infirm, no. 11,
pp. 559-63, 1980.
Keywords: *Alternative
Medicine/Homeopathy/Human/Naturopathy/Quackery/Therapeutics/*TRENDS
L. J. Avina, R. L./Schneiderman, "Why patients choose homeopathy," West J Med, vol.
128, no. 4, pp. 366-9, 1978.
Keywords: Attitude to Health/*Consumer Participation/*Homeopathy/Human
A. Badulici, S./Chirulescu, Z./Chirila, P./Chirila, M./Rosca, "Treatment with zincum
metallicum CH5 in patients with liver cirrhosis. Preliminary study," Rom J Intern Med, vol.
32, no. 3, pp. 215-9, 1994.
Abstract: The zinc, an important enzymatic cofactor, is involved in many
metabolic processes. Its deficiency might be due either to malabsorption or to
excessive utilization. In the medical literature of the latest 10 years, zinc was
considered to play a part in the immune processes. The authors of the present
paper intend to study the zinc and immunoglobulin levels in various diseases,
i.e., chronic progressive hepatitis, liver cirrhosis (LC), dermatitis, bronchial
asthma. This preliminary investigation was carried out in 30 patients with LC in
whom serum zinc values were assayed by atomic absorption
spectrophotometry and the immunoglobulin levels were determined using the
Mancini type simple radial immunodiffusion technique. All these patients
presented considerable decrease of serum zinc concentration, the values
ranging between 3.06 and 7.65 mumol/l as compared with 19.8 +/- 1.5
mumol/l in the controls, alongside with the increase of immunoglobulins G and
M. In the patients treated with Zincum metallicum CH5 it was observed after
about 30 days of treatment that the clinical state was considerably improved
and IgG and IgM as well as serum zinc had resumed their normal values. This
treatment should not be interrupted since in LC, without permanent additional
supply, the serum zinc returns rapidly to the initial deficit or even lower.
Keywords: Aged/Blood Proteins/ANALYSIS/Comparative
Study/Female/Hepatitis, Chronic Active/BLOOD/DRUG
THERAPY/Homeopathy/Human/Immunoglobulins/BLOOD/Liver
Cirrhosis/BLOOD/*DRUG THERAPY/Liver Cirrhosis,
Alcoholic/BLOOD/DRUG THERAPY/Male/Middle
Age/Zinc/BLOOD/*THERAPEUTIC USE
D. Baillargeon, L./Drouin, J./Desjardins, L./Leroux, D./Audet, "[The effects of Arnica
Montana on blood coagulation. Randomized controlled trial (published erratum appears in
Can Fam Physician 1994 Feb;40:225)]," Can Fam Physician, vol. 39, pp. 2362-7, 1993.
Abstract: The purpose of this study, which took the form of a two-period
cross-over clinical trial, was to determine whether a homeopathic substance,
Arnica Montana, significantly decreased bleeding time (Simplate II) and to
describe its impact on various blood coagulation tests. It was not shown that
this substance had a significant impact on various parameters of blood
coagulation in healthy volunteers in the period immediately following
administration [corrected].
Keywords: Adult/*Bleeding Time/Blood Coagulation/*DRUG
EFFECTS/*Blood Coagulation Tests/English
Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age/Plant
Extracts/*PHYSIOLOGY/Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S. Bajaj, "Recent ordinance of Maharashtra government [letter] [see comments]," J Indian
Med Assoc, vol. 91, no. 4, 1993.
Keywords: *Developing Countries/Homeopathy/*LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD/Human/India/Licensure, Medical/*LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD/*Medicine, Ayurvedic
S. Bajaj, "Recent ordinance of Maharashtra government [letter] [see comments]," J Indian
Med Assoc, vol. 91, no. 4, 1993.
Keywords: *Developing Countries/Homeopathy/*LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD/Human/India/Licensure, Medical/*LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD/*Medicine, Ayurvedic
W. P. Baker, "Fundamentals of homeopathic therapeutics," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58,
no. 7, pp. 243-8, 1965.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
S. L. Baker, "A strange case: the physician licensure campaign in Massachusetts in 1880," J
Hist Med Allied Sci, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 286-308, 1985.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Licensure,
Medical/*HISTORY/Massachusetts/Societies, Medical/HISTORY/Societies,
Scientific/HISTORY
T. J. Baker, "Homoeopathy [letter]," N Z Med J, vol. 101, no. 844, 1988.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
J. Baker, H. H./Wachtler, "Osteopathic graduate medical education," J Am Osteopath
Assoc, vol. 91, no. 11, pp. 1128-40, 1991.
Abstract: Osteopathic graduate medical education is still in transition. The
AOA Department of Education will continue to monitor and report on the
impact of these changes.
Keywords: Certification/Curriculum/*Education, Medical,
Graduate/TRENDS/Homeopathy/EDUCATION/Internship and
Residency/Osteopathic Medicine/*EDUCATION/TRENDS/Specialties,
Medical/EDUCATION/United States
J. P. Baker, "Midwifery and herbs," Midwifery Today Childbirth Educ, no. 26, pp. 28-31,
1993.
Keywords: Female/*Homeopathy/Human/*Medicine, Herbal/*Nurse
Midwives/Pregnancy
K. Balint, G./Buchanan, W. W./Bender, T./Konrad, "[Rheumatic diseases and alternative
medicine]," Orv Hetil, vol. 131, no. 7, pp. 335-43, 1990.
Abstract: Besides the scientific- rational medicine alternative medicine keeps
spreading in our days. The authors give a review of the possibilities of the
alternative therapy of locomotor diseases. Patients suffering from locomotor
diseases ask increasingly often for these therapeutical procedures. Literary
review is given on acupuncture, manual therapy, homeopathy and certain
physiotherapeutical techniques as well as on other less often applied alternative
therapeutical procedures. It is stressed that alternative treatment may also
involve potential danger. It is stated finally that as shown by the review of the
literature well controllable clinical examinations required indispensably for the
estimation of the efficacy of a therapeutical procedure are only in limited
number at disposal.
Keywords: Acupuncture/Acupuncture Therapy/*Alternative
Medicine/Arthritis, Rheumatoid/*THERAPY/English Abstract/*Holistic
Health/Homeopathy/Human/Hungary/Physical Therapy/Rheumatic
Diseases/*THERAPY
S. K. Banerjea, "Homeopathy in Russia [letter]," J R Soc Health, vol. 112, no. 1, 1992.
Keywords:
Homeopathy/STANDARDS/*TRENDS/Research/STANDARDS/*TRENDS/ussr
P. L. Barbero, "[Studies at the Turin herbarium on the topic of phytotherapy as a substitution
of insulin therapy in subjects with juvenile insulin-dependent diabetes]," Ann Osp Maria
Vittoria Torino, vol. 19, no. 7-12, pp. 215-34, 1976.
Keywords: Adolescence/Child/Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin-Dependent/*DRUG
THERAPY/Homeopathy/Human/Hypoglycemic Agents/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Insulin/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Italy/Plant Extracts/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/Plants, Medicinal/ANALYSIS
G. O. Barnard, "Microdose paradox--a new concept," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no.
7, pp. 205-12, 1965.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
S. Barrett, "Chiropractic scope of practice [letter; comment]," J Manipulative Physiol
Ther, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 199; discussion 202-3, 1994.
Keywords: Chiropractic/*METHODS *Diet Therapy Food, Fortified
Homeopathy Human Prescriptions, Non-Drug
M. Barschneider, "[Cardinal symptom: singultus. Pathogenesis and therapy]," Munch Med
Wochenschr, vol. 113, no. 26, pp. 985-7, 1971.
Keywords: Alcohol, Ethyl/ADVERSE EFFECTS/English Abstract/Head and
Neck Neoplasms/COMPLICATIONS/Hiccup/DRUG
THERAPY/*ETIOLOGY/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/*THERAPY/Homeopathy/Human/Lymphoma/COMPLICATIONS/Mediastinal
Neoplasms/COMPLICATIONS/Parasympatholytics/ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/Peritonitis/COMPLICATIONS/Phrenic
Nerve/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/Vagus Nerve/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
G. Batari, "[2 Hungarian journals of homeopathy in the 60-s and 70-s of the 19th century],"
Orv Hetil, vol. 115, no. 18, pp. 1061-2, 1974.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Hungary/Periodicals/*HISTORY
G. Batari, "[Giuseppe Basso-Arno--physician of Lajos Kossuth]," Orv Hetil, vol. 135, no.
22, pp. 1201-4, 1994.
Keywords: Austria History of Medicine, 19th Cent. Homeopathy/HISTORY
Hungary Italy Physicians/HISTORY Politics
M. Baum, "Science versus non-science in medicine: fact or fiction? [editorial]," J R Soc
Med, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 332-3, 1987.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Comparative Study/Holistic
Health/Homeopathy/Human/Research Design/*Science
C. Bayley, "Homeopathy," J Med Philos, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 129-45, 1993.
Abstract: Homeopathy is a form of complementary medicine which relies
heavily on observation and experience. The three distinguishing characteristics
of homeopathy are that remedies are prescribed on the totality of a person's
symptoms, that the remedy likely to cure a person is a dilution of that substance
which would cause the same symptoms in a healthy person, and that remedies
are prepared using microdoses of substances which are diluted and then
vigorously shaken. Mainstream medicine criticizes homeopathy by saying that
its gentleness has outlived its usefulness and treatment successes are probably
no more than placebo action. In addition, its critics charge that homeopathy is
unscientific, runs counter to the laws of nature and will not stand up to scientific
scrutiny. Homeopaths reply that mainstream medicine is dangerous, that
homeopathy works in children and animals (usually thought resistant to
placebo), and that several good controlled clinical trials have shown positive
results. There is a difference between showing that homeopathy works and
adequately accounting for its mechanism of action. Clinical trials have
concentrated on the former and remain unexplained in the latter.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine Female *Homeopathy Human Male
H. Baylon and H. Gounelle de Pontanel, "[Diversified therapeutics]," Bull Acad Natl Med,
vol. 171, no. 6, pp. 681-3 concl, 1987.
Keywords: Acupuncture/Diet Therapy/Homeopathy/Human/Medicine,
Herbal/*Therapeutics
D. W. Beaven, "Alternative medicine a cruel hoax--your money and your life? [see
comments]," N Z Med J, vol. 102, no. 873, pp. 416-7, 1989.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/ADVERSE
EFFECTS/*Homeopathy/Human/New Zealand/Quackery/Quality of Health
Care
M. J. Beckerich, "Appetoff: another diet fad," Vet Hum Toxicol, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 540-3,
1989.
Abstract: Appetoff diet patches were diet aids introduced to the public in
1987 and removed from the market in 1988 by the FDA for reasons of fraud.
The ingredients were supposedly homeopathic concentrations of plant and
mineral products. Although 91.6% of persons in this study who used the
product for at least 1 week reported weight loss and mild side effects, no
active ingredients could be detected by gas chromatography/mass
spectrometry.
Keywords: Administration, Cutaneous/Adult/*Appetite
Depressants/ADVERSE EFFECTS/ANALYSIS/Drugs,
Non-Prescription/ADVERSE
EFFECTS/Female/Homeopathy/Human/Interviews/Male/Middle
Age/Minerals/ADVERSE EFFECTS/Plants, Medicinal/United States/United
States Food and Drug Administration
R. S. Bedi, "Asthma management by private general practitioners of Punjab," Indian J
Chest Dis Allied Sci, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 9-13, 1994.
Abstract: Analysis of information about asthma management, gathered from
106 private general practitioners of Punjab shows a lack of awareness among
doctors about recent advances in the treatment of asthma. Improper use of oral
steroids, overuse of ephedrine preparations and supportive measures and
underuse of inhalers, oxygen therapy, peak flow meter as well as inadequate
attention to patient education support this observation. This study highlights the
need for continuing education for updating the knowledge of doctors.
Keywords: Asthma/*THERAPY Combined Modality Therapy Drug Therapy,
Combination *Family Practice Homeopathy Human India
Oxygen/*THERAPEUTIC USE *Private Practice Respiratory Therapy
Suburban Population Urban Population
R. Begum, R. Koshy, and A. Sengupta, "Effect of homeopathic drugs plumbum and opium
on experimentally induced lead toxicity in rats," Indian J Exp Biol, vol. 32, no. 3, pp.
192-5, 1994.
Abstract: Homeopathic drugs plumbum 1M and Opium 30 were partially
effective in the recovery of delta ALAD activity of the lead (150 mg% lead
acetate) intoxicated rats. Plumbum 1M did not exhibit protective effect when
dietary lead at high concentrations (> 25 mg% lead acetate) were given
concurrently as assessed by blood delta ALAD activity and hemoglobin
concentration. However it was partially effective in the recovery of delta
ALAD activity and relieving anemia caused by chronic exposure of low doses
of lead (below 15 mg% lead acetate).
Keywords: Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase/BLOOD Animal Comparative
Study Erythrocytes/ENZYMOLOGY Hematocrit Hemoglobins/ANALYSIS
*Homeopathy Lead/*THERAPEUTIC USE Lead Poisoning/*DRUG
THERAPY/ENZYMOLOGY Male Opium/*THERAPEUTIC USE
Organometallic Compounds/TOXICITY Rats
M. Beling, "[Do not dramatize the question of natural drugs]," Lakartidningen, vol. 71, no.
48, pp. 4927-8, 1974.
Keywords: Anthroposophy/Biological Products/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/*Homeopathy/Human/Plants, Medicinal/Sweden
P. Bellavite, "[Research in homeopathy: data, problems and prospects]," Ann Ist Super
Sanita, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 179-87, 1990.
Abstract: In the recent years the interest for the therapeutic use of exogenous
and endogenous natural compounds, that are also employed at very low
dosage, is growing up. In this context, an important role is played by
homoeopathic medicine, which is involving increasing number of physicians and
researchers, besides the common people. Here a critical approach to the
problem of homoeopathy theory and research is attempted. The traditional
concepts of the homoeopathy are challenged with the modern knowledge
arising from basic and applied research. It is shown that at least a part of these
concepts may find a good correspondence into the modern physiopathology.
However, a number of problems, both of biological-biomedical and of practical
nature remain unresolved. Moreover, any explanation of the effect of extremely
diluted drugs is still hypothetical. In the second part of the work, laboratory
investigations regarding the test of the homoeopathic drugs and of ultra-low
doses of various substances in several experimental models are reviewed. Even
if the evidence is far from to be conclusive, a number of studies showed that
compounds, that are prepared and diluted according to the methods of the
homoeopathic medicine, may exhibit specific stimulatory or inhibitory activities
in selected experimental systems.
Keywords: Animal English Abstract Homeopathy/*METHODS Human
Research
F. K. Bellokossy, "Some criteria of improvement," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7,
pp. 212-6, 1966.
Keywords: *Blood Pressure/*Body Temperature/*Homeopathy/Human
F. K. Bellokossy, "From allergy to potency," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 5, pp.
132-9, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
F. K. Bellokossy, "In our defense," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 27-33,
1967.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
L. Belloni, "[The intraorbital tumor of Field Marshal Radetzky cured by homeopathic
therapy]," Gesnerus, vol. 42, no. 1-2, pp. 35-46, 1985.
Keywords: English Abstract/*Famous Persons/History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Human/Italy/Male/Orbital
Neoplasms/*HISTORY/THERAPY
A. Benillouz, "[Prosthesis and homeopathy]," Inf Dent, vol. 47, no. 49, pp. 4685-700,
1965.
Keywords: *Dentures/*Homeopathy/*Somatotypes
A. Benjamin, "The principle of totality in the selection of the remedy," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 202-4, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
P. Benmeir, A. Neuman, A. Weinberg, E. Sucher, Z. Weshler, S. Lusthaus, M. Rotem, A.
Eldad, and M. R. Wexler, "Giant melanoma of the inner thigh: a homeopathic life-threatening
negligence [see comments]," Ann Plast Surg, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 583-5, 1991.
Abstract: The strange case of a 37-year-old modern, Western woman who
presented with a giant black mass on her inner right thigh is presented. She was
treated 10 months before this present admission by an excision of a nodular
melanoma, and she was treated, thereafter, by a homeopathic practitioner until
she came late to follow-up. The woman is discussed with special attention to
the fact that alternative medicine does not always constitute good advice, and
the relevant literature is reviewed.
Keywords: Adult Brachytherapy Case Report Combined Modality Therapy
Female *Homeopathy Human
Melanoma/PATHOLOGY/RADIOTHERAPY/*SURGERY Skin
Neoplasms/PATHOLOGY/RADIOTHERAPY/*SURGERY Surgical
Flaps/*METHODS Thigh
J. Benveniste, "Publicity and controversial data [letter]," Lancet, vol. 336, no. 8720, 1990.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Public Relations *Publishing
C. D. Berkowitz, "Homeopathy: keeping an open mind [see comments]," Lancet, vol. 344,
no. 8924, pp. 701-2, 1994.
Keywords: Acute Disease *Attitude of Health Personnel Child
Diarrhea/THERAPY *Homeopathy Human *Physicians
M. Berland, C. Miellet, G. Broussalian, P. Broussard, H. Marsaud, F. Monnet, and C.
Mullet, "[The truth about noninvasive methods of obstetrical analgesia. Round table at the
Lyons Seminars, 26 September 1986]," Rev Fr Gynecol Obstet, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 75-84,
1988.
Keywords:
*Acupuncture/Analgesia/*METHODS/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/*Natural
Childbirth/Pregnancy/*Reflexotherapy/*Relaxation Techniques
J. L. Berman and D. Blet, "[Apropos of a case of myofacial pain dysfunction syndrome],"
Chir Dent Fr, vol. 58, no. 446, pp. 35-8, 1988.
Keywords: Aged/Case Report/Facial
Pain/*ETIOLOGY/Female/Homeopathy/Human/Malocclusion/*COMPLICATIONS/Temporomandibular
Joint Syndrome/*ETIOLOGY
B. M. Berman, B. K. Singh, L. Lao, B. B. Singh, K. S. Ferentz, and S. M. Hartnoll,
"Physicians' attitudes toward complementary or alternative medicine: a regional survey," J
Am Board Fam Pract, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 361-6, 1995.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: A survey exploring attitudes toward
complementary or alternative medicine was distributed to 295 family physicians
in the Chesapeake region. Physicians were asked about their knowledge, usage
of, and training in complementary therapies and what evidence they expected
of complementary medicine to aid in accepting these therapies. METHODS:
Questionnaires were distributed at three separate conferences of family
physicians with 180 physicians responding. RESULTS: More than 70 to 90
percent of the physicians considered complementary medical therapies, such as
diet and exercise, behavioral medicine, counseling and psychotherapy, and
hypnotherapy, to be legitimate medical practices. A majority had referred
patients to nonphysicians for these therapies or used some of them in their own
practices. Homeopathy, Native American medicine, and traditional Oriental
medicine were not favored as legitimate medical practice. Areas where
physicians had the least amount of training were most likely to be considered as
alternative medicine by them. Seventy percent of responding physicians
expressed interest in training in multiple areas of alternative medicine.
Additionally, there was a strong positive correlation between evidentiary rules
physicians believed should apply to orthodox medicine and to alternative or
complementary medicine. CONCLUSIONS: Results of this survey show a
high interest in alternative and complementary medicine by physicians. Some
therapies are already being used by these physicians, and training is desired in
most areas.
Keywords: Adult *Alternative Medicine *Attitude of Health Personnel Family
Practice/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Female Human Male Middle Age
Physicians, Family/EDUCATION/*PSYCHOLOGY Questionnaires Referral
and Consultation/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
R. E. Bernstein, "Homeopathic 'firsts' in South Africa [letter]," S Afr Med J, vol. 59, no. 27,
1981.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/South
Africa
H. Berry, "Homeopathic treatment and fibrositis [letter]," Bmj, vol. 299, no. 6703, 1989.
Keywords: Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Fibromyalgia/*THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human
H. Berry, "The homeopathic conundrum [letter; comment]," J R Soc Med, vol. 84, no. 2,
pp. 121-2, 1991.
Keywords: Arthritis/THERAPY Herpes Simplex/THERAPY *Homeopathy
Human
W. Beswick and O. Swarbrick, "Homoeopathic prophylaxis [letter; comment]," Vet Rec,
vol. 131, no. 13, pp. 294-5, 1992.
Keywords: Animal Dog Diseases/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Dogs
*Homeopathy/LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD Licensure/LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD Vaccination/VETERINARY Vaccines/STANDARDS
P. D. Bezemer, L. Feenstra, and E. S. De Lange-De Klerk, "[Drugs and therapeutic
methods, an alternative approach (letter)]," Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd, vol. 131, no. 27,
1987.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/*Drug Therapy/Homeopathy/Human
S. M. Bhardwaj, "Medical pluralism and homoeopathy: a geographic perspective," Soc Sci
Med [Med Anthropol], vol. 14B, no. 4, pp. 209-16, 1980.
Keywords: Developing Countries/Health Services,
Indigenous/*Homeopathy/Human/India/*Medicine/*Medicine,
Ayurvedic/Medicine, Traditional/Population
S. Bhattacharya, "Towards a realistic medical education policy [letter]," J Indian Med
Assoc, vol. 69, no. 6, 1977.
Keywords: *Education,
Medical/Homeopathy/*EDUCATION/India/*Medicine, Ayurvedic
A. Bhuiya, "Village health care providers in Matlab, Bangladesh: a study of their knowledge
in the management of childhood diarrhoea," J Diarrhoeal Dis Res, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 10-5,
1992.
Abstract: This study was conducted among village health care providers in
Matlab, Bangladesh in 1987. The objectives were to assess their knowledge of
childhood diarrhoea and methods of management. All types of health care
providers considered diarrhoea as a major childhood disease and opined that
treatment should be initiated in case of four or more loose motions a day.
Slightly more than half of the allopaths were aware of the scientific causes of
diarrhoea; homeopaths and traditional healers in large proportions related
diarrhoeal diseases with certain types of food, and 'evil eyes'. Eighty per cent of
the allopaths reported use of oral rehydration solution in treating watery
diarrhoea against 20% of the others. Prescription of antibiotics in treating
dysentery was higher among allopaths than others. Allopaths were also less
restrictive regarding continuation of breastfeeding and intake of food during
diarrhoea among children.
Keywords: Adult Antibiotics/*THERAPEUTIC USE Bangladesh Child
Community Health Aides/*EDUCATION Diarrhea/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY
Diarrhea, Infantile/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY Female *Fluid Therapy
Homeopathy Human Infant Male Medicine, Traditional Support, Non-U.S.
Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
K. J. Biddis, "Breakthrough in homeopathy? [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 123, no. 7, 1988.
Keywords: Antibodies,
Anti-Idiotypic/*PHYSIOLOGY/Basophils/*IMMUNOLOGY/Homeopathy/*TRENDS/Human/IgE/*IMMUNOLOGY/PHYSIOLOGY
M. Bignamini, A. Bertoli, A. Consolandi, N. Dovera, E. Felisi, M. Saruggia, S. Taino, and
A. Tubertini, "[A controlled double-blind clinical study of 15 CH barium carbonate vs
placebo in a group of hypertensive inmates of 2 homes for the aged]," Clin Ter, vol. 122,
no. 6, pp. 429-36, 1987.
Keywords: Age Factors/Aged/Aged, 80 and over/Barium/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/Clinical Trials/Comparative Study/Double-Blind Method/English
Abstract/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Hypertension/*DRUG
THERAPY/Male/Middle Age/Random Allocation
J. Bildet, M. Guyot, F. Bonini, M. C. Grignon, B. Poitevin, and R. Quilichini, "[The effect of
dilutions of Apis mellifica and Apium virus on ultraviolet light-induced erythema in the guinea
pig]," Ann Pharm Fr, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 24-32, 1989.
Abstract: Dilutions of Apis mellifica (obtained from the whole bee) and Apium
virus (obtained from bee venom) are used classically in homeopathy for
inflammatory symptoms with edema, erythema and pruritus (Lewis triad). Using
a method examining the evolution of UV induced erythema in the guinea pig,
the authors show the following dilutions of Apis mellifica 7 CH(10(-14)), 9
CH(10(-18)) and of Apium virus 5 CH(10(-10)), 7 CH(10(-14)), 9
CH(10(-18)) exert an action on experimental erythema. The results are
statistically significant for the dilutions at the 48th hour after irradiation.
Keywords: Animal/Bee Venoms/ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Bees/English
Abstract/Erythema/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY/Female/Guinea
Pigs/Homeopathy/Time Factors/Ultraviolet Rays
K. S. Bilgrami and P. Jeswal, "Control of citrinin caused nephrotoxicosis through aqueous
leaf extract of Vitis vinifera L., mercurious corrossivus and cortisone," Indian J Exp Biol,
vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 482-4, 1993.
Keywords: Animal Citrinin/ANTAGONISTS & INHIB/*TOXICITY
Cortisone/*THERAPEUTIC USE Drug Therapy, Combination Female
Fruit/*CHEMISTRY Homeopathy Kidney Diseases/CHEMICALLY
INDUCED/*DRUG THERAPY/PATHOLOGY Male Mice Organomercury
Compounds/*THERAPEUTIC USE Plant Extracts/*THERAPEUTIC USE
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
F. Bissuel, L. Cotte, J. B. Crapanne, P. Rougier, I. Schlienger, and C. Trepo,
"Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole rechallenge in 20 previously allergic HIV-infected patients
after homeopathic [letter]," Aids, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 407-8, 1995.
Keywords: AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/PREVENTION &
CONTROL Desensitization, Immunologic/*METHODS Drug
Eruptions/*THERAPY Drug Tolerance *Homeopathy Human HIV
Infections/*DRUG THERAPY Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
carinii/COMPLICATIONS/PREVENTION & CONTROL Prospective
Studies Toxoplasmosis/COMPLICATIONS/PREVENTION & CONTROL
Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination/ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/ *ADVERSE EFFECTS
E. Bjorklund, "[Illnesses gave Estrid other ideas--nurse becomes homeopath (interview by
Eva Dahlgren)]," Vardfacket, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 70-2, 1989.
Keywords: Education, Nursing,
Continuing/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Middle Age/*Nurses
A. N. Bjorndal and P. A. Straumsheim, "[Homeopathy and research]," Sykepl Fag, vol. 80,
no. 6, pp. 11-3, 1992.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/METHODS Human Norway Plants, Medicinal
*Research
R. J. Blackmore, "Myalgic encephalomyelitis and Immunovir [letter]," N Z Med J, vol. 99,
no. 805, 1986.
Keywords: Encephalomyelitis/*DIAGNOSIS/*Homeopathy/Human
J. B. Blake, "Homeopathy in American History: A commentary," Trans Stud Coll
Physicians Phila, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 83-92, 1981.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Human/United States
B. Bloomfield, "Natural therapeutics. When the doctors fail?," Health Visit, vol. 48, no. 6,
pp. 198-200, 1975.
Keywords: Alternative
Medicine/Homeopathy/Human/Naturopathy/Osteopathic
Medicine/Spiritualism/*Therapeutics
F. Bodman, "Homoeopathy in the N.H.S," Lancet, vol. 1, no. 552, 1968.
Keywords: England/*Homeopathy/State Medicine
F. Bodman, "The role of homoeopathic medicine in the National Health Service," Lancet,
vol. 1, no. 548, pp. 913-4, 1968.
Keywords: Great Britain/*Homeopathy/State Medicine
F. Bodman, "Homoeopathy," Nurs Mirror Midwives J, vol. 133, no. 15, pp. 36-7, 1971.
Keywords: Great Britain/Homeopathy
M. Bolt, "[Homeopathy; meta-analysis of a shirtsleeve (letter)]," Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd,
vol. 135, no. 17, 1991.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine *Homeopathy Human *Philosophy,
Medical
E. C. Bonard, "[Parallel or complementary medicine?]," Rev Med Suisse Romande, vol.
113, no. 4, pp. 329-30, 1993.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Education, Medical/STANDARDS
Homeopathy Naturopathy Switzerland
W. K. Bond, "Pathological prescribing," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 327-9,
1966.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Child/Child, Preschool/Cysts/*DRUG
THERAPY/Female/Heart Auscultation/Heart Diseases/DRUG
THERAPY/Hemangioma/DRUG
THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Infant/Infant, Newborn/Male/Middle
Age/Neoplasms/*DRUG THERAPY/Warts/DRUG THERAPY
R. Bordet, "[Dental pathology in horses and dogs]," Rev Fr Odontostomatol, vol. 18, no.
9, pp. 1173-86, 1971.
Keywords: Animal/*Dog Diseases/Dogs/Homeopathy/*Horse
Diseases/Horses/Tooth Diseases/PATHOLOGY/PREVENTION &
CONTROL/THERAPY/*VETERINARY
M. Borins, "Homeopathic remedies: scepticism abounds [letter; comment]," Can Fam
Physician, vol. 40, pp. 1092-3, 1994.
Keywords: Basophils/*SECRETION Clinical Trials Histamine
Liberation/*IMMUNOLOGY *Homeopathy Human Treatment Outcome
J. Borkan, J. O. Neher, O. Anson, and B. Smoker, "Referrals for alternative therapies," J
Fam Pract, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 545-50, 1994.
Abstract: BACKGROUND. The purpose of this study was to examine how
allopathic physicians participate in the decision to refer patients for alternative
therapies. METHODS. A pretested, self-administered, structured
questionnaire was distributed simultaneously to all area physicians at community
locations in Washington State, New Mexico, and southern Israel. The primary
outcome measures were monthly and yearly rates of referral to alternative
therapies. RESULTS. More than 60% of all physicians made referrals to
alternative providers at least once in the preceding year and 38% in the
preceding month. Referrals were generally based on patient requests, synergy
between the alternative therapy and the patients' cultural beliefs, failure of
conventional treatment, and the belief that patients have nonorganic or
psychological disease. There was no relationship between the rate of referral
and the referring physician's level of knowledge about, beliefs about the
effectiveness of, or familiarity with alternative therapies. CONCLUSIONS.
Primary care physicians are more likely than other medical specialists to be
knowledgeable about, personally subscribe to, and refer patients for alternative
therapies. Physicians who use alternative techniques for themselves and their
families or who adopt complementary therapies into their practices have higher
rates of referrals. Referral rates and patterns were similar between sites despite
considerable cross-cultural and health system differences. Given the high rate of
referral and the absence of an apparent internal logic for such
recommendations, guidelines and physician education may be advisable.
Keywords: Adult Aged *Alternative Medicine Comparative Study Female
Homeopathy Human Israel *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male Middle Age
New Mexico Physician's Practice Patterns Physicians/*PSYCHOLOGY
Physicians, Family/PSYCHOLOGY Professional Practice Location Referral
and Consultation/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Specialties,
Medical/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Washington
B. R. Borthwick, "Complementary medicine [letter; comment] [see comments]," Vet Rec,
vol. 126, no. 18, pp. 465-6, 1990.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Human Medicine Science
P. K. Bose, "Rhustox (homeopathic drug) for foot and mouth disease," Indian Vet J, vol.
46, no. 8, pp. 735-6, 1969.
Keywords: Animal/Foot-and-Mouth Disease/*DRUG
THERAPY/Homeopathy/Plant Extracts/THERAPEUTIC USE/*Plants,
Medicinal
H. W. Boyd, "Homoeopathic medicine [letter]," Br Med J, vol. 1, no. 6166, pp. 821-2,
1979.
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel/Faculty, Medical/Great
Britain/*Homeopathy/STANDARDS
J. R. Boyd, "On homeopathy: another 'modern-day perspective'," Am Pharm, vol. NS25,
no. 4, 1985.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Pharmacy/United States
W. A. Boyson, "Heads or tails," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 225-6, 1965.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
W. A. Boyson, "My aching back," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 180-2, 1966.
Keywords: Back Pain/*DRUG THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human
W. A. Boyson, "Time and the nosodes," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp.
209-11, 1966.
Keywords: *Bacterial Vaccines/*Homeopathy/Human
W. A. Boyson, "Approaches to the simillimum," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 5, pp.
154-6, 1967.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
W. A. Boyson, "Sudden prescribing," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 98-9,
1967.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/*Philosophy, Medical
G. W. Bradley and A. Clover, "Apparent response of small cell lung cancer to an extract of
mistletoe and homoeopathic treatment," Thorax, vol. 44, no. 12, pp. 1047-8, 1989.
Abstract: A patient with small cell lung carcinoma was treated initially with
extracts of mistletoe and homoeopathic treatment and appeared to respond.
Subsequently radiotherapy was given and the patient lived for five years seven
months, which is much longer than is usual with this type of tumour.
Keywords: Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/Carcinoma, Small Cell/*DRUG
THERAPY/RADIOGRAPHY/RADIOTHERAPY/Case Report/Combined
Modality Therapy/*Homeopathy/Human/Lung/RADIOGRAPHY/Lung
Neoplasms/*DRUG
THERAPY/RADIOGRAPHY/RADIOTHERAPY/Male/Middle Age/Plant
Extracts/*THERAPEUTIC USE/*Viscum
P. Brennan, "Using homeopathy to turn babies," Midwifery Today Childbirth Educ, no.
24, 1992.
Keywords: *Breech Presentation Female *Homeopathy Human *Nurse
Midwives Pregnancy Version, Fetal/*METHODS
P. Brennan, "A homeopathic primer for midwives," Midwifery Today Childbirth Educ, no.
26, pp. 19-21, 1993.
Keywords: Female *Homeopathy Human *Nurse Midwives Pregnancy
D. Briggs, "Homoeopathy [letter]," N Z Med J, vol. 104, no. 925, 1991.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Human New Zealand
B. Brom, "Alternative medicine [letter; comment]," S Afr Med J, vol. 84, no. 3, 1994.
Keywords: Acupuncture *Alternative Medicine Homeopathy Human
J. Brookes, "The Natural Medicines Society," Health Visit, vol. 61, no. 7, 1988.
Keywords: Great Britain/*Homeopathy/Human/*Societies
K. H. Brown and Z. A. Bhutta, "Homeopathy study questions [letter; comment],"
Pediatrics, vol. 94, no. 6 Pt 1, pp. 964-5; discussion 965, 1994.
Keywords: Acute Disease Child, Preschool Diarrhea/*THERAPY
*Homeopathy Human
A. Brucato and J. Stephenson, "Dielectric strength testing of homeopathic dilutions of
HgCl2," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 281-6, 1966.
Keywords: Chemistry,
Physical/Chlorides/*Homeopathy/Mercury/*PHARMACOLOGY
K. Brune, "[Homeopathy: science or healing doctrine. A current trend to become involved
with homeopathy]," Fortschr Med, vol. 108, no. 2, pp. 45-8, 1990.
Keywords: Clinical Trials Homeopathy/*TRENDS Human
Naturopathy/TRENDS
S. Bruseth and D. Tveiten, "[Homeopathy--the past or a part of future medicine?]," Tidsskr
Nor Laegeforen, vol. 111, no. 30, pp. 3692-4, 1991.
Abstract: The exact mechanism for the effect of homeopathic remedies is still
an enigma. Research shows in vitro effects of homeopathy, as well as
differences between the effects of simple dilutions and so called homeopathic
potencies. Some of the (relevant) publications are widely disputed. More than
100 controlled clinical trials in humans have been published, but the quality of
the majority of the studies is not acceptable. However, some good quality
studies do show an effect of homeopathic medicine. We therefore recommend
further studies and propose a model for study design. No serious side effects
have been reported from homeopathic medicine.
Keywords: Clinical Trials English Abstract History of Medicine, 19th Cent.
History of Medicine, 20th Cent.
*Homeopathy/HISTORY/METHODS/TRENDS Research
E. Buchborn, "[Experience in medicine]," MMW Munch Med Wochenschr, vol. 125, no.
10, pp. 185-6, 1983.
Keywords: Germany, West/Homeopathy/Human/Physician-Patient
Relations/*Physician's Role/*Quality of Health Care/*Role
R. Buckman and G. Lewith, "What does homoeopathy do--and how?," Bmj, vol. 309, no.
6947, pp. 103-6, 1994.
Keywords: Clinical Trials *Homeopathy Human Placebos Randomized
Controlled Trials
B. Bugyi, "[Tivadar Bakody, Hungarian Professor of nature medicine and homeopathy],"
Orv Hetil, vol. 117, no. 2, pp. 107-8, 1976.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Hungary
M. Burgess, "Homoeopathy and vaccination [letter; comment]," Lancet, vol. 344, no. 8930,
1994.
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel Attitude to Health *Homeopathy
Human *Vaccination
W. C. Butterfield, "Patient and physician in eighteenth century England," Surg Gynecol
Obstet, vol. 134, no. 5, pp. 844-8, 1972.
Keywords: England/*History of Medicine, 18th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human/Interprofessional
Relations/Pharmacopoeias/HISTORY
S. Buttner, "[Homeopathy as an independent and alternative form of therapy],"
Diskussionsforum Med Ethik, no. 6, pp. XXXIII-XXXV, 1991.
Abstract: The homeopathic therapy is an independent form of therapy. In
contrast to standard medical practice homeopathy regards the reactions of the
body as the criterium by which one can characterize the medicine and
determine its choice. Thus, in this context, the rule of similarity acts a bridge
between the medicine and the symptoms of the illness. Homeopathic medicine
cures in as much as it depicts the disease of the sick body as an external object
which is, at the same time, similar to the illness itself. That is the reason why
homeopathic medicine can be understood as a representation of the illness.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine English Abstract
Homeopathy/*METHODS Human
C. S. Cameron, "Hahnemann yesterday--its spirit lives," Pa Med, vol. 76, no. 6, pp. 38-9,
1973.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./History of Medicine, 20th Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Hospitals,
Teaching/*HISTORY/Human/Pennsylvania/Schools, Medical/*HISTORY
L. Canedo, "Rural health care in Mexico?," Science, vol. 185, no. 4157, pp. 1131-7, 1974.
Keywords: Community Medicine/*Delivery of Health Care/*Education,
Medical/Homeopathy/EDUCATION/Human/Information
Services/Mexico/Physicians/SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION/*Rural
Health/Schools, Medical/Schools, Nursing/Schools, Public Health/Schools,
Veterinary/Universities
S. Cant and U. Sharma, "Demarcation and transformation within homoeopathic knowledge.
A strategy of professionalization," Soc Sci Med, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 579-88, 1996.
Abstract: Both the medically and non-medically qualified homoeopaths in
Britain have engaged in a number of changes to the way that their knowledge is
constructed and communicated. In this paper we describe these changes and
link them to claims for legitimacy, status and authority in the health care market.
The public presentation of homoeopathic knowledge claims are thus linked to a
'professional project'.
Keywords: Chiropractic/TRENDS Great Britain Homeopathy/*TRENDS
Human Longitudinal Studies Marketing of Health Services/TRENDS
Massage/TRENDS *Professional Autonomy Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
B. B. Capella, C. Takito, M. R. Sarrubbo, and S. M. Bello Valente, "[Homeopathy: an
alternative therapy]," Rev Paul Enferm, no. 1, pp. 8-10, 1981.
Keywords: English Abstract/*Holistic
Health/*Homeopathy/Human/Philosophy, Nursing
E. A. Carlini, "[Homeopathy: yesterday, today and tomorrow]," AMB Rev Assoc Med Bras,
vol. 29, no. 11-12, pp. 210-4, 1983.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/*TRENDS/Human/Plants, Medicinal
E. A. Carlini, S. Braz, L. R. Troncone, S. Tufik, A. K. Romanach, M. Pustiglione, M. C.
Sposati, O. Cudizio Filho, and M. I. Prado, "[Hypnotic effect of homeopathic medication
and placebo. Evaluation by double-blind and crossing technics]," AMB Rev Assoc Med
Bras, vol. 33, no. 5-6, pp. 83-8, 1987.
Keywords: Clinical Trials/Comparative Study/Double-Blind Method/English
Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human/Hypnotics and Sedatives/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/Insomnia/*DRUG THERAPY/Patient Advocacy/Patient
Compliance/Questionnaires
T. Carlsson, L. Bergqvist, and U. Hellgren, "[False safety with homeopathic agents. Swedes
became ill with malaria in spite of prophylaxis]," Lakartidningen, vol. 92, no. 47, pp.
4467-8, 1995.
Keywords: Adult Antimalarials/*ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE Female
*Homeopathy Human Legislation, Drug Malaria, Falciparum/*PREVENTION
& CONTROL Male Middle Age Plant Extracts/*ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE Sweden/ETHNOLOGY Travel
M. Carlston, "Homeopathic diarrhea trial [letter]," Pediatrics, vol. 95, no. 1, 1995.
Keywords: Acute Disease Diarrhea/*THERAPY *Homeopathy Human
J. Carlyon, "Non-immunisation of children. The Society of Homoeopaths has no official
policy on vaccination [letter; comment]," Bmj, vol. 310, no. 6984, pp. 939-40, 1995.
Keywords: Child *Homeopathy Human Information Services *Societies
*Vaccination
B. Casey, "Homoeopathy," Nurs Mirror Midwives J, vol. 142, no. 14, pp. 74-5, 1975.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
B. R. Cassileth, "Sounding boards. After laetrile, what?," N Engl J Med, vol. 306, no. 24,
pp. 1482-4, 1982.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Diet
Fads/Homeopathy/Human/Naturopathy/Neoplasms/*THERAPY
V. Cassinari, A. Fascendini, F. Biroli, C. Griffini, C. A. Defanti, and D. Fontanari,
"Non-medical treatment of ischemic cerebrovascular disease. Surgical operations and other
methods," Eur Neurol, vol. 22 Suppl 1, pp. 124-9, 1983.
Abstract: Surgical operations on vessels and other methods of treatment are
considered as non-medical therapies for ischemic cerebrovascular diseases.
Some of these methods are accepted (improvement in lifestyle, rehabilitative
measures) and some are not (acupuncture, homeopathic therapy). Considering
the surgical operations, the results of microsurgical anastomoses between
extra- and intracranial vessels, in particular, are discussed on the basis of
experiences with 40 operated patients. The principles of some therapeutic
methods like acupuncture and homeopathic therapy are then presented.
Keywords: Acupuncture/Adult/Cerebral
Ischemia/REHABILITATION/SURGERY/*THERAPY/Cerebral
Revascularization/Comparative Study/Female/Follow-Up
Studies/Homeopathy/Human/Life Style/Male
M. Castro, "An ABC of alternative medicine: homoeopathy," Health Visit, vol. 60, no. 2,
1987.
Keywords: Comparative Study/Evaluation
Studies/*Homeopathy/Human/Medicine, Herbal
P. Cate, "An ABC of alternative medicine: Bach flower remedies," Health Visit, vol. 59, no.
9, pp. 276-7, 1986.
Keywords: Child/Great Britain/*Homeopathy/Human/Infant/*Plants,
Medicinal
L. Champlin, "Why older patients resort to nonphysicians," Geriatrics, vol. 38, no. 10, pp.
120, 125-6, 1983.
Keywords: Aged/*Holistic Health/Homeopathy/Human/Physician-Patient
Relations
E. H. Chapman, "Homeopathic medicine [letter]," Pediatrics, vol. 97, no. 5, 1996.
Keywords: Child Diarrhea/THERAPY *Homeopathy Human
J. P. Chevrel, J. Saglier, and M. D. Destable, "[Recovery of intestinal transit in digestive
surgery. Homeopathic action of opium (letter)]," Presse Med, vol. 13, no. 14, 1984.
Keywords: Clinical Trials/Digestive System/*SURGERY/Double-Blind
Method/Gastrointestinal Motility/*DRUG
EFFECTS/Homeopathy/Human/Middle Age/Opium/*ADMINISTRATION
& DOSAGE/Postoperative Care
M. Chirila, S. Hristescu, G. Manda, M. Neagu, and A. Olinescu, "The in vitro action of a
succussed substance on the proliferative response of human lymphocytes stimulated with
phytohemagglutinin," Rom J Intern Med, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 63-7, 1992.
Abstract: Human peripheral blood lymphocytes from healthy controls,
immunodepressed patients presenting chronic bacterial infections or neoplasias
and from allergic patients were stimulated in vitro with phytohemagglutinin
(PHA) in culture medium supplemented or not with 1 x 10(-7), 1 x 10(-15) or
1 x 10(-30) succussed dilutions or bee venom or phosphorus in tridistilled
water. The most significant inhibition due to DNA incorporation was noted in
lymphocytes from allergic patients cultivated in media supplemented with 1 x
10(-30) succussed substance dilution in the presence of PHA. The cells from
immunodepressed patients did not show a significant inhibition at 1 x 10(-30)
dilution. Hypothetically, we try to explain these findings as the expression of the
changes induced by the succussed solution on the water molecule which in turn,
influences the chemical structure of the cellular membrane and implicitly, its
functions.
Keywords: Bee Venoms/*PHARMACOLOGY Cell Division/DRUG
EFFECTS Cells, Cultured/CYTOLOGY/DRUG EFFECTS Comparative
Study dna/biosynthesis/drug effects Homeopathy Human
Hypersensitivity/IMMUNOLOGY Immunocompromised Host/DRUG
EFFECTS/IMMUNOLOGY Lymphocytes/CYTOLOGY/*DRUG
EFFECTS Phosphorus/*PHARMACOLOGY *Phytohemagglutinins
F. Choffat, "[Homeopathy as seen by a general practitioner]," Rev Med Suisse Romande,
vol. 106, no. 2, pp. 131-5, 1986.
