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			SELECTED STUDIES GROUPED
			BY APPARATUS AND DISORDER
			Allergies
			9 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Rhinitis and
			oculorhinitis
			Rhinitis and
			oculorhinitis
			Rhinitis and
			oculorhinitis
			Rhinitis and
			oculorhinitis
			Rhinitis and
			oculorhinitis
			Rhinitis and
			oculorhinitis
			Rhinitis and
			oculorhinitis
			Allergic bronchial
			asthma
			Wiesenauer M.,
			Haussler S.,
			Gaus W.
			Wiesenauer M.,
			Gaus W.
			Reilly D.T.,
			Taylor M.A.
			Reilly D.T.,
			Taylor M.A.,
			McSharry C.,
			Aitchinson T.
			Wiesenauer M.,
			Gaus W.,
			Haussler S.
			Wiesenauer M.,
			Ludtke R.
			Taylor M.A.,
			Reilly D.,
			Llewellyn-Jones
			R.H.,
			McSharry C.,
			Aitchinson T.C.
			Campbell J.H.,
			Taylor M.A.,
			Beattie N.,
			McSharry C.,
			Aitchinson T.,
			Carter R.,
			Stevenson R.D.,
			Reilly D.T.
			The treatment of pollinosis
			with Galphimia glauca.
			Double-blind trial comparing
			the effectiveness of the
			homeopathic preparation
			Galphimia potentisation D6,
			Galphimia dilution 10-6 and
			placebo on pollinosis.
			Potent placebo or potency?
			A proposed study model with
			its initial findings using
			homeopathically prepared
			pollens in hayfever.
			Is homeopathy a placebo
			response? Controlled trial of
			homeopathic potency, with
			pollen in hayfever as model.
			The treatment of pollinosis
			with Galphimia glauca - dou-
			ble-blind clinical trial.
			The treatment of pollinosis
			with Galphimia glauca D4 –
			a randomised placebo-
			controlled double-blind
			clinical trial.
			Randomized controlled trial
			of homeopathy versus
			placebo in perennial allergic
			rhinitis with overview of four
			trial series.
			Is homeopathy a placebo
			response? A controlled trial of
			homeopathic immunotherapy
			in atopic asthma.
			Fortsch. Med.
			,
			1983
			, 101:
			811-814.
			Arzneim.
			Forsch./Drug Res.
			,
			1985
			, 33:
			1745-1747.
			Br. Hom. J.
			,
			1985
			,
			74: 65-75.
			Lancet
			,
			1986
			, 2:
			881-886.
			Allergologie
			,
			1990
			, 13:
			359-363.
			Phytomedicine
			,
			1995
			, 2: 3-6.
			British Medical
			Journal
			2000
			Aug,
			19-26; 321
			(7259): 471-6.
			Am. Rev. Resp.
			Dis.
			,
			1990
			, 141:
			A24.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			AUTHORS
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			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Allergic bronchial
			asthma
			Reilly D.,
			Taylor M.A.,
			Beattie N.,
			Campbell J.H.,
			McSharry C.,
			Aitchinson T.,
			Carter R.,
			Stevenson R.D.
			Is evidence for homeopathy
			reproducible?
			Lancet
			,
			1994
			,
			344: 1601-1606.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			AUTHORS
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Allergic rhinitis and
			oculorhinitis
			Allergic rhinitis and
			oculorhinitis
			Weiser M.,
			Gegenheimer
			L.H.,
			Klein P.
			Matusiewicz R.
			A randomized equivalence
			trial comparing the efficacy
			and safety of Luffa comp.-Heel
			nasal spray with cromolyn-
			sodium spray in the treatment
			of seasonal allergic rhinitis.
			The efficacy of Engystol in
			cases of bronchial asthma
			treated with corticosteroids.
			Research in
			Complementary
			Medicine,
			1999
			/6.
			Biologische
			Medizin
			,
			1995
			, 5;
			242-246.
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior* to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior* to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			AUTHORS
			The term
			“
			NOT INFERIOR
			”
			means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO.
			2 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug
			39
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			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Muscle cramps (2
			drugs vs. placebo
			Rheumatoid
			arthritis
			Rheumatoid
			arthritis
			Rheumatoid
