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La homeopatía emplea el denominado 'principio de similares' como método terapéutico el cual consiste en administrar medicamentos que provocan ciertos síntomas en individuos sanos para tratar síntomas similares en individuos enfermos (similia similibus curantur) - para inducir una reacción curativa secundaria del cuerpo en contra de sus propios trastornos. Esta reacción secundaria (vital, homeostática o paradójica) del cuerpo se basa en el 'efecto de rebote' de los fármacos modernos, un tipo de evento adverso que se produce después de interrumpir varias clases de fármacos prescritos según el 'principio de los contrarios' (contraria contrariis curantur). Objetivo: La presente revisión ha buscado justificar científicamente el principio de curación homeopática frente a la farmacología clínica y experimental a través de un estudio sistemático del efecto de rebote de los fármacos modernos o reacción paradójica del cuerpo. Métodos: Empleando como referencia estudios y revisiones sobre el tema publicados a partir de 1998, actualizamos los datos añadiendo estudios recientes incluidos en la base de datos PubMed. Resultados: El efecto de rebote se produce después de interrumpir varias clases de fármacos con acción contraria a los síntomas de las enfermedades, exacerbándolos a niveles superiores a aquellos previos al tratamiento. Independientemente de la enfermedad, fármaco, dosis y duración del tratamiento, el fenómeno del rebote se manifiesta en una pequeña proporción de los individuos susceptibles. Siguiendo las premisas homeopáticas, los fármacos modernos también podrían usarse según el principio de la similitud terapéutica, empleando entonces el efecto de rebote (reacción paradójica) con propósito curativo. Conclusiones: Evidenciado por cientos de estudios que constatan la similitud de conceptos y manifestaciones, el efecto de rebote de los fármacos modernos justifica científicamente el principio de la cura homeopática. Aunque el fenómeno de rebote es un evento adverso estudiado por la farmacología moderna, no es conocido por los profesionales de la atención médica, lo cual priva a los médicos de un conocimiento indispensable para el manejo seguro de los fármacos.
Homeopathy employs the so-called 'principle of similars' as therapeutic method - which consists in administering medicines that cause certain symptoms in healthy individuals to treat similar symptoms in sick individuals (similia similibus curantur) - to induce a secondary and healing reaction by the body against its own disorders. This secondary (vital, homeostatic or paradoxical) reaction of the body is based on the 'rebound effect' of modern drugs, a type of adverse event that occurs following discontinuation of several classes of drugs prescribed according to the 'principle of contraries' (contraria contrariis curantur). Aim: The present review sought to scientifically substantiate the homeopathic healing principle vis-à-vis experimental and clinical pharmacology through a systematic study of the rebound effect of modern drugs or paradoxical reaction of the body. Methods: Employing as reference studies and revisions on the subject published since 1998, we updated the data adding recent studies included in database PubMed. Results: The rebound effect occurs after discontinuation of several classes of drugs with action contrary to the symptoms of diseases, exacerbating them to levels above the ones before treatment. Regardless of disease, drug, dose and duration of treatment, the rebound phenomenon manifests in a small proportion of susceptible individuals. Following the homeopathic premises, modern drugs might also be used according to the principle of therapeutic similitude, thus employing the rebound effect (paradoxical reaction) with curative intent. Conclusions: Evidenced by hundreds of studies that attest to the similarity of concepts and manifestations, the rebound effect of modern drugs scientifically substantiates the principle of homeopathic cure. Although the rebound phenomenon is an adverse event studied by modern pharmacology, it is not known by health care professionals, thus depriving doctors of knowledge indispensable for safe management of drugs.