Keywords: *Attitude of Health Personnel/*Homeopathy/Human/Philosophy,
Medical/Physicians, Family/*PSYCHOLOGY
V. M. Christie, "A dialogue between practitioners of alternative (traditional) medicine and
modern (western) medicine in Norway," Soc Sci Med, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 549-52, 1991.
Abstract: This paper tells about a 'dialogue group', consisting of alternative
and modern health practitioners, that was started in Norway in 1989, how it
works and what has been achieved up to now. WHO has strongly advocated
promotion of cooperation between traditional and modern health practitioners.
In Botswana, where one of the general practitioners in the group has practiced,
'United Health Committees' have been established aiming at creating a dialogue
between the different types of health professionals. In industrialized countries
little seems to have been done so far. Many patients in Norway, as in many
other countries, consult ordinary doctors as well as alternative practitioners. In
Norway, members of these two professions almost never meet, other than as
opponents. They receive information about each other mostly through
discontented patients who have been unsuccessfully treated by the other part.
In this way practitioners get an insufficient and biased report of one another's
practices, as well as an unrealistic and distorted picture. If patients know that
both parts respect one another, then most of them dare to tell that they use
both types of practitioners. Otherwise many patients conceal this.
Keywords: Acupuncture Attitude of Health Personnel Chiropractic
*Communication Homeopathy Human *Interprofessional Relations *Medicine,
Traditional Norway *Physicians Physicians, Family
P. Chudley, "Alternative medicines: unnatural justice?," Nurs Times, vol. 80, no. 42, pp.
16-7, 1985.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Great Britain/*Holistic
Health/Homeopathy/Human/Licensure, Pharmacy/Medicine, Traditional
F. Cirenei, "[The homeopathic treatment of dental diseases in an Italian treatise of the middle
of the 19th century]," Stomatologica (Genova), vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 24-9, 1966.
Keywords: Dentistry/History of Dentistry/Homeopathy/HISTORY
G. Claus, "Environmental carcinogens: is there a threshold of exposure?," Clin Toxicol, vol.
7, no. 5, pp. 497-508, 1974.
Keywords: Aflatoxins/Carcinogens/*PHARMACOLOGY/Dose-Response
Relationship, Drug/ddt/pharmacology/*Environmental
Exposure/Homeopathy/Human/Liver Neoplasms/CHEMICALLY
INDUCED/Mathematics/Molecular Weight/United States/United States Food
and Drug Administration
C. F. Claussen, J. Bergmann, G. Bertora, and E. Claussen, "[Clinical experimental test and
equilibrimetric measurements of the therapeutic action of a homeopathic drug consisting of
ambra, cocculus, Conium and mineral oil in the diagnosis of vertigo and nausea],"
Arzneimittelforschung, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 1791-8, 1984.
Abstract: This paper presents a study by means of a modern neurotological
technique for investigating the action and the site of action of an antivertiginous
drug. The sensory motor tests are able to discriminate the sites of the lesions in
the equilibrium regulating system, i.e., peripheral vestibular system, lower
brainstem regulating system, upper brainstem nystagmus generating system and
supratentorial system. Acoustic brainstem evoked potentials add information. A
sample of 40 vertigo and nausea patients was treated by a combined drug,
containing cocculus D4 210 mg, conium D3 30 mg, ambra D6 30 mg, mineral
oil D8 30 mg (Vertigo-heel). The patients received 3 tablets 3 times per day
during 14 days. An initial investigation was performed just before starting the
treatment. A second directly followed the therapy. By subjective self-rating
57.5% of the patients reported on an improvement after the intake of
Vertigoheel. Statistical evaluations showed that the different vertigo and nausea
symptoms as well as the trigger mechanisms of vertigo and nausea (i.e. getting
up, turning the head or gazing aside), highly significantly improved due to the
therapy. The objective sensory motor tests showed a highly significant
improvement in the monaural caloric butterfly chart as well as in the
vestibulospinal head and body sway. The site of the action of Vertigoheel is in
the brainstem and the Medulla oblongata, especially the middle longitudinal
fascicle (MLF). The localisation in this area can be stressed by the investigation
with acoustically brainstem evoked potentials (ABEP).(ABSTRACT
TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Keywords: Antiemetics/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Brain
Stem/PHYSIOLOGY/Drug Combinations/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Electronystagmography/English Abstract/Evoked Potentials,
Auditory/DRUG EFFECTS/*Homeopathy/Human/Medulla
Oblongata/PHYSIOLOGY/Mineral Oil/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Minerals/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Nausea/*DRUG
THERAPY/Picrotoxin/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Plant
Extracts/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Psychomotor Performance/DRUG
EFFECTS/Vertigo/*DRUG THERAPY
L. Cohen and H. Rothschild, "The bandwagons of medicine," Perspect Biol Med, vol. 22,
no. 4, pp. 531-8, 1979.
Keywords: Alcohol, Ethyl/THERAPEUTIC USE/*Alternative
Medicine/Anticoagulants/THERAPEUTIC USE/Bloodletting/History of
Medicine, Ancient/History of Medicine, Medieval/History of Medicine, 18th
Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/Human/Jogging/*Medicine/Opium/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Philosophy, Medical/Tonsillectomy
D. Cole, "Doctrinal deviance in New Zealand medical practice: some historical comments,"
N Z Med J, vol. 98, no. 782, pp. 541-5, 1985.
Keywords: Ethics, Medical/History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of
Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human/Neoplasms/*HISTORY/THERAPY/New
Zealand/Quackery/*HISTORY/LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD
D. Cole and I. St George, "Medicine at the fringes [see comments]," N Z Med J, vol. 106,
no. 953, pp. 130-3, 1993.
Abstract: Until the new Act is in operation, and assuming it has strong and
clear sections covering competence, the Medical Council of New Zealand is
left with the need to manage unorthodoxy as a form of misconduct unless there
is a mental health problem. Charges of misconduct unless there is a mental
health problem. Charges of misconduct may arise of there is: harm to patients
inadequate information and consent including false representation of the
theoretical base of diagnostic method or management, or the training of the
doctor, short cuts in the standard methods of diagnosis with the use of
unproven and unrecognised methods, treatment programmes that are
inappropriate, unjustified, unproven or unsupported by a substantial body of
opinion, or that omit consideration if orthodox methods. exploitation in terms of
securing patients, financial gain and inadequate aftercare.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Attitude
of Health Personnel Clinical Competence Consumer Satisfaction Ethics,
Medical Health Surveys Homeopathy/LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD New
Zealand *Physician's Role
D. Colquhoun, "Re-analysis of clinical trial of homoeopathic treatment in fibrositis [letter]
[see comments]," Lancet, vol. 336, no. 8712, pp. 441-2, 1990.
Keywords: Clinical Trials Data Interpretation, Statistical
Fibromyalgia/*THERAPY *Homeopathy Human
J. T. Connor, "Sectarian and related medical systems and the medical museum: a matter of
interpretation," Caduceus, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 46-57, 1989.
Keywords: Europe/History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/*Museums/*Philosophy/United States
N. E. Coode, "Homoeopathy [letter; comment]," Vet Rec, vol. 126, no. 21, 1990.
Keywords: Animal *Homeopathy *Veterinary Medicine
N. E. Coode, "Homoeopathic nosode questionnaire [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 132, no. 26,
1993.
Keywords: Animal Animal Diseases/*PREVENTION & CONTROL
*Formularies, Homeopathic Homeopathy/*TRENDS Questionnaires
R. R. Cook, "Homoeopathic medicines [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 129, no. 2, 1991.
Keywords: Animal Drug Residues/*ANALYSIS European Economic
Community Homeopathy/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD *Legislation,
Drug
F. H. Cookinham, "Lesser used remedies," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp.
223-4, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
J. Coope, G. Lewith, and D. George, "A request for homoeopathy," Practitioner, vol. 235,
no. 1502, pp. 381-2, 385-6, 1991.
Keywords: Breast Diseases/PSYCHOLOGY/THERAPY Breast
Neoplasms/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY Case Report Female
*Homeopathy Human Middle Age *Patient Acceptance of Health Care
C. Cornu, B. Poitevin, L. Lion, J. Gillet, J. P. Collet, J. E. Poncet, G. Chaufferin, and J. P.
Boissel, "[Controlled clinical trial and homeopathic treatment of ORL and recurrent
respiratory tract infections in children: preliminary survey of homeopathic physicians],"
Therapie, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 41-5, 1995.
Abstract: We performed a survey to assess the feasibility of a
placebo-controlled clinical trial of the treatment of recurrent ENT/respiratory
tract infections in children, to assess the diversity of the drugs prescribed, and
the acceptability of a clinical trial to homeopathic physicians. A mailed
questionnaire was sent to 237 homeopathic physicians, asking for details of
prescriptions for 10 consecutive children consulting for ENT/respiratory
recurrent infections, and for two simulated cases. We also asked for their
opinion about homeopathic treatment evaluation. Only 48 (20 per cent)
questionnaires were returned completed. These gave 309 different acute
treatments and 422 different preventive treatments for the 10 consecutive
patients and 87 different prescriptions for the simulated cases. A total of 467
different drugs were used. The physicians who replied were favourable to the
evaluation of homeopathic drugs, reluctant for the use of a placebo; and they
would like to receive training in drug evaluation. Setting up a clinical trial in this
field would require specific methodological and logistical adaptations, and a
detailed training programme for the homeopathic doctors beforehand.
Keywords: Child, Preschool Data Collection English Abstract
Homeopathy/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Human Infant
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases/*DRUG THERAPY/PREVENTION &
CONTROL Recurrence Respiratory Tract Infections/*DRUG
THERAPY/PREVENTION & CONTROL
S. Crawford, "Natural remedies [letter]," Bmj, vol. 306, no. 6871, 1993.
Keywords: Case Report Drugs, Non-Prescription/*ADVERSE EFFECTS
Ethinyl Estradiol/*ADVERSE EFFECTS Female *Homeopathy Human
Middle Age
J. K. Crellin, "Should homeopathy be reconsidered?," N C Med J, vol. 48, no. 9, pp.
447-50, 1987.
Keywords: Clinical Trials/History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of
Medicine, 20th Cent./*Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human/*Licensure,
Medical/North Carolina
F. Crossay, "[Homeopathy and dental care]," Cah Odontostomatol Touraine, vol. 1, no.
4, pp. 57-62, 1969.
Keywords: Homeopathy/Mouth Diseases/DRUG THERAPY
F. L. Crossay, "[Homeopathic report]," Cah Odontostomatol Touraine, vol. 2, no. 4, pp.
71-3, 1970.
Keywords: Dentistry/Homeopathy/Mouth Diseases/THERAPY
F. Crossay, "[Hemorrhage in homeopathy]," Cah Odontostomatol Touraine, vol. 4, no. 1,
pp. 69-72, 1972.
Keywords: Homeopathy/Oral Hemorrhage
F. L. Crossay, "[Treatment of pain in homeopathy]," Cah Odontostomatol Touraine, vol.
4, no. 2, pp. 53-9, 1972.
Keywords: Homeopathy/Mouth Diseases/DRUG THERAPY/Tooth
Diseases/DRUG THERAPY
F. Crossay, "[Homeopathic news]," Cah Odontostomatol Touraine, vol. 5, no. 2, 1973.
Keywords: Dentistry/Eczema/DRUG THERAPY/Hand Dermatoses/DRUG
THERAPY/Homeopathy
F. Crossay, "[Chronic homeopathic therapy]," Cah Odontostomatol Touraine, vol. 7, no.
1, pp. 55-9, 1975.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/*Mercury
Poisoning/Strychnine/*POISONING
F. L. Crossay, "[Homeopathic interpretation of elimination disorders: translation at the level
of the oral mucosa. Chronic disorders]," Cah Odontostomatol Touraine, vol. 7, no. 4, pp.
57-60, 1975.
Keywords: Adult/Chronic Disease/Gastrointestinal
Diseases/*COMPLICATIONS/*Homeopathy/Human/Periodontal
Diseases/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY/*Plants, Medicinal
F. L. Crossay, "[Fiery teeth]," Cah Odontostomatol Touraine, vol. 7, no. 2, 1975.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Infant/*Plants, Medicinal/*Tooth
Eruption/Tooth, Deciduous/PHYSIOLOGY/Toothache/*THERAPY
B. Cummings, "Using homeopathy in midwifery practice," Mod Midwife, vol. 4, no. 11, pp.
17-20, 1994.
Abstract: Homeopathy (from the Greek homois 'similar' and pathos 'suffering')
is based on the Law of Similars which states that the symptoms caused by too
much of a substance are the symptoms that can be cured by a small dose of the
same substance. Appropriately trained, and working within the Scope of
Professional Practice midwives could use homeopathic remedies for acute
situations and indeed for some of the conditions for which they would normally
summon medical aid. Midwives need to know when to refer mothers to a fully
qualified homeopath rather than attempting to treat a condition themselves.
Short homeopathy courses designed specifically for midwives are now being
developed by some colleges.
Keywords: Adult Case Report Female *Homeopathy Human Labor
Complications/NURSING *Nurse Midwives Pregnancy Puerperal
Disorders/NURSING
M. V. Dale, "Homoeopathic remedies [letter] [see comments]," Vet Rec, vol. 131, no. 10,
1992.
Keywords: Animal Dog Diseases/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Dogs
*Homeopathy Human Vaccination/*VETERINARY
D. D. Datta, P. C. Bose, and D. Ghosh, "Thin layer chromatography and U. V.
spectrphotometry of alcoholic extracts of Hydrastis canadensis," Planta Med, vol. 19, no.
3, pp. 258-63, 1971.
Keywords: Alcohol, Ethyl/Alkaloids/ISOLATION &
PURIF/Chromatography, Thin Layer/Homeopathy/Indicators and
Reagents/Plant Extracts/ANALYSIS/Plants,
Medicinal/*ANALYSIS/Solutions/Spectrophotometry/Ultraviolet Rays
A. E. Davies, "The scientific basis and practice of acupuncture and homeopathy.
Homeopathy," Trans Med Soc Lond, vol. 92-93, pp. 86-94, 1975.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/HISTORY/England/History of Medicine, 18th
Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./*Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human
A. E. Davies and R. W. Davey, "Effect of homoeopathic treatment on fibrositis [letter;
comment]," Bmj, vol. 299, no. 6704, 1989.
Keywords: Fibromyalgia/*THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human
D. Davis, "Holistic health. Seven. Homoeopathic medicine," Nurs Times, vol. 80, no. 20,
pp. 48-50, 1984.
Keywords: England/Germany/History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of
Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th Cent./*Holistic
Health/*Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human
C. E. Day, "Control of stillbirths in pigs using homoeopathy," Vet Rec, vol. 114, no. 9,
1984.
Keywords: Animal/Female/Fetal Death/PREVENTION &
CONTROL/*VETERINARY/*Homeopathy/*Plants,
Medicinal/Pregnancy/Swine/Swine Diseases/*PREVENTION & CONTROL
C. E. Day, "Alternative medicine [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 126, no. 7, 1990.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Animal Animal Welfare
Homeopathy/*TRENDS *Veterinary Medicine
C. E. Day, "Homoeopathy [letter; comment]," Vet Rec, vol. 126, no. 26, pp. 649-50, 1990.
Keywords: Animal *Homeopathy *Veterinary Medicine
C. E. Day, "Homoeopathic prophylaxis [letter; comment]," Vet Rec, vol. 131, no. 13, 1992.
Keywords: Animal Dog Diseases/PREVENTION & CONTROL Dogs
*Homeopathy Human Vaccination/ADVERSE EFFECTS/*VETERINARY
Vaccines
M. J. de Campos Nogueira, "[Therapeutic alternatives in nursing - why not?]," Rev Paul
Enferm, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 177-9, 1983.
Keywords: Acupuncture/Brazil/English
Abstract/Homeopathy/Human/Medicine, Traditional/Plants,
Medicinal/*Therapeutics
M. J. De Campos Nogueira, "[Homeopathy: merely a placebo effect?]," Enfoque, vol. 13,
no. 2, pp. 26-8, 1985.
Keywords: English Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human/Nursing Care/*Placebos
C. M. de Goeij, "[Samuel Hahnemann: an indignant systems builder]," Ned Tijdschr
Geneeskd, vol. 138, no. 6, pp. 310-4, 1994.
Keywords: Germany History of Medicine, 18th Cent. History of Medicine,
19th Cent. Homeopathy/HISTORY Portraits
R. P. De la Fosse, "[General reflections on various cases of cures by homeopathy]," Chir
Dent Fr, vol. 45, no. 261, 1975.
Keywords:
Child/Diphtheria/*THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Infant/Male/Plants,
Medicinal
E. S. de Lange de Klerk, J. Blommers, D. J. Kuik, P. D. Bezemer, and L. Feenstra, "Effect
of homoeopathic medicines on daily burden of symptoms in children with recurrent upper
respiratory tract infections [see comments]," Bmj, vol. 309, no. 6965, pp. 1329-32, 1994.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE--To investigate the intrinsic effects of individually
prescribed homoeopathic medicines. DESIGN--Randomised double blind
placebo controlled study. SETTING--Paediatric outpatient department of
university hospital. PATIENTS--175 children with frequently recurring upper
respiratory tract infections. Of the 170 children evaluable, 86 were randomised
to homoeopathic medicines (47 boys, 39 girls; median age at start 4.2 years;
median number of episodes in past year 4) and 84 to placebo (43 boys, 41
girls; median age at start 3.6 years; median number of episodes in past year 4).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Mean score for daily symptoms, number
of antibiotic courses, and number of adenoidectomies and tonsillectomies over
one year of follow up. RESULTS--The mean daily symptom score was 2.61 in
the placebo group and 2.21 in the treatment group (difference 0.41; 95%
confidence interval -0.02 to 0.83). In both groups the use of antibiotics was
greatly reduced compared with that in the year before entering the trial (from
73 to 33 in the treatment group and from 69 to 43 in the placebo group). The
proportion of children in the treatment group having adenoidectomies was
lower in the treatment group (16%, 8/50) than in the placebo group (21%,
9/42). The proportion having tonsillectomies was the same in both groups
(5%). CONCLUSION--Individually prescribed homoeopathic medicines
seem to add little to careful counselling of children with recurrent upper
respiratory tract infection in reducing the daily burden of symptoms, use of
antibiotics, and need for adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy.
Keywords: Adenoidectomy/UTILIZATION Antibiotics/THERAPEUTIC
USE Belgium/EPIDEMIOLOGY Child Child, Preschool Double-Blind
Method Drug Utilization Family Health Female Follow-Up Studies
*Homeopathy Human Infant Male Middle Ear Ventilation/UTILIZATION
Otitis Media/EPIDEMIOLOGY/THERAPY Recurrence Respiratory Tract
Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*THERAPY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tonsillectomy/UTILIZATION Tonsillitis/EPIDEMIOLOGY/THERAPY
J. de Larebeyrette, "[Recent bio-electronic discoveries concerning allergies and visceral
spasmodic states. Correlations between biorhythms and bioequivalents]," Electrodiagn
Ther, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 107-15, 1977.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Biological
Availability/*Biopharmaceutics/*Circadian
Rhythm/Electromyography/*Homeopathy/Human/*Hypersensitivity/ETIOLOGY/THERAPY/*Spasm/ETIOLOGY/THERAPY
P. A. de Smet, G. W. Pegt, and R. H. Meyboom, "[Acute circulatory shock following
administration of the non-regular enzyme preparation Wobe-Mugos]," Ned Tijdschr
Geneeskd, vol. 135, no. 49, pp. 2341-4, 1991.
Abstract: A 54-year-old female patient was treated by a homoeopathic
physician with non-orthodox enzyme therapy because of complaints pointing to
multiple sclerosis. The therapy consisted of courses of German enzyme
preparations (Wobe-Mugos injections, Wobenzym tablets and Wobe-Mugos
suppositories), each of which lasted three weeks. During the third course the
patient developed a circulatory shock immediately following an injection. She
recovered successfully in hospital. On inquiry it became evident that symptoms
of tightness, light-headedness and dry mouth had already occurred after a
previous injection. In connection with this case a table is presented which
reviews the alternative therapies that have been associated with anaphylactic or
anaphylactoid reactions.
Keywords: Anaphylaxis/*CHEMICALLY INDUCED Case Report Drug
Combinations English Abstract Female Homeopathy Human
Hydrolases/*ADVERSE EFFECTS Middle Age Multiple Sclerosis/*DRUG
THERAPY Rutin/*ADVERSE EFFECTS
A. H. Der Marderosian, "Understanding homeopathy," J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash), vol.
NS36, no. 5, pp. 317-21, 1996.
Abstract: Interest in homeopathy is growing because of the costs and
impersonality of modern medical care and the increase in infectious diseases
that do not respond to allopathic medicine. Extreme dilutions are the main
reason many scientists doubt the effectiveness of homeopathic products.
Scientists have petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to hold
homeopathic products to the same standards as other drugs. While some
studies support the efficacy of homeopathy, controlled clinical studies
determining effective levels of dilution for these substances are needed.
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel Drug Labeling *Homeopathy Human
Pharmacopoeias, Homeopathic United States United States Food and Drug
Administration
N. M. Din, C. Khan, and M. I. Burney, "Abuse of steroidal drugs by Homoeopaths and
Hakims," JPMA J Pak Med Assoc, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 204-5, 1981.
Keywords: Adrenal Cortex Hormones/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/*Homeopathy/Human/Legislation, Drug/Pakistan/*Substance Abuse
J. Dirach, M. Kringelbach, M. B. Hansen, and P. S. Lund, "[Homeopathic medicine--an
alternative or a supplement to health services?]," Ugeskr Laeger, vol. 149, no. 33, pp.
2232-5, 1987.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Aged/*Alternative Medicine/Denmark/English
Abstract/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age
D. Dobrescu, "Questions of the end of the century and millennium. Ecologic pharmacology,"
Rom J Physiol, vol. 31, no. 1-4, pp. 19-24, 1994.
Abstract: The author starts from the idea that drugs are factors of the external
environment, which can produce the pollution of the organism. This raised the
problem of the necessity to practice an ecologic pharmacology. Referring to the
drugs as part of the material, the author underlines that they represent a unit,
substance-energy-information. He considers that the pharmacologic effects are
the result mainly of information transmission, while the pharmacotoxicologic
effects are produced by substance. There is a single way to reduce the toxic
effects, by diminution of the dosage, which is achieved by homeopathy. The
author proposes that pharmacology should include two branches, allopathy and
homeopathy, the only possibility to perform a pharmacology with a dominant,
defining ecologic character.
Keywords: Drugs/TOXICITY *Ecology Homeopathy Human
Pharmacology/*TRENDS
W. J. Donnelly, J. E. Spykerboer, and Y. H. Thong, "Are patients who use alternative
medicine dissatisfied with orthodox medicine?," Med J Aust, vol. 142, no. 10, pp. 539-41,
1985.
Abstract: Approximately 45% of asthmatic families and 47% of non-asthmatic
families had consulted an alternative-medicine practitioner at some time. The
most popular form of alternative medicine was chiropractic (21.1% and
26.4%, respectively), followed by homoeopathy/naturopathy (18.8% and
12.7%, respectively), acupuncture (9.4% and 10.9%, respectively), and herbal
medicine (4.7% and 6.4%, respectively), while the remainder (20.3% and
11.8% respectively) was distributed among iridology, osteopathy, hypnosis,
faith healing and megavitamin therapy. More families were satisfied with
orthodox medicine (87.1% and 93.6%, respectively) than with alternative
medicine (84.2% and 75.1%, respectively). Crosstabulation analysis of pooled
data both from asthma and from non-asthma groups showed that 76.4% were
satisfied both with orthodox and with alternative medicine, and 16.4% were
satisfied with orthodox, but not with alternative, medicine. In contrast, only
2.7% were dissatisfied with orthodox medicine and satisfied with alternative
medicine (chi2 = 9.33; P less than 0.01). These findings do not support the
view that patients who use alternative medicine are those who are disgruntled
with orthodox medicine.
Keywords: Acupuncture/Adult/Asthma/THERAPY/*Attitude to
Health/Chiropractic/*Consumer
Satisfaction/Demography/Female/Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle
Age/Naturopathy/Socioeconomic Factors/Support, Non-U.S. Gov't/Surgery,
Minor
L. Dopson, "An ailing alternative?," Nurs Times, vol. 84, no. 48, pp. 52-3, 1988.
Keywords: Homeopathy/*NURSING/*Hospitals, Special/Human/London
M. Dorcsi, "[Homeopathic treatment of mouth mucosa infections]," Osterr Z Stomatol, vol.
75, no. 2, pp. 66-71, 1978.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Mouth Diseases/*THERAPY
M. Dorcsi, "[Homeopathy--an alternative medicine]," Wien Med Wochenschr, vol. 129, no.
20, pp. 556-8, 1979.
Keywords: Austria/Holistic Health/*Homeopathy/Human/Patient
Compliance/Psychophysiologic Disorders/THERAPY
M. Dorcsi, "[Pediatric constitutional therapy]," Kinderarztl Prax, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 24-7,
1993.
Abstract: The basic idea of constitutional medication goes back to ancient
times. These experiences were integrated in the western world and in modern
times supplemented by new knowledge. Our constitutional medicine has roots
in the unique and brilliant idea of Miasmatic Theories of Hahnemann and the
other famous doctors. We have worked since on 1950 theoretical and
practical aspects of constitutional homoeopathic medicine for children.
Keywords: Child Child Development
Disorders/CLASSIFICATION/*THERAPY Chronic
Disease/CLASSIFICATION/*THERAPY English Abstract *Homeopathy
Human
O. M. Drake, "Repertory of foot-sweat," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 11, pp.
358-61, 1966.
Keywords: *Foot/*Homeopathy/Human/*Sweating
J. P. Dubost and J. Guillemain, "[Comparison of the kinetics of release of picric acid from 2
different types of homeopathic granules]," Ann Pharm Fr, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 323-8, 1984.
Keywords: Comparative Study/English
Abstract/*Homeopathy/Kinetics/*Pharmaceutic Aids/*Picrates/*Powders
O. Duflo-Boujard, "[Ophthalmology and homeopathy]," Annee Ther Clin Ophtalmol, vol.
34, pp. 313-20, 1983.
Keywords: English Abstract/Eye Diseases/*DRUG
THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Pharmacopoeias, Homeopathic
O. Duflo-Boujard, "[Placing homeopathy with respect to allopathy is to insist on 2 points],"
Bull Soc Ophtalmol Fr, vol. 86, no. 12, pp. 1423-6, 1429-30, 1986.
Keywords: Disease/ETIOLOGY/*Homeopathy/Human/Therapeutics
C. Duggan and R. E. Kleinman, "Homeopathy study questions [letter; comment],"
Pediatrics, vol. 94, no. 6 Pt 1, 1994.
Keywords: Acute Disease Child, Preschool Diarrhea/*THERAPY
*Homeopathy Human
G. Dumenil, R. Chemli, C. Balansard, H. Guiraud, and M. Lallemand, "[Evaluation of
antibacterial properties of marigold flowers (Calendula officinalis L.) and mother
homeopathic tinctures of C. officinalis L. and C. arvensis L. (author's transl)]," Ann Pharm
Fr, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 493-9, 1980.
Keywords: *Anti-Infective Agents/Bacteria/DRUG
EFFECTS/Chromatography, Liquid/English Abstract/Homeopathy/Plant
Extracts/*PHARMACOLOGY
J. Eberhardt and K. Puschel, "[Expert assessment and evaluation practice of homeopathic
practitioners]," Offentl Gesundheitswes, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 579-83, 1988.
Keywords: Case Report/English Abstract/Expert
Testimony/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD/Female/Germany,
West/Homeopathy/*METHODS/Human/Injections/Lung/INJURIES/PATHOLOGY/Lung
Diseases, Obstructive/THERAPY/Malpractice/*LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD/Middle Age/Ozone/ADVERSE
EFFECTS/Pneumothorax/PATHOLOGY
L. Ectors, "[Allopathy, homeopathy and the general practitioner]," Brux Med, vol. 55, no. 2,
pp. 67-9, 1975.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Chiropractic/*Homeopathy/Human/*Mental
Healing
J. Egan, "Evaluation of a homoeopathic treatment for subclinical mastitis [see comments],"
Vet Rec, vol. 137, no. 2, 1995.
Keywords: Animal Cattle Cattle Diseases/*DRUG
THERAPY/MICROBIOLOGY Drug Evaluation Female *Formularies,
Homeopathic *Homeopathy Mastitis, Bovine/*DRUG
THERAPY/MICROBIOLOGY Staphylococcal Infections/DRUG
THERAPY/MICROBIOLOGY/*VETERINARY Staphylococcus
aureus/ISOLATION & PURIF Treatment Failure
U. Egli, "[Fundamental principles and analogous healing procedures (interview by Kurt
Venner)]," Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed, vol. 104, no. 1, 1994.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*EDUCATION *Education, Dental,
Continuing Holistic Health Homeopathy/EDUCATION Psychosomatic
Medicine/EDUCATION Switzerland
F. Ehring, "[Regression of over 150 skin metastases of malignant melanoma with complex
homeopathic therapy]," Hautarzt, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 23-7, 1989.
Abstract: Within a period of 7 years, a female patient with malignant
melanoma on the calf developed over 150 cutaneous metastases in the vicinity
of the primary tumour. During the course of the following 8 years all but one of
these disappeared again. One year later the patient died of metastases in the
lungs and brain. The author discusses this unusual history and examines the
significance of a course of homeopathic complex therapy administered during
the decisive period.
Keywords: Adult/Case Report/Combined Modality Therapy/English
Abstract/Female/Follow-Up
Studies/Homeopathy/*METHODS/Human/Melanoma/PATHOLOGY/*THERAPY/Middle
Age/Neoplasm Metastasis/Skin/PATHOLOGY/Skin
Neoplasms/PATHOLOGY/*THERAPY
H. W. Eisfelder, "Clinical experiences of interest to neophytes," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol.
59, no. 5, pp. 172-4, 1966.
Keywords: Adult/Aged/Case
Report/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age
P. C. Endler, W. Pongratz, C. W. Smith, and J. Schulte, "Non-molecular information
transfer from thyroxine to frogs with regard to homeopathic toxicology," Vet Hum Toxicol,
vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 259-60, 1995.
Keywords: Animal Electromagnetics *Homeopathy/METHODS/TRENDS
Metamorphosis, Biological/*DRUG EFFECTS Rana temporaria/GROWTH
& DEVELOPMENT/*METABOLISM Random Allocation
Thyroxine/*CHEMISTRY/PHARMACOLOGY Water/CHEMISTRY
J. Engebretson and D. Wardell, "A contemporary view of alternative healing modalities,"
Nurse Pract, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 51-5, 1993.
Abstract: Alternative forms of healing have increasingly gained popularity in
the United States as evidenced by books, healing groups, and a burgeoning
variety of healing modalities. Knowledge about these modalities can facilitate
health care providers' effectiveness in managing care by understanding the
healing practices selected by patients, and incorporating alternative approaches
into holistic case management. A matrix is presented that classifies these
modalities according to preparation of the healer and methods of healing. A
brief description is provided of various types of alternative healing with some of
their potential risks and benefits to health. Suggestions are made regarding
selection of a healer and sources of information.
Keywords: Acupuncture Therapy *Alternative Medicine Chiropractic
Homeopathy Human Massage Mental Healing Naturopathy
H. Engelhardt, "[Homeopathy; a therapeutic practice for the mobilization of self-healing
powers]," Pflege Aktuell, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 12-4, 1995.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Human Philosophy, Medical Self Care
J. M. English, "Homeopathy," Practitioner, vol. 230, no. 1422, pp. 1067-71, 1986.
Keywords: Family Practice/Germany/Great Britain/History of Medicine, 18th
Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./*Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human
E. Ernst, "Is homoeopathy a placebo?," Br J Clin Pharmacol, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 173-4,
1990.
Keywords: Clinical Trials Double-Blind Method *Homeopathy Human
*Placebo Effect
E. Ernst and A. R. White, "Homoeopathy and immunization [letter]," Br J Gen Pract, vol.
45, no. 400, pp. 629-30, 1995.
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel Homeopathy/*STATISTICS &
NUMER DATA Human *Immunization
E. Ernst, "Homoeopaths and chiropractors are sceptical about immunisation [letter;
comment]," Bmj, vol. 311, no. 7008, 1995.
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel Austria *Chiropractic *Homeopathy
Human *Immunization
F. J. Escudero Nafs, A. Guinot Madridejos, I. Solano Carreira, and I. Beltran de Heredia,
"Re: Giant melanoma of the inner thigh: a homeopathic life-threatening negligence [letter;
comment]," Ann Plast Surg, vol. 29, no. 5, 1992.
Keywords: Adult Case Report Female *Head and Neck
Neoplasms/SURGERY/THERAPY *Homeopathy Human
*Melanoma/SURGERY/THERAPY Palliative Treatment Thigh
B. R. Eujen, "[Special therapeutic directions. 3: Drug therapy processes, related and
modified procedures]," Med Monatsschr Pharm, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 81-6, 1991.
Keywords: Adjuvants, Immunologic/*ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE
*Alternative Medicine Homeopathy/*METHODS Human
Immunotherapy/*METHODS *Naturopathy
A. C. Evans, D. J. Martin, and B. D. Ginsburg, "Katayama fever in scuba divers. A report
of 3 cases," S Afr Med J, vol. 79, no. 5, pp. 271-4, 1991.
Abstract: Katayama fever or acute schistosomiasis probably occurs more
commonly than is recorded. Interviews with a 3-man scuba diving team who
had had contact with a large dam in an endemic area of the eastern Transvaal
Lowveld at the same time and contact area on the same day during late
summer of 1986 are discussed. Two, who had not previously been exposed to
infected water, presented with Katayama fever, due to Schistosoma mansoni
infection, 21 days after contact and it took 30-36 months for them to recover
fully after several treatments. The third patient, a keen water-sportsman and
resident in the endemic area for a period of 10 years, presented with a mild
infection, probably due to acquired immunity initiated during previous contacts
with infected water; he took about a year to recover. The pathogenesis, clinical
features, diagnosis and treatment of the 3 cases are described in the light of
recent observations made elsewhere on Katayama fever cases and the effects
of chemotherapy on the course of illness. The necessity of obtaining basic
information on the travel and water-contact activities of patients in order to
make a diagnosis is emphasised.
Keywords: Acute Disease Adult Case Report *Diving Fresh Water
Homeopathy Human Male Pruritus/ETIOLOGY Schistosomiasis
mansoni/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY
Schistosomicides/THERAPEUTIC USE South Africa/EPIDEMIOLOGY
Time Factors
H. Ewerbeck, "[The paramedical approach and medical ethics (author's transl)],"
Monatsschr Kinderheilkd, vol. 130, no. 2, pp. 78-81, 1982.
Abstract: The fundamentally different approaches of modern science-based
medicine and of those magic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures like
iridiagnosis anthroposophical medicine, homeopathy, cell-therapy,
neural-therapy, magnetic therapy and others, are analysed. Science-based
medicine relies on the rules of the principle of causality, reproducibility, and
predictability of its results, supported by its success. The dangers of modern
medicine are its rationality and factualness which the doctor has to adapt
individually to each patient. Otherwise he renders the patient susceptible to
paramedical methods which make use of his suggestibility and need for comfort
and consolation. Nothing is to be said against these methods as long as they are
used as a psychotherapeutic vehicle, do no harm, and do not exploit the patient
economically. If that would be the case, the patient must be protected against
such quackery.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Autosuggestion/English Abstract/*Ethics,
Medical/Homeopathy/Tissue Therapy
H. Fahrlander and P. Truog, "[Placebo action and alternative medicine]," Schweiz Med
Wochenschr, vol. 120, no. 16, pp. 581-8, 1990.
Abstract: Experimental and clinical data concerning placebo effects on pain
states and other subjective symptoms are summarized, and show that placebo
treatment and psychotherapy are identical. The drugs used by anthroposophical
physicians, homeopaths, phytotherapists and therapists attempting to normalize
the intestinal bacterial flora are in fact pure or impure placebos. Since official
medicine is well aware of the scientific basis and favourable results of placebo
treatment in psychosomatic and self-limiting diseases, it does not appear
necessary to integrate varieties of alternative medicine into graduate and
postgraduate medical training.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Anthroposophy English Abstract
Homeopathy Human Pain/*THERAPY Placebos/*THERAPEUTIC USE
Plants, Medicinal Psychophysiologic Disorders/THERAPY Therapeutics
M. Falck, "[Effect of homeopathy--a placebo effect? (letter)]," Dtsch Med Wochenschr,
vol. 113, no. 1, 1988.
Keywords: Allergens/ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/*IMMUNOLOGY/Hay Fever/*THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human
A. Fazekas, "[An old periodical from Nyiregyhaza: Termeszetgyogyasz
(Nature-healing--1874-1875)]," Orv Hetil, vol. 110, no. 34, pp. 1997-9, 1969.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Hungary/Periodicals/HISTORY
K. Feiden, "[New order in drug legislation]," Dtsch Med Wochenschr, vol. 100, no. 17, pp.
972-6, 1975.
Keywords: Advertising/Clinical Trials/*Drug and Narcotic Control/Drug
Evaluation/Drug Screening/Germany, West/Homeopathy/Human/Informed
Consent/Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services/*Legislation,
Drug/Physician-Patient Relations/Social Control, Formal
U. Fellmann, "[Concerning: Homeopathy and its relationship to the unconscious--of
physicians by Rolf A. Adler (Schweiz. med. Wschr. 1992; 122: 215-216) (letter)],"
Schweiz Med Wochenschr, vol. 123, no. 6, pp. 240-1; discussion 242, 1993.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Human Physicians/*PSYCHOLOGY
*Psychoanalytic Theory *Unconscious (Psychology)
H. Fenton, "How Israel tackled homoeopathy [letter]," Lancet, vol. 340, no. 8816, 1992.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Israel
C. Feral, "Natural remedies," Midwifery Today Childbirth Educ, no. 26, pp. 35-8, 1993.
Keywords: Female *Homeopathy Human *Nurse Midwives *Plants,
Medicinal Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications/*NURSING Puerperal
Disorders/*NURSING
G. Ferencz, "[Pal Almasi Balogh (1794-1867)]," Orv Hetil, vol. 108, no. 42, 1967.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Hungary
J. P. Ferley, D. Zmirou, D. D'Adhemar, and F. Balducci, "A controlled evaluation of a
homoeopathic preparation in the treatment of influenza-like syndromes," Br J Clin
Pharmacol, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 329-35, 1989.
Abstract: 1. A controlled clinical trial was conducted to assess the
effectiveness of a homoeopathic preparation in the treatment of influenza-like
syndromes. 2. 237 cases received the test drug and 241 were assigned to
placebo. Patients recorded their rectal temperature twice a day, and the
presence or absence of five cardinal symptoms (headache, stiffness, lumbar
and articular pain, shivers) along with cough, coryza and fatigue. 3. Recovery
was defined as a rectal temperature less than 37.5 degrees C and complete
resolution of the five cardinal symptoms. 4. The proportion of cases who
recovered within 48 h of treatment was greater among the active drug group
than among the placebo group (17.1% against 10.3%, P = 0.03). 5. The result
cannot be explained given our present state of knowledge, but it calls for
further rigorously designed clinical studies.
Keywords: Adult/Clinical
Trials/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Influenza/*DRUG THERAPY/Male/Time
Factors
M. B. Ferraz, J. G. Paiva, and E. Atra, "Use of unconventional remedies for arthritis in Brazil
[letter]," Scand J Rheumatol, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 203-4, 1993.
Keywords: Acupuncture Adult Arthritis/*THERAPY Brazil Diet Female
Homeopathy Human Male Massage Middle Age Nostrums/THERAPEUTIC
USE Tea
A. Fingerhut, "[Homeopathy for the restoration of transit after abdominal surgery],"
Chirurgie, vol. 116, no. 4-5, pp. 404-8, 1990.
Abstract: Six hundred patients were alloted to one of 4 groups and given: 1)
no treatment, 2) a homeopathic treatment (Opium and Raphanus), 3) Opium +
a placebo, 4) two placebos. This work does not confirm the role of either
Opium or Raphanus in the restoration of transit following abdominal surgery.
Keywords: Abdomen/*SURGERY Comparative Study Double-Blind
Method English Abstract Gastrointestinal Transit/*DRUG EFFECTS
*Homeopathy Human Multivariate Analysis Opium/*THERAPEUTIC USE
Placebos Plant Extracts/*THERAPEUTIC USE
M. Finlay, "Homoepathy," Manch Med Gaz, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 19-21, 1970.
Keywords: Great Britain/*Homeopathy/Human
P. Fisher, I. House, P. Belon, and P. Turner, "The influence of the homoeopathic remedy
plumbum metallicum on the excretion kinetics of lead in rats," Hum Toxicol, vol. 6, no. 4,
pp. 321-4, 1987.
Abstract: There are a number of reports that certain metals, when prepared
by the homoeopathic method of serial dilution with succussion, stimulate
excretion of the same metal from previously loaded animals. We report an
experiment on the effect of homoeopathically diluted lead on urinary lead
excretion in the rat, controlled against distilled water and the chelating agent
DMPS. The homoeopathic preparations were made specially, with precautions
against contamination. Homoeopathic treatment did not cause a significant
change in urinary lead excretion compared to distilled water, although there
were significant differences between different homoeopathic dilutions. DMPS
produced a large increase in urinary lead excretion.
Keywords: Administration, Oral/Animal/Dose-Response Relationship,
Drug/*Homeopathy/Kinetics/Lead/ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/BLOOD/*URINE/Male/Rats/Rats, Inbred Strains/Time Factors
P. Fisher, "Drop of the weak stuff [letter]," Bmj, vol. 297, no. 6648, 1988.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/*Research Design
P. Fisher, A. Greenwood, E. C. Huskisson, P. Turner, and P. Belon, "Effect of homeopathic
treatment on fibrositis (primary fibromyalgia) [see comments]," Bmj, vol. 299, no. 6695, pp.
365-6, 1989.
Keywords: Clinical Trials/Double-Blind
Method/Fibromyalgia/*THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human
P. Fisher, E. C. Huskisson, P. Turner, and P. Belon, "Homoeopathic treatment of fibrositis
[letter; comment]," Lancet, vol. 336, no. 8720, 1990.
Keywords: Fibromyalgia/*DRUG THERAPY *Homeopathy Human
Statistics
P. Fisher, D. Reilly, D. Spence, D. Ratsey, B. Rose, and J. English, "Homoeopathy for
recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. No children received no treatment [letter;
comment]," Bmj, vol. 310, no. 6974, 1995.
Keywords: Child Controlled Clinical Trials Data Interpretation, Statistical
*Homeopathy Human Recurrence Respiratory Tract Infections/*THERAPY
P. Fisher and A. Eden, "Commissioning complementary medicine. Homoeopathic hospitals
have unique skill [letter; comment]," Bmj, vol. 311, no. 7008, 1995.
Keywords: Clinical Competence Great Britain *Homeopathy *Hospitals,
Special Human
P. Fisher, F. Dantas, and D. Reilly, "Homeopathic treatment of childhood diarrhea [letter],"
Pediatrics, vol. 97, no. 5, pp. 776; discussion 777-8, 1996.
Keywords: Child Diarrhea/*THERAPY Double-Blind Method *Homeopathy
Human Nicaragua Placebos Randomized Controlled Trials Research Design
J. E. Flinn, "Bromium in acute lymphatic leukemia," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 7,
pp. 213-4, 1965.
Keywords: Bromine/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/Female/Homeopathy/Human/Leukemia, Lymphocytic/*DRUG
THERAPY
L. B. Flinn, "Homeopathic influence in the Delaware community: a retrospective
reassessment," Del Med J, vol. 48, no. 7, pp. 418-28, 1976.
Keywords: Delaware/History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine,
20th Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY
E. Foldi-Borcsok and V. M. Rahlfs, "[Improvement of physical capacity in the swimming
test by an unspecific stimulant]," Arzneimittelforschung, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 1735-7, 1971.
Keywords: Animal/English Abstract/Exercise Test/Exertion/*DRUG
EFFECTS/*Homeopathy/Male/Mice/Plant
Extracts/PHARMACOLOGY/Reflexotherapy/Sodium
Chloride/Statistics/Swimming
C. T. Fontein, "[Drugs and curative methods, an alternative approach (letter)]," Ned
Tijdschr Geneeskd, vol. 131, no. 30, pp. 1318-9, 1987.
Keywords: Drug Compounding/*METHODS/*Homeopathy/Human/Plants,
Medicinal
J. M. Ford, "Postnatal homoeopathic treatment. 3," Midwives Chron, vol. 101, no. 1206,
pp. 222-4, 1988.
Keywords: Female/*Homeopathy/Human/*Infant Care/Infant,
Newborn/*Postnatal Care/Pregnancy
J. M. Ford, "Homoeopathy in pregnancy. 2," Midwives Chron, vol. 101, no. 1205, pp.
185-7, 1988.
Keywords: Female/*Homeopathy/Human/*Pregnancy/Pregnancy
Complications/*THERAPY/Puerperal Disorders/THERAPY
J. M. Ford, "Principles of homoeopathy," Midwives Chron, vol. 101, no. 1204, pp. 148,
149, 1988.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
S. Forsman, "[Homeopathy can be dangerous in skin diseases and allergies],"
Lakartidningen, vol. 88, no. 18, 1991.
