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A total of 33 dairy lactating cows suffering from subclinical mastitis were classified into group A (10 cows), group B (12 cows) and group C (11 cows). They were treated with the combination of homeopathic drugs and placebo, applied at the 4th and 3rd week antepartum (a.p), and continuing every week postpartum (p.p), for four times. Group A received Coenzyme comp® (in the 4th and 3rd week a.p), Lachesis comp® combined with Traumeel®(1st and 2nd week p.p) and Coenzyme comp® combined with Carduus comp® (3rd and 4th week p.p). Group B received Traumeel®+ Mucosa comp® (4th and 3rd week a.p), Lachesis comp®+ Traumeel® (1st and 2nd week p.p) and Coenzyme comp®+ Carduus comp® (3rd and 4th week p.p) and group C as a placebo. The incidence of subclinical mastitis in group A and C appeared irregular. In contrast, group B showed a constant percentage (33.3%). Group A and B showed significant response to the homeopathic drugs, expressed as an increasing of the somatic cell count value. At peripartal phase, haptoglobin increased in group B 0.80 mg/ml and group A as well as placebo 1.40 mg/ml. After calving, group B expressed a constant value (0.05 mg/ml), while group A and placebo rose significantly. The milk yield in normal lactation period (the 3rd - 7th month) increased significantly, with an increasing 14.1% for group B and 4.9% A respectively.
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Mastitis , Homeopathy , Formulary, HomeopathicABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the recent scientific research progress on homeopathy. METHODOLOGY: Homeopathy was evaluated in terms of its clinical research; in vitro research, and physical foundations. The Medline database was the main reference source for the present research, concerning data of approximately the last 10 years. Secondary references (not available in this database) were obtained by means of direct requests to authors listed in the primary references. RESULTS: Clinical studies and in vitro research indicate the inefficacy of homeopathy. Some few studies with positive results are questionable because of problems with the quality and lack of appropriate experimental controls in these studies. The most recent meta-analyses on the topic yielded negative results. One of the few previous meta-analyses with positive results had serious publication bias problems, and its results were later substantially reconsidered by the main authors. The sparse in vitro homeopathic research with positive results has not been replicated by independent researchers, had serious methodological flaws, or when replicated, did not confirm the initial positive results. A plausible mechanism for homeopathic action is still nonexistent, and its formulation, by now, seems highly unlikely. CONCLUSIONS: As a result of the recent scientific research on homeopathy, it can be concluded that ample evidence exists to show that the homeopathic therapy is not scientifically justifiable
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Humans , Homeopathy , Publication Bias , Evidence-Based Medicine , Formulary, Homeopathic , MEDLINE , Pharmacopoeias, Homeopathic as Topic , ResearchABSTRACT
Los medicamentos homeopáticos son preparados a partir de productos de los 3 reinos de la naturaleza. La homeopatía es un sistema con leyes, principios y medicamentos propios. La principal ley homeopática es ôSimilia similibus curenturö, enunciada por Hipócrates y retomada y desarrollada por Samuel F.C. Hahnemann, su fundador. Evidentemente, existe un sinnúmero de formas de cáncer y cada una tiene sus características propias y exige sus cuidados adecuados, por consiguiente, no se puede hablar de un tratamiento específico, general, para todas las formas de cáncer. A continuación se propone analizar las tendencias internacionales en el uso de la homeopatía para el tratamiento de algunos tipos de cáncer
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Carcinoma , Formulary, Homeopathic , Homeopathy , Neoplasms , Plant Extracts , Plants, MedicinalABSTRACT
Conocer que en la Farmacia "Garay", en la ciudad de Sagua la Grande, provincia de Villa Clara, Cuba, consultaban, prescribían, preparaban y expendían medicamentos homeopáticos, con gran demanda y aceptación, desde 1918 y hasta 1963, determinó que nos propusiéramos caracterizar su funcionamiento. Como técnica cualitativa para obtener la información se utilizó la entrevista no estructurada aplicada en forma individual a 58 personas (médicos, farmacéuticos o prácticos de farmacia de la época estudiada, conocedores de la historia de la ciudad, vecinos de las cuadras en que vivía la familia Garay y estaba situada la Farmacia, familiares contemporáneos, internos del Hogar de Ancianos y asistentes a la Casa del Abuelo). No hay antecedente de tan prolongada existencia de la homeopatía en nuestro país, lo que nos permite afirmar que fue en esta ciudad donde estuvo el último bastión de la homeopatía en Cuba en su primera etapa, como baluarte de esta terapéutica