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Pharmacodynamics of Homeopathic Remedy , /statistics & numerical data , Rebound Effect , Rebound EffectABSTRACT
Traditional Chinese medicine has multi-component, multi-target, and multi-path action characteristics and complexity, which makes the task of modernizing traditional Chinese medicine arduous, and many medical researchers have made unremitting efforts to this end. The development of systems biology and omics has ushered in an opportunity for the integration of traditional Chinese medicine and modern science. In particular, the characteristics integrity, dynamics, personalization, and interaction with the environment of epigenetics and metabolomics are consistent with function concept of traditional Chinese medicine. The application of popular DNA methylation, histone modifications, miRNA regulation of epigenetic research, and the application of metabolomics in the substance basis, quality control, pharmacodynamic action mechanism in traditional Chinese medicine research are reviewed in this paper. This paper also puts forward the idea that combining the two and innovative application can clarify the scientific connotation of the whole action mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine and the mechanism of multi-component, multi-channel, and multi-target synergistic action at the micro level, and explore a new research model for the scientific connotation of the core thought of traditional Chinese medicine.
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INTRODUÇÃO: O modelo homeopático de tratamento utiliza o princípio dos semelhantes como método terapêutico, administrando medicamentos que causam determinados sintomas em indivíduos sadios para tratar sintomas semelhantes em indivíduos doentes (similia similibus curantur), com o intuito de despertar uma reação secundária e curativa do organismo contra os seus próprios distúrbios. Essa reação secundária (vital, homeostática ou paradoxal) do organismo está embasada no efeito rebote dos fármacos modernos, evento adverso observado após a descontinuação de diversas classes de drogas que utilizam o princípio dos contrários (contraria contrariis curantur) como método terapêutico...
INTRODUCTION: Homeopathy employs the so-called principle of similarsas therapeutic method, which consists in administering medicines thatcause certain symptoms in healthy individuals to treat similar symptomsin sick individuals (similia similibus curantur) to arouse a secondaryand healing reaction by the body against its own disorders. Thissecondary (vital, homeostatic or paradoxical) reaction of the body isbased on the rebound effect of modern drugs, a type of adverseevent that occurs following discontinuation of several classes of drugsprescribed according to the principle of contraries (contraria contrariiscurantur)....
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Humans , Homeopathy , Pharmacodynamics of Homeopathic Remedy , Rebound Effect , Principle of Similarity , PharmacologyABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Homeopathy employs the so-called principle of similars as therapeutic method - which consists in administering medicines that cause certain symptoms in healthy individuals to treat similar symptoms in sick individuals (similia similibus curantur) - to induce a secondary and healing reaction by the body against its own disorders. This secondary (vital, homeostatic or paradoxical) reaction of the body is based on the rebound effect of modern drugs, a type of adverse event that occurs following discontinuation of several classes of drugs prescribed according to the principle of contraries (contraria contrariis curantur). AIM: The present review sought to scientifically substantiate the homeopathic healing principle vis-à-vis experimental and clinical pharmacology through a systematic study of the rebound effect of modern drugs or paradoxical reaction of the body. METHODS: Employing as reference studies and revisions on the subject published since 1998, we updated the data adding recent studies included in database PubMed. RESULTS: The rebound effect occurs after discontinuation of several classes of drugs with action contrary to the symptoms of diseases, exacerbating them to levels above the ones before treatment. [...]. Following the homeopathic premises, modern drugs might also be used according to the principle oftherapeutic similitude, thus employing the rebound effect (paradoxical reaction) with curative intent. CONCLUSIONS: Evidenced by hundreds of studies that attest to the similarityof concepts and manifestations, the rebound effect of modern drugs scientifically substantiates the principle of homeopathic cure. Although the rebound phenomenon is anadverse event studied by modern pharmacology, it is not known by health care professionals, thus depriving doctors of knowledge indispensable for safe management of drugs.