Keywords: Adolescence Adult Carcinoma, Basal
Cell/PATHOLOGY/*THERAPY Case Report Dermatitis,
Atopic/PATHOLOGY/*THERAPY Female *Homeopathy Human Middle
Age Risk Factors Skin Neoplasms/PATHOLOGY/*THERAPY
W. B. Fox, "Eponyms: Horton's syndrome," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 5, 1967.
Keywords: Headache/*THERAPY/Histamine/*Homeopathy/Human
W. B. Fox, "Ekbom's syndrome," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 1, 1967.
Keywords:
*Homeopathy/Human/Leg/*INNERVATION/Paresthesia/*DRUG
THERAPY
G. Frank, "Scratching the surface," Nurs Times, vol. 83, no. 39, pp. 66-8, 1987.
Keywords: Case
Report/Eczema/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY/Female/Homeopathy/Human
A. Frank, "Therapies for back pain," Practitioner, vol. 234, no. 1482, pp. 113-5, 1990.
Keywords: Acupuncture Therapy Back Pain/*THERAPY Homeopathy
Human Hypnosis Manipulation, Orthopedic Relaxation Techniques
B. Fredholm, "[Homeopathy in the dog-days--how to refresh our memory?],"
Lakartidningen, vol. 85, no. 35, pp. 2723, 2726, 1988.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 20th Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/United
States
M. Frenkel, "Believing the unbelievable [letter]," South Med J, vol. 82, no. 9, pp. 1195-6,
1989.
Keywords: Antibodies,
Anti-Idiotypic/*PHARMACOLOGY/Basophils/*DRUG EFFECTS/Clinical
Trials/*Homeopathy/Human/IgE/*IMMUNOLOGY
A. J. Frew, C. J. Corrigan, and A. B. Kay, "Homoeopathy and hayfever [letter]," Clin Exp
Allergy, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 751-3, 1991.
Keywords: Bias (Epidemiology) Double-Blind Method Hay
Fever/DIAGNOSIS/*THERAPY *Homeopathy Human *Research Design
A. J. Frew, "Conventional and alternative allergen immunotherapy: do they work? Are they
safe?," Clin Exp Allergy, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 416-22, 1994.
Keywords: Allergens/IMMUNOLOGY Asthma/THERAPY *Desensitization,
Immunologic Homeopathy Human Hypersensitivity/*THERAPY Immunity
Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/THERAPY
U. Fricke, "[Homeopathy. Placebo--or meaningful therapy?]," Med Monatsschr, vol. 31,
no. 4, pp. 169-74, 1977.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Placebos/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/Psychophysiologic Disorders/DRUG THERAPY
P. A. Fricke, "[Hyperhidrosis axillaris (letter)]," Dtsch Med Wochenschr, vol. 117, no.
51-52, 1992.
Keywords: Axilla Cinchona Alkaloids/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE
Homeopathy Human Hyperhidrosis/*DRUG THERAPY Tablets
A. Furnham and C. Smith, "Choosing alternative medicine: a comparison of the beliefs of
patients visiting a general practitioner and a homoeopath," Soc Sci Med, vol. 26, no. 7, pp.
685-9, 1988.
Abstract: This study was concerned with the different health and illness beliefs
of patients choosing traditional vs alternative medicine. Two groups of patients,
one visiting a GP and the other a homoeopath, were not significantly different in
terms of sex, age, education, marital status, religion and income. They were
asked to complete a questionnaire measuring such things as their perceived
susceptibility to disease and illness; their beliefs concerning their own control
over their health; measures of their own mental health; preventive measures in
staying healthy; and the perceived efficacy of traditional vs alternative
treatment. The major differences between the two groups were the fact that the
homoeopathic group were much more critical and sceptical about the efficacy
of traditional medicine; they believe that their general health could be improved;
and that they tended to have higher psychiatric morbidity. By and large, the two
groups did not differ on their beliefs about illness susceptibility or preventive
measures. The results suggested that people who choose alternative medicine
may do so from disenchantment with, and bad experiences of, traditional
medical practitioners, rather than believing that traditional medicine is itself
ineffective. Limitations of this particular study are also considered.
Keywords: Adult/Alternative Medicine/Attitude to Health/Chronic
Disease/Comparative Study/Disease Susceptibility/*Family
Practice/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Internal-External Control/Male/Mental
Health/Middle Age/*Patient Acceptance of Health Care
A. Furnham and R. Bhagrath, "A comparison of health beliefs and behaviours of clients of
orthodox and complementary medicine," Br J Clin Psychol, vol. 32, no. Pt 2, pp. 237-46,
1993.
Abstract: This study sought to compare and contrast the beliefs and
expectations of two groups--the one choosing to visit an orthodox medical
general practitioner and the other a complementary medicine homeopath.
Eighty patients from each group were compared and were found not to be
significantly different in sex, level of education, marital status, religious or
political affiliation. They completed a fairly lengthy questionnaire which
examined health consciousness, perceived health risks, illness prevention,
general health beliefs, treatment preference, medical history, mental health and
health locus of control. Compared to patients of orthodox medicine,
homeopathic patients claimed to (a) take less notice of popular health care
recommendations; (b) believe in numerous 'healthy life-style' methods of
preventing illness; (c) trust more in their chosen primary health professional
(and to try other complementary medical practices); and (d) be dissatisfied with
orthodox medicine and believe in potential self-control over health. Results
were not dissimilar to previous studies (Furnham & Smith, 1988) but limitations
of this particular study were considered.
Keywords: Adult *Attitude to Health *Clinical Medicine Comparative Study
Family Practice Female Great Britain Health Status *Homeopathy Human
Male Middle Age Questionnaires
M. H. Fussell, "Evaluation of homoeopathic treatment [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 137, no. 6,
1995.
Keywords: Animal Great Britain *Homeopathy Research
Design/STANDARDS Veterinary Medicine/*METHODS
W. B. Fye, "Nitroglycerin: a homeopathic remedy," Circulation, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 21-9,
1986.
Keywords: Amyl Nitrite/HISTORY/Angina Pectoris/DRUG
THERAPY/HISTORY/Animal/Germany/Great Britain/History of Medicine,
19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Human/Italy/Nitroglycerin/*HISTORY/United
States
W. B. Fye, "Vasodilator therapy for angina pectoris: the intersection of homeopathy and
scientific medicine," J Hist Med Allied Sci, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 317-40, 1990.
Keywords: Amyl Nitrite/THERAPEUTIC USE Angina Pectoris/DRUG
THERAPY/*HISTORY Germany History of Medicine, 19th Cent.
Homeopathy/*HISTORY Human Nitroglycerin/THERAPEUTIC USE
Scotland United States
R. Gagnon, "Is the evidence for homoeopathy reproducible? [letter; comment]," Lancet, vol.
345, no. 8944, pp. 252; discussion 252-3, 1995.
Keywords: Asthma/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY Data Interpretation, Statistical
*Homeopathy Human Research Design/*STANDARDS
E. Garcia-Trevino, "Pathogenesis of some new Mexican drugs," J Am Inst Homeopath,
vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 330-7, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Mexico/*Plants, Medicinal
C. A. Gassinger, G. Wunstel, and P. Netter, "[A controlled clinical trial for testing the
efficacy of the homeopathic drug eupatorium perfoliatum D2 inthe treatment of common cold
(author's transl)]," Arzneimittelforschung, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 732-6, 1981.
Abstract: 53 outpatients suffering from common cold (flu) were randomly
assigned to either a therapy with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) or the homeopathic
drug Eupatorium perfoliatum D2 in a controlled clinical trial. The efficacy of the
drugs was assessed on day 1, 4 and 10 of the infection by symptom check lists
and physical examinations. Neither subjective complaints nor body temperature
or laboratory findings showed any significant differences between groups which
was taken as evidence that both drugs were equally effective.
Keywords: Aspirin/THERAPEUTIC USE/Common Cold/*DRUG
THERAPY/English Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human/Plant
Extracts/*THERAPEUTIC USE/*Plants, Medicinal/Time Factors
B. Gates, "The use of complementary and alternative therapies in health care: a selective
review of the literature and discussion of the implications for nurse practitioners and
health-care managers," J Clin Nurs, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 43-7, 1994.
Abstract: Much has been written concerning the use of complementary and
alternative therapies in health care. It is the author's belief that much of the
current debate exists within a context of little knowledge of the research
concerning these therapies. Because of this lack of knowledge, nursing practice
may not be informed and/or directed by research. Despite guidance from the
UKCC (1992) nurses need to ensure that their position regarding these
therapies is based upon a judicious review of the literature and carefully crafted
and reasoned actions.
Keywords: Acupuncture Therapy *Alternative Medicine Homeopathy Human
Massage *Nurse Practitioners Odors
W. Gaus and J. Hogel, "Studies on the efficacy of unconventional therapies. Problems and
designs," Arzneimittelforschung, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 88-92, 1995.
Abstract: Many unconventional therapies (e.g. dietary, phytotherapy,
acupuncture, homeopathy) are well known and often applied, but their efficacy
has hardly been proven. New trial designs and study components must be
found to meet the specific demands of the particular unconventional therapy on
one hand and keep the high methodological standard of controlled clinical trials
on the other hand. Biometricians and unconventional therapists are challenged
to develop such designs. Typical problems in designing studies of
unconventional therapies include that placebo is not possible, therapies cannot
be masked, outcome variables are not reliable, therapy is highly individualized,
and studies on the efficacy of soft therapies require many patients and long
treatment periods. Studies with unconventional therapies should be performed
by practitioners (because they use these therapies), but this leads to further
problems. Some solutions are given in examples: A study is described
investigating the herbal remedy Kava-Kava for patients in the state of anxiety,
tension and restlessness; a study on classical homeopathy for chronical
headaches is specified; some designs for dietary studies in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis are compared. A design called cross-allocation of patients
to two treatments with randomization option and the N-of-1 design, also called
single case design are described and discussed. The change-to-open-label
design could be useful to investigate soft and natural therapies which require
studies with many patients and long-term treatment.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Arthritis, Rheumatoid/DIET THERAPY
Chronic Disease Headache/THERAPY Homeopathy Human Medicine, Herbal
Plants, Medicinal *Research Design Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
K. H. Gebhardt, "[Basic principles in homeopathic therapy and limits of phytotherapy],"
Pharm Unserer Zeit, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 20-5, 1980.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/*Plants, Medicinal
K. H. Gebhardt, "[Homeopathy not antagonistic but cooperative]," Med Welt, vol. 32, no.
7, pp. 58-9, 1981.
Keywords: Dose-Response Relationship, Drug/*Homeopathy
K. H. Gebhardt, "[Homeopathy in internal diseases]," Internist (Berl), vol. 29, no. 7, pp.
487-91, 1988.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Internal Medicine
K. H. Gebhardt, "[Homeopathy--arguments for]," Fortschr Med, vol. 112, no. 6, pp. 70-3,
1994.
Abstract: A presentation of the background of homeopathy is followed by a
discussion of its possibilities and limitations--also in the field of geriatrics. The
high-potency problem is discussed. The results of experimental and clinical
studies on the effect and efficacy of homeopathic preparations are presented.
Finally, the reasons for the poor acceptance of homeopathy by clinical
medicine are analysed.
Keywords: Aged Alternative Medicine Chronic Disease/*THERAPY Clinical
Trials English Abstract *Homeopathy Human Treatment Outcome
T. Gejrot, "[Dobelius and other south Swedish history of medicine]," Lakartidningen, vol.
72, no. 9, pp. 841-3, 1975.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Orthopedics/*HISTORY/Support, U.S.
Gov't, P.H.S./Sweden
L. Geller, "[What is homeopathy?]," Krankenpflege (Frankf), vol. 36, no. 11, 1982.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
D. Gerring, "Homeopathy treats people, not the soles of their feet [letter; comment]," Can
Med Assoc J, vol. 147, no. 10, pp. 1407; discussion 1408-9, 1992.
Keywords: Foot Dermatoses/*THERAPY *Homeopathy Human
Warts/*THERAPY
N. Gevitz, "Sectarian medicine," Jama, vol. 257, no. 12, pp. 1636-40, 1987.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of
Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Osteopathic Medicine/*HISTORY/United
States
D. Ghosh, D. D. Datta, and P. C. Bose, "Thin-layer chromatography and U. V. absorption
of homeopathic drugs. I. Studies of lpecac mother tincture," J Chromatogr, vol. 32, no. 4,
pp. 774-6, 1968.
Keywords: Chromatography, Thin Layer/Homeopathy/Ipecac
(Syrup)/*ANALYSIS/Spectrophotometry/*Ultraviolet Rays
J. R. Gibbs, "Homeopathy. Friend or foe? [see comments]," Can Fam Physician, vol. 40,
pp. 438-41, 1994.
Keywords: Attitude to Health Homeopathy/EDUCATION/*METHODS
Human Public Opinion
R. G. Gibson, S. L. Gibson, A. D. MacNeill, G. H. Gray, W. C. Dick, and W. W.
Buchanan, "Salicylates and homoeopathy in rheumatoid arthritis: preliminary observations,"
Br J Clin Pharmacol, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 391-5, 1978.
Abstract: This paper reports the results of a pilot study in which 41 patients
with rheumatoid arthritis were treated with high doses of salicylate, 3.9 g per
day, and the results compared with a further 54 similar patients treated with
homoeopathy. Both groups were compared with 100 patients who received
placebo. 2 The patients who received homoeopathy did better than those who
received salicylate. The design of the trial was such, however, that it was not
possible to distinguish between the effects due to the physicians and the effects
due to the drugs and a further trial is planned to elucidate this point. 3 Patients
on homoeopathic treatment did not experience toxic effects.
Keywords: Adult/Arthritis, Rheumatoid/*DRUG
THERAPY/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/Clinical Trials/Comparative
Study/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle
Age/Salicylates/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Time Factors
R. G. Gibson, S. L. Gibson, A. D. MacNeill, and W. W. Buchanan, "Homoeopathic
therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: evaluation by double-blind clinical therapeutic trial," Br J Clin
Pharmacol, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 453-9, 1980.
Abstract: Twenty-three patients with rheumatoid arthritis on orthodox first-line
anti-inflammatory treatment plus homeopathy were compared wtih a similar
group of twenty-three patients on orthodox first-line treatment plus an inert
preparation. There was a significant improvement in subjective pain, articular
index, stiffness and grip strength in those patients receiving homoeopathic
remedies whereas there was no significant change in the patients who received
placebo. Two physicians were involved in prescribing for the patients and there
were no significant differences in the results which they obtained. No side
effects were observed with the homoeopathic remedies.
Keywords: Adult/Aged/Arthritis, Rheumatoid/*DRUG THERAPY/Clinical
Trials/Comparative Study/Double-Blind
Method/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle
Age/Placebos/Salicylates/*THERAPEUTIC USE
C. Giese and M. Gellert, "[...that subsequently homeopathy will become nowhere as
common as in veterinary medicine--the history of veterinary homeopathy in Germany]," Berl
Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr, vol. 108, no. 8, pp. 305-12, 1995.
Abstract: The subject of this article is the historical development of veterinary
homoeopathy in Germany until 1945. Turning away from drastic healing
methods around 1800, Samuel Hahnemann started to develop his
homoeopathic system which since the 1820ies was also applied in the
treatment of animals, especially by laymen. The number of
homoeopathically-oriented veterinarians remained small. This is also true for
veterinary-homoeopathic articles claiming to be scientific while there was a
considerable number of popular articles to be found. The professors of the
veterinary teaching institutions rejected homoeopathy. At the end of the 19th
century hardly anything was heard about veterinary homoeopathy, at least
among the professionals. Scientific success in human and veterinary medicine
pushed Hahnemann's teachings and those of his successors into the
background. In the 1920ies homoeopathy was revived and the position of the
renowned surgeon August Bier played an important part in that. Members of
the Studiengemeinschaft fur tierarztliche Homoopathie (Study Group for
Veterinary Homoeopathy) which was founded in 1936 started to investigate
the effects of homoeopathic drugs systematically. The war put an end to this
project. The present situation of veterinary homoeopathy in Germany can be
described as follows: Neither have allopathy and homoeopathy been united, as
it had been predicted, nor has classical medicine accepted homoeopathy as a
scientific discipline. Hahnemann's demand to make his teachings a part of the
veterinary studies remains unfulfilled until today.
Keywords: Animal English Abstract Germany History of Medicine, 19th Cent.
History of Medicine, 20th Cent. Homeopathy/*HISTORY Human Portraits
Veterinary Medicine/*HISTORY
M. Giger, "[Are classical medicine and alternative medicine compatible?]," Schweiz
Rundsch Med Prax, vol. 82, no. 25-26, pp. 731-4, 1993.
Abstract: The interest in alternative medicine in the general population is
spread widely. About one fourth of swiss family doctors use alternative medical
methods. The increasing practise of these methods does, inspite of some
reservations towards classic medicine, not legitimate their uncritical acceptance.
Effective methods, however, should be integrated into classic medicine. By
increasingly anthropocentric orientation, acceptance of illness as part of life and
support for individual responsibility for health classic medicine itself becomes
alternative, namely more friendly for man and his environment.
Keywords: Acupuncture Therapy *Alternative Medicine Anthroposophy
Chiropractic English Abstract *Holistic Health Homeopathy Human
*Philosophy, Medical Plants, Medicinal
G. V. Gill, S. Redmond, F. Garratt, and R. Paisey, "Diabetes and alternative medicine: cause
for concern," Diabet Med, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 210-3, 1994.
Abstract: 'Alternative' medicines are becoming increasingly popular, and in this
paper we describe our experience with alternative approaches to orthodox
diabetes management. Four patients with insulin-dependent diabetes reduced
or stopped their insulin in favour of therapeutic approaches including prayer,
faith healing, unusual diets, and supplements of vitamins and trace elements.
This resulted in ketoacidosis in three, in one case life-threatening; and weight
loss and hyperglycaemia in the other. One patient developed serious
retinopathy. Additionally, eight other types of alternative diabetic treatment are
described, not as far as we know associated with such serious complications.
These include homeopathy, reflexology, meditation, herbal treatment, 'cellular
nutrition', 'subconscious healing', 'pearl therapy' (drinking milk in which pearls
have been boiled) and 'astrotherapy' (typing pieces of coral around the arm).
Diabetes is a chronic incurable disease, for which modern treatments remain
somewhat unsatisfactory. It is therefore perhaps not surprising that some
patients seek alternative treatments with more attractive claims. Diabetes health
professionals need to be aware of the potential dangers associated with some
of these treatments.
Keywords: Adult *Alternative Medicine Case Report Diabetes Mellitus,
Insulin-Dependent/*THERAPY Female Homeopathy Human Male Massage
Medicine, Herbal Relaxation Techniques Religion and Medicine
M. A. Gillman, "Nitrous oxide at homeopathic doses [letter; comment]," J R Soc Med, vol.
86, no. 5, pp. 309-10, 1993.
Keywords: Affect/*DRUG EFFECTS Homeopathy/*METHODS Human
Nitrous Oxide/*THERAPEUTIC USE
G. Glowatzki, "[Formal medicine/paramedicine. Is a synthesis possible?]," Med Klin, vol.
75, no. 5, pp. 170-81, 1980.
Keywords: Acupuncture/*Alternative
Medicine/Anthroposophy/Chiropractic/Homeopathy/Human/Iris/Magic/Magnetics/Medicine/Mythology/Tissue
Therapy
L. K. Gluckman, "Dr. Carl Fischer MD and the history of homoeopathy in Auckland in the
19th century," N Z Med J, vol. 90, no. 640, pp. 66-9, 1979.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Hospitals, Special/HISTORY/New
Zealand/Periodicals/HISTORY
M. E. Godfrey, "Are there none so blind? [letter]," N Z Med J, vol. 102, no. 869, 1989.
Keywords: *Fatigue/*Homeopathy/Human/Research/Syndrome
B. Goldberg, "Homeotherapeutics in infectious and contagious disease," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 183-8, 1966.
Keywords: Communicable Diseases/*DRUG THERAPY/*Homeopathy
D. Goldblatt, "First a little... (homeopathic dosing)," Semin Neurol, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 221-3,
1987.
Keywords: Formularies, Homeopathic/HISTORY/Germany/History of
Medicine, 19th Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY
P. G. Goodrich, "Separation distress [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 128, no. 23, pp. 555-6, 1991.
Keywords: Animal *Animals, Domestic *Bereavement *Homeopathy
Stress/ETIOLOGY/*VETERINARY
H. M. Goodyear and J. I. Harper, "Atopic eczema, hyponatraemia, and hypoalbuminaemia,"
Arch Dis Child, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 231-2, 1990.
Abstract: We describe an infant with atopic eczema, treated with
homoeopathic medicines, who presented with erythema and limb oedema.
Concentrations of urinary and plasma sodium and plasma albumin were low.
On conventional treatment he made a satisfactory recovery.
Keywords: Case Report Dermatitis,
Atopic/*COMPLICATIONS/METABOLISM/THERAPY *Homeopathy
Human Hyponatremia/*ETIOLOGY Infant Male Serum
Albumin/*METABOLISM
P. C. Gotzsche, "Trials of homeopathy [letter; comment]," Lancet, vol. 341, no. 8859,
1993.
Keywords: Double-Blind Method *Homeopathy Human Meta-Analysis
*Randomized Controlled Trials *Research Design
H. Gounelle de Pontanel and H. Tuchmann-Duplessis, "[Denial of diplomas in homeopathy
by medical schools]," Bull Acad Natl Med, vol. 168, no. 3-4, pp. 429-34, 1984.
Keywords: Curriculum/*Education,
Medical/France/Homeopathy/*EDUCATION/*Licensure, Medical
H. Gounelle de Pontanel and H. Baylon, "[Reflexions on medical practice in the '80s and
certain deviations]," Bull Acad Natl Med, vol. 171, no. 1, pp. 61-7, 1987.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Attitude to Health/English
Abstract/France/Homeopathy/Human
L. A. Graf and L. McPherson-Smith, "Nongenetic perinatal anemias: conventional, herbal,
and homeopathic treatments," NAACOGS Clin Issu Perinat Womens Health Nurs, vol. 2,
no. 3, pp. 357-63, 1991.
Abstract: Nongenetic maternal anemia long has been recognized as a
pregnancy risk factor. A thorough investigation of the patient's laboratory
values, diet, medical history, and life-style is basic to successful management.
Treatment modalities include conventional, herbal, and homeopathic medicines.
Early initiation of a comprehensive anemia program can enhance the quality of
life for the mother and improve fetal outcomes.
Keywords: Anemia/CLASSIFICATION/*DRUG THERAPY/THERAPY
Female Ferrous Compounds/ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/*THERAPEUTIC USE Homeopathy/*METHODS Human
*Plants, Medicinal Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications,
Hematologic/CLASSIFICATION/*DRUG THERAPY/ THERAPY
K. O. Granstrom, "[The eye diagnosis and its apostle in Sweden. Nils Liljequist]," Nord
Med, vol. 79, no. 10, pp. 301-7, 1968.
Keywords: Diagnosis/*HISTORY/History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of
Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Ophthalmology/*HISTORY/Sweden
W. B. Griggs, "Thirty years of clinical research and confirmation of the intestinal nosode
dysentery co," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 238-40, 1966.
Keywords: *Bacterial Vaccines/Child/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Infant,
Newborn/Male/*Shigella dysenteriae
W. B. Griggs, "Clinical research with confirmations of the intestinal nosode Sycotic co," J
Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 152-3, 1967.
Keywords: Adolescence/Child,
Preschool/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male
J. Grignon, M. J. Hassan, C. Hebras, N. Jacquet, G. Jantelet, and F. Said,
"[Labor...Pain...]," Soins Gynecol Obstet Pueric Pediatr, no. 41, pp. 35-48, 1984.
Keywords: Acupuncture/Anesthesia, Obstetrical/Female/History of Medicine,
Ancient/History of Medicine, Medieval/History of Medicine, 17th
Cent./History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History
of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/Human/Hypnosis/*Labor/Midwifery/HISTORY/Natural
Childbirth/Pain/*PREVENTION &
CONTROL/Posture/Pregnancy/Relaxation Techniques/Yoga
A. H. Grimmer, "The law of similars and empiricism," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no.
11, pp. 324-7, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
"[The suppurations in odonto-stomatology: point of view of an O.R.L.]," Rev Fr
Odontostomatol, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1080-90, 1965.
Keywords: *Dentistry/*Homeopathy/*Otolaryngology
Y. Guerrier and M. Andrea, "[Specific desensitization by homeopathic dilution in allergic
rhinitis (proceedings)]," Ann Otolaryngol Chir Cervicofac, vol. 94, no. 1-2, pp. 61-3,
1977.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Allergens/ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/Case Report/Child/*Desensitization, Immunologic/Female/Hay
Fever/*THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age
O. P. Gupta, A. K. Bajaj, I. Tiwari, K. C. Lohani, and I. Bhushan, "Toxic epidermal
necrolysis," J Indian Med Assoc, vol. 64, no. 8, pp. 209-10, 1975.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Case Report/Epidermal Necrolysis,
Toxic/*ETIOLOGY/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Penicillins/*ADVERSE
EFFECTS
W. Gutman, "Cases of bronchial asthma treated with Morgan and Proteus," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 1, 1966.
Keywords: Asthma/*THERAPY/Case
Report/Child/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age/*Proteus
W. Gutman, "Research project--air pollution program," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no.
1, pp. 52-4, 1967.
Keywords: Adult/Aged/*Air Pollution/Environmental
Exposure/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/*Influenza Vaccine/Male/Middle
Age/*Sulfur Dioxide/Sulfuric Acids/*THERAPEUTIC USE
O. E. Guttentag, "Homeopathy in the light of modern pharmacology," Clin Pharmacol
Ther, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 425-8, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/*Pharmacology/Research
K. D. Haehn, "[The place of natural healing procedures in general practice]," MMW Munch
Med Wochenschr, vol. 123, no. 37, 1981.
Keywords: Family
Practice/Homeopathy/METHODS/Human/Naturopathy/*METHODS/Plants,
Medicinal
J. O. Hagelsten, "[Alternative medicine. Explaining homeopathy with energy],"
Sygeplejersken, vol. 86, no. 40, pp. 28-9, 1986.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
M. Haidvogl, "[Alternative treatment possibilities of atopic diseases]," Padiatr Padol, vol.
25, no. 6, pp. 389-96, 1990.
Abstract: Families of children with atopic diseases often seek so-called
alternative treatment as supplementation, not as real alternative to clinical
medicine (complementary instead of alternative treatment). Clinical studies on
the efficiency of acupuncture in the treatment of bronchial asthma gave
contradictory results. The author's own uncontrolled experience in asthmatic
children using a simple acupuncture scheme is rather good and a controlled
clinical trial seems justified. In atopic dermatitis treatment comprises a mixture
of acupuncture, homeopathy and dietary regimes and the therapeutic results
have to be viewed against the possibility of spontaneous remissions. A
controlled clinical trial seems impossible.
Keywords: Acupuncture *Alternative Medicine Asthma/*THERAPY Child
Combined Modality Therapy Dermatitis, Atopic/*THERAPY English Abstract
Hay Fever/*THERAPY Human
M. Haidvogl, "[Clinical medicine and homeopathy]," Padiatr Padol, vol. 27, no. 6, pp.
A95-100, 1992.
Abstract: A growing number of physicians in everyday practice use
homoeopathy not as an alternative but rather as a supplementation to
conventional medicine. A whole number of trials concerning both basic and
clinical research have given evidence of the efficacy of homoeopathy and of the
way it works. Nevertheless, in order to draw definite conclusions, the
methodological quality of the trials will have to be improved. The evidence
accumulated so far justifies the planning of further studies in collaboration
between homoeopathic practitioners and clinicians. In order to achieve relevant
results further studies have to be designed according to the principles of
homoeopathy, especially the individual prescription of remedies.
Keywords: Child Combined Modality Therapy English Abstract
*Homeopathy Human *Patient Care Team *Pediatrics
J. S. Haller, Jr., "Aconite: a case study in doctrinal conflict and the meaning of scientific
medicine," Bull N Y Acad Med, vol. 60, no. 9, pp. 888-904, 1984.
Keywords: Aconite/*HISTORY/Bibliography/History of Medicine,
Ancient/History of Medicine, 16th Cent./History of Medicine, 17th
Cent./History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY
P. G. Hanna, "Homeopathic soup made from the shadow of a pigeon's wing," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 27-9, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
R. Happle and E. Christophers, "[Comment on the contribution by S. Pingel:
Homeopathy--basic principles and applications in dermatology. A word on homeopathy
(letter)]," Hautarzt, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 120-1, 1994.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Human Naturopathy Skin
Diseases/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY Treatment Outcome
R. Happle, "Is the evidence for homoeopathy reproducible? [letter; comment]," Lancet, vol.
345, no. 8944, pp. 252; discussion 252-3, 1995.
Keywords: Asthma/*THERAPY Homeopathy/*METHODS Human
Research Design/*STANDARDS
G. Harisch, M. Kretschmer, and C. E. Riemann-Gurlich, "[Effects of lowest levels of
drugs--a contribution to homeopathy research]," DTW Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr, vol.
99, no. 8, pp. 343-5, 1992.
Abstract: After oral administration of homoeopathically prepared
low-dose-amounts of Conium and Mercury phosphate to male Wistar rats
enzymatic parameters were investigated in three subcellular compartments of
the liver under blind conditions. 1. After seven single application of the
substance amount referring to a D8 potency a maximum effect could be
detected for both agents. 2. The relation between agent and magnitude of the
provoked effect is not linear. 3. The importance of these results is discussed
and integrated into a general context.
Keywords: Administration, Oral Animal English Abstract *Homeopathy
Liver/*DRUG EFFECTS Male Mercury/*ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/PHARMACOLOGY Phosphates/*ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/PHARMACOLOGY Plant Extracts/ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/PHARMACOLOGY *Plants, Medicinal Rats Rats, Wistar
M. Harling, "Alternative medicine: homeopathy," Nurs Times, vol. 71, no. 43, pp. 1694-6,
1975.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
A. M. Harthoorn, "Letter: Animal homoeopathy," Vet Rec, vol. 96, no. 17, 1975.
Keywords: Australia/*Homeopathy/*Veterinary Medicine
G. R. Hasegawa, "Thinking about homeopathy [editorial]," Am J Health Syst Pharm, vol.
52, no. 21, 1995.
Keywords: *Attitude of Health Personnel *Attitude to Health *Homeopathy
Human Pharmacists Philosophy, Medical Professional-Patient Relations
D. Hassler and M. Hassler, "[Ursulinus elasticus for prediagnostic sedation. Or: forget about
homeopathy, people]]," Fortschr Med, vol. 113, no. 9, pp. 120-2, 1995.
Keywords: *Candy Child Child, Preschool *Conscious Sedation
*Homeopathy Human Infant Patient Compliance/PSYCHOLOGY *Wit and
Humor
G. Hatscheck, "[80th Birthday of Dr. med. Wilhelm Munch]," Landarzt, vol. 40, no. 8, pp.
331-2, 1964.
Keywords: Germany, West/*Homeopathy
S. P. Hauser, "Unproven methods in cancer treatment," Curr Opin Oncol, vol. 5, no. 4, pp.
646-54, 1993.
Abstract: The nature-based and nontoxic image makes application of
unproven methods in oncology attractive in contrast to application of a
mechanized scientific medicine. The application frequency of these treatments
ranges from 10% to greater than 60%. Increasingly, the promoters try to create
a scientific impression through a pseudologic cancer theory, a harmless
diagnostic test, and a holistic treatment of every cancer. Of the big variety of
unproven methods, which are summarized in 11 groups in this review, the
following are discussed: anthroposophic and other mistletoe preparations;
homeopathy; Maharishi Ayur-Veda; unproven anticancer diets; orthomolecular
medicine, including ascorbic acid; and methods supposedly stimulating
unspecific and specific defense mechanisms. In conclusion, physicians should
beware of and have knowledge of currently used unproven cancer treatments
for epidemiologic, social, economic, and scientific reasons.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Human medline Neoplasms/DIET
THERAPY/*THERAPY
C. A. Hederos, "[Alternative therapy is common among children with allergic diseases],"
Lakartidningen, vol. 85, no. 43, pp. 3580-1, 3583, 1988.
Keywords: Asthma/*THERAPY/Child/Child,
Preschool/Eczema/*THERAPY/English Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human
H. Hee, "[Concerning: Homeopathy and its relationship to the unconscious--of physicians by
Rolf A. Adler (Schweiz. med. Wschr. 1992; 122:215-216) (letter)]," Schweiz Med
Wochenschr, vol. 123, no. 6, pp. 240; discussion 241-2, 1993.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Human Physicians/*PSYCHOLOGY
*Unconscious (Psychology)
H. K. Heggenhougen and L. Shore, "Cultural components of behavioural epidemiology:
implications for primary health care," Soc Sci Med, vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 1235-45, 1986.
Abstract: In this article we discuss the association of culturally linked
behaviour and epidemiology: that patterns of disease are significantly related to
cultural sets of normative beliefs and behaviour. The literature on this is vast
and includes much of what is written under the headings of Medical
Anthropology as well as, for example, Cross-cultural Psychiatry and Medical
Geography. A comprehensive review is obviously impossible, but as this is
presented primarily as a background paper, basic issues are raised, and related
to examples from the literature, to stimulate discussion. The article is divided
into four subsections which give an indication of our focus: culture, disease and
illness causation; utilization and provision of health resources; health, illness and
normative socio-political and economic behaviour and primary health care,
community participation and culture--implications for the future.
Keywords: *Behavioral Sciences/Choice Behavior/Cultural
Characteristics/*Culture/Economics/*Epidemiology/Forecasting/Health
Resources/Health Services/UTILIZATION/Health
Status/Homeopathy/Human/Medicine, Traditional/Politics/*Primary Health
Care/Social Behavior/South Africa/Stress,
Psychological/COMPLICATIONS/United States
M. Heide, "[Pain treatment in cervical syndrome]," Landarzt, vol. 44, no. 30, pp. 1474-6,
1968.
Keywords: Aconite/THERAPEUTIC USE/Cervico-Brachial
Neuralgia/*DRUG THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Plants, Medicinal
E. Heits, "[Bases of and developments in homeopathy (letter)]," Dtsch Med Wochenschr,
vol. 118, no. 41, pp. 1503-4, 1993.
Keywords: Homeopathy/*TRENDS Human
C. Helfer, "[Partially rational thought patterns]," Stud Gen (Berl), vol. 22, no. 10, pp.
1046-58, 1969.
Keywords: *Culture/Homeopathy/Human/Medicine, Traditional/*Thinking
G. R. Henshaw, "Laboratory experience with homeopathic remedies," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 296-9, 1966.
Keywords: *Diagnosis, Laboratory/*Homeopathy/Human
G. R. Henshaw, "Some of the important variables in homeopathy," J Am Inst Homeopath,
vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 175-9, 1966.
Keywords: Aged/Case Report/Dosage Forms/Female/*Homeopathy/Human
G. R. Henshaw, "Unusual remedies and their hidden value," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59,
no. 1, pp. 34-7, 1966.
Keywords: Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Middle Age
J. R. Herman, "Sea captain's medical chest," Urology, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 68A, 91D, 1977.
Keywords: Drug Packaging/Homeopathy/*HISTORY/London/Naval
Medicine/*HISTORY
J. B. Herrick, "Conventional vs nonconventional medicine [see comments]," J Am Vet Med
Assoc, vol. 201, no. 6, pp. 854-5, 1992.
Keywords: Animal *Animals, Domestic *Homeopathy Veterinary
Medicine/*METHODS
H. G. Hers, "[Science, non-science and false science]," Rev Med Liege, vol. 48, no. 8, pp.
425-50, 1993.
Keywords: Art Astrology Ethics, Professional Homeopathy Human
*Philosophy Religion and Science Research *Science *Technology, Medical
D. Hewitt and P. H. Wood, "Heterodox practitioners and the availability of specialist
advice," Rheumatol Rehabil, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 191-9, 1975.
Abstract: The characteristics of the principal categories of more professional
heterodox practice are examined. It is concluded that rheumatic diseases are
one of the likeliest fields for conflcit between orthodox and fringe medicine. The
distribution of manpower engaged in alternative systems of health care is
compared with that of orthodox medical services. The limited data on utilization
of unorthodox remedies are reviewed. Far from conflict ensuing, it is argued
that dialogue must develop in order to submit procedures like manipulation to
satisfactory clinical trial.
Keywords: Acupuncture/*Alternative Medicine/Chiropractic/Great
Britain/Homeopathy/Human/Medicine, Traditional/Osteopathic
Medicine/Rheumatic Diseases/*THERAPY
C. Hill and F. Doyon, "Review of randomized trials of homoeopathy," Rev Epidemiol Sante
Publique, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 139-47, 1990.
Abstract: The present review covers forty published randomized trials in
which the results of a homoeopathic treatment were compared to those of a
standard treatment, a placebo, or no treatment at all. These trials were
identified after an extensive search through the literature. They cover a wide
range of pathologies. Most were double-blind and used subjective and/or
multiple endpoints. The median number of patients per group was 28. The
analysis only included all the randomized patients in one third of the trials. In
our opinion, the results do not provide acceptable evidence that homoeopathic
treatments are effective.
Keywords: Double-Blind Method Europe *Homeopathy Human
*Randomized Controlled Trials
W. Himmel, M. Schulte, and M. M. Kochen, "Complementary medicine: are patients'
expectations being met by their general practitioners?," Br J Gen Pract, vol. 43, no. 371,
pp. 232-5, 1993.
Abstract: Complementary, or alternative, medicine has increased in popularity
among patients during the past 20 years. The purpose of this study was to
determine whether general practitioners met their patients' expectations with
regard to complementary medicine. In a postal survey all 71 accredited general
practitioners in the district of Kassel, Germany, received a structured
questionnaire about their experience with complementary medicine. Forty
(56%) replied. In 10 of these practices 310 patients were interviewed about
their attitudes towards and expectations of such treatment. Of the responding
doctors 95% used, at least occasionally, some form of complementary
medicine (most commonly herbal medicine, neural therapy or homeopathy). All
but three patients accepted the value of complementary medicine, 58% of them
(especially younger, more highly educated patients and those from rural
practices) preferred it to orthodox medicine and 40% of the patients had
received some form of complementary therapy. Nearly 70% of the patients
requested that complementary medicine be practised by their general
practitioner more frequently than at present. There was no significant link
between patient satisfaction with the doctor and patients' view of, or demand
for, complementary medicine. Although both patients and practitioners were
interested in complementary therapy, there was a gap between the willingness,
or the ability, of general practitioners to use complementary medicine and the
patients' demand for these alternative forms of treatment.
Keywords: Adult *Alternative Medicine *Attitude of Health Personnel
*Attitude to Health Female Germany Human Male Middle Age *Physicians,
Family
R. C. Hindle, "Immunisation and homoeopathy [letter] [see comments]," N Z Med J, vol.
104, no. 910, 1991.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Human *Immunization
W. Hirche, "[School medicine and natural healing procedures--reflections of a politician],"
Diskussionsforum Med Ethik, no. 6, pp. XXXV-XXXVI, 1991.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Germany *Homeopathy Human
*Medicine, Herbal *Naturopathy *Politics
G. Hitzenberger, A. Korn, M. Dorcsi, P. Bauer, and F. X. Wohlzogen, "[Controlled
randomized double-blind study for the comparison of the treatment of patients with essential
hypertension with homeopathic and with pharmacologically effective drugs]," Wien Klin
Wochenschr, vol. 94, no. 24, pp. 665-70, 1982.
Abstract: In a randomized double-blind cross-over study the effects of
antihypertensive pharmacotherapy were compared with those of homeopathic
treatment in 10 patients with essential hypertension. The conclusions are: 1. The
blood pressure lowering effect under pharmacotherapy is clearly superior to
that under homeotherapy, where it was negligible and statistically not significant.
2. As far as improvement of subjective complaints of the patients is concerned
there was no superiority of pharmacotherapy over homeopathic treatment. 3.
The cross-over design appears less suitable than, perhaps, a design with
parallel treatment groups because of the long duration of such a study and the
observed carry-over effect.
Keywords: Amiloride/THERAPEUTIC USE/Blood Pressure/DRUG
EFFECTS/Clinical Trials/Clonidine/THERAPEUTIC USE/Comparative
Study/Double-Blind Method/Drug Combinations/THERAPEUTIC
USE/English
Abstract/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Hydrochlorothiazide/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Hypertension/*DRUG THERAPY/Male/Middle
Age/Pindolol/THERAPEUTIC USE/Pulse/DRUG EFFECTS/Random
Allocation
J. Hoare, "Erosion of veterinary influence [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 130, no. 17, 1992.
Keywords: Animal *Homeopathy Veterinary Medicine/*STANDARDS
B. Hochstrasser and P. Mattmann, "[Homeopathy and conventional medicine in the
management of pregnancy and childbirth]," Schweiz Med Wochenschr Suppl, vol. 62, pp.
28-35, 1994.
Abstract: Among alternative methods of healing, homeopathy is the most
frequent. Few studies on the efficacy of homeopathic interventions exist which
withstand scientific scrutiny. Nevertheless, some evidence supports the efficacy
of homeopathy in certain indications, including obstetrics. The practice of
preventive antepartum care of pregnant women, adopted at the beginning of
this century, has reduced perinatal mortality and the rates of low birth weight
and preterm births. The attention of conventional prenatal and obstetric care
has been focused on early identification and appropriate management of
specific pregnancy risks, such as maternal chronic illness, previous pregnancy
complications or intercurrent illnesses. An ongoing monitoring system on studies
of perinatal care by Chalmers et al. established the effectiveness of screening
for maternal risk factors, of interventions to prevent early pregnancy
terminations, of instructions and social support for pregnant women and
specific monitoring during childbirth. Studies on homeopathic interventions in
obstetrics report positive influence of homeopathic remedies on uterine
contractility and the evolution of childbirth. The only study comparing
homeopathic and conventional therapy in women with increased risk for
contraction abnormalities found few differences between the treatments, except
fewer hemorrhages and decreased abnormal contractions in patients treated
with homeopathic remedies. Methodological difficulties in comparing
homeopathic and conventional medical intervention require specific research
designs, taking into account the different theoretical and practical approaches
of the two disciplines.
Keywords: English Abstract Female *Homeopathy/METHODS Human
Labor Maternal Health Services/*UTILIZATION Pregnancy Pregnancy
Complications/DIAGNOSIS Prenatal Care Risk Factors Uterine
Contraction/DRUG EFFECTS
G. J. Hofmeyr, V. Piccioni, and P. Blauhof, "Postpartum homeopathic Arnica montana: a
potency-finding pilot study," Br J Clin Pract, vol. 44, no. 12, pp. 619-21, 1990.
Keywords: Adult Drug Administration Schedule Female *Homeopathy
Human Perineum Pilot Projects Plant Extracts/*ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE Pregnancy Puerperal Disorders/*DRUG THERAPY
M. E. Holt, "Homoeopathy in childbearing," Midwives Chron, vol. 101, no. 1206, pp.
225-6, 1988.
Keywords: Adult/Case Report/*Delivery/Female/*Home
Childbirth/*Homeopathy/Human/Infant, Newborn/*Midwifery/Patient Care
Team/Pregnancy
P. A. Hoogenkamp, "[Minor symptoms in family practice: herpes labialis (letter)]," Ned
Tijdschr Geneeskd, vol. 132, no. 11, 1988.
Keywords: Herpes Labialis/*THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human
W. H. Hopff, "[Neomysticism in medicine. The example of homeopathy]," Wien Med
Wochenschr, vol. 137, no. 23, pp. 542-8, 1987.
Abstract: The revival of neomysticism, especially promoted by nonqualified
representatives of press and tv, leads to a worldwide trend to homoeopathy,
acupuncture, herb-cure, Christian-Science, and to many others. According to
the comprehensive publications of Prokop, the successful treatment by
paramedical methods are due to placebo and self-healing. The statements of
paramedical representatives will be accepted by the public, if representatives of
science do not offer adequate criticism. Successful healing by any kind of
treatment--e.g. of disturbances of well-being--is well established.
Representatives of paramedicine applying mystical treatment to humans are
obliged with necessity to explain success as mysticism. In any case it is unwise
to use the basis of natural science to explain mystic phenomena, as the
representative of paramedicine--and occasionally a mystic-oriented
representative of natural science--proves his lack of sound judgement.
Keywords: English Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human/*Mental
Healing/*Mysticism/Risk Factors
W. H. Hopff, "[Homeopathy]," Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax, vol. 79, no. 19, pp. 593-6;
discussion 596-7, 1990.
Abstract: Homeopathy has been disputed from the early beginning. The
rational basis of homeopathy neither can be established by philosophy nor by
natural sciences. On one hand homeopathy is supported by so-called 'empirical
physicians', but on the other hand it is usually heavily criticized by physicians
who are basing their criticism on natural sciences. 'Healing' is meant to prove
the hypothesis of all paramedical people, it can however be easily explained on
a rational basis. It is indisputable that paramedical manipulations not only may
act by placebo effect but also can appear successful due to the remarkable
power of our body for self-healing. If latter plays an important role, especially
when there is no time limit for healing. We never tried to convince paramedical
ideologists, who are already heavily engaged in paramedical treatment, but it is
our aim to reassure with solid arguments colleagues, who have so far been
overwhelmed by irrational journalism.