			arthritis
			Tibiotarsal sprain
			(astragalus)
			Fibromyositis
			Trauma
			Haemarthrosis
			Mossinger P.
			Gibson R.G.,
			Gibson S.L.M.,
			Mc Neil A.D.,
			Gray G.H.,
			Carson W.,
			Buchanan
			W.W.
			Gibson R.G.,
			Gibson S.L.M.,
			Mc Neil A.D,
			Buchanan
			W.W.
			Wiesenauer M.,
			Gaus W.
			Zell J.,
			Connert W.D.,
			Mau J.,
			Feuerstake G.
			Fisher P.,
			Greenwood A.,
			Huskisson E.C.,
			Turner P.,
			Belon P.
			Gibson J.,
			Haslam Y.,
			Laurenson L.,
			Newman P.,
			Pit R.,
			Robins M.
			Thiel W.,
			Borho B.
			Demonstrations of efficacy.
			Salicylates and homeopathy
			in rheumatoid arthritis:
			preliminary observations.
			Homeopathic therapy in
			rheumatoid arthritis:
			evaluation by double-blind
			clinical therapeutic trial.
			Demonstration of efficacy of a
			homeopathic medicine in
			chronic polyarthritis.
			Randomised double-blind
			trial.
			Treatment of acute sprains of
			the ankle: A controlled
			double-blind trial to test the
			effectiveness of a
			homeopathic ointment.
			Effect of homeopathic
			treatment on fibrositis
			(primary fibromyalgia).
			Double blind trial of Arnica in
			acute trauma patients.
			The treatment of recent
			traumatic blood effusions of
			the knee joint.
			Allg. Hom.
			Zeitung
			,
			1976
			,
			221: 26-31.
			Br. J. Clin.
			Pharmac.
			,
			1978
			;
			6: 391-395.
			Br. J. Clin.
			Pharmac.
			,
			1980
			;
			9: 453-459.
			Akt Rheumatol.
			,
			1991
			, 16: 1-9.
			Forts. der Med.
			,
			1988
			96/62-
			100/70.
			Brit. Med. J.
			,
			1989
			, 299: 365-
			366.
			Homoeopathy
			,
			1991
			, 41: 54-55.
			Biol. Medizin
			,
			1991
			, 20:
			506-515.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			AUTHORS
			Arthromyofascial apparatus
			8 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			40
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			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Osteoarthritis of the
			knee
			Osteoarthritis of the
			knee
			Osteoarthritis of the
			knee
			Backache
			Nahler G.,
			Metelmann H.,
			Sperber H.
			Maronna U.,
			Weiser M.,
			Klein P.
			Van Haselen
			R.A.
			Stam C.,
			Bonnet M.S.,
			Van Haselen
			R.A.
			Treating osteoarthritis of the
			knee with a homeopathic
			preparation
			–
			Results of a
			randomized, controlled,
			clinical trial in comparison to
			hyaluronic acid.
			Oral treatment of
			osteoarthritis of the knee with
			Zeel S tablets.
			A randomized controlled trial
			comparing topical piroxican
			gel with a homeopathic gel in
			osteoarthritis of the knee.
			The efficacy and safety of a
			homeopathic gel in the
			treatment of acute low back
			pain: a multi-centre,
			randomised, double-blind
			comparative clinical trial.
			Orthopädische
			Praxis
			,
			1996
			, 5.
			Orthop
			ä
			dische
			Praxis
			,
			2000
			, 5.
			Rheumatology
			(Oxford)
			,
			2000
			Jul,; 39 (7): 714-9.
			Br. Homeopath. J.,
			2001
			Jan; 90(1):
			21-8.
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			AUTHORS
			The term
			“
			NOT INFERIOR
			”
			means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO.
			4 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug
			41
			Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			AUTHORS
			Coagulation and circulatory
			disorders
			5 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER
			PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Haemostasis
			Doutremepuich
			C., Pailley D.,
			Anne M.C.,
			De Seze O.,
			Paccalin J.,
			Quilichini R.
			Template bleeding time after
			ingestion of ultra low dosages
			of acetylsalicylic acid in
			healthy subjects. Preliminary
			study.
			Thrombosis Res.,
			1987
			, 48:
			501-504.
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			AUTHORS
			The term
			“
			NOT INFERIOR
			”
			means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO.
			1 clinical trial of a homeopathic medicine vs