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Humans , Homeopathy , Pharmacodynamics of Homeopathic Remedy , Rebound Effect , Principle of Similarity , PharmacologyABSTRACT
La Homeopatía se basa en principios y un sistema de conocimientos diferentes a los que apoyan al modelo biomédico convencional: este conflicto epistemológico es el motivo fundamental que explica por qué la Homeopatía es tan difícil de aceptar por el razonamiento científico de nuestros días. Para legitimar la Homeopatía según las normas de este último, la investigación deberá confirmar la validez de sus preceptos básicos: el principio de similitud terapéutica, la experimentación de los medicamentos en personas saludables, la prescripción individualizada y el uso de altas diluciones. En consecuencia, la investigación básica debe proporcionar datos y modelos experimentales para corroborar estos supuestos básicos, mientras que los ensayos clínicos tienen por objeto confirmar la eficacia y efectividad de la Homeopatía en el tratamiento de la enfermedad. Este artículo aborda el modelo epistemológico de la Homeopatía sobre sus principios básicos con los datos resultantes de los diferentes campos de la investigación experimental moderna y apoya su uso terapéutico en los resultados de los ensayos clínicos disponibles. A este respecto, el principio de la individualización del tratamiento es la condición sine qua non para hacer operativa la similitud terapéutica y, en consecuencia, para exponer la eficacia y la efectividad clínica del tratamiento homeopático.
Homeopathy is based on principles and a system of knowledge different from the ones supporting the conventional biomedical model: this epistemological conflict is the underlying reason explaining why homeopathy is so difficult to accept by present-day scientific reason. To legitimize homeopathy according to the standards of the latter, research must confirm the validity of its basic assumptions: principle of therapeutic similitude, trials of medicines on healthy individuals, individualized prescriptions and use of high dilutions. Correspondingly, basic research must supply experimental data and models to substantiate the basic assumptions, whilst clinical trials aim at confirming the efficacy and effectiveness of homeopathy in the treatment of disease. This article discusses the epistemological model of homeopathy relating its basic assumptions with data resulting from different s of modern experimental research and supporting its therapeutic use on the outcomes of available clinical trials. In this regard, the principle of individualization of treatment is the sine qua non condition to make therapeutic similitude operative and consequently for homeopathic treatment to exhibit clinical efficacy and effectiveness.
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Humans , Fundamentals of Homeopathy/history , Homeopathy , Pharmacodynamics of Homeopathic Remedy , Biomedical Research/methods , Evidence-Based Medicine , Principle of SimilarityABSTRACT
The homeopathic model applies the secondary action or vital reaction of the organism as a therapeutic method and thus prescribes treatment by similitude, which consists in administering to ill individuals substances that cause similar symptoms in healthy individuals. The vital, homeostatic or paradoxical reaction of the organism might be explained scientifically by means of the rebound effect of modern drugs, which might cause fatal iatrogenic events after discontinuation of antipathic (a term used in alternative medicine for palliative treatment, also known as enantiopathic) treatment. Although the rebound effect is studied by modern pharmacology, it is poorly communicated to and discussed among healthcare professionals, who are thus deprived of information needed for the safe management of modern drugs. This article presents an up-to-date review on the rebound effect of modern drugs that grounds the homeopathic principle of healing and calls the attention of doctors to this type of adverse effect that is usually unnoticed. The rebound effect of modern palliative drugs, which was pointed out by Hahnemann more than two centuries ago, might cause fatal adverse events and is illustrated by the examples of acetylsalicylic acid, anti-inflammatory agents, bronchodilators, antidepressants, statins, proton-pump inhibitors, etc. Although the rebound effect is expressed by a small fraction of (susceptible) individuals and might be avoided by gradual tapering of antipathic drugs, it exhibits epidemiologic importance as a function of the massive use of such palliative drugs and the lack of knowledge in its regard.
