Homeopathy 2017; 106(01): 1-2
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2017.03.001
Editorial
Copyright © The Faculty of Homeopathy 2017

The wide scientific and geographical spread of homeopathy

Peter Fisher

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Publication Date:
16 December 2017 (online)

This issue of Homeopathy reflects the wide scientific and geographical spread of scientific work in homeopathy. From Phillip Cottingham and colleague's survey of New Zealand homeopaths, a country on whose homeopathic tradition little has been published [ 1 ]; to Emma Macias-Cortés and colleagues' further analysis of the results their HOMDEP-MENOP randomised controlled trial, conducted in Mexico City.

The HOMDEP-MENOP study, whose main results were published in 2015, compared individualised homeopathic treatment with Fluoxetine and placebo in a randomised, double dummy clinical trial on 133 post-menopausal and perimenopausal women.[ 2 ] Individualised homeopathy was as effective as fluoxetine and more effective than placebo, in a deprived cohort of women with high prevalence of domestic violence and overweight/obesity. Homeopathy also benefited menopausal symptoms, while fluoxetine did not. In the follow-up paper published in this issue the authors examine the association between baseline metabolic parameters including overweight/obesity, hypercholesterolaemia and hypothyroidism.[ 3 ] They found no correlation between lack of response to homeopathic treatment and dyslipidaemia, overweight or insulin resistance.

 
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  • 2 Macías-Cortés EdC., Llanes-González L., Aguilar-Faisal L., Asbun-Bojalil J. Individualized homeopathic treatment and fluoxetine for moderate to severe depression in peri- and postmenopausal women (HOMDEP-MENOP Study): a randomized, double-dummy, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. PLoS One 2015; 10 (03) e0118440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118440.
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  • 4 Passeti T.A., Bissoli L.R., Macedo A.P., Libame R.B., Diniz S., Waisse S. Action of antibiotic oxacillin on in vitro growth of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) previously treated with homeopathic medicines. Homeopathy 2017; 106 (01) 27-31.
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  • 6 Cartwright S.J. Interaction of homeopathic potencies with the water soluble solvatochromic dye bisdimethylaminofuchsone. Part 1: pH studies. Homeopathy 2017; 106 (01) 37-46.
  • 7 Betti L., Trebbi G., Kokornaczyk M.O. et al. Number of succussion strokes affects effectiveness of ultra-high-diluted arsenic on in vitro wheat germination and polycrystalline structures obtained by droplet evaporation method. Homeopathy 2017; 106 (01) 47-54.
  • 8 Beauvais F. ‘Unconventional’ experiments in biology and medicine with optimised design based on quantum like correlations. Homeopathy 2017; 106 (01) 55-66.