			the corresponding allopathic reference drug
			Haematoma
			Haematoma
			Varicose veins
			Filariasis
			Asymptomatic
			filariasis
			Bourgois J.C.
			Amodeo C.,
			Dorfman P.,
			Ricciotti F.,
			Tetau M.,
			Veroux P.F.
			Ernst E.,
			Saradeth T.,
			Resch K.L.
			Subramanyam
			V.R., Mishra N.,
			Ray Y.,
			Rakshit G.,
			Pattnaik N.M.
			Kumar A.,
			Mishra N.
			Protection of the venous
			system in patients with
			perfused breast cancer.
			Double-blind clinical trial.
			Evaluation of the action of
			Arnica 5CH on vein disorders
			after lengthy perfusion.
			Complementary treatment of
			varicose veins. A randomised,
			placebo-controlled, double-
			blind trial.
			Homeopathic treatment of
			filariasis. Experience in an
			Indian rural setting.
			Effect of homeopathic
			treatment of filariasis. A
			single-blind 69-months
			follow-up study in an
			endemic village in Orissa.
			Universit
			é
			Paris
			Nord (Thesis),
			1983
			.
			Cahiers Biother.
			,
			1988
			, 98: 77-82.
			Phlebology
			,
			1990
			,
			5: 157-163.
			Br. Hom. J.
			,
			1990
			,
			79: 157-160.
			Br. Hom. J.
			,
			1994
			,
			83: 216-219.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			42
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			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Skin lesions
			Skin lesions
			Pyodermitis
			Burns
			Dermatosis
			Plantar warts
			Paterson J.
			Balzarini A.,
			Felisi E.,
			Martini A.,
			De Donno F.
			Mossinger P.
			Leaman A.M.,
			Gorman D.
			Schwab G.
			Labrecque M.,
			Audet D.,
			Latulippe L.G.,
			Drouin J.
			Report on Mustard Gas
			Experiment.
			Efficacy of homeopathic
			treatment of skin reaction
			during radiotherapy for breast
			cancer: a randomised,
			double-blind clinical trial.
			The therapeutic efficacy of
			Hepar sulfuris calcareum D4
			in pyodermitis and boils.
			Cantharis in the early
			treatment of minor burns.
			Can the effect of homeopathic
			substances in high potencies
			be demonstrated
			experimentally? A controlled,
			cross-over double blind study
			in patients with skin
			conditions.
			Homeopathic treatment of
			plantar warts.
			J. Am. Inst.
			Homeopathy,
			1944
			, 37: 47-50,
			88-92.
			Br. Homeopath. J.
			,
			2000
			Jan; 89 (1):
			8-12.
			Allg. Hom.
			Zeitung
			,
			1980
			,
			225: 22-28.
			Arch. Emerg.
			Med.
			,
			1989
			, 6:
			259-261.
			Proc. 45th LMHI
			Congr., Barcelona,
			Spain
			,
			1990
			,
			166-169.
			Ca. Med. Assoc.
			J.
			,
			1992
			, 146:
			1749-1753.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			AUTHORS
			Dermatology
			6 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			43
			Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Pharyngitis
			Gastritis
			Irritable colon
			Cholecystitis
			Anal fissures
			Diarrhoea
			(paediatric cases)
			Diarrhoea
			(paediatric cases)
			Diarrhoea
			(paediatric cases)
			Mossinger P.
			Ritter H.
			Rahlfs V.W.,
			Mossinger P.
			Mossinger P.
			Bignamini M.,
			Saruggia M.,
			Sansonetti G.
			Jacobs J.,
			Jimenez L.M.,
			Gloyd S.S.,
			Carares F.E.,
			Gaitan M.P.,
			Crothers D.
			Jacobs J.,
			Jimenez L.M.,
			Gloyd S.S.,
			Gale J.L.,
			Crothers D.
			Jacobs J.,
			Jimenez L.M.,
			Malthouse S.,
			Chapman E.,
			Crothers D.,
			Masuk M.,
			Jonas W.B.
			The treatment of pharyngitis
			with Phytolacca.
			Double-blind
			homeotherapeutic study and
			the issues involved.
			Asa foetida in the treatment of
			irritable colon: double-blind
			clinical trial.
			Homeopathy and naturopathy.
			How to overcome conflicts.
			Homeopathic treatment of
			anal fissures using nitricum
			acidum.
			Homeopathic treatment of
			acute childhood diarrhoea.
			A randomised clinical trial in
			Nicaragua.
			Treatment of acute childhood
			diarrhoea. A randomised
			clinical trial in Nicaragua.
			Homeopathic treatment of
			acute childhood diarrhoea:
			results from a clinical trial in
			Nepal.
			Allg. Hom.