Keywords: English Abstract Europe Formularies, Homeopathic History of
Medicine, 18th Cent. History of Medicine, 19th Cent. History of Medicine,
20th Cent. *Homeopathy/HISTORY/METHODS Human
W. H. Hopff, "[Is homeopathy a false doctrine?]," Monatsschr Kinderheilkd, vol. 141, no.
3, pp. 241-7, 1993.
Abstract: We realize that it is virtually impossible to persuade the convinced
practitioners of any of the pseudo-scientific beliefs. Therefore, it is our aim to
support those fellow workers and interested laymen, intimidated by the
contentions of homeopaths by providing them with relevant facts to counter the
mostly absurd claims put forward by practitioners of alternative medicine. 1.
The rule of similarity is based on incorrect assumptions. 2. Dilution = Dilution A
dilution is neither a potentization nor a dynamization nor an energyzation. All
these expressions are not based on carefully defined notions or concepts but
are merely literal creations of homeopaths. It is well known that the Urtinktur in
addition to producing desired effects possesses a substantial number of
undesired side effects. The reader might wonder why only the beneficial effects
would be amplified (potentiated) while all other side effects would happen to
be attenuated (diluted). 3. The only evidence all practitioners of
pseudo-medicine can muster to prove the efficacy of their methods are
occasional healings following pseudo-medical treatment.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine English Abstract *Homeopathy Human
*Quackery
E. W. Hubbarb, "Mental portraits of remedies familiar and unfamiliar. II," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 205-8, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/*Metals
E. W. Hubbard, "Brief study course in homeopathy. The dangers of homeopathic
prescribing," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 367-9 contd, 1965.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/*Prescriptions, Drug
E. W. Hubbard, "Results with the potentized simillimum in retarded children," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 338-42, 1965.
Keywords: Adolescence/Case
Report/Child/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Mental
Retardation/*THERAPY/Middle Age/*Therapeutics
E. W. Hubbard, "Prescribing: potency selection," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 9, pp.
292-7, 1965.
Keywords: Drugs/*ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/*Homeopathy/Human/*Prescriptions, Drug
E. W. Hubbard, "Metals for healing," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 338-43,
1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Metals/*THERAPEUTIC USE
E. W. Hubbard, "Multum in parvo," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 246-7,
1966.
Keywords: Education/*Homeopathy/Human
E. W. Hubbard, "A brief study course in homeopathy: the value and relation of diet to our
homeopathic remedies," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 241-3 concl, 1966.
Keywords: *Diet/*Homeopathy/Human
E. W. Hubbard, "Brief study course in homeopathy," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 5,
pp. 150-4 concl, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
E. W. Hubbard, "Brief study course in homeopathy. The problem of suppression," J Am
Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 58-60, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
E. W. Hubbard, "Further mental protraits of remedies familiar and unfamiliar. 3," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 100-2, 1967.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
H. Hulla, "[Too thin to work? (letter)]," Fortschr Med, vol. 107, no. 3, 1989.
Keywords: Germany, West/*Homeopathy/Human/*Quackery
F. E. Hunter, "Complementary medicine [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 126, no. 9, pp. 224-5,
1990.
Keywords: Acupuncture Therapy/*VETERINARY Animal Education,
Veterinary/*STANDARDS *Homeopathy Insurance Carriers/TRENDS
F. E. Hunter, "Homeopathic treatment of a dog [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 129, no. 15, 1991.
Keywords: Animal Case Report Dog Diseases/*THERAPY Dogs
*Homeopathy Male
F. E. Hunter, "Homeopathy debate [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 128, no. 10, 1991.
Keywords: Animal Great Britain *Homeopathy *Societies, Scientific
*Veterinary Medicine
G. Huston, "Salicylates and homeopathy," Br J Clin Pharmacol, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 529-31,
1979.
Keywords: Arthritis, Rheumatoid/*DRUG
THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Research
Design/Salicylates/BLOOD/*THERAPEUTIC USE
R. Huttenrauch and S. Fricke, "[Molecular galenical evaluation of the conventional handling
of solids in homeopathy]," Pharmazie, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 129-30, 1985.
Keywords: Chemistry/Chemistry, Pharmaceutical/Drug
Stability/Drugs/*ANALYSIS/Homeopathy/Thermodynamics/Time Factors
G. Hvass, "[Homeopathic drugs and their side effects (letter)]," Ugeskr Laeger, vol. 149,
no. 29, 1987.
Keywords: Denmark/*Homeopathy/Human/Pharmacopoeias, Homeopathic
H. H. Ibsen, L. Halkier-Sorensen, and K. Thestrup-Pedersen, "[Complications in patients
with atopic dermatitis after use of an alternative treatment]," Ugeskr Laeger, vol. 149, no.
19, pp. 1246-7, 1987.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Case Report/Child, Preschool/Dermatitis,
Atopic/COMPLICATIONS/*THERAPY/English
Abstract/Female/*Homeopathy/Human
B. Inglis, "Fringe medicine," J R Coll Physicians Lond, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 347-53, 1975.
Keywords: Acupuncture/Alternative
Medicine/Chiropractic/*Folklore/Homeopathy/Human/Hypnosis/Hypnosis,
Anesthetic/*Medicine, Traditional/Naturopathy/Osteopathic
Medicine/Placebos/Psychophysiologic Disorders/*Psychosomatic
Medicine/*Therapeutics
C. Irving, "Modern medicine, old mystique in Macedonia," Nurs Times, vol. 74, no. 16, pp.
686-7, 1978.
Keywords: Herbs/History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Human/Papaver/Yugoslavia
W. Isbell, "Homoeopathy [letter]," N Z Med J, vol. 101, no. 846, 1988.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
W. Isbell, "Immunisation and homeopathy [letter; comment]," N Z Med J, vol. 104, no. 913,
1991.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Human *Vaccination
AIa Ivaniushkin, "[Homeopathy and contemporary medicine]," Vestn Akad Med Nauk
SSSR, no. 4, pp. 76-82, 1988.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Attitude of Health
Personnel/Homeopathy/TRENDS/Human/*Philosophy, Medical
J. Iveson-Iveson, "Hospital histories. 11. The Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital," Nurs
Mirror, vol. 160, no. 21, 1985.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./*Homeopathy/Hospitals, Special/*HISTORY/London
R. A. Jack, "Treatment of opium addiction," Br Med J, vol. 4, no. 778, 1971.
Keywords: Alkaloids/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/Cereals/Homeopathy/Human/*Opium/Plant Extracts/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Substance Dependence/*DRUG THERAPY
J. W. Jacobs, J. J. Rasker, P. L. Van Riel, F. W. Gribnau, and L. B. van de Putte,
"[Alternative treatment methods in rheumatic diseases; a literature review]," Ned Tijdschr
Geneeskd, vol. 135, no. 8, pp. 317-22, 1991.
Abstract: To evaluate the effectiveness of several types of complementary
medicine in patients with rheumatic diseases, a literature search was performed.
Clinical trials, blind or open, comparing the effectiveness of forms of
complementary medicine with that of placebo or another control therapy in
patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, soft tissue rheumatism and the
fibromyalgia syndrome were selected until half of 1989, using electronic
databases. Abstracts and summaries were excluded. The investigation was
performed at the department of rheumatology of the Medisch Spectrum
Twente hospital at Enschede in cooperation with the department of internal
diseases of the Sint Radboud hospital at Nijmegen. For each type of
complementary treatment, the results of all the clinical trials were summarized.
Furthermore, the placebo-controlled trials were graded according to
convincing trials or trials that seemed to be less valid and/or difficult to
interpret. Data concerning acupuncture, balneotherapy, dietary measures,
enzymic therapy, Seatone, homeopathy, manual therapy and fever few were
found. Of these types of complementary medicine in rheumatic diseases, we
found no convincing prove that they are more effective than the control or
placebo treatment. A considerable number of the studies however can be
criticized. It is necessary to perform further studies on the effect of frequently
used types of complementary medicine in patients with rheumatic diseases, by
or in cooperation with the physicians or paramedics who prescribe or perform
these kinds of treatment. This is nearly always possible; directives are given to
realize further studies of this kind. If a particular treatment proves to be no
more effective than placebo treatment, its use should be discouraged.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Clinical Trials English Abstract
Homeopathy Human Rheumatic Diseases/*THERAPY Support, Non-U.S.
Gov't
J. Jacobs, "Homeopathy treats people, not the soles of their feet [letter; comment]," Can
Med Assoc J, vol. 147, no. 10, pp. 1407-8; discussion 1408-9, 1992.
Keywords: Foot Dermatoses/*THERAPY *Homeopathy Human
Warts/*THERAPY
J. Jacobs, L. M. Jimenez, S. S. Gloyd, J. L. Gale, and D. Crothers, "Treatment of acute
childhood diarrhea with homeopathic medicine: a randomized clinical trial in Nicaragua [see
comments]," Pediatrics, vol. 93, no. 5, pp. 719-25, 1994.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE. Acute diarrhea is the leading cause of pediatric
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Oral rehydration treatment can prevent
death from dehydration, but does not reduce the duration of individual
episodes. Homeopathic treatment for acute diarrhea is used in many parts of
the world. This study was performed to determine whether homeopathy is
useful in the treatment of acute childhood diarrhea. METHODOLOGY. A
randomized double-blind clinical trial comparing homeopathic medicine with
placebo in the treatment of acute childhood diarrhea was conducted in Leon,
Nicaragua, in July 1991. Eighty-one children aged 6 months to 5 years of age
were included in the study. An individualized homeopathic medicine was
prescribed for each child and daily follow-up was performed for 5 days.
Standard treatment with oral rehydration treatment was also given. RESULTS.
The treatment group had a statistically significant (P < .05) decrease in duration
of diarrhea, defined as the number of days until there were less than three
unformed stools daily for 2 consecutive days. There was also a significant
difference (P < .05) in the number of stools per day between the two groups
after 72 hours of treatment. CONCLUSIONS. The statistically significant
decrease in the duration of diarrhea in the treatment group suggests that
homeopathic treatment might be useful in acute childhood diarrhea. Further
study of this treatment deserves consideration.
Keywords: Acute Disease Child, Preschool Diarrhea/*THERAPY Diarrhea,
Infantile/THERAPY Double-Blind Method *Homeopathy Human Infant
Nicaragua Odds Ratio Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Treatment Outcome
J. Jacobs, L. M. Jimenez, S. S. Gloyd, J. L. Gale, and D. Crothers, "Homeopathic treatment
of childhood diarrhea [letter]," Pediatrics, vol. 97, no. 5, pp. 778-9, 1996.
Keywords: Child Diarrhea/*THERAPY Double-Blind Method *Homeopathy
Human Nicaragua Placebos Randomized Controlled Trials Research Design
Science
G. James, "Homoeopathy: an energy level therapy," Prof Nurse, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 54-7,
1993.
Abstract: 1. Homoeopathy is still in its infancy as a developing scientific and
effective medical system. 2. Homoeopathy is an energy level therapy, not a
chemical level therapy. 3. The homoeopathic philosophy and treatment of
illness can be considered to be diametrically opposed to orthodox western
medicine's philosophy and treatment. 4. People consulting homoeopaths should
ensure they are licensed from a college, or registered with The Society of
Homoeopaths.
Keywords: Holistic Health *Homeopathy Human
H. Jenkins, "The whole truth [interview by Pauline Chudley]," Nurs Stand, vol. 2, no. 17,
1988.
Keywords: *Administrative Personnel/Homeopathy/*Hospitals,
Special/Human/London/*Nurse Administrators
P. Jensen, "Use of alternative medicine by patients with atopic dermatitis and psoriasis,"
Acta Derm Venereol, vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 421-4, 1990.
Abstract: In a questionnaire study at a university hospital in Norway, 227 of
444 patients with atopic dermatitis (51.1%) and 215 of 506 patients with
psoriasis (42.5%) reported previous or current use of one or more forms of
alternative medicine. Homoeopathy, health food preparations and herbal
remedies were used most. Use was related to disease duration, disease
severity and--among the atopic dermatitis patients--the inefficacy of therapy
prescribed by physicians, as judged by the patients. The use of alternative
medicine is commonplace and should be of concern to dermatologists.
Keywords: Adolescence Adult *Alternative Medicine Child Child, Preschool
Dermatitis, Atopic/DIET THERAPY/*THERAPY Female Homeopathy
Human Infant Male Middle Age Norway Plants, Medicinal Psoriasis/DIET
THERAPY/*THERAPY Questionnaires Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
P. Jensen, "Alternative therapy for atopic dermatitis and psoriasis: patient-reported
motivation, information source and effect," Acta Derm Venereol, vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 425-8,
1990.
Abstract: In a questionnaire study, 227 patients with atopic dermatitis and 215
with psoriasis, who had used alternative medicine, were asked to state their
main reason for trying alternative medicine. The answers indicated that the
absence of satisfactory effect of physician-provided therapy was the most
decisive factor. Their main information sources on alternative therapies were
persons without skin disease, and the mass media. The majority reported no
improvement, or even aggravation of their skin disease, as a result of alternative
treatments (except for diet changes). These findings emphasize the need for
documentation of effect of alternative medicine, as well as for further research
and education efforts in order to improve therapy for atopic dermatitis and
psoriasis.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
Consumer Satisfaction Dermatitis, Atopic/DIET THERAPY/*THERAPY
Homeopathy Human Mass Media Norway Patients/*PSYCHOLOGY Plants,
Medicinal Psoriasis/DIET THERAPY/*THERAPY Questionnaires
Retrospective Studies Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
M. K. Jessop, "Homoeopathy [letter] [see comments]," Vet Rec, vol. 126, no. 20, 1990.
Keywords: Animal *Homeopathy *Veterinary Medicine
T. Johansson, "[Homeopathy must be made a university subject]," Lakartidningen, vol. 87,
no. 11, pp. 829; discussion 829-30, 1990.
Keywords: Curriculum *Education, Medical Homeopathy/*EDUCATION
Sweden
A. M. Johnson, E. Johnson, V. Charles, and S. X. Charles, "Dr. P. C. Sen memorial lecture
on rural health practice. A study on the rural health practices in Kanyakumari district,"
Indian J Public Health, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 82-5, 1988.
Keywords: Female/Health
Behavior/*Homeopathy/Human/India/Male/*Medicine, Traditional/*Patient
Acceptance of Health Care/Rural Population
J. Jones, "Bringing plants closer to humans: a philosophy," Midwife Health Visit
Community Nurse, vol. 24, no. 7, 1988.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Naturopathy/*Plants, Medicinal
D. G. Jones, "Homoeopathic prophylaxis [letter; comment]," Vet Rec, vol. 131, no. 13,
1992.
Keywords: Animal Dog Diseases/PREVENTION & CONTROL Dogs
*Homeopathy Human Vaccination/VETERINARY Vaccines/*STANDARDS
E. Jonsson, "[Quacksalvers, physicians' constant companions]," Nord Med, vol. 83, no. 23,
pp. 713-7, 1970.
Keywords: Chiropractic/HISTORY/Christian Science/HISTORY/English
Abstract/History of Medicine, Modern/History of Medicine, 18th
Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Naturopathy/HISTORY/Nostrums/HISTORY/Osteopathic
Medicine/HISTORY/Quackery/*HISTORY
E. Joos, R. Ley, and J. P. Famaey, "The homeopathic wrist. A nonhomeopathic
consequence of homeopathic practice [letter; comment]," J Rheumatol, vol. 17, no. 7, pp.
984-5, 1990.
Keywords: Adult Case Report Female *Homeopathy Human Joint
Diseases/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Occupational
Diseases/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Pharmacopoeias, Homeopathic
Wrist/*PATHOLOGY
O. A. Julian and J. Launay, "Psycho-pathological test on animals by reserpine and Cicuta
virosa, according to the homeopathic laws of analogy and identity," J Am Inst Homeopath,
vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 155-64, 1966.
Keywords: Animal/Guinea Pigs/*Homeopathy/Mice/*Plants,
Medicinal/Reserpine/*THERAPEUTIC USE
B. L. Kaatz, S. D. Uretsky, and R. M. Veatch, "Informing a patient about a homeopathic
preparation," Am J Health Syst Pharm, vol. 52, no. 21, pp. 2437; discussion 2437-41,
1995.
Keywords: *Ethics, Pharmacy *Homeopathy Human Interprofessional
Relations *Patient Education Professional-Patient Relations
M. F. Kahn, "Is the evidence for homoeopathy reproducible? [letter; comment]," Lancet,
vol. 345, no. 8944, pp. 251; discussion 252-3, 1995.
Keywords: Asthma/*THERAPY Double-Blind Method *Homeopathy
Human Randomized Controlled Trials/*STANDARDS
W. Kaiser and A. Volker, "[Ars medica Anhaltina (III): the Anhalt Hahnemann interpretation
and the Kothen Homeopathic Institute]," Z Gesamte Inn Med, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 348-55,
1986.
Abstract: In the years between 1821 and 1835 the domiciliation of Samuel
Hahnemann in Kothen induces a consolidation of the homoeopathy in the
district of the Anhalt territories. By dynastic order hereby the existing medical
laws concerning the self-dispensing of the physicians are cancelled. By the
establishment of an institute called Institutum homoeopathicum et magneticum
the homoeopathy concentrates for a long time on Anhalt territories also after
Hahnemann's retirement. The fight against homoeopathy permanently remains
on the programme of the scholastic medicine, which certainly appeals to
existing laws, but cannot prevent the development of a prospering business with
homoeopathy. The reconstruction of these events became possible by the
preserved documents.
Keywords: Academies and Institutes/*HISTORY/English
Abstract/Germany/History of Medicine, 17th Cent./History of Medicine, 18th
Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Portraits
S. V. Kakorin, "[Nonpharmacological methods of treating hypertension patients],"
Kardiologiia, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 84-9, 1993.
Keywords: Acupuncture Therapy/METHODS Diet Therapy/METHODS
Homeopathy/METHODS Human Hypertension/*THERAPY Physical
Therapy/METHODS Placebos Plant Extracts/THERAPEUTIC USE
Psychotherapy/METHODS
K. Kapronczay, "[Ferenc Hausmann]," Orv Hetil, vol. 117, no. 26, pp. 1593-4, 1976.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Hungary
K. Kapronczay, "[Dome Argenti and homeopathy in Hungary]," Orv Hetil, vol. 129, no.
24, pp. 1276-8, 1988.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Hungary
K. Kapronczay, "[Homeopathy in Hungary]," Orv Hetil, vol. 133, no. 6, pp. 369-70, 1992.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 18th Cent. History of Medicine, 19th Cent.
Homeopathy/*HISTORY Hungary
K. Kapronczay, "[In memory of the 200th anniversary of the death of Pal Bugat [corrected]
(published erratum appears in Orv Hetil 1993 May 16;134(20):1098)]," Orv Hetil, vol.
134, no. 14, pp. 757-8, 1993.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 18th Cent. History of Medicine, 19th Cent.
Homeopathy/HISTORY Hungary
F. Karst, "Homeopathy in Illinois," Caduceus, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 1-33, 1988.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Illinois/Portraits
S. Kartikeyan, R. M. Chaturvedi, and S. V. Narkar, "Effect of calendula on trophic ulcers
[letter; comment]," Lepr Rev, vol. 61, no. 4, 1990.
Keywords: Adult Female Homeopathy Human Infection/PREVENTION &
CONTROL Infection Control Leprosy/COMPLICATIONS/*DRUG
THERAPY Male Middle Age Ointments *Plant Extracts Skin Ulcer/*DRUG
THERAPY/ETIOLOGY Wound Infection
C. H. Katelaris, J. M. Weiner, R. J. Heddle, M. S. Stuckey, and K. W. Yan, "Vega testing
in the diagnosis of allergic conditions. The Australian College of Allergy [see comments],"
Med J Aust, vol. 155, no. 2, pp. 113-4, 1991.
Abstract: Vega testing (the Vega test method) is an unorthodox method of
diagnosing allergic and other diseases. It has no established scientific basis and
there are no controlled trials to support its usefulness. Vega testing may lead to
inappropriate treatment and expense to the patient and community.
Keywords: Electroacupuncture/*INSTRUMENTATION/METHODS
Evaluation Studies Galvanic Skin Response/PHYSIOLOGY Homeopathy
Human Hypersensitivity/*DIAGNOSIS/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
K. Keller, "[The legal status of homeopathic medicines. Quality requirements, registration
and permit procedures]," Tierarztl Prax, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 243-7, 1992.
Abstract: Homeopathic medicaments which are ready for application have to
be approved or registered before they can be made available. This procedure
is regulated by the Arzneimittelgesetz (AMG), a law regulating licensing and
registration of medicaments. The commission in charge of the registration and
licensing of homeopathic medicaments is the Aufbereitungskommission D of the
German Bundesgesundheitsamt (BGA), the Board of Public Health.
Application forms are dealt with on the basis of controlled and non-controlled
clinical studies, application observations, and case studies, as well as
specialized literature. The commission is trying to do justice to the particular
features of the special field of homeopathy.
Keywords: Animal English Abstract Formularies,
Homeopathic/*STANDARDS Germany Homeopathy/*LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD *Legislation, Drug *Legislation, Veterinary Quality Control
J. N. Kenyon, "Food sensitivity, a search for underlying causes. Case study of 12 patients,"
Acupunct Electrother Res, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-13, 1986.
Abstract: Twelve cases of multiple food sensitivity were studied. All had
responded to food elimination and a number were receiving sublingual food
desensitization drops. An underlying cause was postulated and looked for. The
method used was an electrical recording technique called the segmental
electrogram. All of the cases were seen to have a primary colonic dysfunction
which has been described as Dysbiosis. It was assumed that the colonic
dysfunction was due to abnormal intestinal flora and this was corrected by a
repopulation of the bowel with normal commensals and the simultaneous
stimulation of liver and pancreatic function. This resulted in all of the patients
losing at least a number of their sensitivities and those who were on sublingual
desensitization drops were able to stop these drops and tolerate the foods
without any further problem. It has postulated that much of multiple food and
chemical sensitivity is due to underlying causes of which Dysbiosis is one.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Colonic Diseases,
Functional/*COMPLICATIONS/THERAPY/Desensitization,
Immunologic/Female/Food
Hypersensitivity/*ETIOLOGY/THERAPY/Homeopathy/Human/Liver/Male/Medicine,
Herbal/Middle Age/Pancreas
H. D. Kerr and G. W. Yarborough, "Pancreatitis following ingestion of a homeopathic
preparation [letter]," N Engl J Med, vol. 314, no. 25, pp. 1642-3, 1986.
Keywords: Acute Disease/Adult/Case
Report/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Pancreatitis/*CHEMICALLY INDUCED
H. D. Kerr, "Homeopathy study questions [letter; comment]," Pediatrics, vol. 94, no. 6 Pt
1, 1994.
Keywords: Acute Disease Child, Preschool Diarrhea/*THERAPY
*Homeopathy Human
S. M. Khurana, "Effect of homoeopathic drugs on plant viruses," Planta Med, vol. 20, no.
2, pp. 142-6, 1971.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Microbial Sensitivity Tests/Plant Diseases/Plant
Extracts/PHARMACOLOGY/Plant Viruses/*DRUG
EFFECTS/Sulfur/PHARMACOLOGY/Tobacco Mosaic Virus/DRUG
EFFECTS/Vegetables
G. Kienle, "[Effect of Carbo betulae D 6 in partial respiratory insufficiency],"
Arzneimittelforschung, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 840-2, 1973.
Keywords: Charcoal/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Circadian Rhythm/Clinical
Trials/English Abstract/Evaluation Studies/Homeopathy/Human/Oxygen/Partial
Pressure/Plant Extracts/THERAPEUTIC USE/Plants, Medicinal/Respiratory
Insufficiency/*DRUG THERAPY/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/Trees
L. S. King, "Medicine in the USA: historical vignettes. III. Medical sects and their influence,"
Jama, vol. 248, no. 10, pp. 1221-4, 1982.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*HISTORY/Germany/History of Medicine,
18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Medicine, Herbal/*HISTORY/United States
L. S. King, "Medicine in the USA: historical vignettes. V. The 'old code' of medical ethics
and some problems it had to face," Jama, vol. 248, no. 18, pp. 2329-33, 1982.
Keywords: American Medical Association/HISTORY/Ethics,
Medical/*HISTORY/History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/EDUCATION/HISTORY/Interpersonal
Relations/Michigan/Physician's Role/United States
L. S. King, "Medicine in the USA: historical vignettes. IX. The AMA sets a new code of
ethics," Jama, vol. 249, no. 10, pp. 1338-42, 1983.
Keywords: American Medical Association/*HISTORY/ORGANIZATION
& ADMIN/Ethics, Medical/*HISTORY/History of Medicine, 18th
Cent./History of Medicine, 20th Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/New
York/Societies, Medical/HISTORY/United States
T. Kirkwood, "Medicine a century ago," IMJ Ill Med J, vol. 149, no. 4, pp. 370-5, 1976.
Keywords: Disease Outbreaks/HISTORY/Education,
Medical/HISTORY/*History of Medicine, 19th Cent./Homeopathy/Medicine,
Traditional/Microbiology/HISTORY/Superstitions/HISTORY/Surgery/HISTORY
J. K. Kirkwood, D. Shepherdson, A. Cunningham, S. Jackson, and A. K. Kirkwood,
"Homoeopathy [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 124, no. 11, pp. 282-3, 1989.
Keywords: Animal/Cattle/*Homeopathy/*Veterinary Medicine
L. Kiss, "[Who was the first Hungarian translator of Hahnemann's Organon?]," Orv Hetil,
vol. 131, no. 46, pp. 2552, 2555, 1990.
Keywords: Germany History of Medicine, 18th Cent. History of Medicine,
19th Cent. History of Medicine, 20th Cent. Homeopathy/*HISTORY Hungary
Translations
U. R. Kleeberg, "[Cancer drugs of questionable effectiveness]," Med Klin, vol. 81, no. 12,
pp. 433-4, 1986.
Keywords: Germany, West/*Homeopathy/Human/Neoplasms/*DRUG
THERAPY/Plant Extracts/*THERAPEUTIC USE
J. Kleijnen, P. Knipschild, and G. ter Riet, "Trials of homeopathy [letter; comment]," Bmj,
vol. 302, no. 6782, 1991.
Keywords: *Clinical Trials *Homeopathy Human Meta-Analysis
J. Kleijnen, P. Knipschild, and G. ter Riet, "Clinical trials of homoeopathy [published
erratum appears in BMJ 1991 Apr 6;302(6780):818] [see comments]," Bmj, vol. 302, no.
6772, pp. 316-23, 1991.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE--To establish whether there is evidence of the efficacy
of homoeopathy from controlled trials in humans. DESIGN--Criteria based
meta-analysis. Assessment of the methodological quality of 107 controlled trials
in 96 published reports found after an extensive search. Trials were scored
using a list of predefined criteria of good methodology, and the outcome of the
trials was interpreted in relation to their quality. SETTING--Controlled trials
published world wide. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Results of the trials
with the best methodological quality. Trials of classical homoeopathy and
several modern varieties were considered separately. RESULTS--In 14 trials
some form of classical homoeopathy was tested and in 58 trials the same single
homoeopathic treatment was given to patients with comparable conventional
diagnosis. Combinations of several homoeopathic treatments were tested in 26
trials; isopathy was tested in nine trials. Most trials seemed to be of very low
quality, but there were many exceptions. The results showed a positive trend
regardless of the quality of the trial or the variety of homeopathy used. Overall,
of the 105 trials with interpretable results, 81 trials indicated positive results
whereas in 24 trials no positive effects of homoeopathy were found. The results
of the review may be complicated by publication bias, especially in such a
controversial subject as homoeopathy. CONCLUSIONS--At the moment the
evidence of clinical trials is positive but not sufficient to draw definitive
conclusions because most trials are of low methodological quality and because
of the unknown role of publication bias. This indicates that there is a legitimate
case for further evaluation of homoeopathy, but only by means of well
performed trials.
Keywords: Clinical Trials/*STANDARDS *Homeopathy Human
Meta-Analysis Methods Prejudice Publishing Research Design Support,
Non-U.S. Gov't
J. Kleijnen and P. Knipschild, "The comprehensiveness of Medline and Embase computer
searches. Searches for controlled trials of homoeopathy, ascorbic acid for common cold and
ginkgo biloba for cerebral insufficiency and intermittent claudication," Pharm Weekbl Sci,
vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 316-20, 1992.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To assess the comprehensiveness of Medline and
Embase computer searches for controlled trials. DESIGN: Comparison of
articles found after an exhaustive search of the literature with the yield of a
Medline or Embase search. This was performed for controlled clinical trials on
the efficacy of three interventions: homoeopathy, ascorbic acid for common
cold, and ginkgo biloba for intermittent claudication and cerebral insufficiency.
The number of controlled trials found by exhaustive search of the literature was
107, 61 and 45, respectively. RESULTS: For homoeopathy, ascorbic acid and
ginkgo the proportion of all trials found by Medline was 17%, 36% and 31%
respectively and for Embase 13%, 25% and 58% respectively. After checking
of the references in the Medline articles 44%, 79% and 76% of all trials were
identified. After checking of the references in the Embase articles 42%, 72%
and 93% of all trials were identified. About 20% of the articles was not
correctly indexed. Of the best trials 68%, 91% and 83% could be found with
Medline and 55%, 82% and 92% of the best trials were identified through
Embase. CONCLUSIONS: For the topics mentioned, Medline and Embase
searches are sufficient to get an impression of the evidence from controlled
trials, but only if references in the articles are followed for further evidence. If
one wants to get a more complete picture, additional search strategies make
sense. Of course, this picture may be different for other topics.
Keywords: Abstracting and Indexing Ascorbic Acid/*THERAPEUTIC USE
Cerebral Ischemia/*DRUG THERAPY *Clinical Trials Common
Cold/*DRUG THERAPY *Homeopathy Human *Information Systems
Intermittent Claudication/*DRUG THERAPY *medline *Plants, Medicinal
F. Klostermeir, "[Phytotherapy of bronchitic syndrome]," ZFA (Stuttgart), vol. 52, no. 23,
pp. 1200-2, 1975.
Keywords: Bronchitis/*DRUG THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Plant
Extracts/THERAPEUTIC USE
J. Kluczka, "[Homeopathy and periodontal diseases]," Zahnarztl Prax, vol. 15, no. 13, pp.
149-50, 1965.
Keywords: Dentistry/Homeopathy/Periodontal Diseases/THERAPY
B. Kluczykowska, "[Effect of homeopathic remedies]," Przegl Lek, vol. 42, no. 12, pp.
794-6, 1985.
Keywords: Alkaloids/*ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE/Drug
Evaluation/Gout/*DRUG
THERAPY/Homeopathy/*TRENDS/Human/Pain/*DRUG
THERAPY/*Plants, Medicinal
P. Knipschild, "Systematic reviews. Some examples," Bmj, vol. 309, no. 6956, pp. 719-21,
1994.
Abstract: Reviewing the literature is a scientific inquiry that needs a clear
design to preclude bias. It is a real enterprise if one aims at completeness of the
literature on a certain subject. Going through refereed English language journals
is not enough. On line databases are helpful, but mainly as a starting point. This
article gives examples of systematic reviews on vitamin C and the common
cold, pyridoxine against the premenstrual syndrome, homeopathy, and
physiotherapy.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine Ascorbic Acid Clinical Trials Common
Cold/PREVENTION & CONTROL Databases, Bibliographic Human
Information Storage and Retrieval medline Physical Therapy *Review
Literature Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
H. P. Koch and A. Partilla, "[The activity of drugs with homeopathic potency in the yeast
test]," Pharmazie, vol. 50, no. 1, 1995.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Microbial Sensitivity Tests Saccharomyces
cerevisiae/*DRUG EFFECTS
M. Korock, "Is there a future for homeopathy?," Can Med Assoc J, vol. 132, no. 7, pp.
840-1, 844, 846-8 passim, 1985.
Keywords: Canada/*Drug
Industry/France/Homeopathy/*TRENDS/Marketing of Health Services/United
States
S. R. Kottegoda, "Allopathy [letter]," Lancet, vol. 1, no. 8320, 1983.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Homeopathy/*Nomenclature
K. A. Kovar, G. Jarre, W. Lautenschlager, and J. Maassen, "[Determination of mercury in
homeopathic preparations and medical substances and drugs]," Arch Pharm (Weinheim),
vol. 315, no. 8, pp. 662-74, 1982.
Keywords: Drug Contamination/*ANALYSIS/English
Abstract/Homeopathy/Mercury/*ANALYSIS/Plants, Medicinal/ANALYSIS
F. Kramer, "[Homeopathy in dentistry]," Zahnarztl Prax, vol. 25, no. 21, 1974.
Keywords: *Dentistry/*Homeopathy
W. Krause, "[What is the difference between organic and inorganic selenium
preparations?]," Med Monatsschr Pharm, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 310-1, 1994.
Keywords: Biological Availability Comparative Study Homeopathy Human
Selenium Compounds/ADVERSE
EFFECTS/PHARMACOKINETICS/*THERAPEUTIC USE
Structure-Activity Relationship Treatment Outcome
A. A. Krylov, "[Homeopathy from the viewpoint of applied public health]," Sov
Zdravookhr, no. 1, pp. 24-7, 1992.
Keywords: Adult Child *Homeopathy Human *Public Health
F. X. Krynicki, "Therapy of smallpox vaccination reactions," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol.
59, no. 7, pp. 230-2, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Smallpox/*PREVENTION &
CONTROL/Vaccination/*ADVERSE EFFECTS
M. Kunzi, "[Complementary medicine and health policy regulations]," Schweiz Med
Wochenschr Suppl, vol. 62, pp. 7-12, 1994.
Abstract: A comprehensive approach to the broad field of complementary
medicine must necessarily embrace the whole question of health policy rules. It
is part of this approach to classify complementary medicine as belonging to the
field of naturopathy and specific methods, on the grounds that naturopathic
methods can, in most cases, be subjected to scientific evaluation. At the same
time, however, specific methods such as homeopathy, acupuncture, and
neuropathy should not be sidelined. On the contrary, experience gathered over
a great many years has proven the efficacy of these methods, and this should
be the criterion for official recognition by health insurance schemas. In other
words, the conventional science-based approval procedures should be
widened. It follows that changes to the approval procedures would have an
impact on the providers of complementary medicine, as well as on hospitals. At
present the individual cantons decide to what extent therapists who are not
qualified doctors are permitted to practice complementary medicine. The
question whether or not to standardize, simplify or tighten the rules for
admission is left open here.
Keywords: Acupuncture *Alternative Medicine English Abstract Health
Policy/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD Homeopathy Human Insurance,
Health Legislation, Medical Naturopathy Switzerland
R. Kurz, "[Clinical medicine versus homeopathy]," Padiatr Padol, vol. 27, no. 2, pp.
37-41, 1992.
Abstract: Due to the advance of alternative medicine a critical synopsis by
means of the comparison between scientific medicine (clinical medicine) and
homeopathy is warranted. The review of studies carried out according to
current scientific criteria revealed--at best--a placebo effect of homeopathy.
Until now there is no proven mechanism for the mode of action of homeopathy.
Sometimes so-called alternative medicine prevents effective curative measures.
In spite of the justified criticism concerning the technical over-estimation of
classical medicine, scientific research should remain the basis of clinical work.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Child Child, Preschool English Abstract
*Homeopathy Human Infant Placebo Effect Risk Factors
C. Kurz, F. Nagele, M. Zorzi, H. Karras, and H. Enzelsberger, "[Does homeopathic
medicine improve dysuria symptoms?]," Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Rundsch, vol. 33 Suppl
1, pp. 330-1, 1993.
Keywords: Adult Aged Double-Blind Method Female *Homeopathy Human
Middle Age Potassium Compounds/*ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE
Prospective Studies Urination Disorders/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY
Urodynamics/DRUG EFFECTS
M. Labrecque, D. Audet, L. G. Latulippe, and J. Drouin, "Homeopathic treatment of plantar
warts [see comments]," Can Med Assoc J, vol. 146, no. 10, pp. 1749-53, 1992.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of a homeopathic treatment
of plantar warts. DESIGN: Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
SETTING: Hospital-based family medicine unit. PATIENTS: Patients were
recruited from the unit, through advertisements in the local media and through
personal contacts with colleagues. Of the 853 people screened between
December 1987 and January 1989, 174 met the eligibility criteria (age 6 to 59
years and presence of one or more plantar warts untreated during the previous
3 months) and agreed to participate; 162 (93%) completed the 18-week
follow-up. INTERVENTIONS: The 6-week homeopathic treatment consisted
of thuya 30 centesimal hahnemannien (CH) (one tube containing 200 pellets
weekly), antimonium crudum 7 CH (5 pellets daily) and nitricum acidum 7 CH
(one tube containing 200 pellets daily). The placebo pellets were identical to
the treatment pellets in appearance and taste. MAIN OUTCOME
MEASURE: The proportion of healed patients; a patient was considered
healed if all of the warts had disappeared. MAIN RESULTS: The rates of
healing at 6, 12 and 18 weeks were 4.8%, 13.4% and 20.0% respectively in
the homeopathic treatment group and 4.6%, 13.1% and 24.4% in the placebo
treatment group. CONCLUSION: The homeopathic treatment was no more
effective than the placebo treatment of plantar warts.
Keywords: Adolescence Adult Child Double-Blind Method Female Foot
Diseases/*THERAPY *Homeopathy Human Male Middle Age Placebos
Treatment Outcome Warts/*THERAPY
E. Laerum, C. F. Borchgrevink, and G. Wiens, "[Who goes to the homeopath? Why, with
which complaints and what is done?]," Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, vol. 105, no. 34-36, pp.
2478-82, 1985.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Age Factors/Aged/English
Abstract/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age/Norway/Social
Class
F. Lamasson, "Report on the state of homeopathy in France in 1965," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 38-42, 1966.
Keywords: France/*Homeopathy
D. J. Lane and T. V. Lane, "Alternative and complementary medicine for asthma [editorial],"
Thorax, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 787-97, 1991.
Keywords: Acupuncture Therapy *Alternative Medicine Asthma/*THERAPY
Homeopathy Human Hypnosis Medicine, Chinese Traditional Naturopathy
Osteopathic Medicine Yoga
W. Langewitz, S. Ruttimann, G. Laifer, P. Maurer, and A. Kiss, "The integration of
alternative treatment modalities in HIV infection--the patient's perspective," J Psychosom
Res, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 687-93, 1994.
Abstract: The relationship between professionals representing conventional
treatment (CT) and professionals representing non-conventional therapies
(alternative therapy (AT) and/or psychotherapy (PT)) is usually characterized
by mutual scepticism and mistrust, the overriding fear being that either side will
evoke unjustified hopes or will provide false treatment. We investigated
whether patients with HIV infection had unrealistic hopes in non-conventional
treatment (non-CT), to what extent they use non-CT, and whether perceived
benefit and harm differ between the two modes of treatment. We examined a
sample of 100 patients with documented HIV-infection in the out-patient
department using a self-developed questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety and
Depression Scale (HAD) and data concerning the HIV status. Fifty-six patients
used AT and/or PT. Severity of HIV disease did not differ between users and
non-users of non-CT. The most important reasons for the use of AT were
'strengthening the body and resistance; supplementing conventional therapy'.
Users of non-CT rated the competence of CT lower than non-users in solving
medical problems (VAS-scores 0-100: 65.5 +/- 17.6 vs 76.3 +/- 17.7; p =
0.003) and in solving emotional problems (VAS scores 0-100: 35.8 +/- 21.2
vs 48.2 +/- 28.9; p = 0.02). Users of non-CT were significantly more anxious
8.4 +/- 4.8 vs 5.5 +/- 4.6; p = 0.004) and more depressive (5.7 +/- 4.5 vs 3.7
+/- 4.5; p = 0.03) than non-users. Expectations and hopes did not differ
between users of AT and non-users: main hopes were a delay of disease
progression (76% vs 71%) and an alleviation of symptoms (78% vs
66%).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Keywords: Adult Alternative Medicine Female Homeopathy Human HIV
Infections/*THERAPY Male Massage Plants, Medicinal *Psychotherapy
Relaxation Techniques Self Care Treatment Outcome
R. Langford, "Full complement [news]," Nurs Times, vol. 90, no. 27, 1994.
Keywords: Acupuncture *Alternative Medicine Community Health
Services/ORGANIZATION & ADMIN Great Britain Homeopathy Human
London Massage Nurse Administrators State Medicine
R. E. Layton, "Homeopathy study questions [letter; comment]," Pediatrics, vol. 94, no. 6 Pt
1, 1994.
Keywords: Acute Disease Child, Preschool Diarrhea/*THERAPY
*Homeopathy Human
Y. Le Penven, "[General principles of homeopathy]," Rev Odontostomatol (Paris), vol. 14,
no. 6, pp. 429-35, 1985.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Mouth Diseases/DRUG
THERAPY/ETIOLOGY
Y. Le Penven, "[Homeopathic treatment of hemorrhage of dental origin]," Chir Dent Fr,
vol. 56, no. 358, pp. 65-9, 1986.
Keywords: Hemostatics/*THERAPEUTIC USE/*Homeopathy/Human/Oral
Hemorrhage/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/Plants, Medicinal
Y. Le Penven, "[Apprehension and anxiety in the dental office]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 56, no.
355, pp. 63-8, 1986.
Keywords: Anxiety/*THERAPY/Dental
Care/*PSYCHOLOGY/*Fear/*Homeopathy/Human/Plants, Medicinal
A. M. Leaman and D. Gorman, "Cantharis in the early treatment of minor burns," Arch
Emerg Med, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 259-61, 1989.
Abstract: The analgesic action of the homeopathic preparation Cantharis in the
treatment of minor burns was assessed in a series of 34 patients. Under double
blind conditions no statistically significant difference was found between
Cantharis and a placebo.
Keywords: Acetaminophen/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Adolescence/Adult/Analgesics/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Burns/*DRUG
THERAPY/Cantharidin/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Double-Blind Method/Drug
Evaluation/Homeopathy/Human/Middle Age/Pain Measurement/Time Factors
G. Leander, "[Homeopathy--200 years of medicine with a million patient visits per year],"
Vardfacket, vol. 14, no. 19, pp. XI-XV, 1990.
Keywords: Formularies, Homeopathic History of Medicine, 18th Cent.
History of Medicine, 19th Cent. History of Medicine, 20th Cent.
*Homeopathy/EDUCATION/HISTORY Human Sweden
P. Lechat, J. Flahaut, and C. Boudene, "[Homeopathic drugs must be subject to the
regulations concerning drugs]," Bull Acad Natl Med, vol. 168, no. 9, pp. 1067-9, 1984.
Keywords: France/*Homeopathy/*Legislation, Drug
J. Lecomte, "[Homeopathy]," Rev Med Liege, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 354-62, 1980.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./*Homeopathy/HISTORY/METHODS
J. Lecomte, "[The doctrine of homeopathy. A past without a future]," Bull Mem Acad R
Med Belg, vol. 145, no. 12, pp. 462-70; discussion 470-3, 1990.
Keywords: Forecasting Germany History of Medicine, 18th Cent. History of
Medicine, 19th Cent. Homeopathy/HISTORY/*TRENDS Human
*Philosophy, Medical Science
J. Lecomte, "[What should be done about the renaissance of parallel treatments?]," Rev
Med Liege, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 285-92, 1993.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Holistic Health Homeopathy Human
Medicine, Chinese Traditional Quackery
J. Leger, "[Dialectics in its relation to homeopathy, acupuncture and naturism]," Rev Fr
Odontostomatol, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 266-77, 1966.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/Human/*Naturopathy
J. Leger, "[Aromatherapy in dentistry]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 56, no. 343, pp. 43-7, 1986.
Keywords: Homeopathy/Human/Oils, Volatile/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/Periodontal Diseases/*THERAPY/*Plants, Medicinal
P. Lehmann and P. A. Scheder, "[Recourse of practicing physicians from Vaud and
Fribourg to so-called alternative therapies]," Rev Med Suisse Romande, vol. 106, no. 2, pp.
119-23, 1986.
Keywords: Acupuncture/*Alternative Medicine/*Family
Practice/Homeopathy/Human/Switzerland
F. Lembeck, "[Allopathy--homeopathy]," Landarzt, vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 406-7, 1966.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*HISTORY/Drug
Therapy/*HISTORY/Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Human
C. Lepaisant, "[Clinical trials in homeopathy: treatment of mastodynia due to premenstrual
syndrome]," Rev Fr Gynecol Obstet, vol. 90, no. 2, pp. 94-7, 1995.
Keywords: Breast Diseases/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY Double-Blind Method
Estrone/*THERAPEUTIC USE Female Homeopathy/*METHODS Human
Pain/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY Premenstrual
Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/*THERAPY
I. Lernevall, "[Ever more patients seek help with acupuncturists, homeopaths and zonal
therapists]," Vardfacket, vol. 8, no. 21, pp. 19-21, 1984.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/Human/*Reflexotherapy
C. Leslie, "Pluralism and integration in the Indian and Chinese medical systems. pp. 401-17,"
In: Kleinman A, et al., ed. Medicine in Chinese cultures. Bethesda, NIH,, 1976.
