Homoeopathy in the management of infectious diseases: Different facets of its use and implications for the future

Varanasi, Roja; Nayak, Debadatta

doi:10.4103/ijrh.ijrh_40_20

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“…This study, such as previous studies on Spanish flu, 39 swine flu, 40 dengue, 32 chikungunya 33 and leptospirosis, 34 have highlighted the potential usefulness of homeopathic medicine as an alternative or complementary prophylactic measure in epidemics/pandemics, 12 which may be considered in the absence of an effective vaccine or as concurrent measure along with vaccines. The results of the study also reinforce the usefulness of the concept of genus epidemicus as a rational way of identifying the appropriate homeopathic prophylactic medicine.…”

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“…10 Homeopathy since its inception has been used in epidemics and pandemics as prophylactic and therapeutic. 11,12 This pandemic has witnessed active usage of the AYUSH system of medicine, including homeopathy, in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 during the first wave in India. A health advisory in the public interest, recommending the use of AYUSH medicines for the prevention of COVID-19, was issued by the Ministry of AYUSH (MoA) in January 2020, when the first case of COVID-19 was detected in India.…”

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Effectiveness of Arsenicum album 30C in Prevention of COVID-19 in Individuals Residing in Containment Zones of Delhi—A Prospective, Community-based, Parallel Cohort Study

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Objective This work was designed as undertaken to evaluate the protective effect of Arsenicum album 30C against COVID-19. Design The work was designed as a prospective parallel cluster cohort study. Intervention Participants were enrolled in a homeopathy intervention (HI) cohort (who received Arsenicum album) or in a non-intervention (NI) cohort (who received no systematic intervention) from COVID-19 containment areas of Delhi. Individuals of age 5 years or above were given four medicated pills of Arsenicum album 30C, while those from 1 to 5 years old were given two medicated pills in each dose. Results The analysis included 10,180 individuals residing in 11 COVID-19 containment areas in Delhi, out of which 6,590 individuals were in the HI cohort and 3,590 individuals were in the NI cohort. The overall protective effect of Arsenicum album 30C was 83.43% (95% confidence interval [CI], 76.77 to 88.17): 45 cases per 6,590 (8.34 per 10,000 person-weeks) in the Arsenicum album 30C group versus 143 cases per 3,590 (45.01 per 10,000 person-weeks) in the NI cohort. The protective effect of Arsenicum album 30C against laboratory confirmed COVID-19 was 74.40% (95% CI, 55.08 to 85.41): 18 cases per 6,590 (3.32 per 10,000 person-weeks) in the Arsenicum album 30C group versus 38 cases per 3,590 (11.85 per 10,000 person-weeks) in the NI cohort. Conclusion The use of Arsenicum album 30C was associated with some protection against probable and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in a containment-zone setting. Randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm or refute these results.

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Effectiveness of Arsenicum album 30C in Prevention of COVID-19 in Individuals Residing in Containment Zones of Delhi—A Prospective, Community-based, Parallel Cohort Study

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“…With more than 200 years of history, homeopathy has been used in a number of epidemics and pandemics. [16][17][18] The evidence for the effectiveness of these interventions is unclear, though studies have reported prophylactic effects in diseases such as chikungunya, 19 leptospirosis, 20 meningitis, 21 dengue, 22 and malaria. 23 Encouraging treatment results were also recorded in pneumonia, [24][25][26][27][28][29] cholera, 30 influenza (Spanish flu 1918, 31 swine flu 2009 32 ), influenza-like illness, 33 dengue, 34 and acute encephalitis syndrome.…”

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Clinical Repurposing of Medicines is Intrinsic to Homeopathy: Research Initiatives on COVID-19 in India

2021

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As at mid-October 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been continuing on the rise across the globe, including in India. Historically, homeopathy has been used in a number of epidemics/pandemics. The development of homeopathic medicines is approached uniquely through “drug provings” and clinical verification; these two intrinsic processes establish the background for the application of homeopathic medicines, regardless of nosological diagnosis. This article reflects research initiatives on COVID-19 in India and identifies studies listed in the Clinical Trial Registry–India database. We identified 29 studies being undertaken in different settings, including those in conventional medicine: 20 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and 9 observational studies. Fifteen studies are aimed at prophylaxis and 14 are aimed at treatment. Amongst the treatment studies, 11 are focused on efficacy or comparative effectiveness. The findings might provide evidence for clinically repurposing some of homeopathy's medicines, an approach that is intrinsic to the therapy, enabling their use in COVID-19 as an adjuvant or stand-alone to help reduce costs and improve patient recovery.

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“…Homeopathy is one of the popular systems of complementary medicine and has been used in epidemic outbreaks in the past. Homeopathy has been used for treatment and prevention in the epidemics of Cholera, Spanish flu, Dengue, Chikungunya, acute encephalitis syndrome, etc with variable success [ 7 , 8 ]. There is anecdotal evidence that homeopathy was successful during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, in which at least 20–50 million people died worldwide [ 9 ].…”

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Efficacy of individualized homeopathy as an adjunct to standard of care of COVID-19: A randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled study

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Gupta²,

Chaudhary

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Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

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Homoeopathy in the management of infectious diseases: Different facets of its use and implications for the future

Cited by 11 publications

References 72 publications

Effectiveness of Arsenicum album 30C in Prevention of COVID-19 in Individuals Residing in Containment Zones of Delhi—A Prospective, Community-based, Parallel Cohort Study

Effectiveness of Arsenicum album 30C in Prevention of COVID-19 in Individuals Residing in Containment Zones of Delhi—A Prospective, Community-based, Parallel Cohort Study

Clinical Repurposing of Medicines is Intrinsic to Homeopathy: Research Initiatives on COVID-19 in India

Efficacy of individualized homeopathy as an adjunct to standard of care of COVID-19: A randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled study

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