			Zeitung
			,
			1973
			;
			218: 111-121.
			Hippokrates
			,
			1966
			, 12:
			472-476.
			Dtsch. Med.
			Wschr.
			,
			1979
			,
			104: 140-143.
			Hippokrates
			(Stuttgart)
			,
			1984
			,
			165-169.
			Berl. J. Res. Hom.
			,
			1991
			, 1 (4/5):
			286-287.
			Br. Hom. J.
			,
			1993
			,
			82: 83-86.
			Pediatrics
			,
			1994
			,
			93: 719-725.
			J. Altern.
			Complement.
			Med.
			,
			2000
			Apr; 6
			(2): 131-9.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			AUTHORS
			Gastrointestinal apparatus
			8 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Vomiting
			Stukalova E.N. Efficacy of homotoxicological
			treatment in early toxaemia of
			pregnancy.
			B.T.
			,
			2000
			, 4
			(Ukrainian
			edition)
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			AUTHORS
			The term
			“
			NOT INFERIOR
			”
			means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO.
			1 clinical trial of a homeopathic medicine
			vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug
			44
			Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Menopause
			Leucorrhoea
			Premenstrual
			syndrome
			Childbirth (pain)
			Childbirth (pain)
			Childbirth (labour)
			Florid
			condylomatosis
			Gauthier J.E.
			Carey H.
			Lepaisant C.
			Coudert M.
			Dorfman P.,
			Lasserre M.N.,
			Tetau M.
			Eid P.,
			Felisi E.,
			Sideri M.
			Destro Castaniti
			M.
			Comparative therapeutic
			study of the action of
			clonidine and Lachesis muta
			in the treatment of hot flushes
			in the menopause.
			Double blind clinical trial of
			Borax and Candida in the
			treatment of vaginal
			discharge.
			Therapeutic demonstrations in
			homeopathy: treatment of
			breast tension and mastodynia
			in premenstrual syndrome.
			Experimental study of the
			action of Caulophyllum in
			false labour.
			Preparation for childbirth with
			homeopathy: a double-blind
			placebo-controlled trial.
			Super placebo or pharmacolo-
			gical action? A double-blind
			randomised trial with a
			homeopathic drug
			(Caulophyllum thalictroides)
			during labour.
			The use of Transfactor 11 in
			HPV infections (160 cases).
			Universit
			é
			de
			Bordeaux (Thesis),
			1983
			.
			Comm. Br. Hom.
			Res. Grp.,
			1986
			March:12-14.
			Rev. Fr. Gynecol.
			Obst
			é
			t.
			,
			1995
			,
			90: 94-95.
			Universit
			é
			de
			Limoges (Thesis)
			,
			1981
			.
			Cahiers de
			Bioth
			é
			rapie
			,
			1987
			, 94: 77- 81.
			Proc. V Congr.
			O.M.H.I., Paris,
			1994
			.
			La Medicina
			Biologica
			,
			2000
			,
			4; 95: 100.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			AUTHORS
			Gynaecology and obstetrics
			7 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			45
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			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Diabetes mellitus
			Diabetic
			retinopathy
			Obesity
			Complications of
			haemodialysis
			Complications of
			haemodialysis
			Fabbro V.,
			Gargiulo P.,
			Minelli E.
			Zicari D.,
			Ricciotti F.,
			Vingolo E.M.,
			Zicari N.
			Werke W.,
			Lehmann M.,
			Galland F.
			Hariveau E.
			Saruggia M.,
			Corghi E.
			Multicentric study of the
			action of the homeopathic
			complex R40 in the treatment
			of hyperglycaemia.
			Evaluation of the
			angioprotective action of
			arnica preparations in the
			treatment of diabetic
			retinopathy.
			Comparative controlled trial
			of the efficacy of the plant-
			based homeopathic medicine
			Heliantus tuberosus D1 in the
			complementary treatment of
			overweight patients.
			Clinical research at the Boiron
			Institute.
			Effects of homeopathic
			dilutions of China rubra on
			intradialytic symptomatology
			in patients treated with
			Omeopatia Oggi,
			1994
			, 5 (10):
			1-16.
			Boll. Oculist
			.,
			1992
			, 71:
			841-848.
			Therapiewoche
			,
			1994
			, 44: 34-39.
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			1987
			/5; 55-8.