O modelo homeopático aplica a ação secundária ou reação vital do organismo como método terapêutico. Assim, propõe o tratamento por semelhança, que consiste em administrar aos doentes substâncias que produzem sintomas similares em pessoas sadias. A reação vital, homeostática ou paradoxal do organismo pode ser explicada cientificamente com base no efeito rebote das drogas modernas. Este pode produzir eventos iatrogênicos fatais depois da suspensão do tratamento antipático (ou enantiopático, termo utilizado em medicina alternativa para se referir ao tratamento paliativo). Embora o efeito rebote é abordado pela farmacologia moderna, é pouco difundido e discutido pelos profissionais da saúde que, assim, são privados de informação necessária para o manejo seguro das drogas modernas. Este artigo apresenta uma revisão atualizada do efeito rebote das drogas modernas e que também embasa o princípio homeopático da cura. Apontado por Hahnemann mais de dois séculos atrás, o efeito rebote das drogas paliativas modernas pode causar efeitos adversos fatais, como ilustram os exemplos do ácido salicílico, anti-inflamatórios, broncodilatadores, antidepressivos, estatinas, inibidores da bomba de prótons, etc. Embora o efeito rebote seja expressado por uma pequena parte de indivíduos (suscetíveis) e possa ser evitando através da retirada gradual das drogas antipáticas, atinge importância epidemiológica devido ao uso maciço dessas drogas e do desconhecimento a seu respeito.
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Humans , Iatrogenic Disease , Principle of Similarity , Pharmacodynamics of Homeopathic Remedy , Rebound EffectABSTRACT
Homeopathy is based on principles and a system of knowledge different from the ones supporting the conventional biomedical model: this epistemological conflict is the underlying reason explaining why homeopathy is so difficult to accept by present-day scientific reason. To legitimize homeopathy according to the standards of the latter, research must confirm the validity of its basic assumptions: principle of therapeutic similitude, trials of medicines on healthy individuals, individualized prescriptions and use of high dilutions. Correspondingly, basic research must supply experimental data and models to substantiate the basic assumptions, whilst clinical trials aim at confirming the efficacy and effectiveness of homeopathy in the treatment of disease. This article discusses the epistemological model of homeopathy relating its basic assumptions with data resulting from different s of modern experimental research and supporting its therapeutic use on the outcomes of available clinical trials. In this regard, the principle of individualization of treatment is the sine qua non condition to make therapeutic similitude operative and consequently for homeopathic treatment to exhibit clinical efficacy and effectiveness.
A Homeopatia é baseada em princípios e em um sistema de conhecimentos diferentes daqueles que suportam o modelo biomédico convencional. Este conflito epistemológico é a principal justificativa para a dificuldade em aceitá-la, com base no raciocínio científico predominante. Para legitimar a Homeopatia de acordo com tais padrões, devemos realizar pesquisas que validem seus conceitos básicos: o princípio da similitude terapêutica, experimentação de medicamentos em indivíduos sadios, prescrições individualizadas e o uso de altas diluições. Da mesma forma, a pesquisa básica deve fornecer dados experimentais e modelos teóricos capazes de lidar com os princípios homeopáticos, enquanto a experimentação clínica deve confirmar a eficácia e efetividade da Homeopatia no tratamento das doenças. Este artigo discute o modelo epistemológico da Homeopatia, justificando seus princípios básicos com dados experimentais extraídos de diferentes áreas de pesquisa e referendando seu uso terapêutico em resultados de ensaios clínicos. Neste contexto, o princípio da individualização do tratamento é uma condição sine qua non para operacionalizar a similitude terapêutica e, consequentemente, para o tratamento homeopático exibir eficácia e efetividade clínica.
La Homeopatía esta basada en principios y en un sistema de conocimientos diferentes de aquellos que soporta el modelo biomédico convencional. Este conflicto epistemológico es la principal justificativa para la dificultad en aceptarla, con base en el raciocinio científico predominante.Para legitimar la Homeopatía de acuerdo con tales padrones, debemos realizar investigaciones que validen sus conceptos básicos: el principio de la similitud terapéutica, la experimentación de medicamentos en individuos sanos, prescripciones individualizadas y el uso de altas diluciones. De la misma forma, la investigación básica debe fornecer datos experimentales y modelos teóricos capazes de contemplar los principios homeopáticos, entre tanto la experimentación clinica debe confirmar la eficacia y efectividad de la homeopatía en el tratamiento de las enfermedades. Este artículo discute el modelo epistemológico de la homeopatía, justificando sus principios básicos con datos experimentales extraidos de diferentes areas de investigación y respaldando su uso terapéutico con base en resultados de ensayos clinicos. En este contexto el principio de la individualización del tratamiento es una condición sine qua non para operacionalizar la similitud terapéutica y consecuentemente para el tratamiento homeopático exibir eficacia y efectividad clinicas.