Keywords: China/Culture/*Delivery of Health
Care/Homeopathy/Human/India/*Medicine/*Medicine, Ayurvedic/Medicine,
Traditional
R. Lever, "The homeopathic treatment of skin conditions," Midwife Health Visit
Community Nurse, vol. 21, no. 4, 1985.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Plants, Medicinal/Skin
Diseases/*THERAPY
S. Levin, "Why homoeopathy, wherefore reflexology?," Nurs RSA, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 38-9,
1992.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Human *Reflexotherapy
G. T. Lewith, "The homeopathic conundrum [editorial] [see comments]," J R Soc Med, vol.
83, no. 9, pp. 543-4, 1990.
Keywords: *Clinical Trials *Homeopathy Human
O. Lindahl, "[Letter: Debate on THX]," Lakartidningen, vol. 73, no. 12, pp. 1032-3,
1976.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Thymus Gland/Tissue
Extracts/THERAPEUTIC USE
J. Lindenmann, "[Transgressing the limits of naturopathy]," Gynakol Geburtshilfliche
Rundsch, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 46-8, 1995.
Abstract: Three examples of the tendency of nonconventional medicine to
transgress its self-imposed limits are presented: (1) the efforts of Benveniste to
confer scientific respectability on homeopathy; (2) the attempt, by press
conference, to popularize home delivery; (3) the creation of a new demand by
the offer of subaquatic delivery.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*TRENDS English Abstract Female Home
Childbirth/TRENDS Homeopathy/*TRENDS Human Naturopathy/*TRENDS
Patient Care Team/TRENDS Pregnancy Switzerland
R. Lindstaedt and K. Wahn, "[Treatment results in problem patients using cytoplasmic
therapeutic agents]," Z Allgemeinmed, vol. 51, no. 11, pp. 545-8, 1975.
Keywords: Acne Vulgaris/DRUG THERAPY/Adult/Aged/Alopecia/DRUG
THERAPY/Arteriosclerosis/DRUG
THERAPY/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age/Respiratory
Hypersensitivity/DRUG THERAPY/Tissue Extracts/*THERAPEUTIC USE
R. O. Littge, "Nonconventional therapies [letter; comment] [see comments]," Arch Fam
Med, vol. 3, no. 6, 1994.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*STANDARDS Chiropractic Homeopathy
Human Massage Medicine, Chinese Traditional
A. Lodispoto, "[365 days of heretical medicine]," Minerva Med, vol. 63, no. 13, pp.
789-94, 1972.
Keywords:
Acupuncture/*HISTORY/Chiropractic/*HISTORY/Europe/History of
Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine,
20th Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY
P. Lokken, P. A. Straumsheim, D. Tveiten, P. Skjelbred, and C. F. Borchgrevink, "Effect of
homoeopathy on pain and other events after acute trauma: placebo controlled trial with
bilateral oral surgery [see comments]," Bmj, vol. 310, no. 6992, pp. 1439-42, 1995.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE--To examine whether homoeopathy has any effect on
pain and other inflammatory events after surgery. DESIGN--Randomised
double blind, placebo controlled crossover trial with identical oral surgical
procedures performed on two separate occasions in 24 patients.
INTERVENTIONS--Treatment started 3 hours after surgery with either
homoeopathy or placebo. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Postoperative
pain and preference for postoperative course assessed by patients on visual
analogue scales. Measurements of postoperative swelling and reduction in
ability to open mouth. Assessment of bleeding after surgery. RESULTS--Pain
after surgery was essentially the same whether treated with homoeopathy or
placebo. Postoperative swelling was not significantly affected by homoeopathy,
but treatment tended to give less reduction in ability to open mouth. No
noticeable difference was seen in postoperative bleeding, side effects, or
complaints. Thirteen of the 24 patients preferred the postoperative course with
placebo. CONCLUSIONS--No positive evidence was found for efficacy of
homoeopathic treatment on pain and other inflammatory events after an acute
soft tissue and bone injury inflicted by a surgical intervention. Differences in the
order of 30% to 40% would have been needed to show significant effects.
Keywords: Adult Cross-Over Studies Double-Blind Method
Edema/THERAPY Female *Homeopathy Human Male Pain Measurement
Pain, Postoperative/*THERAPY Patient Satisfaction Placebos Support,
Non-U.S. Gov't Surgery, Oral Tooth, Impacted/*SURGERY
Trismus/THERAPY Wound Healing
P. E. Lonning and O. Kogstad, "[Natural medicine and rheumatic diseases]," Tidsskr Nor
Laegeforen, vol. 101, no. 31, pp. 1782-6, 1981.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Aged/Child/Child,
Preschool/Female/Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle
Age/*Naturopathy/Norway/Rheumatic Diseases/*THERAPY
W. Loscher, "[Homeopathy: an effective and risk-free alternative to conventional
chemotherapy? 2. Detection of effectiveness in animals]," DTW Dtsch Tierarztl
Wochenschr, vol. 99, no. 3, pp. 99-106, 1992.
Keywords: Animal Animal Diseases/*THERAPY *Homeopathy Placebo
Effect
W. Loscher, "[Homeopathy: an effective and risk-free alternative to conventional
pharmacotherapy? Part 1: Hahnemann and his teaching]," DTW Dtsch Tierarztl
Wochenschr, vol. 99, no. 2, pp. 51-4, 1992.
Abstract: The article considers the attractions and dangers of homeopathic
therapy from the view of a pharmacologist. Homeopathic drugs may exert
pharmacodynamic (but also toxic) effects at low dilutions (D0-D6), but there is
no scientific proof for specific effects of higher dilutions except for substances
with a high toxic potential. Most homeopathic drugs have no reasonable basis
for clinical use but, in case of toxic compounds, especially those with
carcinogenic or allergic potential, homeopathy may bear risks for the animal
and, because of residues in food animals, also for humans. Thus, homeopathic
treatment should not be used when effective conventional treatments are
available, and the use of homeopathic drugs with toxic potential should be
avoided.
Keywords: Animal English Abstract *Homeopathy Human Veterinary
Medicine/*METHODS
W. Loscher and A. Richter, "[Homeopathy in veterinary medicine and its
pharmacologic/toxicologic and drug regulatory evaluation]," Berl Munch Tierarztl
Wochenschr, vol. 106, no. 4, pp. 109-18, 1993.
Abstract: This review gives a summary of the definitions, delimitations and
principles of homeopathy and its potential mechanisms of action, which is
followed by an overview and critical evaluation of the most important
homeopathic drugs registered for treatment of animals. It is shown that several
of the marketed homeopathic drugs for treatment of animals violate current
drug laws and represent a risk for both the animals and the consumer of food
produced from animals. Based on these potential risks of homeopathic
treatments, new EC regulations were recently published, which will markedly
affect (and hopefully improve) the current situation of veterinary homeopathic
drugs.
Keywords: Animal Drug Residues English Abstract European Economic
Community *Formularies, Homeopathic *Homeopathy *Legislation, Drug
Veterinary Medicine/*METHODS
H. Lovatt and G. Buckton, "An introductory assessment of homeopathy," J R Soc Health,
vol. 106, no. 5, pp. 172-3, 1986.
Keywords: Animal/Arthritis,
Rheumatoid/THERAPY/Aspirin/THERAPEUTIC USE/Clinical
Trials/Comparative Study/Evaluation Studies/*Homeopathy/Human
J. Lozowski, "[Homeopathy (Samuel Hahnemann)]," Pieleg Polozna, no. 4-5, pp. 16-7,
1982.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./*Homeopathy/HISTORY/Poland
A. C. Luiten and M. W. Huyben, "[Homeopathy and isopathy, science or faith?]," Tijdschr
Diergeneeskd, vol. 111, no. 15-16, pp. 741-3, 1986.
Abstract: The present paper is the result of a study of the literature
investigating the effectiveness of potentiated agents. The object is to supply an
answer to the question of the extent to which homeopathy and isopathy have a
scientific basis. The most universally accepted requirements which scientific
research has to comply with having been enumerated and explained, a number
of experimental studies in the fields of homeopathy and isopathy are put to the
test of these requirements. An important consideration is the extent to which a
scientific approach to these methods of treatment is possible. In addition, the
question is asked what can be the background of the increasing popularity of
this method of treatment. The conclusion emerges that the literature available
does not make it possible to pass a verdict on the question whether
homeopathy and isopathy are scientifically justified or not. With the possible
exception of one experiment, none of the studies are up to the standards set in
every respect.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Animal/English
Abstract/*Homeopathy/VETERINARY
E. Lustig, "[Classic homeopathy (I). The liberation of curing power]," Krankenpfl Soins
Infirm, vol. 79, no. 1, pp. 69-72, 1986.
Keywords: Formularies, Homeopathic/Germany/History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./*Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human/Philosophy, Medical
E. Lustig, "[Classical homeopathy (II). There is no sickness on its own, there are only sick
people]," Krankenpfl Soins Infirm, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 34-8, 1986.
Keywords: Ethics, Medical/*Homeopathy/Human/Philosophy, Medical
E. Lustig-Juon, "[Alternative medicine. Classical homeopathy. II. There are no diseases, just
sick people]," Krankenpfl Soins Infirm, vol. 77, no. 12, pp. 24-8, 1984.
Keywords: Comparative Study/Convalescence/*Disease/Ethics,
Professional/*Homeopathy/Human/Medicine/*Philosophy, Medical
E. Lustig-Juon, "[Classical homeopathy. I. The liberation of the art of healing]," Krankenpfl
Soins Infirm, vol. 77, no. 11, pp. 59-61, 1984.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Naturopathy/*Plants, Medicinal
B. E. Lutold, "[Conventional school medicine--alternative medicine: one or both? A personal
viewpoint]," Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax, vol. 78, no. 34, pp. 891-6, 1989.
Abstract: The demand for an alternative medical care is in fashion nowadays.
The blessings of a science- and technology-oriented medicine are on suspicion.
This essay deals with the current credo of scholastic medicine, the definition of
alternative health care and with the methods of phytotherapy, homeopathy and
acupuncture. The opinion is promoted that there is but one integral medicine.
The different methods have to be subjected to cost-benefit analysis because
society cannot afford to waste financial resources to ineffective diagnostic and
therapeutic measures: however, traditional medical science should accept the
challenge to accept interesting alternative methods. Health care is poorly
provided, if only mercantile criteria are accepted as some health-insurers
propose.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*TRENDS/Combined Modality
Therapy/English Abstract/Human/Referral and
Consultation/*TRENDS/Switzerland
F. Lutz, "[Fundamental principles and analogous healing procedures. A report on the Flims
Continuing Dental Education course of 10-16 October 1993]," Schweiz Monatsschr
Zahnmed, vol. 104, no. 1, pp. 99-100, 1994.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*EDUCATION *Education, Dental,
Continuing Holistic Health Homeopathy/EDUCATION Psychosomatic
Medicine/EDUCATION Switzerland
N. Lynoe and L. O. Bygren, "[A basic report to the Alternative Medicine Committee: a
scientific revolution in the basic sciences is necessary if homeopathy is to be accepted],"
Lakartidningen, vol. 86, no. 44, pp. 3777-9, 1989.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/HISTORY/Arthritis,
Rheumatoid/THERAPY/History of Medicine, 15th Cent./History of Medicine,
16th Cent./History of Medicine, 17th Cent./History of Medicine, 18th
Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./*Homeopathy/ECONOMICS/HISTORY/Human/Rhinitis/THERAPY
H. P. Maas, "[Homeopathy today]," Tijdschr Ziekenverpl, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 404-13,
1977.
Keywords: Formularies, Homeopathic/History of Medicine, 15th
Cent./History of Medicine, 16th Cent./History of Medicine, 17th Cent./History
of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine,
20th Cent./*Homeopathy/EDUCATION/*HISTORY/Netherlands
H. P. Maas, "[A patient with many physical symptoms: what to do and what not to do?
(letter)]," Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd, vol. 131, no. 47, 1987.
Keywords: *Holistic Health/*Homeopathy/Human/Psychophysiologic
Disorders/*THERAPY
R. B. Mack, "Play it again, Voltaire--aconite (Monkshood) poisoning," N C Med J, vol. 46,
no. 10, pp. 518-9, 1985.
Keywords: Aconite/*POISONING/Homeopathy/Human
E. Mainzer, "Allopathy versus homeopathy [letter]," N Engl J Med, vol. 314, no. 3, 1986.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/*Nomenclature
V. L. Maiwald, T. Weinfurtner, J. Mau, and W. D. Connert, "[Therapy of common cold
with a homeopathic combination preparation in comparison with acetylsalicylic acid. A
controlled, randomized double-blind study]," Arzneimittelforschung, vol. 38, no. 4, pp.
578-82, 1988.
Abstract: A clinical test was carried out on 170 West German army soldiers
suffering from common cold. The test was conducted on a monocentric,
randomized, non-sequential, and inter-individual basis; the research workers
were kept blind on the identity of the medication. The purpose of testing was to
compare the effectiveness of a combination homeopathic preparation
(Gripp-Heel) with that of acetylsalicylic acid. On the 4th and 10th treatment
days, no significant difference was determined with respect to changes in
clinical findings, subjectively assessed complaints, or length of time the patients
were unable to work. Thus the two preparations possess comparative
effectiveness in the treatment of the common cold.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Aspirin/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Clinical
Trials/Common Cold/*DRUG THERAPY/Comparative Study/Double-Blind
Method/English Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age/Random
Allocation
F. Malfitani, "Arteriosclerosis," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 20-6, 1966.
Keywords: *Arteriosclerosis/DRUG THERAPY/Homeopathy/Human
G. F. Mamchenko and G. P. Kolesova, "[The use of homeopathy in treating diabetics],"
Vrach Delo, no. 11-12, pp. 74-6, 1992.
Abstract: The rationale of homeopathic treatment of diabetes mellitus (DM)
with constitutional predisposition is discussed. On the basis of a detailed
analysis of one case the author describes the method of homeopathic treatment
of diabetes mellitus. The treatment is orientated not only on the treatment of
DM but also of concomitant diseases with emphasis in the patients constitution.
Minimal doses of homeopathic treatment used in 68 patients resulted in a
statistically valid stable reduction of hyperglycemia and glucosuria. Stable
subcompensation and compensation of DM allowed to decrease the dose of
sugar reducing drugs.
Keywords: Blood Glucose/ANALYSIS Case Report Combined Modality
Therapy Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent/BLOOD/*THERAPY
Diabetic Angiopathies/BLOOD/THERAPY Diabetic
Neuropathies/BLOOD/THERAPY Diabetic Retinopathy/BLOOD/THERAPY
English Abstract Female Glycosuria/BLOOD Homeopathy/*METHODS
Human Middle Age
G. F. Mamchenko, "[The potentials of homeopathic treatment in the clinical picture of
internal diseases]," Vrach Delo, no. 10, pp. 74-6, 1992.
Abstract: In this review the author describes the main principles of
homeopathy, the stages of its development, methods of approach to the
treatment of diseases of the internal organs. The wide range of homeopathic
treatment of different kinds of pathology is evaluated. The absence of side
effects, availability of raw materials, simple methods of manufacturing
homeopathic drugs substantiate the return to homeopathy as one of the
effective methods of treatment, in particular, chronic diseases.
Keywords: English Abstract *Homeopathy Human *Internal Medicine
M. Marcucci, V. Collesano, L. Bal, E. Pessina, and N. Meravini, "[Homeopatic medicine in
dentistry (III)]," Riv Ital Stomatol, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 377-86, 1982.
Keywords: Dental Caries/DRUG THERAPY/Dental Pulp Diseases/DRUG
THERAPY/*Dentistry/Dry Socket/DRUG
THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Oral Hemorrhage/PREVENTION &
CONTROL/Periodontal Abscess/DRUG THERAPY/Tooth
Eruption/Trigeminal Neuralgia/DRUG THERAPY
M. Marcucci, V. Collesano, L. Bal, E. Pessina, and N. Meravini, "[Homeopathic medicine
in dentistry (I)]," Riv Ital Stomatol, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 167-74, 1982.
Keywords: *Dentistry/*Homeopathy/Pharmacology
M. Marcucci, V. Collesano, L. Bal, E. Pessina, and N. Meravini, "[Homeopathic medicine
in dentistry (II)]," Riv Ital Stomatol, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 265-9, 1982.
Keywords: Dentist-Patient Relations/*Dentistry/*Homeopathy/Human
B. Maris, "[Immunological aspects in homeopathic treatment of periodontal disease]," Rev
Odontostomatol (Paris), vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 375-7, 1985.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Immunity, Cellular/Periodontal
Diseases/*IMMUNOLOGY/THERAPY
J. F. Martel and E. Hariveau, "[Clinical study of a homeopathic gingivo-dental paste in
gingivitis]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 55, no. 302, pp. 39-40, 1985.
Keywords: Dentifrices/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/Female/Gingivitis/*THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Plants,
Medicinal/Toothpaste/*THERAPEUTIC USE
G. Martinelli, "[New methods in medicine. Interview for Minerva Medica with Giuseppe
Martinelli, M.D]," Minerva Med, vol. 62, no. 87, pp. 4337-42, 1971.
Keywords:
Acupuncture/Homeopathy/Human/Hypnosis/Methods/Obesity/THERAPY/Psychophysiologic
Disorders/*THERAPY/*Psychosomatic
Medicine/Psychotherapy/Reflexotherapy/Research
J. Martins e Silva, "[Alternative therapies, homeopathy and medical science]," Acta Med
Port, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 301-4, 1990.
Abstract: This article briefly reviews the impact of regularly promoted
alternative therapies within portuguese society. The origins, attractions and
acceptance of alternative therapies, homeopathic included, are discussed.
Recent homeopathic studies published in renowned scientific journals provoked
comments and reports claiming for more objective explanations and better
criticism. Accordingly, homeopathy is presently an unacceptable system with
no physical basis, supported by inexplicable observations and a mixture of
magic effects. Also alternatives therapies may provide an area of conflict with
health and medical care, particularly in most severe diseases that require
advanced resources of orthodox medicine. Improved education of the
population, more qualified medical personal, and better understanding of
medical problems, difficulties and progress by the media are final
recommendations.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine *Clinical Medicine English Abstract
*Homeopathy Portugal Social Values
O. Mastalier, "[Complementary methods--contribution to functional and holistic medicine],"
Zahnarztl Prax, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 299-304, 1991.
Keywords: *Acupuncture Alternative Medicine *Holistic Health
*Homeopathy Human Lasers/*THERAPEUTIC USE
Magnetics/*THERAPEUTIC USE
W. Matal, U. Denison, C. Fidi, and R. Wisleitner, "[Homeopathic management of labor],"
Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Rundsch, vol. 33 Suppl 1, 1993.
Keywords: Acid-Base Equilibrium/DRUG EFFECTS Analgesia, Obstetrical
Female *Homeopathy Human Infant, Newborn Labor/*DRUG EFFECTS
Pregnancy
J. Matsumoto, "Molecular mechanism of biological responses to homoeopathic medicines,"
Med Hypotheses, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 292-6, 1995.
Abstract: Assuming that homeopathy is effective beyond the placebo effects,
its biological explanation in favour of the hypothesis of the hydrate-structure
formation is presented. Since cell-surface proteins are likely to be activated by
the hydration-shell structure of molecules in some cases, the interaction
between cell-surface proteins and the putative clathrate-like hydrate
microcrystals formed during the homoeopathic dilution process is suggested as
a primary molecular mechanism of biological responses to homoeopathic
medicines. This paper examines the probable protein-microcrystal interaction,
forcusing on the cases in which silicon dioxide (silica) microcrystals cause
inflammation and in which hydrate microcrystals may be formed during general
anesthesia.
Keywords: Anesthesia, General Chemistry, Physical Crystallization
Drugs/*CHEMISTRY *Homeopathy Human Hydrogen Bonding Immune
System/DRUG EFFECTS Inflammation/CHEMICALLY INDUCED
Membrane Proteins/CHEMISTRY Models, Biological Models, Chemical
Protein Conformation/DRUG EFFECTS Receptors, Insulin/DRUG
EFFECTS/PHYSIOLOGY Silicon Dioxide/CHEMISTRY/THERAPEUTIC
USE Structure-Activity Relationship
M. J. Mayaux, M. L. Guihard-Moscato, D. Schwartz, J. Benveniste, Y. Coquin, J. B.
Crapanne, B. Poiterin, M. Rodary, J. P. Chevrel, and M. Mollet, "Controlled clinical trial of
homoeopathy in postoperative ileus [letter]," Lancet, vol. 1, no. 8584, pp. 528-9, 1988.
Keywords: Clinical Trials/Double-Blind
Method/Female/Homeopathy/Human/Intestinal Obstruction/*DRUG
THERAPY/Male/Opium/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Plant
Extracts/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Postoperative Complications/*DRUG
THERAPY/Random Allocation/Vegetables
A. W. Mayer, "[Homeopathic therapy in tooth, mouth and jaw diseases]," Zahnarztl Mitt,
vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 64-8, 1969.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Jaw Diseases/THERAPY/Mouth
Diseases/*THERAPY/Tooth Diseases/THERAPY
N. A. Mazer, "Quantification of cholesterol nucleation-promoting activity in human
gallbladder bile: a homeopathic approach?," Hepatology, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 507-9, 1989.
Keywords:
Bile/*METABOLISM/Cholesterol/*METABOLISM/Gallbladder/*METABOLISM/*Homeopathy/Human/Models,
Biological/Precipitation/Solubility
J. H. McDermott, J. E. Riedlinger, and E. Chapman, "What pharmacists should understand
about homeopathic remedies," Am J Health Syst Pharm, vol. 52, no. 21, pp. 2442-5,
1995.
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel *Homeopathy/STANDARDS
*Pharmacists Research United States United States Food and Drug
Administration
I. J. McFayden, A. P. Forrest, U. Chetty, and G. Raab, "Cyclical breast pain--some
observations and the difficulties in treatment," Br J Clin Pract, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 161-4,
1992.
Abstract: This paper describes a retrospective study of the clinical aspects
and treatment of 566 women with cyclical breast pain over a seven-year
period. Figures for the effectiveness of simple treatments including some
homeopathic drugs are reported. The article concludes that reassurance is the
fundamental treatment. Good responses are obtained from simple and safe
drugs (oil of evening primrose, vitamin B6) with minimal side-effects. The use
of stronger hormone drugs such as tamoxifen and danazol was only necessary
in a small proportion of patients and resulted in a higher incidence of
side-effects.
Keywords: Adolescence Adult Anti-Inflammatory Agents,
Non-Steroidal/THERAPEUTIC USE Breast Diseases/*DRUG
THERAPY/ETIOLOGY Fatty Acids, Essential/THERAPEUTIC USE Female
Homeopathy Hormones/THERAPEUTIC USE Human Middle Age
Pain/*DRUG THERAPY/ETIOLOGY Periodicity
Pyridoxine/THERAPEUTIC USE Retrospective Studies
E. G. McIvor, "Homoeopathy [letter]," N Z Med J, vol. 101, no. 847 Pt 1, 1988.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/New Zealand
J. McKee, "Holistic health and the critique of Western medicine," Soc Sci Med, vol. 26, no.
8, pp. 775-84, 1988.
Abstract: The holistic view of health has been accurately criticized in the
literature for its individualistic, victim-blaming ideology that obscures the social
origins of illness. The paper explains how the contrasting view of the body and
illness provided by the holistic model can help to show how Western medicine
reflects the capitalist system in which it is promoted. It shows how evaluation of
holistic therapies is problematic insofar as it is based on the analytical,
reductionist criteria of the Western model. It suggests that one reason why
holistic practices are not more fully accepted by Western medicine may be the
challenge they pose to the Western model, and to the commodification of
health needs promoted by this model.
Keywords: Comparative Study/Economics, Medical/Health Status/*Holistic
Health/Homeopathy/*METHODS/Human/Models,
Theoretical/Naturopathy/*METHODS/*Philosophy, Medical/Social
Environment/Technology, Medical/ECONOMICS
D. V. McQueen, "The history of science and medicine as theoretical sources for the
comparative study of contemporary medical systems," Soc Sci Med, vol. 12, no. 2B, pp.
69-77, 1978.
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel/Chiropractic/HISTORY/Christian
Science/Comparative Study/Delivery of Health Care/Disease/*Health
Services/*History of Medicine/History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of
Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human/Osteopathic
Medicine/HISTORY/Science/*HISTORY/Social Sciences/HISTORY/United
States
M. Meissner, "[Samuel Hahnemann--the originator of homeopathic medicine]," Krankenpfl
J, vol. 30, no. 7-8, pp. 364-6, 1992.
Keywords: Germany History of Medicine, 18th Cent.
Homeopathy/*HISTORY Human
R. Meldrum, "Complementary therapies: coming full circle [interview by Charlotte
Alderman]," Nurs Stand, vol. 6, no. 48, 1992.
Keywords: Curriculum *Education, Nursing, Continuing Health Promotion
Homeopathy/*EDUCATION Human
D. Mellor, "Mistletoe in homoeopathic cancer treatment," Prof Nurse, vol. 4, no. 12, pp.
605-7, 1989.
Abstract: Mistletoe, or 'iscador' as its homoeopathic preparation is called, has
been found beneficial in treating patients with some forms of cancer. It can be
used with conventional treatments.
Keywords: Education, Nursing/Holistic
Health/Homeopathy/*METHODS/Human/Neoplasms/NURSING/*THERAPY/*Viscum
A. Mellor, "'Well hidden sugar' [letter; comment]," Br Dent J, vol. 168, no. 1, 1990.
Keywords: Child Dental Caries/*ETIOLOGY Drug Therapy/*ADVERSE
EFFECTS *Homeopathy Human Sucrose/*ADVERSE EFFECTS
M. P. Menaglia, "[A new viewpoint in medicine: the homeopathic theory]," Med Secoli, vol.
13, no. 3, pp. 559-87, 1976.
Keywords: Germany/History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine,
19th Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY
E. Menczel, "Outlawing homeopathy in Israel [letter; comment]," Am J Health Syst Pharm,
vol. 52, no. 21, 1995.
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel Homeopathy/*LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD Israel
K. Menninger, "A note on the history of medicine," Bull Menninger Clin, vol. 36, no. 3, pp.
346-8, 1972.
Keywords: Books/Foundations/*History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Museums/Phrenology/HISTORY/Psychiatry/HISTORY/United
States
C. C. Merck, B. Sonnenwald, and H. Rollwage, "[The administration of homeopathic drugs
for the treatment of acute mastitis in cattle]," Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr, vol. 102,
no. 8, pp. 266-72, 1989.
Abstract: The general principles of homeopathic therapy are described
together with a number of homeopathic drugs used for the treatment of acute
bovine mastitis. Fifty cows with acute mastitis were used in the study. The initial
treatment comprised aconitum D 4, phytolacca D 1 and bryonia D 4. In
subsequent treatments phytolacca D 1, bryonia D 4 and lachesis D 8 either
singly or in combination were used; mercurius solubilis D 4 was also used.
Encouraging results, especially in the treatment of cases of E.coli mastitis, were
achieved.
Keywords: Acute Disease/Animal/Cattle/English Abstract/Escherichia coli
Infections/DRUG
THERAPY/*VETERINARY/Female/*Homeopathy/Mastitis, Bovine/*DRUG
THERAPY
M. F. Merkulov, "[Historical stages of the development of pharmacology]," Farmakol
Toksikol, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 643-65, 1970.
Keywords: Drug Therapy/Drugs/English Abstract/History of Medicine,
Medieval/History of Medicine, 15th Cent./History of Medicine, 18th
Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/Logic/Metaphysics/Pharmacology/*HISTORY/Philosophy,
Medical/Prognosis/Science/Technology
A. C. Mermann, "The doctor's critic: the unorthodox practitioner," Pharos, vol. 53, no. 1,
pp. 9-13, 1990.
Keywords: Astrology Bloodletting Chiropractic/HISTORY History of
Medicine, 19th Cent. History of Medicine, 20th Cent.
Homeopathy/HISTORY Human *Philosophy, Medical Quackery/HISTORY
J. Meuris, "[Importance of homeopathy in the dental art]," Rev Odontostomatol Midi Fr,
vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 40-7, 1970.
Keywords: Dentistry/*Homeopathy/Human/Tooth Diseases/*DRUG
THERAPY
J. Meuris, "[Homeopathy in dentistry]," Ligament, vol. 16, no. 128, pp. 11-3, 1978.
Keywords: *Dental Care/*Homeopathy/Human
J. Meyer, "[Intolerance to sunlight of persons with normal sensitivity to ultraviolet rays]," Bull
Soc Fr Dermatol Syphiligr, vol. 75, no. 6, pp. 788-90, 1968.
Keywords: Acne Rosacea/ETIOLOGY/Facial
Dermatoses/ETIOLOGY/Homeopathy/Human/Hydrochloric
Acid/THERAPEUTIC USE/Infrared Rays/Leg
Dermatoses/ETIOLOGY/Nicotinic Acids/THERAPEUTIC USE/Skin
Diseases/*ETIOLOGY/Sunburn/*COMPLICATIONS/DRUG
THERAPY/Sunlight/Telangiectasis/ETIOLOGY/Temperature/Ultraviolet Rays
O. A. Meyer zu Schwabedissen, "[Discussion to the 2nd main topic Rational diagnosis and
therapy]," Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med, no. 84, pp. 267-8, 1978.
Keywords: Homeopathy/Philosophy, Medical/Therapeutics/*METHODS
I. Mian, "Well hidden sugar' [letter; comment]," Br Dent J, vol. 167, no. 11, 1989.
Keywords: Child/Dental
Caries/*ETIOLOGY/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Lactose/ADMINISTRATION
& DOSAGE/Sucrose/*ADVERSE EFFECTS/Tablets/Vehicles/*ADVERSE
EFFECTS
W. Miehle, "[Controversial and so-called alternative therapeutic approaches]," Z
Rheumatol, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1-12, 1987.
Abstract: In spite of intensive research, it has not yet been possible to produce
a complete explanation of the aetiology and pathology of rheumatoid arthritis
(R.A.). Therapeutic measures are possible in many phases of the pathogenetic
concept, and often produce good, modifying results, improving the course of
the disease. No causal therapy of R.A. exists--we do not know the aetiology
of this disease. Frustration with conventional medicine on the one side, and the
predominating spirit of the times on the other--back to biological methods and
the old forms of therapy--are the reasons why chronic polyarthritics drift into
the sphere of para-medicine. In the judgement of para-medical methods,
risk/benefit relationship, superfluous and no longer up-to-date,
controversial--absence of scientific evidence, controversial, and
controversial--not scientifically acceptable present some of the decision criteria.
Treatment with mussel extracts, beta-sitosterins, THX, and substitution with
various substances, as well as anthroposophically-oriented high-potency
homeopathy, are to be allocated to the controversial--not scientifically
acceptable category. If one weighs up the risk/benefit relationship of cell
therapy, this treatment concept also cannot be supported. Moreover, precisely
documented scientific results of this form of therapy do not exist. Methods
standing on scientifically-hypothetically interesting ground, but which were
tested on too small a group and cannot yet be accepted as sufficiently proven,
are therapy with Vitamin E, the use of Thymopoietin, in which, for example,
dose-finding and mode of application are not yet firmly established, and
therapy with enzyme mixtures. Interferon results, initially extolled in the lay
press, have not been confirmed in the most recent studies. Thymopoietin
treatments, via the laborious road to the correct application (oral,
subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous as bolus, intravenous--fractionated),
show encouraging successes. As tissue-localized immune complexes (which
sort?) play a role in the pathogenesis of R.A., but enzyme mixtures, apart from
the problems of absorption, only influence circulating immune complexes, and
moreover, in many diseases neither the aetiology nor the pathogenesis is
connected with the immune complexes, this therapy concept can be regarded
neither as causal nor as scientifically guaranteed. In summary: from the
start-point that healing is the ideal aim, it has been forgotten that there are many
human sufferings which medicine can ease and ameliorate, but not yet
cure.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*METHODS/Arthritis,
Rheumatoid/*THERAPY/Cell Extracts/THERAPEUTIC USE/English
Abstract/Enzymes/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Homeopathy/Human/Interferons/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Lasers/THERAPEUTIC USE/Risk/Sitosterols/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Thymopoietins/THERAPEUTIC USE/Tissue Extracts/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Vitamin E/THERAPEUTIC USE
W. Miehle, "[Chronic polyarthritis--treatment with alternative medicine. How frequent is
(self-) therapy with alternative methods?]," Fortschr Med, vol. 113, no. 7, pp. 81-5, 1995.
Abstract: Between 1987 and 1992, we carried out an initial survey of 535,
and second and third surveys of 552, patients with chronic polyarthritis, with
the aim of obtaining information about paramedical and unconventional
treatments and drugs used by those patients to self-treat their conditions. Some
32 to 64% had tried acupuncture, homeopathy and a number of obscure
procedures (iridoscopy, cupping, and ozone treatment). Unconventional
methods--use of vitamin E, enzymes, dietary measures--predominated. Over
the years, the use of paramedical methods and drugs decreased, but the
number of patients living on a diet (no pork, sausages or offal, but vegetarian
food) remained constant. Attempts to separate the tares from the wheat, are
reflected by the nomenclature: so-called unconventional therapies have the
potential of becoming recognized forms of treatment. This appears to be the
case with dietary measures and the use of vitamin E.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*TRENDS Arthritis,
Rheumatoid/IMMUNOLOGY/*THERAPY Cohort Studies Combined
Modality Therapy English Abstract Human *Patient Care Team Prospective
Studies Self Care
M. A. Milburn, "Homeopathic treatment of childhood diarrhea [letter]," Pediatrics, vol. 97,
no. 5, pp. 777; discussion 777-8, 1996.
Keywords: Child Diarrhea/*THERAPY *Homeopathy/STATISTICS &
NUMER DATA Human Placebos Probability Research Design/STATISTICS
& NUMER DATA
G. C. Milligan, "Erosion of veterinary influence [letter] [see comments]," Vet Rec, vol. 130,
no. 15, 1992.
Keywords: Animal Cat Diseases/*THERAPY Cats *Homeopathy Veterinary
Medicine/*STANDARDS
V. Mirontov-Tuculescu, "[Homeopathy--specialty or methods?]," Rev Med Interna Neurol
Psihiatr Neurochir Dermatovenerol Neurol Psihiatr Neurochir, vol. 26, no. 4, pp.
247-9, 1981.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Romania
G. R. Mitchell, "Homoeopathic medicine [letter]," Br Med J, vol. 1, no. 6174, pp. 1354-5,
1979.
Keywords: Child/Diphtheria/*THERAPY/Female/*Homeopathy/Human
J. Mitra, J. B. Saha, and R. N. Chaudhuri, "Drug consumption pattern in low
socio-economic group in an urban community," Indian J Public Health, vol. 37, no. 1, pp.
16-22, 1993.
Abstract: 117 families, having a total population of 558 were studied
regarding drug consumption pattern. It was found that the average no. of
episodes per person was 0.99 of which drugs were consumed for 72% of
episodes. Significant difference was observed in consumption of drugs between
males and females. Allopathic medicines were consumed for 93.3% of the
episodes and the major source (53.8%) of medical care was from private
practitioners. It was seen that the number of drugs consumed per episode of
sickness rose as the per capita income increased. Vitamins and Minerals
(22.3%) were the main group of drugs consumed. Drugs acting on the
alimentary system (17.5%), Respiratory System (14.7%), Antimicrobials
(14.6%) and Analgesics (10.8%) contributed to 80% of drug intake.
Keywords: Adolescence Adult Child Child, Preschool Drug
Therapy/CLASSIFICATION/*UTILIZATION Drug Utilization Family
Characteristics Female Health Services/UTILIZATION Homeopathy Human
India Infant Male Middle Age *Poverty Seasons Self
Medication/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Socioeconomic Factors
*Urban Population
B. Monk, "Severe cutaneous reactions to alternative remedies," Br Med J (Clin Res Ed),
vol. 293, no. 6548, pp. 665-6, 1986.
Keywords: Adult/Alternative Medicine/*ADVERSE EFFECTS/Case
Report/Dermatitis,
Exfoliative/ETIOLOGY/Female/Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle
Age/Psoriasis/ETIOLOGY/Skin Diseases/*ETIOLOGY/Stevens-Johnson
Syndrome/ETIOLOGY
K. Montague, "Practice, Let like cure like," Nurs Mirror, vol. 160, no. 21, pp. 30-3, 1985.
Keywords: Great Britain/*Homeopathy/*Hospitals, Special/Human
G. Monteil, "[Relations between homeopathy and orthodontics]," Rev Fr Odontostomatol,
vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 228-33, 1966.
Keywords: *Evolution/*Homeopathy/Human/*Orthodontics
M. A. Montoya-Cabrera, S. Rubio-Rodriguez, E. Velazquez-Gonzalez, and S. Avila
Montoya, "[Mercury poisoning caused by a homeopathic drug]," Gac Med Mex, vol. 127,
no. 3, pp. 267-70, 1991.
Abstract: We report an infant with diaper dermatitis and mild respiratory and
enteral infections, treated with a homeopathic mercurial medicine: Mercurius 6a
(cinnabar dilute 1 x 10(6)), who thereafter became seriously ill with
exacerbation and dissemination of the dermatitis as well as irritability and
albuminuria. Mercury urine levels were 60 micrograms/L (reference less than
10 micrograms/L). The homeopathic medicine was suspended but symptoms
persisted. Therefore the chelating agent D-penicillamine was administered per
os (50 mg/kg/day during 10 days). The clinical conditions improved and urinary
levels of mercury decreased to normal values. We concluded that homeopathic
medicaments should be recognised as potentially harmful substances.
Keywords: Antidotes/THERAPEUTIC USE Case Report Drug
Eruptions/DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY/ETIOLOGY Drug Therapy,
Combination English Abstract Female *Homeopathy Human Infant
Mercury/*ADVERSE EFFECTS Mercury Poisoning/DIAGNOSIS/DRUG
THERAPY/*ETIOLOGY Penicillamine/THERAPEUTIC USE
N. Moore, A. Coquerel, D. Hannequin, J. Senant, O. Lees, and F. Sauger, "Exacerbation
of multiple sclerosis during therapy that included brain extracts [letter]," Med J Aust, vol.
149, no. 6, pp. 343-4, 1988.
Keywords: Adult/*Brain/Case Report/Homeopathy/Human/Male/Multiple
Sclerosis/*COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY/Recurrence/Tissue
Extracts/*ADVERSE EFFECTS
R. Morant, W. F. Jungi, C. Koehli, and H. J. Senn, "[Why do cancer patients use alternative
medicine?]," Schweiz Med Wochenschr, vol. 121, no. 27-28, pp. 1029-34, 1991.
Abstract: 160 patients (53.3%) replied to an anonymous questionnaire
distributed to 300 consecutive patients of our Outpatient Oncology Clinic. 83
patients (53%) mentioned some experience of one or more alternative methods
of cancer treatment. Most often cited were various herbal teas (35 instances),
beetroot juice (16), Vogel plant extracts (15), laying-on of hands (14),
homeopathic medicine (13), the mistletoe extract Iscador (13), magnetopathy
(12), various diets (10), acupuncture (10) and psychological methods (9).
Resort to alternative methods of treatment correlated significantly with lower
age (51.5 years vs 59.8 years, p = 0.001). The reasons for using alternative
medicine were the desire to do everything possible to regain health (49), to use
one's psychological forces as well (35), reports of successful cancer cures
(28), desire for a holistic approach (23), hope of softer medicine with less
severe side effects (18) and, in 7 cases only, disappointment with conventional
university medicine. The major source of information was relatives and friends,
not the mass media. The physician should be aware of the locally available
alternative medicine options and be able to advise his patients accordingly. He
should also recognize and give due consideration to the patient's underlying
desire for better control of his disease and a more holistic approach to care.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine English Abstract Homeopathy Human
*Motivation Neoplasms/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY Questionnaires
Switzerland Touch
A. Morawiec-Bajda, M. Lukomski, and B. Latkowski, "The clinical efficacy of Vertigoheel
in the treatment of vertigo of various etiology," Panminerva Med, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 101-4,
1993.
Abstract: In this paper the authors describe the clinical efficacy in treatment of
vertigo of various etiology. A group of 31 patients were treated with
Vertigoheel medication: 14 patients suffered from vertebrobasilar arterial
insufficiency, 8 patients were diagnosed as Meniere's disease, 5 patients
complained of vertigo of traumatic origin and 4 patients suffered from neuronitis
vestibularis. The authors found regression of clinical symptoms in the majority
of cases in the investigated group who were treated with Vertigoheel.
Keywords: Adult Drug Combinations Female Homeopathy Human Male
Middle Age Minerals/*THERAPEUTIC USE Picrotoxin/*THERAPEUTIC
USE Plant Extracts/*THERAPEUTIC USE Vertigo/*DRUG
THERAPY/ETIOLOGY Vestibule/DRUG EFFECTS
P. P. Morgan, "Homeopathy--will its theory ever hold water? [editorial; comment] [see
comments]," Can Med Assoc J, vol. 146, no. 10, pp. 1719-20, 1723-5, 1992.
Keywords: Clinical Trials *Homeopathy Human Randomized Controlled
Trials Research Design
H. J. Morowitz, "Much ado about nothing," Hosp Pract (Off Ed), vol. 17, no. 7, pp.
215-6, 1982.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./History of Medicine, 20th Cent./*Homeopathy/HISTORY
H. J. Morowitz, "Less is more," Hosp Pract (Off Ed), vol. 29, no. 11, pp. 15-6, 1994.
Keywords: *Chemistry, Pharmaceutical *Drugs,
Non-Prescription/STANDARDS *Homeopathy Human United States
R. M. Morris Owen, "The medicine of self-healing [letter]," Lancet, vol. 2, no. 8196, 1980.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Disease/Homeopathy/Mental
Healing/Remission, Spontaneous
D. B. Morton, "Homoeopathy [letter] [see comments]," Vet Rec, vol. 126, no. 19, 1990.
Keywords: Animal *Homeopathy *Veterinary Medicine
G. Mrotzek, "[A new profession with future possibilities: veterinary practitioner],"
Krankenpfl J, vol. 23, no. 1-2, pp. 30-1, 1985.
Keywords: Animal/Career Choice/*Homeopathy/*Veterinary Medicine
H. E. Muller, "[Homeopathy--a challenge or annoyance for scientific medicine?]," Dtsch
Med Wochenschr, vol. 113, no. 22, pp. 907-13, 1988.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Philosophy, Medical
D. Muller-Plettenberg, "[Notes, from the 46th Congress on Naturopathy in Freudenstadt],"
Ther Ggw, vol. 113, no. 9, pp. 1552-69, 1974.
Keywords: *Congresses/Diet Therapy/Germany,
West/Homeopathy/Human/*Naturopathy
M. Murrieta, F. Leynadier, and J. Dry, "[Degranulation of human basophils and so-called
homeopathic substances]," Bull Acad Natl Med, vol. 169, no. 5, pp. 619-22, 1985.
Keywords: Basophils/*DRUG EFFECTS/*Bees/Cytoplasmic
Granules/*DRUG EFFECTS/English Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human
E. Mutschler, "[Homeopathy--an effective therapy method?]," Fortschr Med, vol. 112, no.
6, pp. 67-9, 1994.
Keywords: Aged Alternative Medicine Chronic Disease/*THERAPY
*Homeopathy Human Treatment Outcome
G. Nagel, "[Controversy over natural healing procedures (interview by Elizabeth
Moosmann)]," Fortschr Med, vol. 109, no. 21, pp. 57-8, 1991.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine *Homeopathy Human *Naturopathy
Neoplasms/*THERAPY
H. Neill and M. Oxenham, "Homoeopathic nosodes [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 133, no. 2,
1993.
Keywords: Animal Animal Diseases/*THERAPY Cattle Dogs Formularies,
Homeopathic *Homeopathy
A. C. Neiswander, "The spine as an indicator," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 9, pp.
287-91, 1965.
Keywords: Back Pain/*DIAGNOSIS/*Homeopathy/Human
A. C. Neiswander, "Medical freedom," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp.
198-201, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Politics
M. V. Nelson, G. R. Bailie, and H. Areny, "Pharmacists' perceptions of alternative health
approaches--a comparison between U.S. and British pharmacists," J Clin Pharm Ther, vol.
15, no. 2, pp. 141-6, 1990.
Abstract: A survey was sent to 1,000 United States (U.S.) pharmacists
(19.7% responded) and 750 British pharmacists (63.0% responded) to assess
their perceived knowledge, perceived usefulness, referrals, and utilization of
alternative health approaches (AHA). More than 50% of U.S. and British
citizens had 'never heard of' or 'only heard of' about half of the 21 AHA
assessed. Acupuncture was the AHA felt to be most useful by the majority of
pharmacists, both in the U.S. (83.8%) and in Britain (91.0%). Osteopathy
(38.6%) and chiropractic (33.5%) were most often referrals by U.S.
pharmacists, whereas homeopathy (14.7%) and osteopathy (14.5%) were
most often referrals by British pharmacists. The most utilized AHAs were
osteopathy (21.8%) and chiropractic (19.3%) by U.S. pharmacists and
homeopathy (10.1%) and herbal medicine (6.0%) by British pharmacists.
Differences exist in the perceived knowledge, perception of usefulness,
referrals, and utilization of AHAs between U.S. and British pharmacists. It is
quite likely that the low-response rates, particularly among the U.S.
pharmacists, may mask even greater ignorance about AHAs. It may also
underestimate the proportion of pharmacists who are of the view that AHAs
are useless and not worthy of answering questions about.