			Br. Hom. J
			.,
			1992
			,
			81: 86-88.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			AUTHORS
			Metabolism
			5 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine vs placebo
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER
			PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Functional infertility
			Toxaemia in
			pregnancy
			Lai G.
			Stukalova E.N.
			Homotoxicological treatment
			of female functional infertility:
			clinical trial.
			Efficacy of homotoxicological
			treatment in early toxaemia of
			pregnancy.
			La Medicina
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			2000
			,
			4:81-86.
			BT
			,
			2000
			, 4
			(Ukrainian edition)
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			AUTHORS
			The term
			“
			NOT INFERIOR
			”
			means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO.
			KEY: BT = Biomedical Therapy
			2 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug
			46
			Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Dental neuralgia
			Kinetosis
			(motion sickness)
			Kinetosis
			(motion sickness)
			Aphasia
			Migraine
			Head injury
			Migraine
			Albertini H.,
			Godberg W.
			Ponti M.
			Dexpert M.
			Master F.J.
			Brigo B.,
			Serpelloni G.
			Chapman E.H.,
			Weintraub R.J.,
			Milburn H.A.,
			Pirozzi T.O.,
			Woo E.
			Straumsheim P.,
			Borchgrevink C.,
			Mowinckel P.,
			Kierulf H.,
			Hafslund D.
			Homeopathic treatment of
			dental neuralgia using Arnica
			and hypericum: a summary of
			60 observations.
			Evaluation of homeopathic
			treatment of motion sickness;
			results of 93 observations.
			Prevention of motion sickness
			with Cocculine.
			Scope of homeopathic drugs
			in the treatment of Broca
			’
			s
			aphasia.
			Homeopathic treatment of
			migraines: a randomized
			double-blind controlled study
			of sixty cases.
			Homeopathic treatment of
			mild traumatic brain injury:
			a randomized, double blind
			placebo-controlled clinical
			trial.
			Homeopathic treatment of
			migraine: a double blind,
			placebo controlled trial of 68
			patients.
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			é
			opathie
			Fran
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			aise,
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			P., Hariveau E.,
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			Fran
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			Hom
			é
			opathie
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			. Lyon:
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			Hom
			é
			opathie
			Franc.
			,
			1987
			, 75:
			353-355.
			Proc. 42nd Congr.
			LMHI
			,
			1987
			,
			Arlington, USA:
			330-334.
			Berl. J. Res. Hom.
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			J. Head Trauma
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			521-42.
			Br. Homeopath. J.
			,
			2000
			Jan; 89 (1)
			4-7.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			AUTHORS
			Neurology
			7 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine vs placebo
			47
			Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER
			PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Vertigo
			Vertigo
			Weiser M.
			Wolschner U.,
			Str
			ö
			sser W.,
			Weiser M.,
			Klein P.
			Homeopathic vs conventional
			treatment of vertigo.
			Vertigo therapy:
			Cocculus -heel
			®
			versus
			Dimenhydrinate.
			Arch. Of
			Otolaryngology.
			Head and Neck
			Surgery,
			1998
			,
			August.
			BM,
			2001
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			Pubblicato in
			italiano (2)
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			AUTHORS
			The term
			“
			NOT INFERIOR
			”
			means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO.
			KEY: BM = Biologische Medizin
			2 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug
			48
			Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Infections of the
			upper airways
			Infections of the