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Materia Medica , Fundamentals of Homeopathy , Principle of Similarity , Pluralist Therapy , Biomedical Research , Education, MedicalABSTRACT
Objective To clarify the influence on component and pharmacological action of Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) as complementary therapeutic agents prepared by different extraction and purification techniques. Methods Components of APS prepared by different extraction and purification techniques were analyzed, and these APS were used for synergy and attenuation of chemotherapy, radiotherapy treatment with H22 liver cancer and Lewis lung cancer of tumor-bearing mice, and also used for the regulation of immune function to immunosuppression mice. Results Experimental data were analyzed by means of statistical method to get pharmaco-result: A3 (extracted by microwave assistance and purified by membrane separation) > A4 (extracted by refluxing and purified by membrane separation) > A1 (extracted by refluxing and no purification)≈ A2 (extracted by microwave assistance and no purification). There were no significant differences on pharmacodynamic action between A1 and A2. However, compared with A1 and A2,it was worth noting that A3 and A4 exhibited good pharmacodynamic action. Then A3-in and A4-in, the samples in dialyzer after dialysis, were separated and purified to get homogeneous APS, which were the principal constituents of APS in dialyzer, with the molecular weight (Mw) of 7669 and 14 142 determined by HPGPC, respectively. The average Mw of APS outside of the dialyzer, A3-out was 3102 and A4-out 3256, which were the main compositions of A3 and A4, accounted for 79.63% and 53.92%, respectively. Conclusion APS with Mw about 5000 Da exhibit better antitumor effect and immunological activity. Refluxing, microwave assistance extractions, and membrane enrichment techniques bring different cases on Mw distribution, components and pharmacodynamic action, and obviously exhibit relationship among component, Mw distribution, and pharmacological action.
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Aim: To establish the metabolic fingerprint and profile of bioactive components in human plasma after sublingual administration of compound Danshen dripping pills. Methods: Human plasma samples were collected at different time intervals. Powerlab tension system was used to measure their ability of expanding blood vessel and column switching system was employed to purify and enrich the components of interest. Results: The plasma sample of 1.5h had the strongest ability for expanding blood vessel, and had five new peaks in the chromatogram. Conclusion: After being identified, the intensity ratio of these 5 peaks was calculated. The diagram called metabolic profile was established to link bioactive compounds with pharmacodynamic action.
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[Qbjective]To observe the effects of Zidian prescription extracted by two kinds of process on ITP mice.[Methods] Using APS to inject into mice to induce the ITP model.Mice were divided into 6 groups: C,M,DC,X,S and G groups.The number of platelet on 7th day and 14th day were measured in mice.Meanwhile the weight on 7th day and 14th day and the degree of subcutaneous bleeding were recorded.[Results]There is no significant difference in weight and the number of platelet in all groups before the experiment.Compared with the C group,the weight is in down trend in M group on 7th day,the weight and the number of platelet were declined in M group on 14th day,the petechia was more clearly in M group.Compared with the M group,the weight is up trend in DC,X,S and G groups on 7th day,the weight and the number of platelet are enhanced in DC,X,S and G groups on 14th day,the petechia was decreased in DC,S and G groups significantly.Compared with the DC group,the number of platelet is decreased in X,S and G groups.Compared with the X group,the number of platelet is increased in S and G groups.[Conclusion] Zidian prescription extracted by two kinds of extraction process has an remedial effect on ITP mouse.There is no significant difference between the two kinds of extraction process.
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In this experiment,Xiaochaihu Oral Liquid was found to possess marked functions of inhibition on hydrops of rat articulatio talocruralis(p