Complaints and diagnoses in homoeopathic practice

As part of a 4-phase research project, 58 homoeopathic physicians, all members of VHAN(Dutch Association of Homoeopathic Physicians) registered for 1 week the complaints and diagnoses according to ICPC-code of the first 30 patients given exclusively homoeopathic treatment during that week

Lessons learnt from an unsuccessful clinical trial of homoeopathy

In a randomized, double-blind study, the effects of individualized homoeopathy in patients suffering from proctocolitis were investigated. The study was controlled against conventional therapy and placebo. Individually indicated homoeopathic medicines were prescribed in the 30c, 200c or 1.000c potencies. The researches did not succeed in attracting sufficient numbers of participants to arrive at statistically significant conclusions. The total number of patients in the three combined groups was only 20, which was far below the target figure. The causes of this are discussed. Bowel habit and subjective parameters were assessed by a weekly health calendar. This calendar had not been previously validated. The conventional group scored best: eight out of ten patients completed the year of research and improved both with regard to their proctocolitis and their general well-being