			upper airways
			Infections of the
			upper airways
			Infections of the
			upper airways
			Coryza
			Otitis media
			Otitis media
			Glue ear
			Sinusitis
			Sinusitis
			Influenza syndrome
			Hourst P.
			Lecoq P.L.
			Bordes L.R.,
			Dorfman P.
			Casanova P.,
			Gerard R.
			Mossinger P.
			Mossinger P.
			Jacobs J.,
			Springer D.A.,
			Crothers D.
			Harrison H.,
			Fixsen A.,
			Vickers A.
			Wiesenauer M.,
			Gaus W.,
			Bohnacker U.,
			Haussler S.
			Weiser M.,
			Clasen B.P.
			Ferley J.P.,
			Zmirou D.,
			D
			’
			Adhemar D.,
			Balducci F.
			Acknowledgement of the
			efficacy of homeopathy.
			Therapeutic possibilities in the
			treatment of influenza
			syndromes.
			Evaluation of the antitussive
			action of Drosetux syrup;
			double-blind placebo-
			controlled clinical trial.
			Results of three years of
			randomised multicentric
			studies with Oscillococcinum/
			placebo.
			Study of treatment of
			rhinorrhoea with Euphorbium
			D3.
			The treatment of otitis media
			with Pulsatilla.
			Homeopathic treatment of
			acute otitis media in children:
			a preliminary randomised
			placebo-controlled trial.
			A randomised comparison of
			homeopathic and standard
			care for the treatment of glue
			ear in children.
			Study of the efficacy of
			homeopathic compound pre-
			parations in sinusitis. Results
			of a double-blind randomised
			out-patient study.
			Controlled double-blind study
			of a homeopathic sinusitis
			medication.
			A controlled evaluation of a
			homeopathic preparation in
			influenza-like syndromes.
			Universit
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			.
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			1985
			, 87: 65-73.
			Cahiers
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			logie
			,
			1986
			, 21:
			731-734.
			Proposta
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			,
			Anno IV, ottobre
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			,
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			16: 581-582.
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			27: 329-335.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			AUTHORS
			Respiratory apparatus,
			common cold/influenza syndrome and ENT
			15 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			49
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			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Influenza syndrome
			Influenza syndrome
			Influenza syndrome
			Bronchial asthma
			Saruggia M.
			Heilmann A.
			Saruggia M.
			Matusiewicz R.
			Influenza and viral respiratory
			infections.
			A combination injection
			preparation as a prophylactic
			for flu and common colds.
			The preventive effect of
			Oscillococcinum in influenza-
			like syndromes. Results of a
			multicentric study.
			The efficacy of Engystol in
			cases of bronchial asthma
			treated with corticosteroids.
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			Naturale
			,
			1994
			/6.
			Biol. Ther.
			,
			1994
			,
			7: 249-253.
			Medicina
			Naturale
			,
			1995
			/6.
			La Medicina
			Biologica
			,
			1996
			,
			1; 3-8.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			AUTHORS
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Infections of the
			upper airways
			Infections of the
			upper airways
			Common cold
			Common cold
			Otitis media
			Arrighi A.
			Riley D.,
			Fisher M.,
			Singh B.,
			Haidvogl M.,
			Heger M.
			Gassinger C.A.,
			Wunstel G.
			Maiwald L.,
			Weinfurtner T.,
			Mau J.,
			Connert W.D.
			Kruse K.
			Evaluation of clinical efficacy in a
			homotoxicologic protocol for
			prevention of recurrent respiratory
			infections in pediatrics.
			Homeopathy and
			Conventional Medicine: an
			outcome study comparing
			effectiveness in a primary care
			setting.
			A controlled clinical trial for
			testing the efficacy of the
			homeopathic drug Eupatorium
			perfoliatum D2 in the
			treatment of common cold.