Keywords: Adult *Alternative Medicine Attitude of Health Personnel
Comparative Study Great Britain Human Middle Age *Pharmacists Referral
and Consultation United States
A. K. Neumann and J. C. Bhatia, "Family planning and indigenous medicine practitioners,"
Soc Sci Med, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 507-16, 1973.
Keywords: Adult/Contraception/*Delivery of Health Care/Education/*Family
Planning/*Folklore/Homeopathy/Human/India/*Medicine, Ayurvedic/Middle
Age/Pilot Projects/Rural Population/Social Class/Sterilization, Sexual
R. Ney, "[What is homeopathy?]," Krankenpfl Soins Infirm, no. 11, pp. 553-5, 1980.
Keywords: Formularies, Homeopathic/*Homeopathy/Research
K. Noess, "[Nature and medicine. Reflections on a current topic]," Tidsskr Nor
Laegeforen, vol. 98, no. 28, pp. 1363-5, 1978.
Keywords: Homeopathy/Legislation, Drug/Mysticism/Norway/*Plants,
Medicinal
R. J. Nunn, "Homoeopathic treatment of partial epilepsy [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 114, no. 1,
1984.
Keywords: Animal/Carbamazepine/THERAPEUTIC USE/Case Report/Dog
Diseases/*DRUG THERAPY/Dogs/Epilepsy,
Partial/*VETERINARY/Female/Homeopathy
M. Nylenna, "[Knowledge-based medicine or political alternatives? The Labor Party
recommends acupuncture and homeopathy]," Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, vol. 115, no. 7, pp.
811-2, 1995.
Keywords: *Acupuncture Therapy *Alternative Medicine *Health Policy
*Homeopathy Human Norway
M. Oberbaum, R. Markovits, Z. Weisman, A. Kalinkevits, and Z. Bentwich, "[Wound
healing by homeopathic silica dilutions in mice]," Harefuah, vol. 123, no. 3-4, pp. 79-82,
156, 1992.
Abstract: Highly diluted solutions of silica are widely used in homeopathic
medicine to treat lesions such as chronic wounds, ulcers, and abscesses. We
tested the therapeutic effects of homeopathic dilutions of silica on induced
chronic wounds. Holes were made in the ears of mice by dental wire, which
then remained hanging from the ear to cause persistent mechanical irritation. In
each experiment 3 or 4 groups of 10 mice each were treated by adding
homeopathic dilutions of silica (10(-10), 10(-60), 10(-400)) and of saline
(10(-10), respectively, to the drinking water of the mice for 4-20 days. The
size of the wound holes was measured every second day (grades 0-4) and/or
by an objective image analysis system. The results showed that in 7/11
experiments the ear holes of the silica-treated animals were significantly smaller
(p less than 0.05-0.001) and healed faster than in those treated with saline.
Also the therapeutic effect increased progressively with increase in dilution of
the silica (10(-10) less than 10(-60) less than 10(-400)). These results show
that homeopathic dilutions of silica (even well beyond Avogadro's number)
clearly have a therapeutic effect on wound healing and that our experimental
model for studying wound healing is a very useful tool for such studies.
Keywords: Animal Ear, External/*INJURIES English Abstract *Homeopathy
Mice Models, Biological Silicon Dioxide/ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE/*THERAPEUTIC USE Solutions Wound Healing/*DRUG
EFFECTS
I. Oepen, "[Do we need an alternative medicine?]," Fortschr Med, vol. 99, no. 42, pp.
1759-63, 1981.
Abstract: After an enumeration of synonyms of alternative medicine the term
natural healing methods is defined. As it transpires, not all methods so
earmarked are according to nature. Therefore, permission to doctors to assign
this specialism to their qualifications as a supplementary faculty seems no longer
justified. Some methods of so-called alternative medicine (e.g.acupuncture, and
homoeopathy) are critically discussed. As a conclusion, the question wether an
alternative medicine is required, can only be answered in the negative, because
only one medicine employing serious methods and taking no undue risks, is
needed.
Keywords: Acupuncture/METHODS/English Abstract/Germany,
West/Homeopathy/*METHODS/Human/Naturopathy/*METHODS/Outcome
and Process Assessment (Health Care)
I. Oepen, "[Unconventional concepts of treatment in diseases of the lymphatic system]," Z
Lymphol, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 41-3, 1984.
Keywords: Acupuncture/METHODS/Autonomic Nerve
Block/Enzymes/THERAPEUTIC USE/Homeopathy/Human/Lymphatic
Diseases/*THERAPY/Lymphedema/THERAPY/Patient Care Team
I. Oepen, "[A critical evaluation of unconventional diagnostic and therapeutic methods in
dentistry]," Fortschr Kieferorthop, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 239-46, 1992.
Abstract: Unconventional, i.e. disputed medical methods are offered to many
patients. However, the propagated effects of such methods could not be
confirmed by controlled studies. So, neither any risk taken by the use of these
methods, can be justified nor are any costs for treatment vindicated. In future,
and contrary to the prevailing attitude, these facts should become a matter of
more serious concern, the more so, as with harmonization of EG legal
regulations, adaptation to those European countries in which unconventional
medical methods are evaluated more critical than in Germany, is to be
expected. The following methods are discussed in detail: regulation
thermography, Luscher's test, homeopathy, homeopathy autoblood therapy,
nosoden therapy, acupuncture, magnetic field therapy, ozone therapy, Mora
therapy, lymph drainage, management of symbiosis, and anthroposophical
medicine.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Anthroposophy Dentistry/*METHODS
Diagnosis English Abstract Evaluation Studies Holistic Health Homeopathy
Human
L. Offerhaus, "[Homeopathy; meta-analysis of a shirt-sleeve (published erratum appears in
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1991 Apr 13;135(15):688)]," Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd, vol. 135,
no. 12, pp. 500-2, 1991.
Keywords: Homeopathy/*STANDARDS Human *Meta-Analysis Research
Design/*STANDARDS
E. Oldinger, "[Drug questions in the EEC region]," Nord Med, vol. 108, no. 1, 1993.
Keywords: *Drugs Europe European Economic Community Homeopathy
Human Marketing of Health Services
A. Olujohungbe, P. A. Fields, A. F. Sandford, and A. V. Hoffbrand, "Heavy metal
intoxication from homeopathic and herbal remedies [letter; comment]," Postgrad Med J,
vol. 70, no. 828, 1994.
Keywords: Case Report *Homeopathy Human Lead
Poisoning/*ETIOLOGY Male Middle Age *Plants, Medicinal
S. Osborne and M. Lorentzon, "From 19th century nursing reforms to current practice: a
selective overview with special reference to The Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital (The
Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital NHS trust from 1993)," J Nurs Manag, vol. 3, no.
2, pp. 75-80, 1995.
Abstract: Early nursing reforms in the 19th century are usually associated with
Nightingale, although later emphasis has been placed on similar movements in
the Poor Law sector. Extension of nursing influence over decision-making in
terms of nursing practice and education is charted, using examples from 19th
century Minutes of hospital committees and more recent experience based
mainly on the observations made by one of the writers, who had substantial
input into steering the hospital through the stages prior to achieving National
Health Service (NHS) Trust status. The significance of nurse executive power
following the 1990s NHS reforms is highlighted and means of extending the use
of this authority are explored.
Keywords: Great Britain Health Care Reform/*HISTORY History of
Medicine, 19th Cent. History of Medicine, 20th Cent.
Homeopathy/HISTORY Hospitals, Urban/HISTORY Human London Nursing
Service, Hospital/*HISTORY Nursing, Supervisory/HISTORY State
Medicine/HISTORY
G. M. Ostendorf, "[Expert assessment of naturopathy, alternative treatment methods and
homeopathic practitioners]," Versicherungsmedizin, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 174-7, 1994.
Abstract: An expert opinion on genuine naturopathy cures which have widely
been integrated into so-called medical-school treatment usually presents no
problem. Difficulties may arise, however, when evaluating so-called alternative
or unconventional methods, as it is typical for these to be based on hypothetical
thinking patterns, and more so, as there is no proof of action in the postulated
fields of indication that would meet current standards. Here, it is the task of the
expert to determine whether the assertions of the appliers of these methods are
comprehensible and substantiated and whether the methods may be considered
medically indicated for the individual case. The claim of those practicing these
methods that they are the only ones capable of judging them must be denied in
principle. To determine if there is a medical indication for treatment by a
non-medical practitioner in any individual case, the criteria applied should be
basically the same as for medical treatment by a physician. Also, according to a
judgment by the German Federal Court, a non-medical practitioner using
invasive methods must meet the same standards of knowledge and advanced
training as any general practitioner working in this field.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD English
Abstract Expert Testimony/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD Germany
Homeopathy/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD Human
Malpractice/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD *Naturopathy Risk Factors
S. Ostini, "[Dudgeon's sphygmograph (1881)]," Rev Med Suisse Romande, vol. 112, no. 6,
pp. 565-6, 1992.
Keywords: England History of Medicine, 19th Cent.
Homeopathy/*HISTORY/*INSTRUMENTATION Human *Pulse
H. H. Otten, "[Piedra de mijada, jade. A medico-historical look at lithotherapy]," Med Welt,
vol. 32, no. 19, pp. 765-6, 1981.
Keywords: Europe/History of Medicine, Ancient/History of Medicine,
Medieval/History of Medicine, 16th Cent./History of Medicine, 17th
Cent./History of Medicine, 18th Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY
R. M. Owen, "Ethical problems of screening for neural-tube defects [letter]," Lancet, vol. 2,
no. 8088, 1978.
Keywords: Evaluation
Studies/*Homeopathy/Human/Hypersensitivity/THERAPY
M. Panos, R. Rogers, and J. Stephenson, "Thallium metallicum, a proving," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 300-3, 1966.
Keywords: Adult/Aged/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle
Age/Thallium/*THERAPEUTIC USE
M. S. Patel, "Problems in the evaluation of alternative medicine," Soc Sci Med, vol. 25, no.
6, pp. 669-78, 1987.
Abstract: Evaluation of alternative medicine poses paradigmatic as well as
procedural difficulties. Difficulties faced by the scientific community in accepting
the 'world view' of acupuncture and homeopathy are described, and
possibilities for evaluating alternative medical paradigms are considered. A
selection of randomized controlled trials are reviewed and weaknesses in
protocol and method identified.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Alternative Medicine/Clinical
Trials/*Homeopathy/Human/Pain/THERAPY/Random Allocation
G. Peithner, "[Comment on the original contribution: Velimirovic, B.: Alternative healing
methods in Austria (Wien Klin Wochenschr 101, 774-780 (1989) (letter)]," Wien Klin
Wochenschr, vol. 102, no. 6, pp. 171-5, 1990.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Austria *Homeopathy Human
O. Pelkonen, "[Medicine-like nature-products (editorial)]," Duodecim, vol. 106, no. 5, pp.
400-2, 1990.
Keywords: Drugs, Non-Prescription/*STANDARDS Finland
Homeopathy/*STANDARDS Trace Elements/STANDARDS
Vitamins/STANDARDS
C. B. Perez and P. L. Tomsko, "Homeopathy and the treatment of mental illness in the 19th
century," Hosp Community Psychiatry, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 1030-3, 1994.
Abstract: In the 19th century, when bleeding and purging were widely used in
mainstream medicine, homeopathy was warmly embraced by some U.S.
practitioners as a more humane alternative. Developed by the German
physician Samuel Hahnemann, homeopathy sought to cure symptoms of
disease by use of drugs that induced similar symptoms and restored the
patient's vital force. This paper describes the general principles of homeopathy
and recounts specific treatments of mental illness from the homeopathic
literature. It also describes the application of homeopathic principles to the
institutional care of mental illness, using New York's Middletown Homeopathic
Asylum for the Insane as an example.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent. History of Medicine, 20th Cent.
Homeopathy/*HISTORY Hospitals, Psychiatric/*HISTORY Human Mental
Disorders/*HISTORY/THERAPY United States
M. R. Perkin, R. M. Pearcy, and J. S. Fraser, "A comparison of the attitudes shown by
general practitioners, hospital doctors and medical students towards alternative medicine
[see comments]," J R Soc Med, vol. 87, no. 9, pp. 523-5, 1994.
Abstract: The aim of this study was to compare and contrast the views of
general practitioners (GPs), hospital doctors and medical students to alternative
medicine. A questionnaire was sent to a random sample of 100 GPs and 100
hospital doctors in the South West Thames Regional Health Authority
(SWTRHA). A convenience sample of 237 pre-clinical medical students at St
George's Hospital Medical School was also given a questionnaire.
Eighty-seven GPs and 81 hospital doctors replied. Five therapies were
investigated: acupuncture; chiropractice; homeopathy; naturopathy; and
osteopathy. All respondents were asked about their attitude towards and
knowledge of these therapies. Doctors were asked how often they referred
patients for such treatment and whether they practised it themselves. GPs and
hospital doctors had similar levels of knowledge of the therapies. Medical
students were the least informed but the most enthusiastic respondents. Seventy
per cent of hospital doctors and 93% of GPs had, on at least one occasion,
suggested a referral for alternative treatment. GPs were making these referrals
more frequently and earlier. Twelve per cent of hospital doctors and 20% of
GPs were practising alternative medicine. The majority of the respondents felt
that alternative medicine should be available on the National Health Service
(NHS) and that medical students should receive some tuition about alternative
therapies. A considerable proportion of those doctors referring patients to
alternative practitioners were ignorant of their official qualifications.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
*Attitude of Health Personnel Data Collection England Human Medical Staff,
Hospital/PSYCHOLOGY Physicians/*PSYCHOLOGY/STATISTICS &
NUMER DATA Physicians, Family/PSYCHOLOGY Students,
Medical/PSYCHOLOGY
S. Persons, "The decline of homeopathy--the University of Iowa, 1876-1919," Bull Hist
Med, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 74-87, 1991.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent. History of Medicine, 20th Cent.
Homeopathy/*HISTORY Human Iowa Schools, Medical/*HISTORY
C. Petit, P. Belon, and R. Got, "Effect of homeopathic dilutions on subcellular enzymatic
activity," Hum Toxicol, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 125-9, 1989.
Abstract: The activity of various inhibitors on several subcellular enzymes was
studied. First we determined the inhibitory concentration required to reduce
maximum enzymatic activity by 50%, then the effect of various hahnemannian
dilutions of the same inhibitory agent was tested. Seven inhibitory agents were
tested in this way on seven different enzymatic systems. No effects of these
hahnemannian dilutions were shown.
Keywords: Animal/Glucose-6-Phosphatase/METABOLISM/Glycoprotein
4-beta-Galactosyltransferase/METABOLISM/*Homeopathy/Lactate
Dehydrogenase/METABOLISM/Microsomes,
Liver/ENZYMOLOGY/NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein
Reductase/METABOLISM/Rats/Subcellular Fractions/*ENZYMOLOGY
S. Pfeifer, "[Alternative treatment of psychiatric diseases]," Schweiz Arch Neurol
Psychiatr, vol. 144, no. 6, pp. 501-16, 1993.
Abstract: This article gives an overview of the use of unconventional medicine
in patients with psychiatric and psychosomatic problems. Frequently used
methods are herbal remedies, homeopathy, acupuncture, various forms of
massage and relaxation as well as a wide variety of unconventional
psychotherapeutic approaches. Conceptually, these practices can be grouped
into four categories: biological-pharmacological remedies, physical-energetic
methods, esoteric-spiritual techniques and psychological treatments. Often
patients use these methods on their own without contacting a provider, but also
without telling their psychiatrist. A review of outcome studies shows that
effectiveness is difficult to assess, as there is substantial controversy on the
basic definition of terms and mechanisms. The use of complementary methods
in psychiatric patients poses various questions including compliance and ethical
considerations, demanding a high flexibility and integrative thinking in
psychotherapy.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Case Report Combined Modality Therapy
Depressive Disorder/ETIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY/THERAPY English
Abstract Female Human Mental
Disorders/ETIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY Mental Healing Middle
Age Psychotherapy Treatment Outcome
S. Pingel, "[Homeopathy. Basic aspects and principles of use in dermatology]," Hautarzt,
vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 475-82, 1992.
Abstract: Homoeopathy was established in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann
(1755-1843). This method is an alternative form of therapy involving treatment
by natural remedies. The basic principles of homoeopathic medicine, similia
similibus curentur, experimenta in homine sano, doses minimae and unitas
remedii, are founded upon the idea of illness as a disorder of the internal
equilibrium at the physical, mental and psychic levels. The entire picture of
symptoms is ascertained in each individual case by scrupulous history taking. A
remedy which provokes a similar picture of effects in healthy persons is finally
employed as the homeopathic therapeutic agent (law of similars). According to
the homoeopathic view, skin diseases are manifestations of an internal or
constitutional disorder. Thus, homoeotherapy of skin diseases is based on
morphological, local and constitutional criteria.
Keywords: English Abstract Homeopathy/*METHODS Human
Pharmacopoeias, Homeopathic Skin Diseases/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY
R. J. Pinsent, "Why not reconsider homoeopathy?," J R Coll Gen Pract, vol. 30, no. 215,
1980.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
R. Pirtkien and G. Seybold, "[Comparative studies on the efficacy of various drugs in the
treatment of primary chronic polyarthritis]," Hippokrates, vol. 36, no. 17, pp. 664-8, 1965.
Keywords: Adrenal Cortex Hormones/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Arthritis,
Rheumatoid/*DRUG THERAPY/Comparative Study/*Homeopathy/Human
R. Pirtkien, "[Ten years of homeotherapy research]," ZFA (Stuttgart), vol. 52, no. 23, pp.
1203-9, 1975.
Keywords: Germany, West/*Homeopathy/Research/Retrospective Studies
J. Poigenfurst, "[A case of...]," Arch Orthop Unfallchir, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 206-14, 1966.
Keywords: Adult/Case Report/Female/Foot
Diseases/*ETIOLOGY/Homeopathy/Human/Middle Age/Postoperative
Complications/*Substance Abuse/Sudeck's Atrophy/DRUG
THERAPY/*ETIOLOGY/*Surgical Wound
Infection/Toes/*INJURIES/RADIOGRAPHY/SURGERY
B. Poitevin, E. Davenas, and J. Benveniste, "In vitro immunological degranulation of human
basophils is modulated by lung histamine and Apis mellifica," Br J Clin Pharmacol, vol. 25,
no. 4, pp. 439-44, 1988.
Abstract: 1. The effect of high dilutions of two homeopathic drugs Lung
histamine (Lung his) and Apis mellifica (Apis mel) used for the treatment of
allergic diseases has been assessed on in vitro human basophil degranulation.
Experiments were conducted blind. 2. Basophil degranulation induced by 1.66
X 10(-9) M anti-IgE antibody was significantly inhibited in the presence of 5
Lung his (5th centesimal dilution of Lung his) and 15 Lung his (15th centesimal
dilution of Lung his) by 28.8% and 28.6% respectively and by 65.8% in the
presence of 9 Apis mel (9th centesimal dilution of Apis mel). Basophil
degranulation induced by 1.66 X 10(-16) to 1.66 X 10(-18) M anti-IgE
antibody was also inhibited by high dilutions of Lung his and Apis mel with an
inhibition of nearly 100% with 18 Lung his (18th centesimal dilution of Lung
his) and 10 Apis mel (10th centesimal dilution of Apis mel). An alternance of
inhibition, inactivity and stimulation was observed when basophils were
incubated in the presence of serial dilutions of Lung his and Apis mel. 3. The
investigation of the clinical efficacy of high dilutions of Lung his and Apis mel
should be envisaged in allergic diseases in parallel with in vitro and ex vivo
biological assays.
Keywords: Animal/Basophils/DRUG
EFFECTS/*IMMUNOLOGY/ULTRASTRUCTURE/Guinea
Pigs/Histamine/*PHARMACOLOGY/*Homeopathy/*Honey/Human/IgE/IMMUNOLOGY/Lung/*ANALYSIS/Tissue
Extracts/PHARMACOLOGY
K. Polone, "Nature in your birth bag," Midwifery Today Childbirth Educ, no. 26, 1993.
Keywords: Female *Homeopathy Human *Nurse Midwives *Plants,
Medicinal Pregnancy
R. Pool, "Unbelievable results spark a controversy [news]," Science, vol. 241, no. 4864,
1988.
Keywords: Basophils/*PHYSIOLOGY/Dose-Response Relationship,
Immunologic/*Homeopathy/Human/In Vitro/Publishing
T. D. Popova and N. K. Simeonova, "[Homeopathy as a therapeutic system]," Vestn Akad
Med Nauk SSSR, no. 5, pp. 52-5, 1991.
Abstract: A brief account of the major homeopathic principles making up a
therapeutic system is presented. The opinions of different authors on the
methodology of research into the area of homeopathy are also discussed. In
addition, recommendations on the clinical trials of homeopathic methodologies
are offered.
Keywords: Clinical Trials/METHODS English Abstract *Homeopathy Human
K. Portele, "[Medicine and superstition]," Med Lab (Stuttg), vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 257-61,
1973.
Keywords: Astronomy/HISTORY/Austria/*History of Medicine,
Modern/History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human/Magic/HISTORY/Superstitions/*HISTORY
J. Poulet, "[The Bonapartes and homeopathy]," Sem Hop, vol. 44, no. 53, pp. 3339-45,
1968.
Keywords: *Famous Persons/France/Genealogy and Heraldry/History of
Medicine, 18th Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY
J. Poulet, "[The Bonapartes and homeopathy]," Therapeutique, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 588-94,
1969.
Keywords: *Famous Persons/France/History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY
O. Prokop, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture (letter)]," Dtsch Med Wochenschr, vol. 103,
no. 34, pp. 1323-4, 1978.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/Human
O. Prokop, "[Paramedicine (author's transl)]," Monatsschr Kinderheilkd, vol. 128, no. 7,
pp. 446-52, 1980.
Keywords: Acupuncture/*Alternative Medicine/English
Abstract/Homeopathy/Hypnosis/Parapsychology/Quackery/Radiesthesia
J. Quandt, "[Critique of so-called outsider methods in medical therapy]," Psychiatr Neurol
Med Psychol (Leipz), vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 115-9, 1982.
Abstract: The manifold forms of the therapy always are of a complex nature.
In pharmacological animal experiments, one can determine the parameters of
the effect of a drug exactly, in humans there is often a discrepancy between
these results and the actual therapy effect. Here the psychophysical mode of
reaction has to be taken into account. For humans, not only the word is
psychophysically effective because of its semantic property, similar effects are
brought about by symbols, objects and pictures. These effects are known from
the field of pre-scientific medicine and are in most cases the basis of the
so-called miracle cures. Analogue effects can be seen in the field of outsider
methods. They can be tolerated as long as they are not understood otherwise
than as psychotherapeutic techniques with certain instrumental aids or as a
psychophysical therapy with harmless substances or so-called placebos.
Problems will arise when a thought process is developing.
Keywords: Acupuncture/English Abstract/Germany,
East/Homeopathy/Human/Mental Healing/Naturopathy/Physician-Patient
Relations/Psychophysiologic Disorders/THERAPY/*Therapeutics
S. Rafal, "[Injectable homeopathic treatment in patients with backache. An approach],"
Agressologie, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 147-8, 1989.
Abstract: Among unaccustomed treatments for low back pain homeopathy
matter given by injection has been joined with usual care. Preliminary results
have to be confirmed by controlled studies.
Keywords: Back Pain/*DRUG THERAPY/English
Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human/Injections, Subcutaneous
N. S. Raju, "Surgery in Ayurveda/Homoeopathy curriculum [letter]," J Indian Med Assoc,
vol. 88, no. 11, pp. 323-4, 1990.
Keywords: Curriculum Homeopathy/*EDUCATION Human India
*Medicine, Ayurvedic Surgery/*EDUCATION
N. S. Raju, "Surgery in Ayurveda/Homoeopathy curriculum [letter]," J Indian Med Assoc,
vol. 88, no. 11, pp. 323-4, 1990.
Keywords: Curriculum Homeopathy/*EDUCATION Human India
*Medicine, Ayurvedic Surgery/*EDUCATION
B. Rakow, "[Discussion observation of A. Schutte: is research in veterinary homeopathy
justified?]," Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr, vol. 108, no. 6, 1995.
Keywords: Animal *Homeopathy *Research *Veterinary Medicine
H. Rampes, "Homoeopathy for recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. Power of study
was not estimated [letter; comment]," Bmj, vol. 310, no. 6974, 1995.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Human Respiratory Tract Infections/*THERAPY
*Statistics
E. Rasky, W. Freidl, M. Haidvogl, and W. J. Stronegger, "[Work and life style of
homeopathic physicians in Austria. A descriptive study]," Wien Med Wochenschr, vol. 144,
no. 17, pp. 419-24, 1994.
Abstract: This study is based on a survey involving 117 physicians in Austria,
working in private practice and under the National Health Plan on a
homeopathic basis. The questionnaire covered such topics as
socio-demographic data, individual methods of working, office organization,
application of alternative therapies, health awareness, and perception of the
general acceptance of homeopathy. The results showed that considerably more
time is taken for treating patients homeopathically than for patients treated
traditionally under the National Health Plan. More than half the physicians use
homeopathic remedies exclusively, whereas homeopathic combination
remedies were rarely administered. Neural therapy, microbiological therapy
(bacterial immunostimulation) and phytotherapy are those alternative therapies
most frequently used in addition. A spiritual approach seems to be a significant
component of the working methods of these doctors. Their working method is
generally traditional: exact medical history and physical examination are ranked
high, whereas biochemical data are regarded to be less important for diagnosis.
Keywords: Adult Aged *Alternative Medicine Attitude of Health Personnel
Austria Diagnostic Tests, Routine English Abstract Female *Homeopathy
Human Male Middle Age Physical Examination *Physician-Patient Relations
*Physician's Practice Patterns Private Practice Treatment Outcome
P. G. Ray and S. K. Mukherjee, "Screening of homoeopathic mother tinctures for
antimicrobial activity," Indian J Exp Biol, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 338-9, 1977.
Keywords: Bacteria/*DRUG EFFECTS/Drug Screening/Fungi/*DRUG
EFFECTS/*Homeopathy/Plant Extracts/*PHARMACOLOGY
A. W. Records, "Mezereum," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 149-50, 1967.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/*Plants, Medicinal
H. E. Reed, "Silica," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 142-5, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Silicon Dioxide/*THERAPEUTIC USE
P. Reichert, "[Homeopathy in dentistry]," Freie Zahnarzt, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 44-8, 1981.
Keywords: *Dentistry/*Homeopathy/Human
D. T. Reilly, M. A. Taylor, C. McSharry, and T. Aitchison, "Is homeopathy a placebo
response? [letter]," Lancet, vol. 2, no. 8518, 1986.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Research Design
D. T. Reilly, M. A. Taylor, C. McSharry, and T. Aitchison, "Is homoeopathy a placebo
response? Controlled trial of homoeopathic potency, with pollen in hayfever as model,"
Lancet, vol. 2, no. 8512, pp. 881-6, 1986.
Abstract: The hypothesis that homoeopathic potencies are placebos was
tested in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The study model
chosen compared the effects of a homoeopathic preparation of mixed grass
pollens with placebo in 144 patients with active hayfever. The
homoeopathically treated patients showed a significant reduction in patient and
doctor assessed symptom scores. The significance of this response was
increased when results were corrected for pollen count and the response was
associated with a halving of the need for antihistamines. An initial aggravation of
symptoms was noted more often in patients receiving the potency and was
followed by an improvement in that group. No evidence emerged to support
the idea that placebo action fully explains the clinical responses to
homoeopathic drugs.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Child/Child, Preschool/Clinical
Trials/Double-Blind Method/Female/Follow-Up Studies/Hay
Fever/*THERAPY/Histamine H1 Antagonists/THERAPEUTIC
USE/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Models,
Biological/*Placebos/Pollen/Random Allocation/Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
D. Reilly, M. A. Taylor, N. G. Beattie, J. H. Campbell, C. McSharry, T. C. Aitchison, R.
Carter, and R. D. Stevenson, "Is evidence for homoeopathy reproducible? [see comments],"
Lancet, vol. 344, no. 8937, pp. 1601-6, 1994.
Abstract: We tested, under independent conditions, the reproducibility of
evidence from two previous trials that homoeopathy differs from placebo. The
test model was again homoeopathic immunotherapy. 28 patients with allergic
asthma, most of them sensitive to house-dust mite, were randomly allocated to
receive either oral homoeopathic immunotherapy to their principal allergen or
identical placebo. The test treatments were given as a complement to their
unaltered conventional care. A daily visual analogue scale of overall symptom
intensity was the outcome measure. A difference in visual analogue score in
favour of homoeopathic immunotherapy appeared within one week of starting
treatment and persisted for up to 8 weeks (p = 0.003). There were similar
trends in respiratory function and bronchial reactivity tests. A meta-analysis of
all three trials strengthened the evidence that homoeopathy does more than
placebo (p = 0.0004). Is the reproducibility of evidence in favour of
homoeopathy proof of its activity or proof of the clinical trial's capacity to
produce false-positive results?
Keywords: Adult Allergens/IMMUNOLOGY/*THERAPEUTIC USE
Analysis of Variance Animal Asthma/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/*THERAPY
Clinical Protocols Double-Blind Method False Positive Reactions Female Hay
Fever/*THERAPY *Homeopathy Human *Immunotherapy Male
Mites/IMMUNOLOGY Respiratory Mechanics Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Treatment Outcome
C. N. Renckens, "Trials of homeopathy [letter; comment]," Lancet, vol. 341, no. 8859, pp.
1533-4, 1993.
Keywords: *Acupuncture Therapy *Alternative Medicine Anatomy Human
*Randomized Controlled Trials
F. C. Reubi, "[Armand Trousseau (1801-1867) and the placebo effect]," Schweiz Med
Wochenschr, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 27-8, 1986.
Abstract: In 1834 Armand Trousseau (1801-1867) used a placebo,
consisting of pills containing only starch, to show that these pills were as
effective as homeopathic dilutions. On another occasion he claimed to have
produced marked diuresis in patients with edema by cutaneous application of
digitalis and scilla solutions; in fact the diuresis resulted from prior high-dose
oral digitalis therapy. Complete ignorance of pharmacokinetics at that time was
largely responsible for his error.
Keywords: English Abstract/France/History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human/*Placebos/Starch
C. Richmond, "A homeopathic fatality," Can Med Assoc J, vol. 147, no. 1, pp. 97-8, 1992.
Keywords: England *Homeopathy *Homicide Human Male Malpractice
*Medical Staff, Hospital/ECONOMICS/EDUCATION *Workload
V. L. Richmond, "Homeopathy study questions [letter; comment]," Pediatrics, vol. 94, no.
6 Pt 1, pp. 963-4; discussion 965, 1994.
Keywords: Acute Disease Child, Preschool Diarrhea/*THERAPY
*Homeopathy Human
A. Rijnberk, "[Treatment methods: traditional and alternative]," Tijdschr Diergeneeskd, vol.
109, no. 1, pp. 25-34, 1984.
Abstract: When choosing a mode of treatment the clinician should consider
the basis upon which effectiveness may be expected: (1) unproven clinical
experience, (2) rationale based etiology/pathogenesis, or (3) controlled
therapeutic experiments. Many therapies are still based on unproven clinical
experience, which may be fallacious because of: (1) insufficient insight into the
natural course of the condition, (2) statistical variation, (3) placebo effects and
(4) the prejudice or bias of the clinician. Against this background the so-called
alternative modes of treatment are discussed with special attention to
acupuncture and homeopathy. The literature supports the conclusion that from
a scientific point of view there is no place for these modes of treatment in
(veterinary) medicine. Suggested explanations for the growth of alternative
modes of treatment include the changing relation between veterinarians and
patients/clients, the shortcomings and limitations of veterinary medicine, and
increased interest in what is happening outside the regular culture pattern.
Finally, it is proposed that what sets the art of (veterinary) medicine above
ordinary (veterinary) medicine is that which can be achieved by good
intellectual and emotional contacts between the veterinarian and the
patient/client rather than by false therapies.
Keywords: Acupuncture/VETERINARY/Animal/English
Abstract/Homeopathy/Therapeutics/*VETERINARY/*Veterinary Medicine
R. D. Rimer, "Alternative treatment [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 120, no. 22, 1987.
Keywords: Animal/Case Report/Cat Diseases/*THERAPY/Cats/Ear
Diseases/THERAPY/*VETERINARY/*Homeopathy
M. Risjord, "Relativism and the social scientific study of medicine," J Med Philos, vol. 18,
no. 2, pp. 195-212, 1993.
Abstract: Does the social scientific study of medicine require a commitment to
relativism? Relativism claims that some subject (e.g., knowledge claims or
moral judgments) is relative to a background (e.g., a culture or conceptual
scheme) and that judgments about the subject are incommensurable. Examining
the concept of success as it appears in orthodox and nonorthodox medical
systems, we see that judgments of success are relative to a background
medical system. Relativism requires the social scientific study of medicine to be
value free in the sense that a medical system must be described without
evaluating its elements. When social scientists do evaluate the successfulness of
a nonorthodox medical system, they give a crucial role to the nonorthodox
conception of success. This strategy does not vitiate value-freedom and it
entails a relativism about success. The social scientific study of medicine,
therefore, does require relativism in the form of a relativism about success.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine Christianity Culture Delivery of Health Care
Female Homeopathy Human Male *Medicine, Traditional Mental Healing
Religion and Medicine *Sociology, Medical
H. Ritter, "[Medical art as an obstacle]," Landarzt, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 177-81, 1965.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
H. Ritter, "[Can a homeopathic approach still be meaningful in our practical thinking and
action of today?]," Landarzt, vol. 42, no. 23, pp. 989-95, 1966.
Keywords: Germany, West/*Homeopathy/Human
H. Ritter and H. G. Habighorst, "[Prevalence of generally not accepted therapeutic
procedures in free practice. Result of a second poll]," Z Allgemeinmed, vol. 45, no. 26, pp.
1215-8, 1969.
Keywords: Acupuncture/*Alternative Medicine/Chiropractic/Germany,
West/Homeopathy/Human/Professional Practice
H. Ritter, "[Homeopathic therapy]," Dtsch Med Wochenschr, vol. 97, no. 39, pp. 1474-5,
1972.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
D. A. Rittey, "Unconsidered trifles no. 23. The Salvation Army comes to Mashonaland,"
Cent Afr J Med, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 107-8, 1973.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent./Homeopathy/Social
Work/*HISTORY/Zimbabwe
A. Rizzacasa, "[Epistemologic analysis of homeopathic medicine]," Med Secoli, vol. 13, no.
1, pp. 231-51, 1976.
Keywords: Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Italy/Science/*HISTORY
A. Rizzacasa, "[Epistemiologic analysis of homeopathic medicine]," Med Secoli, vol. 13, no.
1, pp. 231-51, 1976.
Keywords: Homeopathy/*METHODS/Human/Philosophy, Medical
J. F. Robert, "[Homeopathy]," Infirm Fr, no. 171, pp. 27-32, 1976.
Keywords: Drug Therapy/*Homeopathy/Human
D. M. Roberts, "Alternative medicine: the attitude of the Army Medical Services," J R Army
Med Corps, vol. 131, no. 3, pp. 159-63, 1985.
Keywords: Acupuncture/*Alternative Medicine/*Attitude to
Health/Chiropractic/Great Britain/Holistic
Health/Homeopathy/Human/Hypnosis/Medicine, Herbal/Military
Personnel/*PSYCHOLOGY/Osteopathic Medicine/Placebos
W. H. Roberts, "Orthodoxy vs. homeopathy: ironic developments following the Flexner
Report at the Ohio State University," Bull Hist Med, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 73-87, 1986.
Keywords: Education, Medical/*HISTORY/History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/EDUCATION/*HISTORY/Ohio/Societies,
Medical/HISTORY/United States
T. D. Roberts, "Homoeopathic test [letter]," Nature, vol. 342, no. 6248, 1989.
Keywords: Dosage Forms/*ANALYSIS/Double-Blind
Method/*Homeopathy/Human/Probability/Selection Bias
S. Rocchietta, "[Current phytotherapeutic agents in the treatment of prostatic diseases],"
Minerva Med, vol. 68, no. 63, pp. 4261-4, 1977.
Keywords: Germany, West/Homeopathy/Human/Male/Plant
Extracts/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Plants, Medicinal/Prostatic Diseases/*DRUG
THERAPY/Prostatic Hypertrophy/DRUG THERAPY/Prostatitis/DRUG
THERAPY/Sitosterols/THERAPEUTIC USE
M. Rodary, "[Homeopathy in a test of randomized therapeutic trials]," Rev Prat, vol. 38,
no. 19, pp. 1288-9, 1988.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Random Allocation
J. Roden, "Childhood immunization, homoeopathy and community nurses," Contemp Nurse,
vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 34-9, 1994.
Abstract: The way for community nurse practitioners to promote medical
childhood immunization to parents, is for them to become fully conversant with
both alternative and traditional medical approaches to this issue. A brief
overview of homoeopathy and its approaches to immunization is outlined
highlighting the current debate for and against anti-medical and medical
immunization. Arguments are put forward supporting medical immunization and
the challenges this presents for nurses practitioners.
Keywords: *Child Welfare Child, Preschool *Community Health Nursing
Health Promotion *Homeopathy Human *Immunization
E. Roder and R. Frisse, "[On the stability of homoeopathic dilutions in glass and plastic
containers (author's transl)]," Pharmazie, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 615-9, 1981.
Abstract: Adsorption of traces of gold, iron, zinc and mercury, labelled with
195Au, 59Fe, 65ZN, 203Hg, was studied in dependence on time as well as on
the container-material and composition of the solution. With exception of the
zinc-solutions in all other solutions a considerable decrease was ascertained.
Acid- or silicone-treatment of the surfaces shortly cause altered adsorption
properties, but cannot prevent a sorption. From the different adsorption
behaviour of the investigated elements one can conclude that the different
affinity and adhesive power of the ions must be referred to their different
chemical and physical properties.
Keywords: Adsorption/Chemistry, Physical/*Drug Packaging/Drug
Stability/English Abstract/Glass/*Homeopathy/Metals/Plastics/Time Factors
R. Rogers, "Five remedies useful in pediatric practice," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no.
11, pp. 352-7, 1966.
Keywords:
Adolescence/Child/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Infant/Male/*Pediatrics
R. Rogers, "Four infrequently used remedies," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 1, pp.
16-8, 1967.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Insects/Naphthalenes/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/*Plants, Medicinal
P. A. Rogers, "Alternative veterinary medicine [letter]," Vet Rec, vol. 114, no. 13, 1984.
Keywords:
Acupuncture/VETERINARY/Animal/Chiropractic/VETERINARY/*Education,
Veterinary/Homeopathy/VETERINARY
J. Rogers, "Complementary medicine. Remedy for detox," Nurs Times, vol. 91, no. 38, pp.
44-6, 1995.
Keywords: Adult Alcoholism/DIAGNOSIS/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY
Case Report *Homeopathy Human Internal-External Control Male
B. E. Rollin, "An ethicist's commentary of the case of a veterinarian utilizing homeopathic
therapy," Can Vet J, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 268-9, 1995.
Keywords: *Ethics, Professional Homeopathy/*STANDARDS United States
Veterinary Medicine/*STANDARDS
C. Ronsmans, M. L. Bennish, J. Chakraborty, and V. Fauveau, "Current practices for
treatment of dysentery in rural Bangladesh," Rev Infect Dis, vol. 13 Suppl 4, pp. S351-6,
1991.
Abstract: A rural area of Bangladesh with a population of 191,000 had 643
health care providers, of whom 324 (50%) practiced allopathic (Western)
medicine, 152 (24%) were spiritualists, 109 (17%) were herbalists, and 58
(9%) were homeopaths. Two hundred eight (64%) of the allopaths had no
formal training, and only 18 (6%) were graduates of medical school. In a
community-based study of 480 children with bloody diarrhea and 480 children
with nonbloody diarrhea, allopathic treatment was the most common care
provided. Furazolidone and metronidazole were the two most commonly
prescribed drugs, given to 26% and 23% of children, respectively, who were
seen by a practitioner. Only 25% of children had received oral rehydration
therapy. We conclude that in this region of Bangladesh care of acute diarrhea is
provided mostly by private medical practitioners who have little or no training;
that such care currently is largely irrational; and that the provision of rational
care will require the development of simple algorithms that these practitioners
can implement for treatment of this disease.
Keywords: Bangladesh Child, Preschool Community Health Aides
Diarrhea/DRUG THERAPY/*THERAPY Dysentery/DRUG
THERAPY/*THERAPY Fluid Therapy Homeopathy Human Infant Medicine,
Herbal Mental Healing Rural Population Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Support,
U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
M. B. Rood, "Adrenalin, iron and the principle of least action," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol.
59, no. 9, pp. 314-5, 1966.
Keywords: Asthma/*DRUG THERAPY/Case Report/Child,
Preschool/Epinephrine/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/*Homeopathy/Human/Iron/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Male
A. Rosen, "Homeopathy, other forms of alternative medicine sources of ongoing debate
among physicians, patients," Can Med Assoc J, vol. 152, no. 11, pp. 1887-9, 1995.
Abstract: Amy Rosen is the 1994 winner of the Amy Chouinard Memorial
Essay Contest. Named in memory of longtime CMAJ and Canadian Journal of
Surgery contributor Amy Chouinard, the competition is intended to stimulate
interest in medical and health-related writing among journalism students. The
winning essay examines the growing public interest in homeopathic medicine
and physicians' opinions of the trend.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine Attitude Female *Homeopathy Human
A. Rosin, "[General data on the use of homeopathy in ophthalmology]," Rev Chir Oncol
Radiol O R L Oftalmol Stomatol Ser Oftalmol, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 233-5, 1986.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/METHODS/Ophthalmology/*TRENDS/Romania
A. C. Ross, "A cross-roads in medicine," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 7, pp.
199-204, 1965.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
A. C. Ross, "Hysteria," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 4-8, 1967.
Keywords: Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Hysteria/*THERAPY
T. Ross, "Homeopathy: health from herbs," Nurs Mirror, vol. 153, no. 22, pp. 31-3, 1981.
Keywords: Formularies, Homeopathic/*Homeopathy/*Plants, Medicinal
B. O. Rossberg, "[Homeopathy. The medicine of today]," Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, vol.
106, no. 6, pp. 506-9, 1986.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
J. Rost, "[Homeopathy in dental practice. A brief cost analysis]," Zahnarzt, vol. 27, no. 3,
pp. 161-8, 1983.
Keywords: *Cost-Benefit Analysis/*Dentistry/Homeopathy/*ECONOMICS
J. Rost, "[Natural healing methods for the dentist also?]," Dent Rev, no. 10, pp. 14, 16-20,
1985.
Keywords: *Holistic Health/*Homeopathy/Human/Mental Healing/Mouth
Diseases/*THERAPY/Tooth Diseases/*THERAPY
J. Rost, "[Homeopathy--therapy with nothing?]," Niedersachs Zahnarztebl, vol. 24, no. 4,
1989.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
P. M. Rothwell, "Is the evidence for homoeopathy reproducible? [letter; comment],"
Lancet, vol. 345, no. 8944, pp. 251; discussion 252-3, 1995.
Keywords: Asthma/*THERAPY *Homeopathy Human Randomized
Controlled Trials/*STANDARDS
H. D. Rott and H. Truckenbrodt, "Familial occurrence of omphalocele," Humangenetik,
vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 259-60, 1974.
Keywords: Abnormalities, Drug-Induced/DIAGNOSIS/Female/Fetus/DRUG
EFFECTS/Hernia, Umbilical/CHEMICALLY
INDUCED/*GENETICS/SURGERY/Homeopathy/Human/Infant,
Newborn/Male/Phenotype
A. Rouy, "[Homeopathic therapy of varicose conditions and associated edemas],"
Phlebologie, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 349-54, 1969.
Keywords: Blood
Coagulation/Capillaries/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/Edema/COMPLICATIONS/*THERAPY/Female/Fibrin/ANTAGONISTS
& INHIB/Hemodynamics/DRUG
EFFECTS/*Homeopathy/Hormones/THERAPEUTIC
USE/Human/Hypertension/Male/Pharmacopoeias, Homeopathic/Varicose
Ulcer/COMPLICATIONS/THERAPY/Varicose
Veins/COMPLICATIONS/*THERAPY/Venoms/THERAPEUTIC USE
C. Rudolph, "[Phytotherapy of skin diseases]," ZFA (Stuttgart), vol. 52, no. 23, pp.
1196-9, 1975.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Plant Extracts/THERAPEUTIC USE/Skin
Diseases/*DRUG THERAPY
K. F. Russell, "With good advice and little medicine," Med J Aust, vol. 1, no. 5, pp.
197-201, 1970.
Keywords: Australia/Education, Medical/*HISTORY/History of Medicine,
19th Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Hospitals, General/HISTORY/Hospitals,
Teaching/HISTORY/Schools, Medical/HISTORY/Surgery/HISTORY
I. M. Rutkow, "Edwin Hartley Pratt and orificial surgery: unorthodox surgical practice in
nineteenth century United States," Surgery, vol. 114, no. 3, pp. 558-63, 1993.