			The therapy of the common
			cold with a combination
			homeopathic preparation,
			compared with treatment with
			acetylsalicylic acid: a
			controlled randomized, single-
			blind study.
			Subject reported in the
			volume.
			La Medicina
			Biologica
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			2000
			,
			3: 13-21.
			The Journal of
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			Vol 7, N
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			Arzheim
			Forsch./Drug Res.
			,
			1988
			/4.
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			Hippokrates
			Verlag, Stuttgart,
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically inferior
			to the allopathic
			reference drug
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically inferior
			to the allopathic
			reference drug
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically inferior
			to the allopathic
			reference drug
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically inferior
			to the allopathic
			reference drug
			The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically inferior
			to the allopathic
			reference drug
			AUTHORS
			The term
			“
			NOT INFERIOR
			”
			means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO.
			5 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine
			vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug
			50
			Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			HIV infection
			Rastogi D.P.,
			Singh V.P.,
			Singh V.,
			Dey S.K.,
			Rao K.
			Homeopathy in HIV infection:
			a trial report of double-blind
			placebo-controlled study.
			Br. Homeopath. J.,
			1999
			Apr; 88 (2):
			49-57.
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			AUTHORS
			Sundry
			1 placebo-controlled clinical trial of a homeopathic medicine
			The term
			“
			NOT INFERIOR
			”
			means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO.
			KEY: BM = Biologische Medizin
			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Conjunctivitis
			K
			ü
			stermann
			R.W.,
			Weiser M.,
			Klein P.
			Antihomotoxic treatment of
			conjunctivitis. Results of a
			prospective, controlled,
			cohort study.
			BM,
			2001
			,
			3. The homeopathic
			medicine was not
			therapeutically
			inferior to the
			allopathic reference
			drug
			AUTHORS
			1 clinical trial of a homeopathic medicine
			vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug
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			ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED
			DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT
			Dynamic ileus
			Dynamic ileus
			Dynamic ileus
			Post-operative
			infections
			Post-operative
			psychomotor
			agitation
			Post-extraction
			complications
			(dental cases)
			Valero E.
			Chevrel J.P.,
			Saglier J.,
			Destable M.D.
			Aulagnier G.
			Valero E.
			Alibeu J.P.,
			Jobert J.
			Michaud J.
			Study of the preventive action
			of Raphanus sativus 7CH on
			the post-operative recovery
			time of intestinal transit (80
			cases); and of Pyrogenium
			7CH on post-operative
			infections (128 cases).
			Recovery of intestinal transit
			in digestive surgery.
			Homeopathic action of
			opium.
			The action of post-operative
			homeopathic treatment.
			Study of the preventive action
			of Raphanus sativus 7CH on
			the post-operative recovery
			time of intestinal transit (80
			cases); and of Pyrogenium
			7CH on post-operative infec-
			tions (128 cases).
			Aconite in homeopathic relief
			of post-operative pain and
			agitation in children.
			The action of Apis mellifica
			and Arnica montana in
			preventing post-operative
			oedema in maxillofacial
			surgery in a clinical trial
			involving 60 cases.
			Universit
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			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically superior
			The homeopathic
			medicine proved
			therapeutically
			superior