Abstract: Among the more interesting yet bizarre chapters in the history of
nineteenth century American medicine was the emergence of orificial surgery as
a widely practiced specialty. This philosophy, the treatment of chronic disease
through surgical operations on the rectum, vagina, cervix, urethra, nares, and
mouth, evolved from the personal practice experiences of Edwin Hartley Pratt,
a homeopathic general practitioner/surgeon. Through his salesmanship skills,
Pratt was able to establish a field of surgery that maintained its own national
society, in addition to publishing a widely distributed specialty journal.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent. History of Medicine, 20th Cent.
Homeopathy/HISTORY Human Portraits Societies, Medical/HISTORY
Surgery/*HISTORY Surgery, Operative/METHODS United States
I. M. Rutkow, "William Tod Helmuth and Andrew Jackson Howe. Surgical sectarianism in
19th-century America," Arch Surg, vol. 129, no. 6, pp. 662-8, 1994.
Abstract: Nineteenth-Century American society was particularly prone to the
establishment of numerous unorthodox medical practices and their alternative
therapies. The most influential of the unorthodox medical groups were the
homeopathic and eclectic sects. From within the ranks of homeopathy and
eclecticism, William Tod Helmuth and Andrew Jackson Howe, respectively,
emerged to become the best-known sectarian surgeons of their era. Through a
review of their lives this forgotten chapter in the history of American surgery is
recollected.
Keywords: Eclecticism/*HISTORY History of Medicine, 19th Cent.
Homeopathy/*HISTORY Portraits Surgery/*HISTORY United States
G. Ruus, "[Homeopathy]," Sykepl Fag, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 8-10, 1992.
Keywords: Germany History of Medicine, 18th Cent. History of Medicine,
19th Cent. *Homeopathy/HISTORY/METHODS Human Plants, Medicinal
Portraits
A. Sakmann, "[Determination of the mixing grade of homeopathic triturations]," Pharmazie,
vol. 46, no. 7, pp. 537-8, 1991.
Keywords: Carbonates *Drug Compounding *Homeopathy
A. Salvati, "[Significance and methods of hemeopathic medicine. (The opinion of Professor
Antonio Negro)]," Minerva Med, vol. 61, no. 61, pp. 3341-4, 1970.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
A. Salvati, "[Electromeopathy: an electric chair for therapy. (The opinion of Dr. Carlo
Croci)]," Minerva Med, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 619-20, 1972.
Keywords: Electric Stimulation
Therapy/*INSTRUMENTATION/Electricity/*Homeopathy/Human/Methods
W. Sampson and W. London, "Analysis of homeopathic treatment of childhood diarrhea,"
Pediatrics, vol. 96, no. 5 Pt 1, pp. 961-4, 1995.
Keywords: Child, Preschool Diarrhea/*THERAPY *Homeopathy Human
Randomized Controlled Trials
P. Sanders, "Homeopathy," Calif Nurse, vol. 80, no. 10, pp. 6-7, 1984.
Keywords: Case
Report/Colic/NURSING/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Infant, Newborn
P. Sankaran, "Some experiences in homeopathy," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 11,
pp. 332-7, 1965.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
P. Sankaran, "Two interesting cases," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 215-6,
1965.
Keywords: Adult/Case Report/Child/Female/Fever/*DRUG
THERAPY/Headache/*DRUG THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Male
P. Sankaran, "When the indicated remedy fails...," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 11,
pp. 344-51, 1966.
Keywords: Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male
P. Sankaran, "Homeopathy and surgery," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 34-40,
1967.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/*Surgery,
Operative
R. Santini, M. Tessier, P. Belon, and H. Pacheco, "[Incidence of homeopathic treatment
with cuprum 4 CH on the intestinal transit of mouse: preliminary study]," C R Seances Soc
Biol Fil, vol. 184, no. 1, pp. 55-8, 1990.
Abstract: An homeopathic treatment with cuprum 4 CH, 24 and 5 hours
before neostigmine (50 micrograms/kg/IP) administration has been done in the
mouse. This treatment significantly reduces (Kruskal-Wallis: p less than 0.02)
the faciliting action of neostigmine on intestinal transit.
Keywords: Animal Copper/*THERAPEUTIC USE Depression, Chemical
English Abstract Gastrointestinal Transit/*DRUG EFFECTS *Homeopathy
Male Mice Mice, Inbred Strains Neostigmine/PHARMACOLOGY
Parasympatholytics/*PHARMACOLOGY
A. M. Sarder and L. C. Chen, "Distribution and characteristics of non-government health
practitioners in a rural area of Bangladesh," Soc Sci Med [A], vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 543-50,
1981.
Keywords: Adult/Bangladesh/Female/Health Services,
Indigenous/*MANPOWER/UTILIZATION/Homeopathy/Human/Male/*Medicine,
Traditional/Middle Age/*Rural Health/Sociology, Medical
P. K. Sarkar, "Unethical [letter]," J Indian Med Assoc, vol. 87, no. 2, 1989.
Keywords: *Ethics, Medical/*Homeopathy/Human/India/*Medicine,
Ayurvedic/*Medicine, Herbal/Risk Factors
G. V. Satyavati, "Some traditional medical systems and practices of global importance,"
Indian J Med Res, vol. 76 Suppl, pp. 1-26, 1982.
Keywords: Acupuncture/Homeopathy/India/Medicine, Ayurvedic/*Medicine,
Traditional/Yoga
H. Schadewaldt, "[Homeopathy and classroom medicine. A historical appreciation]," Med
Welt, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 355-9, 1972.
Keywords: Drug Therapy/HISTORY/*History of Medicine/History of
Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Interprofessional Relations
H. Schadewaldt, "[Unconventional healing methods in history]," Med Welt, vol. 29, no. 23,
pp. 943-9, 1978.
Keywords: Acupuncture/HISTORY/History of Medicine, 15th Cent./History
of Medicine, 16th Cent./History of Medicine, 17th Cent./History of Medicine,
18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human/Magnetics/Moxibustion/HISTORY/Therapeutics/*HISTORY
Y. Schepens, "[Homeopathy as seen by a nonhomeopathic otorhinolaryngologist]," Acta
Otorhinolaryngol Belg, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 208-11, 1984.
Abstract: After 50 years of medical practice, I have widened my horizon and
am interested in any method that can relieve a patient's suffering. Be it an
official or a parallel therapy. If Homeopathy is more and more successful it is
because of the many failures in official medicine (Allopathy), especially
regarding chronic diseases. Certain patients who are intoxicated by all sorts of
drugs, consult the homeopath in search of cure. The homeopath believes that
the general symptoms incriminated by experimental intoxication are the same as
those manifested by the sick person, and they therefore prescribe the same
medecine to obtain the cure. It is the methode of similars. For example when a
patient who has not been intoxicated by Belladonna presents the same
symptoms of intoxication, Belladonna is prescribed by the homeopath. What is
to be thought of Homeopathy? If we have not studied and experimented it
sufficiently, it is illogical to criticise it. Prejudice is the practitioner's greatest
enemy. To study Homeopathy is extremely arduous and requires daily study,
because for Homeopathy even more than any other medical method: One must
study every day, because one forgets every day.
Keywords: English Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human/Otorhinolaryngologic
Diseases/CHEMICALLY INDUCED/*THERAPY
F. W. Schmid, "Homeopathic seasonings," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 11, pp.
363-6 concl, 1965.
Keywords: *Condiments/*Herbs/*Homeopathy/*Plants, Medicinal
F. W. Schmid, "Homeopathic seasonings," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 1, pp.
48-52 concl, 1966.
Keywords: *Condiments/Diet Therapy/*Homeopathy/Human
A. Schmid, "[Pharmacological-toxicological aspects of the homeopathic treatment of
animals]," DTW Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr, vol. 92, no. 4, pp. 128-30, 1985.
Keywords: Animal/Animal Diseases/*DRUG THERAPY/English
Abstract/*Homeopathy/Pharmacology/Toxicology
R. A. Schmidt, "Proteus--a Bach nosode. A non-lactose fermenting colibacillus," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 261-5, 1965.
Keywords: Aged/Biological Products/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Case
Report/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age/*Proteus
R. A. Schmidt, "Constitutional prescribing," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp.
217-20, 1966.
Keywords: Diagnosis/*Homeopathy/Human/Therapeutics
J. M. Schmidt, "[The publications of Samuel Hahnemann]," Sudhoffs Arch Z
Wissenschaftsgesch, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 14-36, 1988.
Keywords: Bibliography/English Abstract/Germany/History of Medicine, 18th
Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY
J. M. Schmidt, "[Fundamentals and developments in homeopathy]," Dtsch Med
Wochenschr, vol. 118, no. 29-30, pp. 1085-90, 1993.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/METHODS/TRENDS Human
A. Schmidt, "[Homeopathy: a field of work for the veterinarian]," Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd,
vol. 135, no. 9, pp. 257-67, 1993.
Abstract: It is generally known that Homeopathy and other so-called
alternative methods of treatment have recently been gaining acceptance. The
profession of lay animal practitioner is no longer a rarity in Switzerland. For
some, alternative medicine is one phenomenon among others in a saturated
health market and thrives on the fact that classical medicine does not yet extend
to all areas. For others, the search for alternatives corresponds to a justified
demand by the practitioners and denotes an extension of the medical
disciplines. The Workshop for Veterinary Acupuncture and Homeopathy
(AGVAH) was founded several years ago by veterinarians in Switzerland. It
represents the professional interests of its members and upholds their right to
practice these forms of therapy. The ensuing debate between classical and
alternative medicine questions not only the basis of Homeopathy and similar
forms of medicine, but also that of scientific thought. The realization that any
scientific approach has its limits can open a door to deeper understanding of
traditional occidental medicine.
Keywords: Animal English Abstract *Homeopathy/LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD Switzerland Veterinary Medicine/*METHODS
J. M. Schmidt, "[The development of homeopathy in the United States]," Gesnerus, vol. 51
Pt 1-2, pp. 84-100, 1994.
Abstract: After an enormous spread in the United States of America during
the 19th century homeopathy had almost completely vanished from the scene
by the beginning of the 20th century. For the past two decades, however, it
seems once again to experience a kind of renaissance. Major aspects of this
development-in terms of medical and cultural history, sociology, politics, and
economics-are illustrated on the basis of a general history of homeopathy in the
United States. Using original sources, a first attempt is made to reconstruct the
history of homeopathy in San Francisco which has some institutional
peculiarities that make it unique within the whole country.
Keywords: English Abstract History of Medicine, 18th Cent. History of
Medicine, 19th Cent. History of Medicine, 20th Cent.
Homeopathy/*HISTORY United States
H. Schoeler, F. Lembeck, and H. Ritter, "[Allopathy--homeopathy]," Landarzt, vol. 42, no.
22, pp. 974-9, 1966.
Keywords: Germany, West/*Homeopathy/Human
S. Schraub and J. P. Helary, "[Unproven treatments in cancerology]," Bull Cancer (Paris),
vol. 78, no. 10, pp. 915-20, 1991.
Abstract: A socio-ethnologic study of 21 patients localized or metastatic
cancer with which consisted of 8-hour in-depth interview and family interviews
determined 3 categories of cancer patients which used unproven methods. The
first category (No 5) decided to use unproven methods immediately after
classical treatment in order to improve the possibility of cure. These patients
had already used unproven methods for benign illness. The second category
(No 11) used unproven treatments a certain while after the completion of all
classical treatment, to reduce the adverse effects of radiotherapy or
chemotherapy and to prevent recurrences. The last category (No 5) used the
unproven treatments before any classical treatment was treatment carried out,
due to fear or lack of confidence in classical treatment. The frequency of
unproven treatment among cancer patients is estimated at 52%. In most cases
patients who were not representative of a specific socioeconomic level used
classical treatment in parallel with unproven methods prescribed either by non
medical (No 12) or medical doctors (No 9). Among these very few are
permanent prescriptor and advice patient to take exclusively the unproven
methods. A better information of patients and better relationships between
patient and doctor can improve the chance of cure.
Keywords: Acupuncture Therapy Alternative Medicine/*STATISTICS &
NUMER DATA Anthroposophy Comparative Study English Abstract Female
Homeopathy Human Male Neoplasms/*THERAPY Osteopathic Medicine
R. Schuppli, "[Traditional medicine--alternative methods. Traditional medicine and
alternative medicine--common or separate ways?]," Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed, vol.
100, no. 5, pp. 620-6, 1990.
Keywords: Acupuncture Alternative Medicine/*TRENDS Anthroposophy
Anxiety/DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY Comparative Study Homeopathy Human
Methods
A. Schutte, "[Is research in veterinary homeopathy justified? Thoughts concerning principles
and synopsis of 5 years of research on the subject, Use of homeopathy in domestic animals,
at the branch of the Free University of Berlin in Schwarzenbek]," Berl Munch Tierarztl
Wochenschr, vol. 107, no. 7, pp. 229-36, 1994.
Abstract: Supported by the Karl- and Veronica-Carstens-Stiftung and
Deutsche Homoopathische Union (DHU) in summer '87 a project dealing with
homoeopathic treatment of domestic animals was initialized at the field station
of the Freie Universitat Berlin in Schwarzenbek. After a period of five years the
studies have been completed in summer '92 and the following results were
achieved: 1) Homoeopathic drugs (considering the similarity) are suitable to
reduce the morbidity rate of newly housed fattening pigs effectively by
metaphylactic treatments. 2) The efficiency of the combination Lachesis,
Pyrogenium, Echinacea and Chlorophyll (Laseptal) for curing respiratory
infections is comparable to the one of Oxytetrazycline and the combination of
Sulfadimidin and Trimethoprim. 3) A significant therapeutical effect was
achieved by homoeopathic treatment in dairy herds so that the use of allopathic
drugs can be reduced considerably. 4) Homoeopathic drugs, including
nosodes, show hardly or do not at all show a positive influence on chronic
mastitis in cows, especially increased cell counts combined with latent infections
of pathogenic micro-organisms. 5) Drying off cows with Phytolacca D1 only
does not reduce the milk quantity or prevent the occurrence of mastitis during
the non-lactating period. 6) The combination Sabina, Pulsatilla, Lachesis and
Pyrogenium (proposed to improve the puerperal period after placental
retention) compared with standard allopathic treatment is not suitable to
improve the puerperal period or fertility after retention of
placenta.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Keywords: Animal *Animals, Domestic Berlin Double-Blind Method English
Abstract *Homeopathy *Research Veterinary Medicine/*METHODS
J. Seibold and A. Reichelt, "[Lunatomalacia therapy. I. Conservative treatment (author's
transl)]," Arch Orthop Unfallchir, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. 325-35, 1975.
Abstract: The results of the conservative treatment of 12 patients with
lunatomalacia are reported on. If we take into consideration the subjective data
as well as the clinical and roentgenological evidence, only 2 can be considered
good. On the other hand there were 5 fair and 5 poor results. In spite of the
predominance of disappointing results, the conservative treatment can lead to
very good late results. The comparison with operative measure about which
there will be reports later, shows these operations have no real great
advantage.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/English
Abstract/Female/Homeopathy/Human/Immobilization/Laterality/Male/Middle
Age/Osteomalacia/*THERAPY/Short-Wave Therapy/*Wrist
Joint/RADIOGRAPHY
N. Sernaglia, "[Simple aphthous stomatitis]," Rgo, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 25-8, 1979.
Keywords:
Homeopathy/METHODS/Human/Immunotherapy/METHODS/*Stomatitis,
Aphthous/THERAPY
A. Serra, "[A 30-year follow-up]," Rev Bras Med, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 578-9, 1965.
Keywords: Adult/Follow-Up Studies/*Homeopathy/Human/Middle
Age/Phobic Disorders/*DRUG THERAPY
K. K. Shah, "Homoeopathic treatment: cases of inadequacy of other systems," Nurs J
India, vol. 68, no. 8, 1977.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
R. K. Shah, "Appropriate orthopaedic care in the Third World [letter; comment]," Trop
Doct, vol. 22, no. 3, 1992.
Keywords: Comparative Study Homeopathy Human Medicine, Ayurvedic
*Medicine, Traditional Nepal *Orthopedics Primary Health
Care/*ORGANIZATION & ADMIN *Rural Health
R. K. Shah, "Appropriate orthopaedic care in the Third World [letter; comment]," Trop
Doct, vol. 22, no. 3, 1992.
Keywords: Comparative Study Homeopathy Human Medicine, Ayurvedic
*Medicine, Traditional Nepal *Orthopedics Primary Health
Care/*ORGANIZATION & ADMIN *Rural Health
M. Shipley, H. Berry, G. Broster, M. Jenkins, A. Clover, and I. Williams, "Controlled trial
of homoeopathic treatment of osteoarthritis," Lancet, vol. 1, no. 8316, pp. 97-8, 1983.
Abstract: In a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study to compare
the homoeopathic remedy Rhus tox. 6X with fenoprofen in osteoarthritis of the
hip and knee, fenoprofen was shown to have beneficial analgesic and
anti-inflammatory effects which differed significantly from those of placebo. The
effects of Rhus tox. 6X and placebo did not differ significantly. Patient
preference was for fenoprofen. Side-effects were not severe but were seen
more frequently with fenoprofen. Similar results were seen in all patients
regardless of whether they had been referred to and assessed by a
homoeopathic physician or a rheumatologist.
Keywords: Adult/Aged/Clinical Trials/Comparative Study/Double-Blind
Method/Female/Fenoprofen/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age/Osteoarthritis/*DRUG
THERAPY/Pain/DRUG THERAPY/Phenylpropionates/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/Plant Extracts/THERAPEUTIC USE/*Toxicodendron
Y. Shoenfeld and Y. Rotem, "[Homeopathy--permit or forbid? (editorial; comment)],"
Harefuah, vol. 122, no. 3, pp. 195-6, 1992.
Keywords: *Homeopathy Human
D. A. Shoultz, "Homeopathic diarrhea trial [letter]," Pediatrics, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 160;
discussion 160-1, 1995.
Keywords: Acute Disease Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)
Diarrhea/*THERAPY *Homeopathy Human
S. M. Shultz, "Sectarian medical periodicals of Pennsylvania. Part Two--Pennsylvania
journals," Pa Med, vol. 90, no. 10, pp. 57-65, 1987.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Human/Medicine,
Traditional/HISTORY/Pennsylvania/Periodicals/*HISTORY
S. M. Shultz, "Sectarian medical periodicals of Pennsylvania. Part One--Development of
sects," Pa Med, vol. 90, no. 9, pp. 68-70, 1987.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Medicine,
Herbal/HISTORY/Pennsylvania/Periodicals/*HISTORY
A. Shupis, Jr., "Copper," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 277-80, 1965.
Keywords: Copper/*THERAPEUTIC USE/*Homeopathy/Human
K. Sickel, "[Plenosol in the treatment of arthrotic changes]," Z Allgemeinmed, vol. 47, no.
31, pp. 1667-9, 1971.
Keywords: Hip Joint/Homeopathy/Human/Injections, Intradermal/Injections,
Intravenous/Osteoarthritis/*DRUG THERAPY/Plant
Extracts/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE/*Plants,
Medicinal/Prognosis/Viscum
A. C. Siddall, "History of Homeopathic Medicine at Oberlin, Ohio 1833...1933," Ohio
State Med J, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 121-4, 1978.
Keywords: Adult/Child/Female/History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of
Medicine, 20th Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Human/Male/Ohio
J. Simeon, "[Considerations on naturalist methods]," Inf Dent, vol. 48, no. 26, pp. 2853-7,
1966.
Keywords:
*Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/Human/*Hydrotherapy/Psychotherapy
L. Simoni, "[The role of homeostasis in the oral cavity]," J Am Dent Assoc (Ed Ital), vol. 2,
no. 2, pp. 141-6, 148-9, 1986.
Keywords: Ecology/English
Abstract/Homeopathy/*Homeostasis/Human/Mouth/*PHYSIOLOGY/Mouth
Diseases/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
N. Simpson, S. Lenton, and R. Randall, "Parental refusal to have children immunised: extent
and reasons [published erratum appears in BMJ 1995 Mar 25;310(6982):777] [see
comments]," Bmj, vol. 310, no. 6974, 1995.
Keywords: England Homeopathy Human Immunization/*PSYCHOLOGY
Immunization Programs Infant Parents/*PSYCHOLOGY Religion and
Psychology *Treatment Refusal
S. Singh, "Colin's story," Bmj, vol. 302, no. 6770, pp. 242-3, 1991.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS
Adult Attitude of Health Personnel Case Report Homeopathy Human Male
Patient Readmission Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
carinii/COMPLICATIONS/*THERAPY *Treatment Refusal
A. A. Skolnick, "FDA petitioned to 'stop homeopathy scam' [news]," Jama, vol. 272, no.
15, pp. 1154, 1156, 1994.
Keywords: Homeopathy/LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD/*STANDARDS
Human United States United States Food and Drug Administration
P. Skrabanek, "Paranormal health claims," Experientia, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 303-9, 1988.
Abstract: Faith in paranormal cures has always been the last hope of many
sufferers from chronic or incurable diseases. Magico-religious rituals of healing
are still around, but some have been replaced by pseudo-scientific systems,
thinly disguising old superstitions in new obscurantism, more appealing to the
half-educated. In medical quackery, inventiveness seems to be limitless, and
only the main paranormal healing systems can be reviewed here. The increasing
popularity of 'alternative' healing indicates the extent of dissatisfaction with
dehumanising aspects of modern, technological medicine and its preoccupation
with curing the curable at the expense of caring for the incurable. This leaves
the sufferers, and also healthy people labelled with non-existent diseases,
bleeding prey for the sharks roving the seas of medical ignorance.
Keywords: Acupuncture/HISTORY/*Alternative
Medicine/HISTORY/Chiropractic/HISTORY/Christian Science/History of
Medicine, Ancient/History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human/Mental Healing/Osteopathic
Medicine/HISTORY/*Parapsychology/HISTORY/Placebos/Quackery/HISTORY/Radiesthesia/HISTORY/Religion
and Medicine
H. L. Smart, J. F. Mayberry, and M. Atkinson, "Alternative medicine consultations and
remedies in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome," Gut, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 826-8,
1986.
Abstract: The use of alternative medicine was assessed by questionnaire in 96
patients with irritable bowel syndrome, 143 patients with organic upper
gastrointestinal disorders and 222 patients with Crohn's disease of comparable
age and sex. Significantly more patients with the irritable bowel syndrome
(16%) had consulted practitioners of alternative medicine about their condition
than had patients in either of the other groups. Similarly, significantly more
irritable bowel syndrome patients said they would consult an alternative
medicine practitioner (41%) if conventional treatment failed. Current usage of
alternative medicine remedies was significantly greater in the irritable bowel
syndrome patients (11%) than in patients with Crohn's disease (4%) and
tended to be greater than in patients with organic upper gastrointestinal
disorders (6%). This study has shown that the use of alternative medicine is
common in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and this does not appear to
be explicable in terms of the nature, chronicity or refractoriness to treatment of
symptoms.
Keywords: Acupuncture/Adult/*Alternative Medicine/Colonic Diseases,
Functional/*THERAPY/Ecology/Female/Homeopathy/Human/Male/Medicine,
Herbal/Mental Healing/Middle Age/Osteopathic Medicine/Yoga
R. B. Smith, Jr. and G. W. Boericke, "Modern instrumentation for the evaluation of
homeopathic drug structure," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 263-80, 1966.
Keywords: Chemistry,
Physical/*Homeopathy/*Solutions/Sulfur/*PHARMACOLOGY
A. D. Smith, "Homeopathy and psoriasis," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 5, pp.
140-1, 1966.
Keywords: Aged/Case
Report/Child/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Psoriasis/*DRUG
THERAPY
A. D. Smith, "Homeopathy in obstetrics and gynecology," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60,
no. 3, pp. 92-4, 1967.
Keywords: Female/Genital Diseases, Female/*DRUG
THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Pregnancy/Pregnancy
Complications/DRUG THERAPY
A. D. Smith, "Homeopathy and injuries," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 5, pp.
159-62, 1967.
Keywords: *Plants, Medicinal Wounds and Injuries/*DRUG THERAPY
M. Smith, "Vaginal birth. Natural achievement," Nurs Times, vol. 86, no. 32, pp. 36-8,
1990.
Keywords: Adult Case Report Female Homeopathy Human Natural
Childbirth/METHODS/*NURSING/PSYCHOLOGY *Patient Participation
Pregnancy *Trial of Labor
S. J. Spence, "Problems that patients feel are appropriate to discuss with their GPs," J R Soc
Med, vol. 85, no. 11, pp. 669-73, 1992.
Abstract: A descriptive study was performed to discover what problems
patients felt it appropriate to discuss with their general practitioner, their use of
alternative therapies, and any questions they wished their doctor had asked
them in the past. Demographic data was recorded including Church
attendance. Data was collected using an original questionnaire distributed to
two groups of patients; 150 consecutive patients attending the surgery (surgery
group) and 220 randomly selected from the adult age-sex register (home
group). Chi-squared analysis was performed. A broad range of subjects
appropriate to a general practice consultation was found (from influenza to
spiritual problems). Prior use of homeopathy and hypnosis was widespread.
Multiple attenders were more likely to be church attenders. Men in the surgery
group were most likely to discuss marital, relationship and spiritual problems.
Qualitative data from open questions demonstrated patients' concerns with
consultation time and the exploration of feelings.
Keywords: Adult Aged Alternative Medicine *Family Practice Female Human
Male Middle Age *Physician-Patient Relations Problem Solving
Questionnaires Religion
L. Spigelblatt, G. Laine-Ammara, I. B. Pless, and A. Guyver, "The use of alternative
medicine by children," Pediatrics, vol. 94, no. 6 Pt 1, pp. 811-4, 1994.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE. Alternative medicine (AM) is of growing interest to
the general public. Although several studies have been published concerning its
use in adults, the use by children is less well known. The purpose of this study
is to determine the frequency with which alternative medicine is employed in a
pediatric population that also uses conventional medicine. A second goal is to
investigate the sociodemographic factors that influence the choice of these
forms of therapy. METHODS. Parents of children consulting the general
outpatient clinic of a university hospital completed a self-administered
questionnaire asking about previous use of AM for themselves or their children.
RESULTS. Based on 1911 completed questionnaires, 208 children (11%)
previously consulted one or more AM practitioners. Chiropractic, homeopathy,
naturopathy, and acupuncture together accounted for 84% of use. Children
who used AM differed significantly from those who only used conventional
medicine in that they were older than the nonusers, their mothers were better
educated, and their parents also tended to use AM. CONCLUSION. The
findings indicate that AM is an aspect of child health care that no longer can be
ignored. Being aware of these practices will enable physicians to discuss
alternative therapies with parents in order to ensure the continuity of essential
conventional treatments.
Keywords: Adolescence Alternative Medicine/ECONOMICS/STATISTICS
& NUMER DATA/*UTILIZATION Child Child Health
Services/ECONOMICS/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA/*UTILIZATION
Comparative Study Costs and Cost Analysis Hospitals, University Human
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital Patient Satisfaction/ECONOMICS/STATISTICS
& NUMER DATA Quebec Questionnaires Referral and
Consultation/ECONOMICS/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA/
UTILIZATION Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
L. S. Spigelblatt, "Alternative medicine: should it be used by children?," Curr Probl
Pediatr, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 180-8, 1995.
Keywords: Age Factors Alternative Medicine/TRENDS/*UTILIZATION
Arthritis/THERAPY Asthma/THERAPY Child Chiropractic Homeopathy
Human Neoplasms/THERAPY
B. Spring, "[Alternative medicine. Healing can be hazardous]," Krankenpfl Soins Infirm,
vol. 82, no. 5, pp. 14-7, 1989.
Keywords: Acupuncture/*Alternative Medicine/*Holistic
Health/Homeopathy/Human/*Philosophy, Medical
B. R. Sreenivasan, "Our heritage," Med J Malaya, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 2-9, 1972.
Keywords: Education, Medical/*History of Medicine/History of Medicine,
16th Cent./History of Medicine, 17th Cent./History of Medicine, 18th
Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Magic/Malaysia/Medicine,
Ayurvedic/Medicine, Traditional/Religion and Medicine
J. Stallick, "Taking the lava cure," Nurs Times, vol. 86, no. 28, pp. 37-9, 1990.
Keywords: Case Report Homeopathy/*METHODS Human Male Pain,
Postoperative/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY Tooth Extraction/*ADVERSE
EFFECTS
H. Stapleton, "Herbal medicines for disorders of pregnancy," Mod Midwife, vol. 5, no. 4,
pp. 18-22, 1995.
Keywords: Female Homeopathy Human *Medicine, Herbal Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications/*THERAPY
D. L. Steagall Gomes, L. M. Romanholi, and M. T. de Souza, "[Phytotherapy and
homeopathy as alternative medical practices]," Rev Bras Enferm, vol. 38, no. 3-4, pp.
329-48, 1985.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Brazil/English Abstract/Health Services,
Indigenous/UTILIZATION/*Homeopathy/Human/Plant
Extracts/THERAPEUTIC USE/*Plants, Medicinal
C. Stefanu and M. R. Zetzman, "Distribution of physicians in family practice and other
medical specialties in Texas, 1969-1973: a statistical review," South Med J, vol. 70, no. 9,
pp. 1034-8, 1977.
Abstract: This article documents distributional patterns of allopathic family
practice physicians (including general practitioners) in Texas as compared with
allopathic physicians in all other medical specialties in the state during the
period 1969-1973, for which there are reliable data. Statistical analysis of this
information shows that there was a significant difference between the growth of
family practice compared to all other medical specialties in both metropolitan
and nonmetropolitan counties. This study draws no conclusions that the medical
needs in many of these areas are not being met, since patient travel may, to
some degree, compensate for disproportionate physician distribution. There is
no unanimous agreement on what constitutes an ideal ratio of physicians in any
specialty to a population in so-called medically underserved areas.
Keywords: Family Practice/*MANPOWER/Homeopathy/Human/Physicians,
Family/*SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION/Population/Rural
Health/MANPOWER/Specialties, Medical/Texas
O. Steiner, "[The instructive case. 6. Edema]," Zahnarztl Mitt, vol. 62, no. 15, pp. 779-81,
1972.
Keywords: Adult/Cheek/*Edema/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Menopause
E. Stenbak, "[Even Einstein's problem was to measure outcome with a ruler],"
Sygeplejersken, vol. 84, no. 36, pp. 16-8, 1984.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/*Naturopathy/*Outcome and Process
Assessment (Health Care)
J. Stephenson, "On possible field effects of the solvent phase of succussed high dilutions," J
Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 259-62, 1966.
Keywords: Chemistry, Physical/*Homeopathy/Human/*Solutions/*Solvents
W. J. Stevens, "Thallium intoxication caused by a homoeopathic preparation," Toxicol Eur
Res, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 317-20, 1978.
Abstract: A case of human thallotoxicosis caused by the taking of a
homoeopathic preparation is reported. This preparation was taken accidentally
by a patient who rapidly developed symptoms of thallotoxicosis. Treatment
with Prussian blue resulted in rapid and total recorvery.
Keywords: Adult/Case
Report/Feces/ANALYSIS/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Thallium/METABOLISM/*POISONING
C. Stevenson, "Complementary medicine. All things considered," Nurs Times, vol. 91, no.
5, pp. 44-5, 1995.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine *Homeopathy Hospitals, Special Human
Neoplasms/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY
T. F. Stewart, "Treatment of coronary disease in the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital," J Am
Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 6-19, 1966.
Keywords: Aged/Coronary Disease/*DRUG
THERAPY/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age
R. Stinghe, "[Homeopathy and the vital force]," Pneumoftiziologia, vol. 41, no. 1, pp.
40-4, 1992.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine *Homeopathy Human Philosophy, Medical
Social Change *Vitalism
P. Streefland, "The frontier of modern Western medicine in Nepal," Soc Sci Med, vol. 20,
no. 11, pp. 1151-9, 1985.
Abstract: Using the concepts frontier and interface the introduction and
spreading of modern Western medicine in Nepal and its relations to other
medical systems are described and analyzed. Medical systems do not prevail in
the same degree in all places; we may call the geographic areas of
concentration the core areas or center(s) of medical systems and the remaining
areas their periphery. The frontier of a medical system is defined as that part of
the periphery where the presence of the system is increasing. The place of the
frontier, its width and the forms in which a medical system appears at its
frontier are determined by both internal dynamics and contextual factors. In
non-socialist countries like Nepal the dynamics of modern Western medicine
are characterized by three tendencies: centralization, expansiveness and a
commercial and capitalist character. Some important contextual factors which
have been shaping the frontier in Nepal are: migration, including tourism,
labor-migration and trade; the role of foreign aid and geographical conditions.
The situation at the frontier has an important influence on the nature of the
interface between modern Western medicine and other medical systems. In the
article Faith-healing, Ayurvedic medicine, Homeopathy and Tibetan medicine
are described briefly and the interface between them and modern Western
medicine is looked into.
Keywords: China/Developing
Countries/Homeopathy/Human/*Medicine/Medicine, Ayurvedic/Medicine,
Oriental Traditional/Mental Healing/Nepal/Public Health/Social
Change/Transients and Migrants/Travel
B. J. Sudan, "Abrogation of facial seborrhoeic dermatitis with homoeopathic high dilutions of
tobacco: a new visible model for Benveniste's theory of 'Memory of water'," Med
Hypotheses, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 440-4, 1993.
Abstract: The author describes the activity of homoeopathic high dilutions of
tobacco to treat his familial facial seborrhoeic dermatitis induced by the hapten
nicotine. A double-blind experiment against placebo and several treatments
with continuous and single intakes of tobacco high dilutions led after a break to
a late abrogation of dermatitis simulating a desensitization. These observations
provide a new possible explanation for the placebo effect and facial
seborrhoeic dermatitis is proposed as a new visible model for Benveniste's
theory of 'Memory of water'.
Keywords: Case Report Dermatitis, Seborrheic/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY
Desensitization, Immunologic Double-Blind Method Haptens *Homeopathy
Human Hypersensitivity/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY Male *Models, Biological
Nicotine/IMMUNOLOGY Placebo Effect Plant
Extracts/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE Tobacco/IMMUNOLOGY
Water
N. C. Sukul, S. K. Bala, and B. Bhattacharyya, "Prolonged cataleptogenic effects of
potentized homoeopathic drugs," Psychopharmacology (Berl), vol. 89, no. 3, pp. 338-9,
1986.
Abstract: The four homoeopathic drugs, Gelsemium, Cannabis Indica,
Graphites and Agaricus Muscarius, administered orally in 30th and 200th
potencies on white rats, enhanced restraint-induced catalepsy in a similar
manner to the two standard drugs pilocarpine and haloperidol (IP injection at 5
mg/kg). All the drugs tested differed from each other in the duration of
cataleptogenic effect, which was more prolonged with Cannabis, Graphites and
Agaricus than with Gelsemium and the two non-homoeopathic drugs used. The
200th potency of any homoeopathic drug tested acted longer than its 30th
potency.
Keywords:
*Agaricales/*Agaricus/Animal/*Cannabis/Carbon/*TOXICITY/Catalepsy/*CHEMICALLY
INDUCED/Comparative
Study/Graphite/*TOXICITY/Haloperidol/TOXICITY/Homeopathy/Male/Pilocarpine/TOXICITY/Plant
Extracts/*TOXICITY/Rats/Restraint, Physical
F. Sulfaro, B. Fasher, and M. A. Burgess, "Homoeopathic vaccination. What does it mean?
Immunisation Interest Group of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children," Med J Aust,
vol. 161, no. 5, pp. 305-7, 1994.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To document and review the theoretical basis of
vaccination practices and policies of homoeopaths in Sydney. METHODS:
After preliminary interviews, a questionnaire was designed and mailed to all 29
homoeopaths listed in the Sydney telephone directory and practising in central
Sydney. RESULTS: Six homoeopaths (21%) returned the completed
questionnaire and 10 others were interviewed. Their attitudes to vaccination
varied widely. The two medically qualified homoeopaths recommended
orthodox vaccination routinely for most children. Five of the six respondents
did not recommend routine vaccination by any method. We could not obtain
any scientific data about the contents of homoeopathic vaccinations. No
reports evaluating homoeopathic vaccination were found in the peer-reviewed
medical literature from 1982-1993. CONCLUSIONS: Homoeopathic
vaccination practices are variable, with no statutory body regulating them in
Australia. Medically qualified homoeopaths frequently recommend orthodox
vaccination.
Keywords: Attitude Child, Preschool *Homeopathy Human Infant
*Vaccination
O. Swarbrick and W. Beswick, "Evaluation of homoeopathic treatment [letter; comment],"
Vet Rec, vol. 137, no. 5, pp. 127-8, 1995.
Keywords: Animal Cattle Drug Evaluation/VETERINARY Female
Formularies, Homeopathic/*STANDARDS Homeopathy Mastitis,
Bovine/*THERAPY
J. Swayne, "The place of homoeopathic medicine in postgraduate education for general
practice," J R Coll Gen Pract, vol. 38, no. 308, pp. 119-20, 1988.
Keywords: Education, Medical, Graduate/*TRENDS/Family
Practice/*EDUCATION/Great Britain/Homeopathy/*EDUCATION
J. M. Swayne, "Survey of the use of homeopathic medicine in the UK health system," J R
Coll Gen Pract, vol. 39, no. 329, pp. 503-6, 1989.
Abstract: An analysis of 7218 consultations showed that homeopathic
medicines are being used to treat a wide range of morbidity in the United
Kingdom. The data were derived from all consecutive consultations during one
week by 73 doctors who used homeopathic medicine. Of these consultations
88% were conducted as part of the National Health Service (the majority in
general practice). Thirty five per cent overall and 25% of general practice
consultations were managed using homeopathic medicines, and these were
combined with conventional drugs in 8.5% of the prescriptions.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Aged/*Attitude of Health
Personnel/Child/Child, Preschool/Cohort Studies/*Family
Practice/Female/Great Britain/Homeopathy/*TRENDS/Human/Infant/Infant,
Newborn/Male/Medical Audit/Middle Age/National Health
Programs/*TRENDS/Physician's Practice
Patterns/STANDARDS/*TRENDS/Questionnaires/Sex Factors/Support,
Non-U.S. Gov't
T. Swinnerton, "Alternative postnatal therapies," Nurs Times, vol. 87, no. 22, pp. 64-5,
1991.
Keywords: Female Homeopathy/*METHODS Human Maternal-Child
Nursing/*METHODS Postnatal Care/*METHODS
T. Swinnerton, "Alternative remedies during labour," Nurs Times, vol. 87, no. 9, pp. 64-5,
1991.
Keywords: Female *Homeopathy Human Labor Complications/DRUG
THERAPY/*NURSING/THERAPY *Nurse Midwives Pregnancy
S. M. Taylor, T. R. Mallon, and W. P. Green, "Efficacy of a homoeopathic prophylaxis
against experimental infection of calves by the bovine lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus," Vet
Rec, vol. 124, no. 1, pp. 15-7, 1989.
Abstract: Two groups of parasite-free calves, one of which had been treated
with four doses of a homoeopathic oral vaccine for parasitic bronchitis due to
Dictyocaulus viviparus and the other with a placebo, were infected at the rate
of 25 infective larvae/kg bodyweight 18 days after the final dose. Both groups
became severely affected by parasitic bronchitis, with clinical signs starting 13
days after infection. There were no discernible differences between the treated
and control groups in their manifestations of resistance to D viviparus or their
clinical responses to the disease produced.
Keywords: Animal/Antibodies,
Helminth/ANALYSIS/Bronchitis/PREVENTION &
CONTROL/*VETERINARY/Cattle/Cattle Diseases/*PREVENTION &
CONTROL/Dictyocaulus/GROWTH &
DEVELOPMENT/IMMUNOLOGY/Dictyocaulus
Infections/*PREVENTION &
CONTROL/*Homeopathy/Lung/PARASITOLOGY/Lung Diseases,
Parasitic/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*VETERINARY
U. Theenhaus, J. Dittmann, and G. Harisch, "[Different effects of homeopathic potencies and
conventional dilutions on specific liver enzymes of rats--an in vivo study]," DTW Dtsch
Tierarztl Wochenschr, vol. 100, no. 12, pp. 485-7, 1993.
Abstract: It was searched for differing effects of homeopathic potencies and
equally concentrated conventional dilutions. Activities of enzymes from three
different subcellular compartments of the rat liver served as parameters for the
evaluation. Especially in the D15/10(-15) range differences proved to be
statistically relevant. The series with potentiated carrier substance, necessary
from heuristic reasons and related to the homeopathic potencies, resulted in
hitherto not understandable findings.
Keywords: Acetylglucosaminidase/ANALYSIS Animal Cytochrome-c
Oxidase/ANALYSIS Dose-Response Relationship, Drug English Abstract
*Homeopathy Liver/*DRUG EFFECTS/ENZYMOLOGY Male Mercury
Compounds/*TOXICITY Phosphates/*TOXICITY Rats Rats, Wistar Urate
Oxidase/ANALYSIS
S. Thernstrom, "[Siv chose homeopathy: chance for nurses at more independence (interview
by Monika Trozell)]," Vardfacket, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 7-9, 1987.
Keywords: *Career Choice/*Homeopathy/Human/*Nurses/Private
Practice/Sweden
T. Thien and J. C. Benneker, "[Alternative medication not always harmless]," Ned Tijdschr
Geneeskd, vol. 138, no. 6, 1994.
Keywords: Case Report Female *Homeopathy Human
Hypertension/*DRUG THERAPY Middle Age Rauwolfia
Alkaloids/ANALYSIS/*THERAPEUTIC USE Reserpine/ANALYSIS
W. E. Thomas, "Homeopathy," Aust Fam Physician, vol. 15, no. 6, 1986.
Keywords: Dose-Response Relationship, Drug/Formularies,
Homeopathic/Homeopathy/*METHODS/Human
K. J. Thomas, J. Carr, L. Westlake, and B. T. Williams, "Use of non-orthodox and
conventional health care in Great Britain," Bmj, vol. 302, no. 6770, pp. 207-10, 1991.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE--To describe the characteristics of patients using
non-orthodox health care and their pattern of use of conventional health care
with respect to a particular problem. DESIGN--Postal survey of all 2152
practitioners of acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, naturopathy, and
osteopathy identified from 11 national professional association registers.
Patients attending a representative sample of 101 responding practitioners
completed questionnaires covering demographic characteristics, presenting
problems, and use of the health service. SETTING--Practices of practitioners
of non-orthodox health care in England, Scotland, and Wales.
SUBJECTS--Qualified, non-medical practitioners of non-orthodox health care
working in Great Britain and 2473 patients who had attended one of the
sampled practitioners in an allocated time period between August 1987 and
July 1988. RESULTS--An estimated 1909 practitioners were actively
practising one of the study treatments in Great Britain in 1987. Of the estimated
70,600 patients seen by this group of practitioners in an average week, most
(78%) were attending with a musculoskeletal problem. Two thirds of the
patients were women. Only 2% were aged under 16, but 15% were aged 65
or over. One in three patients had not received previous conventional care for
their main problem; 18% were receiving concurrent non-orthodox and
conventional care. Twenty two per cent of the patients reported having seen
their general practitioner for any reason in the two weeks before the surveyed
consultation. CONCLUSIONS--Patients of non-orthodox health care, as
provided by this group of practitioners, had not turned their backs on
conventional health care. Non-orthodox treatment was sought for a limited
range of problems and used most frequently as a supplement to orthodox
medicine.
Keywords: Adolescence Adult Age Factors Aged Alternative
Medicine/*UTILIZATION Diagnosis Family Practice Female Great Britain
Health Services/*UTILIZATION Human Male Middle Age Patient
Acceptance of Health Care/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
Questionnaires Sex Factors Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
H. Thompson, "Homoeopathic remedies [letter; comment] [see comments]," Vet Rec, vol.
129, no. 17, 1991.
Keywords: Animal Cats Dogs Homeopathy/*LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD *Legislation, Veterinary Parvoviridae/*IMMUNOLOGY Viral
Vaccines/ADVERSE EFFECTS/*STANDARDS
C. D. Thron, "More on reducing medical school classes [letter]," N Engl J Med, vol. 314,
no. 5, pp. 322-3, 1986.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Nomenclature
C. D. Thron, "Fractures in Flexner's foundation recommended changes in medical education
[letter; comment]," Faseb J, vol. 6, no. 15, 1992.
Keywords: *Education, Medical Homeopathy
M. Thurkauf, "[Medicine and general knowledge in modern science]," Fortschr Med, vol.
96, no. 40, pp. 205-6, 2044, 1978.
Keywords: Homeopathy/*Medicine/Naturopathy/*Philosophy/*Science
A. Tille, "[Dentistry with homeopathy]," Quintessenz, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1013-7, 1984.
Keywords: *Dentistry/*Homeopathy/Human
A. Tille, "[Homeopathy in dentistry]," Quintessenz J, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 659-65, 1986.
Keywords: *Dentistry/*Homeopathy/Human
C. M. Tiwary and I. Tiwary, "Religion, tradition, and personal attitudes toward health and
illness in India," Clin Pediatr (Phila), vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 615-8, 1977.
Keywords: *Attitude to Health/Case Report/Child,
Preschool/*Culture/Delivery of Health
Care/Homeopathy/Human/India/Infant/Islam/Male/Medicine,
Ayurvedic/Naturopathy/*Religion and Medicine
S. Tobin, "Homeopathy [letter; comment]," J Am Vet Med Assoc, vol. 201, no. 12, 1992.
Keywords: Animal *Homeopathy Veterinary Medicine/*METHODS
V. Tomas, "[Homeopathic treatment of dental diseases]," Cesk Stomatol, vol. 70, no. 1,
pp. 56-60, 1970.
Keywords: *Books/English Abstract/History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History
of Medicine, 19th Cent./*Homeopathy/Human/Mouth
Diseases/*THERAPY/Surgery, Oral/HISTORY
D. Tregan, J. Cailleux-Kreitmann, and C. Negre-Garnier, "[Patient admission and induced
abortion. A different mode: homeopathy and sophrology]," Soins Gynecol Obstet Pueric
Pediatr, no. 154, pp. 37-9, 1994.
Keywords: *Abortion, Induced Alternative Medicine Anxiety/PREVENTION
& CONTROL Female *Homeopathy Human Pregnancy
J. Trevelyan, "Complementary medicine. Homoeopathy," Nurs Times, vol. 90, no. 4, pp.
56-8, 1994.
Keywords: Adult Animal Child *Homeopathy Human *Nursing Care
J. Trevelyan, "Homoeopathy: first aid treatments," Nurs Times, vol. 91, no. 13, pp. 67-8,
1995.
Keywords: *First Aid *Homeopathy Human
H. L. Trexler, "Five important drugs in industrial medicine," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59,
no. 7, pp. 244-5, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/*Occupational Medicine
H. L. Trexler, "Carcinoma of the breast also treated by homeopathy," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 165-7, 1966.
Keywords: Aged/Breast Neoplasms/*DRUG THERAPY/Case
Report/Female/*Homeopathy/Human
E. Trimmer, "When your patient asks about alternative medicine," Midwife Health Visit
Community Nurse, vol. 20, no. 5, 1984.
Keywords: Great Britain/*Holistic Health/*Homeopathy/Human
"Alternative medicines and therapies and the DHSS," J R Soc Med, vol. 80, no. 6, pp.
336-8, 1987.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Choice Behavior/Consumer Product
Safety/Great Britain/Health Policy/Homeopathy/Human/Medicine, Herbal/State
Medicine
S. Tsindos, "'Childhood immunization, homeopathy and community nurses'," Contemp
Nurse, vol. 3, no. 3, 1994.
Keywords: *Child Welfare Child, Preschool *Community Health Nursing
*Homeopathy Human *Immunization
M. Tsur, "[Inadvertent child health neglect by preference of homeopathy to conventional
medicine (see comments)]," Harefuah, vol. 122, no. 3, pp. 137-42, 1992.
Abstract: The effectiveness of alternative medicine, especially homeopathy,
has not been proven by prospective, double-blind, controlled studies.
However, homeopathy has been gaining in popularity in Israel. 4 children of
religious parents are presented, who were treated by homeopathic medical
practitioners for cervical streptococcal lymphadenitis, acute lymphatic
leukemia, bacterial pneumonia and atopic dermatitis, respectively. The parents
of the latter 3 children rejected the correct medical diagnoses, as well as any
medical treatment offered by other medical practitioners. All of the children had
severe, unusual, but preventable complications. Alternative medicine, especially
homeopathic practice, is dealt with from medical, social and comparative law
aspects. The 4 cases are considered examples of a special kind of child
neglect, inadvertent child health neglect because of false beliefs or lack of
knowledge. The government is called upon to prevent this kind of child neglect
by education of the public and the enactment of appropriate laws and their
enforcement. This should be done even if the right to choose one's health
treatment system and practitioner is preferred to the right not to be offered
ineffective treatment.
Keywords: *Attitude to Health Case Report *Child Abuse Child Advocacy
Child, Preschool English Abstract *Homeopathy Human Israel
Parents/*PSYCHOLOGY
G. F. Tufo, "Anxiety," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 225-6, 1966.
Keywords: *Anxiety/*Homeopathy/Human
P. Turner, "Homoeopathic medicines and antidotes: some controlled investigations
[editorial]," Hum Toxicol, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 267-8, 1987.
Keywords: Animal/Clinical Trials/*Homeopathy/Human
R. N. Turner, "Self-medication and alternative prescribing," Practitioner, vol. 234, no.
1482, pp. 117-20, 1990.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine Drugs,
Non-Prescription/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE Homeopathy Human
Medicine, Herbal Minerals/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE *Self
Medication/ADVERSE EFFECTS Vitamins/ADMINISTRATION &
DOSAGE
L. R. Twentyman, "Homoeopathy. 3," Nurs Mirror Midwives J, vol. 144, no. 15, pp.
55-7, 1977.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
L. R. Twentyman, "Homoeopathy.2," Nurs Mirror Midwives J, vol. 144, no. 14, pp. 65-7,
1977.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
L. R. Twentyman, "Homeopathy. Part 1," Nurs Mirror Midwives J, vol. 144, no. 13, pp.
45-7, 1977.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
L. R. Twentyman, "The nature of homoeopathy," R Soc Health J, vol. 102, no. 5, pp.
221-5, 1982.
Keywords: Germany/Greece/History of Medicine, Ancient/History of
Medicine, 16th Cent./History of Medicine, 17th Cent./History of Medicine,
18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Philosophy, Medical
E. Underhill, "The why of failures in some cases well prescribed for," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 221-2, 1966.
Keywords: Case
Report/Child/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Infant/Male/Middle Age
E. Underhill, "Remedy sequence in a deeply chronic case," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60,
no. 5, pp. 150-1, 1967.
Keywords: Case Report/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age
M. Ungern-Sternber, "[Homeopathy is anthropologic medicine]," Med Klin, vol. 75, no. 17,
pp. 6-8, 1980.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
P. U. Unschuld, "The issue of structured coexistence of scientific and alternative medical
systems: a comparison of East and West German legislation," Soc Sci Med [Med
Anthropol], vol. 14B, no. 1, pp. 15-24, 1980.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/HISTORY/Anthroposophy/Comparative
Study/Germany/Germany, East/Germany, West/History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/Legislation, Drug/HISTORY/*Legislation,
Medical/HISTORY/Medicine, Herbal
C. Upton, "Psionic medicine in dentistry," Probe (Lond), vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 9, 11, 1980.
Keywords: *Dentistry/*Homeopathy/Parapsychology
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture: mouth diseases and eruption at the level of the
lips]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 25, no. 42, pp. 61-5, 1965.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/*Lip/Mouth Diseases/*THERAPY
L. P. Valery, "[Indispensable ideas to the practice of homeopathy]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 25,
no. 36, pp. 29-32, 1965.
Keywords: Drug Incompatibility/*Homeopathy
L. P. Valery, "[Prevention of growth disorders]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 25, no. 30, pp. 29-32,
1965.
Keywords: Child/*Growth/*Homeopathy/Human
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture. Mouth diseases and fissured commissures],"
Chir Dent Fr, vol. 36, no. 41, pp. 25-8, 1966.
Keywords:
*Acupuncture/Halitosis/*THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/*Labial Frenum
L. P. Valery, "[Diseases of the mouth and fissures of the lips]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 36, no.
20, pp. 37-40, 1966.
Keywords: Acupuncture/Homeopathy/Human/*Lip/Mouth
Diseases/*THERAPY
L. P. Valery, "[Mouth diseases and excoriation at the level of the lips," Chir Dent Fr, vol.
36, no. 2, pp. 27-31, 1966.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/Human/Mouth
Diseases/*THERAPY
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture: the possibility of their use during vacation],"
Chir Dent Fr, vol. 37, no. 28, pp. 43-8, 1967.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/Human
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture. Labial and buccal involvement]," Chir Dent
Fr, vol. 37, no. 46, pp. 73-5, 1967.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/Human/Mouth
Diseases/*THERAPY
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy--infantile diarrhea in general medicine and dentistry:
complications during tooth eruption]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 37, no. 25, pp. 37-8, 1967.
Keywords: *Diarrhea, Infantile/*Homeopathy/Human/Infant/*Tooth
Eruption/*Tooth, Deciduous
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture, buccal and labial diseases]," Chir Dent Fr,
vol. 37, no. 23, pp. 57-60, 1967.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/Human/Mouth
Diseases/*THERAPY
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy--isopathic drugs. Possibilities of their use in dentistry in the
treatment of periodontoses]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 37, no. 9, pp. 32-5, 1967.
Keywords: *Formularies, Homeopathic/*Homeopathy/Human/Periodontal
Diseases/*DRUG THERAPY
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 39-42,
1967.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/Human/Mouth
Diseases/*THERAPY
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture. Treatment of hemorrhages in general
medicine and in odonto-stomatology]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 38, no. 14, pp. 45-7, 1968.
Keywords:
*Acupuncture/Epistaxis/THERAPY/*Hemostasis/*Homeopathy/Human/Oral
Hemorrhage/THERAPY
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture. The possibilities of homeopathy in cardiac
diseases. Preparation of the patient for odonto-stomatologic interventions]," Chir Dent Fr,
vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 25-6, 1968.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/Heart Diseases/*Homeopathy/Human
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture: mouth and lip diseases]," Chir Dent Fr, vol.
39, no. 39, pp. 25-7, 1969.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/Human/Lip/*PATHOLOGY/Mouth
Diseases/*THERAPY
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture. Mouth diseases and lip affections]," Chir
Dent Fr, vol. 39, no. 27, pp. 23-5, 1969.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/Chancroid/*Homeopathy/Human/Lip/Mouth
Diseases/*THERAPY/Toothache/THERAPY
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy and acupuncture. Lip ulcerations and mouth diseases]," Chir
Dent Fr, vol. 39, no. 22, pp. 41-3, 1969.
Keywords: *Acupuncture/*Homeopathy/Human/*Lip/Mouth
Diseases/*THERAPY/Ulcer/THERAPY
L. P. Valery, "[Notions, indispensable for the practice of homeopathy: the drainage]," Chir
Dent Fr, vol. 39, no. 14, pp. 29-31, 1969.
Keywords: *Drainage/*Homeopathy/Human
L. P. Valery, "[Homeopathy--the constituants]," Chir Dent Fr, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 25-8,
1969.
Keywords: *Body
Constitution/Carbonates/Fluorides/*Homeopathy/Human/Phosphates
E. Valstar, "[Spontaneous regression of cancer; report of 7 cases (letter)]," Ned Tijdschr
Geneeskd, vol. 137, no. 7, pp. 373-4, 1993.
Keywords: Adult *Alternative Medicine Female Homeopathy Human Male
Neoplasms/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/THERAPY Remission, Spontaneous
E. van Ballegooie, "[Cheap alternative?]," Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd, vol. 128, no. 42, pp.
1977-8, 1984.
Keywords: Adult/Case Report/Diabetes Mellitus,
Insulin-Dependent/THERAPY/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Hypercalcemia/CHEMICALLY
INDUCED/Hypothyroidism/THERAPY/Male/Middle
Age/*Naturopathy/Orthomolecular Therapy/ADVERSE EFFECTS
F. S. van Dam, "[Alternative therapeutics; critical remarks with the report of the Muntendam
Committee]," Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd, vol. 125, no. 10, pp. 387-92, 1981.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/*Attitude of Health
Personnel/Homeopathy/Human/Netherlands/Physicians/*PSYCHOLOGY/Quackery
M. T. Van de Poll, "[Contribution of complementary therapies to obstetrics]," Soins
Gynecol Obstet Pueric Pediatr, no. 30, pp. 45-7, 1983.
Keywords: Acupuncture/*Alternative
Medicine/Female/Homeopathy/Human/*Obstetrics/Pregnancy/Reflexotherapy
H. M. van der Ploeg, M. J. Molenaar, and C. W. van Tiggelen, "[Use of alternative
treatments by patients with multiple sclerosis (see comments)]," Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd,
vol. 138, no. 6, pp. 296-9, 1994.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE. Survey on the use of alternative treatments by
patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). SETTING. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
DESIGN. Descriptive. METHOD. A structured telephone interview was
conducted with 100 MS patients randomly selected from the membership list
of the Dutch Multiple Sclerosis Society. RESULTS. At the time of the survey
26% of the 88 respondents reported current use of alternative treatments. An
additional 42% reported use of alternative treatments in the past, but had
ceased to take them. The currently most frequently used treatment was
homeopathy followed by vitamin treatments, paranormal treatments and
phytotherapy. The treatments most used in the past were paranormal
treatments, homeopathic remedies and enzyme therapy. Recommendations by
friends and relatives were strong incentives to start alternative treatment.
Patients ceased using these treatments when the treatments proved ineffective.
In general, the current users of alternative treatments had a favourable
impression of their alternative therapist. CONCLUSION. When compared
with patients with other chronic diseases, the use of alternative treatments by
MS patients is high.
Keywords: Adult Aged *Alternative Medicine English Abstract Female
Homeopathy Human Male Middle Age Motivation Multiple
Sclerosis/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY Netherlands Plants, Medicinal
Questionnaires Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Vitamins/THERAPEUTIC USE
N. van der Zouwe, F. S. van Dam, N. K. Aaronson, and G. J. Hanewald, "[Alternative
treatments in cancer; extent and background of utilization (see comments)]," Ned Tijdschr
Geneeskd, vol. 138, no. 6, pp. 300-6, 1994.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE. To determine the prevalence of use of alternative
cancer therapies, as well as the characteristics of the patients who use these
therapies, and their experiences with them. DESIGN. Descriptive study.
SETTING. Outpatient departments of several hospitals in North-Holland.
METHOD. In total, 1091 patients were asked to participate in the study; 949
patients agreed (87%): 535 women (56%) and 414 men, with an average age
of 62 years. The sample was stratified by diagnosis: 233 breast, 183 lung, 278
stomach/colon cancer and 255 patients with various other cancer diagnoses. A
structured face-to-face interview and several written questionnaires were used.
RESULTS. 2XOf the 949 patients, 9.4% were currently using an alternative
therapy in addition to conventional treatment, and 5.8% had used an alternative
treatment in the past but had subsequently stopped. Patients using alternative
therapies were relatively younger and more highly educated than patients who
chose not to use these therapies. Use of alternative therapies was more
frequent among patients undergoing palliative treatment and patients who were
actively dealing with the problems surrounding their disease. Only a minority of
the patients believed they could be cured by the alternative therapy; the
majority hoped it would help to slow the progression of their disease or
strengthen their resistance. CONCLUSION. The motivation for seeking
alternative treatment more often appears to be fear and uncertainty rather than
belief in the efficacy of the treatment. For many patients the use of alternative
therapies represents a means of dealing with the anxiety and stress surrounding
their disease.
Keywords: Adult Aged *Alternative Medicine Anxiety Educational Status
English Abstract Female Homeopathy Human Male Middle Age Motivation
Naturopathy Neoplasms/DIET THERAPY/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY
Netherlands Palliative Treatment Socioeconomic Factors Support, Non-U.S.
Gov't
A. M. van Dongen, "[Wrong questions, erroneous answers; an absurd choice (letter)]," Ned
Tijdschr Geneeskd, vol. 137, no. 7, 1993.
Keywords: *Anthroposophy Homeopathy/*STANDARDS Human Plants,
Medicinal *Quality of Health Care
P. van Duijn, "Is the evidence for homoeopathy reproducible? [letter; comment]," Lancet,
vol. 345, no. 8944, pp. 252; discussion 252-3, 1995.
Keywords: Allergens/*ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE Asthma/*DRUG
THERAPY/ETIOLOGY Drug Contamination *Homeopathy Human
J. van Ulsen, E. Stolz, and T. van Joost, "Chromate dermatitis from a homeopathic drug,"
Contact Dermatitis, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 56-7, 1988.
Keywords: Adult/Case Report/Chromates/*ADVERSE
EFFECTS/THERAPEUTIC USE/Dermatitis,
Contact/*ETIOLOGY/*Homeopathy/Human/Male
J. Vanatoru, "[Erroneous parallels (letter)]," Rev Med Brux, vol. 14, no. 3, 1993.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine *Homeopathy Human
M. J. Verhoef and L. R. Sutherland, "Alternative medicine and general practitioners.
Opinions and behaviour," Can Fam Physician, vol. 41, pp. 1005-11, 1995.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To describe general practitioners' opinions and
behaviour regarding alternative medicine. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey of
a random sample of Ontario and Alberta general practitioners. SETTING:
General practices in Ontario and Alberta. PARTICIPANTS: A questionnaire
was mailed to 400 general practitioners. Of the 384 eligible physicians, 200
completed the questionnaire. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Reported
beliefs and practices concerning alternative medicine. RESULTS: Acupuncture,
chiropractic, and hypnosis were considered most useful and reflexology,
naturopathy, and homeopathy least useful. Results showed 56% of general
practitioners believed that alternative medicine has ideas and methods from
which conventional medicine could benefit, 54% referred to alternative
practitioners, and 16% practised some form of alternative medicine. Province
of practice, place of graduation, training in alternative approaches, number of
alternative approaches perceived useful, and attitude toward alternative
medicine were clearly related to referring to alternative practitioners. Sex, age,
type of practice, training in alternative medicine, referring to alternative
practitioners, number of alternative approaches perceived useful, and attitude
toward alternative medicine were related to practicing alternative medicine.
CONCLUSION: Although acceptance and integration of alternative medicine
extend only to certain approaches, alternative medicine cannot be discounted in
general practice. A study encompassing all Canadian provinces could help in
planning medical education and developing policies to guide physician
behaviour.
Keywords: Adult Alberta *Alternative Medicine Cross-Sectional Studies
Female Human *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male Middle Age Ontario
Physicians, Family/*EDUCATION/*PSYCHOLOGY Questionnaires Referral
and Consultation
M. J. Verhoef and L. R. Sutherland, "General practitioners' assessment of and interest in
alternative medicine in Canada," Soc Sci Med, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 511-5, 1995.
Abstract: Canadian physicians' opinions about alternative medicine have, as
yet, not been assessed. The objectives of this pilot study were to assess general
practitioners': (1) desired involvement in alternative medicine; (2) perceived
demand for alternative medicine; and (3) beliefs about the efficacy of different
alternative approaches. The study design was a cross-sectional survey of 400
randomly selected Alberta and Ontario general practitioners. Of the 384
eligible physicians, 200 (52%) completed the questionnaire. Seventy-three
percent of physicians felt that they should have some knowledge about the
most important alternative treatments. However, with respect to other issues,
physicians desired less involvement with alternative medicine. Sixty-five percent
perceived a demand for alternative medicine from their patients, in particular
chiropractic. Alternative medicine was perceived to be needed most for
musculoskeletal problems and chronic pain or illness. Chiropractic, hypnosis
and acupuncture (for chronic pain) were believed to be most efficacious, while
homeopathy and reflexology were considered to be least efficacious.
Undergraduate, graduate clinical and continuing medical education will need to
address alternative treatments in order to provide physicians with up-to-date
and relevant information.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine *Attitude of Health Personnel Canada
Family Practice Human *Interprofessional Relations *Patient Care Team Pilot
Projects Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Treatment Outcome
A. Vickers, "Homoeopathy for recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. Use of daily
symptom score not validated [letter; comment]," Bmj, vol. 310, no. 6974, pp. 256-7, 1995.
Keywords: Controlled Clinical Trials *Homeopathy Human Recurrence
Research Design Respiratory Tract Infections/*THERAPY
A. Vickers, "Effects of homoeopathy. Trial puts negative gloss on essentially positive results
[letter; comment]," Bmj, vol. 311, no. 7003, 1995.
Keywords: Clinical Trials *Homeopathy
G. J. Visser and L. Peters, "Alternative medicine and general practitioners in The
Netherlands: towards acceptance and integration," Fam Pract, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 227-32,
1990.
Abstract: A questionnaire on alternative medicine was sent to 600 general
practitioners in the Netherlands. Most of the 360 (60%) GPs who replied
expressed on interest in alternative practice; and 47% revealed that they used
one or more alternative methods themselves, most often homoeopathy.
However, the number of patients given alternative treatment by each doctor
was small. Almost all (90%) of the GPs referred patients to alternative
practitioners. There is no reason to assume that GPs make use of alternative
methods just to meet their patients' wishes. A majority of the respondents
thought that these therapies included ideas and methods from which the regular
methods might benefit. Actual contacts with alternative practitioners are mostly
limited to those practicing acupuncture, homeopathy and manipulative medicine
with a regular medical or paramedical education. The integration of alternative
medicine within the medical system goes hand in hand with its acceptance by
general practitioners. Contact with medically or paramedically qualified
practitioners has hardly any legal implications for individual general
practitioners.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine *Attitude of Health Personnel *Family
Practice Human *Interprofessional Relations Netherlands Questionnaires
Referral and Consultation Regression Analysis Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
G. J. Visser, L. Peters, and J. J. Rasker, "Rheumatologists and their patients who seek
alternative care: an agreement to disagree," Br J Rheumatol, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 485-90,
1992.
Abstract: Alternative treatment, such as homoeopathy, acupuncture and
spiritual healing, are popular among patients with rheumatic diseases.
Rheumatologists are therefore likely to be confronted with patients who make
use of less orthodox health care. Patients' and rheumatologists' views on the
subject and on the rheumatologists' role, however, have not yet been assessed.
A questionnaire on alternative medicine was sent to all 101 practising Dutch
rheumatologists (response rate: 70%). After the results had been analysed 17
rheumatologists, seven rejecting alternative medicine and ten accepting it,
handed out a questionnaire to a sample of their patients: 1466 patient
questionnaires were distributed (response rate: 80%). Of the respondents 43%
had visited an alternative practitioner at least once for their rheumatism and
26% in the year before the survey was held. Hand healers, homoeopaths and
acupuncturists were most often visited. Rheumatologists, on their part, were not
too enthusiastic about these visits. Only patients' visits to spa treatment centres
were welcomed by a majority of them; visits of their patients to manipulative
therapists, acupuncturists and homoeopaths were judged positively by a large
minority, whereas other therapies were strongly disapproved. Nevertheless,
most patients informed their rheumatologist about their visiting an alternative
practitioner. A surprisingly low percentage of these patients noticed that the
rheumatologist did not sympathize with it. Although many patients paid a visit to
an alternative practitioner because regular care did not really help them, their
satisfaction with the alternative treatment turned out to be less than their
satisfaction with the rheumatologists' help.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT
250 WORDS)
Keywords: Acupuncture *Alternative Medicine Arthritis,
Rheumatoid/*THERAPY Attitude of Health Personnel Homeopathy Human
Mental Healing Netherlands Patient Acceptance of Health Care Patient
Satisfaction *Physician-Patient Relations Physician's Role Questionnaires
*Rheumatology Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
A. F. Vozianov and N. K. Simeonova, "[Homeopathic treatment of patients with prostate
gland adenoma]," Vrach Delo, no. 2, pp. 5-8, 1989.
Abstract: A study of urological patients confirmed the therapeutic effect of
homeopathic agents in high dilutions. According to authors' concept the acting
basis of this treatment is the information-force field appearing in the diluent and
increasing in the course of subsequent dilutions of the agent. The application
point are the higher regulatory centers of the body.
Keywords: Aged/Aged, 80 and over/English
Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Middle Age/Prostatic
Hypertrophy/DIAGNOSIS/*THERAPY
A. F. Vozianov and N. K. Simeonova, "[The late results of treatment with homeopathic
agents in patients with prostatic adenoma]," Vrach Delo, no. 7, pp. 93-5, 1990.
Abstract: The results of treatment with homeopathic remedies in dilutions
10(-400), 10(-2000), 10(-20000) are represented. The informative energetic
hologramic conception of homeopathy is proposed. The homeopathic drugs
are considered as holograms and the human organic as a biohologram. The
resonance is a mode of their interaction with a wide therapeutic effect as a
result.
Keywords: Dose-Response Relationship, Drug English Abstract Follow-Up
Studies *Homeopathy Human Male Prostatic Hypertrophy/*DRUG
THERAPY Remission Induction Time Factors
H. Wagner, K. Jurcic, A. Doenicke, E. Rosenhuber, and N. Behrens, "[Effect of
homeopathic drugs on the phagocytic activity of human granulocytes. In vitro tests in a
controlled single-blind study]," Arzneimittelforschung, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 1421-5, 1986.
Abstract: Four homeopathic drug preparations with extract dilutions between
D1 and D30 (expression for the homeopathic grade of potencies) and some
additives (minerals and animal toxins) were investigated, using two in vitro and
one in vivo phagocytosis models. All preparations enhanced significantly the
activity of phagocytosis in all used systems. In controlled prospective
single-blind studies with the preparations C and D performed on 12 and 14
verum and 13 male placebo volunteers respectively with i.v. injections within a
5-day treatment the phagocytosis indices were measured during 11 days using
the microscopic smear method. In both investigations the maximum of
phagocytosis activity was reached between the 4th and 5th day of injection.
After the 4th or 5th (next to the last or last) injection, a rapid decrease of
activity occurred which reached normal values on the 11th day. Other
laboratory parameters investigated were not influenced.
Keywords: Adult/Animal/Blood Chemical Analysis/Clinical Trials/English
Abstract/Female/Granulocytes/*DRUG
EFFECTS/*Homeopathy/Human/IgA/ANALYSIS/IgG/ANALYSIS/IgM/ANALYSIS/Luminescence/Mice/Phagocytosis/*DRUG
EFFECTS
H. Walach, "Does a highly diluted homoeopathic drug act as a placebo in healthy
volunteers? Experimental study of Belladonna 30C in double-blind crossover design--a pilot
study," J Psychosom Res, vol. 37, no. 8, pp. 851-60, 1993.
Abstract: A basic tenet of homoeopathy is that remedies which do not contain
active molecules can have effects on the healthy human organism, by virtue of
the specific preparation process of stepwise dilution and succussion, called
potentization. The claim that a so called high 'potency' of a homoepathic
remedy, Belladonna C30, could produce effects different from placebo, was
investigated in a pilot study. In a double-blind crossover trial, 4 weeks of
Belladonna C30 were compared to 4 weeks of placebo in 47 healthy
volunteers. Data were collected daily. The number and types of changes were
recorded into a predefined category system. Single-case evaluation showed
differences between the two experimental phases for 21 subjects. Group
evaluation showed no clearcut differences. The claim that homoeopathic
potencies can produce symptoms other than placebo in healthy subjects should
be put to further scrutiny.
Keywords: Adult Attitude to Health Belladonna
Alkaloids/*PHARMACOLOGY Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Double-Blind Method Drug Administration Schedule Female *Homeopathy
Human Male Pilot Projects *Placebo Effect Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
H. Walach, "[Is homeopathy accessible to research?]," Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax, vol.
83, no. 51-52, pp. 1439-47, 1994.
Abstract: This paper critically examines the scientific status of homeopathy.
Against the background of latest research and the theoretical presuppositions
of homeopathy, it is discussed, whether and how, homeopathy is amenable to
scientific research. At the outset, the principal notions of homeopathy: similarity,
potentiation and understanding of chronic diseases, are explained. Then the
question is posed whether in recent research these notions have found
adequate expression in research protocols, design and measured parameters.
Although there is quite a bulk of literature now, only few publications address
the principal notions of homeopathy adequately. It can be concluded, therefore,
that homeopathy has not, as yet, been properly investigated. The question is
addressed, how the homeopathic notion of the individual remedy should be put
into practice in clinical trials, and what kind of clinical trials are possible in
homeopathy. The necessity for placebo-controlled, randomized trials is
discussed and a modification of the classical design for long term studies is
introduced. Other research options are also shown. Finally, theoretical models
for the explanation of possible high-dilution effects are shortly introduced and
examined. It is argued that homeopathy is amenable to scientific research, and
the terms of such research are made explicit.
Keywords: Chronic Disease/THERAPY English Abstract *Homeopathy
Human *Research Research Design
R. S. Walker, "Homoeopathic medicine [letter]," Br Med J, vol. 1, no. 6171, 1979.
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel/Great Britain/*Homeopathy/Human
P. D. Wall, "Complementary medicine [letter; comment] [see comments]," Bmj, vol. 299,
no. 6712, pp. 1401-2, 1989.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Research Design
A. K. Wannamaker, "Effects of sulphur dynamizations on onions," J Am Inst Homeopath,
vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 287-95, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Sulfur/*PHARMACOLOGY/*Vegetables
W. I. Wardwell, "Alternative medicine in the United States," Soc Sci Med, vol. 38, no. 8,
pp. 1061-8, 1994.
Abstract: Since the term 'alternative medicine' is defined residually as anything
not regular medicine, it is not a useful category. It needs further specification in
order to facilitate empirical investigation of the many varied types of health
practices it denotes: namely, primitive medicine, folk medicine, herbal medicine,
homeopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, faith healing. New Age Healing, etc.
The author's earlier classification of health professions into ancillary, limited,
marginal, and quasi practitioners offers a fruitful set of categories for
investigating relationships between these groups and organized medicine, and
the movement of these groups from one status to another. Examples are the
evolution of osteopathy from marginal to full acceptance as orthodox, and
chiropractic's putative evolution from marginal to a limited medical profession.
Within the quasi professional group, further subclassification distinguishes
between folk and primitive healers, faith healers, and quacks; also between
those who heal using natural forces and those who frankly invoke supernatural
forces or entities.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD/*METHODS/*TRENDS Attitude of Health Personnel Human
Osteopathic Medicine Quackery United States
J. Wehner-Caroli, C. Scherwitz, F. Schweinsberg, and G. Fierlbeck, "[Exacerbation of
pustular psoriasis in mercury poisoning]," Hautarzt, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 708-10, 1994.
Abstract: A patient suffering from long-standing pustular psoriasis of the palms
was treated for 3 weeks with a mercury-containing drug. Exacerbation into
generalized pustular psoriasis developed. Mercury levels in blood and urine
were increased. After withdrawal of the mercury preparation, therapy with
DMPA (2,3-Dimercapto-1-propane-sulfonic acid), a mercury antidote, was
initiated, together with short-term treatment with aromatic retinoids and PUVA.
Within a few days mercury levels decreased significantly and the skin lesions
practically disappeared.
Keywords: Aged Case Report Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Drug
Eruptions/*DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY English Abstract *Homeopathy
Human Iodides/*ADVERSE EFFECTS/THERAPEUTIC USE Male Mercury
Compounds/*ADVERSE EFFECTS/THERAPEUTIC USE Mercury
Poisoning/*DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY Psoriasis/*CHEMICALLY
INDUCED/DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY Unithiol/THERAPEUTIC USE
M. G. Weiss, S. D. Sharma, R. K. Gaur, J. S. Sharma, A. Desai, and D. R. Doongaji,
"Traditional concepts of mental disorder among Indian psychiatric patients: preliminary
report of work in progress," Soc Sci Med, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 379-86, 1986.
Abstract: In a medically pluralistic setting a range of health care providers
offer not only different forms of treatment, but different ways of understanding
illness. Even within a single tradition, these concepts evolve over time. Chapters
in the classical texts of Ayurveda describe varieties of severe mental disorder
(unmada) arising from a particular humoral imbalance (dosa) or arising in
association with specific demons and deities (bhuta) that produce distinct
character changes and symptom patterns. Patients currently presenting for
treatment of mental disorder may describe their illness with reference to these
concepts, but they also rely on other indigenous traditional concepts such as
astrology, karma, the effects of other humoral relationships, such as semen loss
and so forth; or they may rely on ideas derived from cosmopolitan medicine or
both. Patients presenting to allopathic psychiatric centers in India were studied
to determine whether patterns of help seeking could be predicted from the
conceptual model by which they understood their illness. We elicited
explanatory models from patients and obtained a history of prior consultations
to other types of healer. Preliminary findings were notable for the pervasiveness
of prior use of folk healers and the prominence of somatic symptoms among
patients presenting to these allopathic physicians. Hypotheses regarding the
impact of explanatory models on patterns of medical help seeking require
further study from a larger and more diverse data base.
Keywords: *Attitude to Health/Comparative
Study/Female/Homeopathy/Human/India/Male/Medicine,
Ayurvedic/*Medicine, Traditional/Mental
Disorders/*PSYCHOLOGY/THERAPY/Mental Healing/Models,
Theoretical/Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S. B. Weld, "Minnesota's first homeopath: William H. Leonard, M.D," Conn Med, vol. 38,
no. 1, pp. 37-8, 1974.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th
Cent./Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Minnesota
W. N. Wesner, "Acute case taking," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 227-8,
1966.
Keywords: Diagnosis/*Homeopathy/Human
A. H. Westerhuis, I. A. Rigter, and W. G. de Ruyter, "[A brief introduction to veterinary
homeopathy]," Tijdschr Diergeneeskd, vol. 104, no. 3, pp. 133-5, 1979.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/*Veterinary Medicine
A. H. Westerhuis, "[Veterinary homeopathy 1984 (letter)]," Tijdschr Diergeneeskd, vol.
109, no. 10, pp. 420-3, 1984.
Keywords: Homeopathy/*TRENDS/Netherlands/Veterinary
Medicine/*TRENDS
A. H. Westerhuis, "[Nature in the news (2) (letter)]," Tijdschr Diergeneeskd, vol. 114, no.
1, 1989.
Keywords: *Attitude of Health Personnel/*Homeopathy/Human/Periodicals
J. C. Whorton, "Traditions of folk medicine in America," Jama, vol. 257, no. 12, pp.
1632-5, 1987.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 16th Cent./History of Medicine, 17th
Cent./History of Medicine, 18th Cent./History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History
of Medicine, 20th Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Life Style/Medicine,
Herbal/*Medicine, Traditional/United States/Warts/HISTORY
M. Wiesenauer and W. Gaus, "Double-blind trial comparing the effectiveness of the
homeopathic preparation Galphimia potentiation D6, Galphimia dilution 10(-6) and placebo
on pollinosis," Arzneimittelforschung, vol. 35, no. 11, pp. 1745-7, 1985.
Abstract: The preparation of homeopathic drugs is based on potentiation. In
this potentiation the primary substance is specially mixed with a carrier
(typically 90% ethanol) in the ratio 1:10. Usually this potentiation is done
repeatedly and the final drug is labeled, e.g., D6 which means a 6 times decimal
potentiation. In a controlled randomized strictly double-blind trial with 164
patients the effectiveness of homeopathically prepared Galphimia D6, a
conventional Galphimia dilution 10(-6) and a placebo was investigated for the
therapy of pollinosis. The average duration of treatment was about 5 weeks.
Although no statistical significance was achieved, it is remarkable that there was
a clear trend for the superiority of Galphimia D6 while the Galphimia dilution
10(-6) was about equally effective compared with placebo. The study itself
demonstrates that it is possible to do strictly controlled trials for homeopathic
drugs and with medical practitioners.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Clinical Trials/Comparative
Study/Double-Blind Method/Female/Follow-Up Studies/Hay Fever/*DRUG
THERAPY/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/Histamine
Antagonists/*THERAPEUTIC
USE/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Placebos/Plant
Extracts/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE/*THERAPEUTIC USE/*Plants,
Medicinal/Random Allocation/Solutions/Support, Non-U.S. Gov't/Vehicles
M. Wiesenauer, "[Homeopathy and pharmacology. Pharmacologic discussion of
homeopathic drugs]," Med Monatsschr Pharm, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 37-41, 1985.
Keywords: Drug Therapy/*Homeopathy/Human/*Pharmacology
M. Wiesenauer, "[Drugs for special therapies. Demonstration of the effectiveness of
homeopathy drugs]," Fortschr Med, vol. 107, no. 35, pp. 741-2, 752, 1989.
Abstract: The drugs employed in special types of therapy-phytotherapy,
homeopathy, anthroposophic medicines--are being used more and more
frequently. In view of the fact that they are equated by law with
chemical-synthetic drugs, they must meet the criteria of quality and
harmlessness. With respect to effectiveness, the specific peculiarities of these
special types of therapy have to be taken into account, and this is illustrated
taking homeopathic agents as an example.
Keywords: English Abstract/Formularies,
Homeopathic/*STANDARDS/Homeopathy/*METHODS/Human
M. Wiesenauer, W. Gaus, U. Bohnacker, and S. Haussler, "[Efficiency of homeopathic
preparation combinations in sinusitis. Results of a randomized double blind study with
general practitioners]," Arzneimittelforschung, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 620-5, 1989.
Abstract: In a controlled randomized double-blind trial carried out by 47
physicians in private practice with totally 152 patients with sinusitis the
therapeutic success of the following homeopathic drug preparations was
investigated: Group A: combination of luffa operculata D4, kalium bicromicum
D4 and cinnabaris D3. Group B: combination of kalium bicromicum D4 and
cinnabaris D3. Group C: luffa operculata D4. Group D: placebo. Criteria for
the therapeutic result were headache, blocked nasal breathing, trigeminal
tenderness, reddening and swelling of nasal mucosa and postnasal secretion.
There was no remarkable difference in the therapeutic success among the
investigated homeopathic drug combinations nor between the active drugs and
placebo. Averaged over all four groups 81% of the patients with acute sinusitis
and 67% of the patients with chronic sinusitis recovered. In the literature
comparable therapeutic results are reported for antibiotic therapy,
decongestant nose drops and for the drainage of nasal cavities.
Keywords: Adult/Clinical Trials/Double-Blind Method/English
Abstract/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Male/Random
Allocation/Sinusitis/*DRUG THERAPY
M. Wiesenauer, P. Groh, and S. Haussler, "[Naturopathy as a contribution to cost control.
Attempt at a cost analysis]," Fortschr Med, vol. 110, no. 17, pp. 311-4, 1992.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: A data analysis has been performed to investigate to
what extent naturopathy may contribute to reducing costs of medical care.
METHODS: The study included anonymous data from the second quarter of
1988 obtained from the North-Wurttemberg Kassenarztlichen Vereinigung
(insurance company). Physicians practicing in this area at that time were
compared to a similarly large collective of those designated additionally as
naturopaths and/or homeopaths. RESULTS: Differences between the two
groups were significant with respect to drug costs and disability certificates
however not with respect to physician fees.
Keywords: Cost Control/TRENDS English Abstract Germany Health Care
Costs/*TRENDS Homeopathy/*ECONOMICS Human
Naturopathy/*ECONOMICS Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
M. Wiesenauer, "[Psoriasis vulgaris. Possibilities and limits of natural healing methods]," Med
Monatsschr Pharm, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 78-82, 1994.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine *Homeopathy Human *Naturopathy
Psoriasis/ETIOLOGY/*THERAPY
H. Williams, "The effect of oral variolinum on subsequent primary vaccination," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 304-5, 1966.
Keywords: Child/Child,
Preschool/Female/*Homeopathy/Human/Infant/Male/*Smallpox
Vaccine/*Vaccination
H. N. Williams, "Amino acid excretion levels following homeopathic therapy," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 3, 1967.
Keywords: Adolescence/Adult/Amino
Acids/*URINE/Child/Chromatography/Female/Homeopathy/Human/Male
H. N. Williams, "The sensitive blood crystallization test in practice," J Am Inst Homeopath,
vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 107-9, 1967.
Keywords: Blood/*Crystallization/*Homeopathy/Human
H. N. Williams, "What is homeopathy?," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 14-5,
1967.
Keywords: Belladonna/*Homeopathy/Human
R. Wittern, "The origins of homoeopathy in Germany," Clio Med, vol. 22, pp. 51-63, 1991.
Keywords: Germany History of Medicine, 18th Cent. History of Medicine,
19th Cent. Homeopathy/*HISTORY Human
I. Wolffers and S. de Moree, "[Use of alternative treatments by HIV-positive and AIDS
patients in The Netherlands (see comments)]," Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd, vol. 138, no. 6, pp.
307-10, 1994.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE. To analyse the use of alternative treatments by
HIV-positive and AIDS patients. DESIGN. Questionnaire. SETTING.
Members of the HIV association, the Dutch association of haemophilia
patients, and people under treatment of a certain alternative healer. METHOD.
708 questionnaires were sent out. RESULTS. Of 206 respondents with
HIV/AIDS 30.6% used alternative treatments. Of these 24% had already used
alternative methods before the diagnosis, 27% started with alternative therapy
after the HIV-positive diagnosis, and 13% did so when the number of CD4+
T-cells began to decrease. The treatments were mostly mega-vitamin treatment
(51%), psychological techniques (46%) and homeopathy (40%). Half the
patients using alternative therapies did so on instigation and with support of
their family physician. Many patients (37%) felt better using alternative therapy
and 34% were satisfied with it because it gave them the feeling they were
actively increasing their own resistance capacity.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY Adult *Alternative Medicine English
Abstract Female HIV Seropositivity/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY Human
Male Motivation Netherlands Orthomolecular Therapy Patient Satisfaction
O. D. Wolthers, "[Use of alternative forms of treatment by patients attending a pediatric
outpatient clinic. A questionnaire study]," Ugeskr Laeger, vol. 151, no. 2, pp. 87-90, 1989.
Abstract: A questionnaire investigation was sent to 402 patients attending a
paediatric outpatient clinic. 94% replied. 31% had received alternative
treatment. At the time of the investigation 8% were receiving treatment. In 70%
of the children receiving alternative treatment, the reason for this treatment was
identical with the diagnosis in the outpatient clinic. No sex differences were
observed in seeking alternative treatment. The frequency was lowest for
children aged 0-1 years (21%) and highest for children aged 6-7 years (42%).
Fewest of the children came from social group V (25%) and the most
numerous were from social group II (38%). 49% had paid less than 1,000
Danish crowns (approximately 80 pounds: -) and 9% had paid more than
2,000 Danish crowns (approximately 160 pounds: -) for the treatment. In 60%
of the children, alternative treatment was sought on prompting from the family
and friends. The commonest reasons for treatment were asthma/allergy (47%)
and back/joint symptoms (11%). The commonest forms of treatment were
osteopathy (50%), zone therapy (19%) and homeopathy (18%). 41% of the
children receiving alternative treatment received orthodox medical treatment
simultaneously. 77% of these continued the orthodox treatment prescribed by
their practitioner unchanged. Thus, the patients thus sought manual and
technical forms of therapy, frequently as a supplement rather than a genuine
alternative to the treatment prescribed by the practitioner.
Keywords: *Alternative Medicine/Child/Denmark/English
Abstract/Human/*Pediatrics/Questionnaires/Socioeconomic Factors
R. E. Wright-St Clair, "Medical registration in New Zealand," N Z Med J, vol. 85, no. 584,
pp. 229-31, 1977.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./Homeopathy/HISTORY/Legislation, Medical/*HISTORY/Licensure,
Medical/*HISTORY/New Zealand/*Registries
L. Wurmser, "Evolution of research in homeopathy," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 3,
pp. 68-91, 1967.
Keywords: France/History of Medicine/History of Medicine,
Modern/Homeopathy/*HISTORY/Research/*HISTORY
Y. Yodfat, "[Homeopathy--science or dogma? (editorial)]," Harefuah, vol. 107, no. 7-8,
pp. 207-8, 1984.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Philosophy/Science
W. W. Young, "The homeopathic trend in modern medical thought," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 281-6 concl, 1965.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human
W. W. Young, "The homeopathic trend in modern medical thought," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 361-4 concl, 1966.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/*Hypersensitivity/*Immunity, Active
W. W. Young, "Co-existence," J Am Inst Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 139-43, 1967.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/United States
W. W. Young, "The homeopathic trend in modern medical thought," J Am Inst
Homeopath, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 104-6 concl, 1967.
Keywords: *Homeopathy
E. Zajta, "[Continuity of two discontinued homeopathic journals (letter)]," Orv Hetil, vol.
135, no. 44, 1994.
Keywords: History of Medicine, 19th Cent. Homeopathy/*HISTORY
Hungary Periodicals/*HISTORY
J. Zehetgruber, "[Homeopathy--quackery or science?]," Osterr Krankenpflegez, vol. 39,
1986.
Keywords: *Homeopathy/Human/Philosophy, Medical
J. Zell, W. D. Connert, J. Mau, and G. Feuerstake, "[Treatment of acute sprains of the ankle
joint. Double-blind study assessing the effectiveness of a homeopathic ointment
preparation]," Fortschr Med, vol. 106, no. 5, pp. 96-100, 1988.
Keywords: Adult/Ankle Joint/*INJURIES/Athletic
Injuries/*THERAPY/Clinical Trials/Double-Blind Method/English
Abstract/*Homeopathy/Human/Ointments/*THERAPEUTIC USE/Sprains
and Strains/*THERAPY
W. Zimmermann, "[Herbal amaroids in gastroenterology]," ZFA (Stuttgart), vol. 52, no.
23, pp. 1178-84, 1975.
Keywords: Gastrointestinal Diseases/*DRUG
THERAPY/*Homeopathy/Human/Methods/Plant Extracts/THERAPEUTIC
USE
W. Zimmermann, "[Alternative procedures: not only of medical history interest.
Constitutional therapy of Berhard Ascher]," Fortschr Med, vol. 111, no. 24, pp. 16-8,
1993.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine/*HISTORY Germany History of Medicine,
20th Cent. Homeopathy/*HISTORY Human
R. Zissu, "[The place of homeopathy in modern medicine]," Rev Odontostomatol (Paris),
vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 491-8, 1974.
Keywords: Ambulatory Care/Child/Dental
Caries/THERAPY/Disease/CLASSIFICATION/ETIOLOGY/English
Abstract/History of Medicine, 19th Cent./History of Medicine, 20th
Cent./*Homeopathy/HISTORY/Human/Hypersensitivity/THERAPY/*Medicine/Mouth
Diseases/THERAPY/Psychophysiologic Disorders/THERAPY/Substance
Dependence/THERAPY/Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S./Tooth
Diseases/THERAPY
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