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References

Jonas, WB; Ives, JA (February 2008). "Should we explore the clinical utility of hormesis". Human & Experimental Toxicology. 27 (2): 123–127. PMID 18480136.

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Pseodoscience

The article calls homeopathy a pseudoscience, but nowhere in wikipedia's guidelines does this seem to be allowed. Misplaced Pages:Fringe_theories There is no scientific consensus that homeopathy is pseudoscience, especially in Europe, therefore, it is classified as a questionable science. Klocek (talk) 12:11, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

It's not explicitly stated, in the Misplaced Pages guidelines that anything should be called anything. The thing is that there is nothing in the guidelines that says it shouldn't be - and anything that's not forbidden is OK. What we ARE required to do is to represent the world from a mainstream scientific perspective and to provide references for what we say.

The mainstream scientific view is that Homeopathy is a pseudoscience...and we have references to prove that. So there is no reason we shouldn't say so. More importantly, the WP:FRINGE guidelines make it clear that it would be a breach of the neutral position to allow the homeopathists to dominate the content of the article with their bogus (according to mainstream science - and therefore according to Misplaced Pages) position.

Aside from all of that - you may ask why poor old homeopathy is being called a pseudoscience in the first place? Some see this word as some kind of an insult. It's not, it's a straightforward classification of an idea or discipline. The definition of the word pseudoscience given in most dictionaries agrees with the one provided by Wiktionary, which I'll quote for you:

Any body of knowledge purported to be scientific or supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method.

Homeopathy undoubtedly purports to be scientific - it makes MANY claims to be able to produce certain results from certain practices based on scientific-sounding descriptions of some very odd properties of water.

The deciding factor is therefore whether or not homeopathy follows "The Scientific Method".

I suggest you read at least the introduction to our Scientific method article...but here is a summary of what this means:

Basically, the scientific method requires that you form an idea which you are not yet certain about. We call that a "hypothesis". A good hypothesis has to explain everything that we already know about the topic and then makes certain testable predictions about the universe. The next step is that you do some experiments to see if those predictions turn out to be true - and if they do, your hypothesis is a better explanation for how the universe works than the one we already have. So you write a paper describing your new hypothesis, what predictions you made, what experiments you did, what results you got and how you interpret those results to back up your hypothesis. This paper is then peer-reviewed for obvious mistakes and deceptions and to be sure that nobody else already showed it was true. That's by a bunch of other people who work in that field ("your peers") - and if it passes muster, it'll be published in some journal or other. If the hypothesis is reasonably compelling, other scientists will attempt to repeat your experiments to see if what you did really works as you claim and they may try to come up with alternative explanations for what you observed. They write more papers - perhaps devise more experiments to test your claims. Eventually, if enough of the other people who test this agree that your hypothesis is the best explanation for the experimental results, your hypothesis becomes accepted into the mainstream as a "theory". (Which is what used to be called a "law").

So - the burning question here is: Do homeopathists do this? The answer is a blindingly clear "NO!" - they most certainly do not. What they did is to come up with two basic hypotheses:

Diluting something until there is none left 'imprints' the water in some permanent or at least long-lived fashion.
Drinking imprinted water affects your health in some manner - possibly the reverse of the harm that would be caused by ingesting the original substance.

What experiments have been done to follow up on (1)? The answer is - none whatever. Not one single documented example of a homeopathist systematically testing whether water takes on this "imprint" has ever been performed! Where are the double-blind studies of (2)? Where is the statistical analysis of how many people were cured of their colds by very diluted raw duck liver?

That is why we call homeopathy a "pseudoscience" - it makes scientific claims - but never does the hard work to test them...instead they skip the basic science, skip the human trials and go straight to selling the stuff in little bottles in WalMart.

Misplaced Pages says that homeopathy is a pseudoscience because that is precisely, and undeniably what it is. This is the mainstream view of scientists - and it clearly follows the definition of the word and what is going on in the world of homeopathy.

We don't say that religions are pseudosciences because they tell people to take their wild and crazy claims on faith - and (with some exceptions) tend not to make scientific predictions or wrap themselves in the mantle of science. We don't say that quantum physics is pseudoscience because although quantum physicists make scientific claims, they really do follow the scientific method.

SteveBaker (talk) 12:54, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Klocek (talk · contribs) - there is a scientific consensus that homoeopathy is pseudoscience, including "in Europe". Barney the barney barney (talk) 13:14, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

There is no consensus that homeopathy is pseudoscience --24.107.242.181 (talk) 02:40, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Yes, there is. Homeopathy with astrology are the textbook case of obvious pseudoscience.--McSly (talk) 02:43, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

no - you are wrong - look what the best review for oscillo says — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.107.242.181 (talk) 02:50, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

While SteveBaker provides an excellent explanation above, the real reason the article includes "Homeopathy is a pseudoscience" is the which (in the article) point to reliable sources that verify the statement. Anyone wanting to contest the statement needs to explain how the sources are incorrectly used, or provide other specific evidence to contradict the statement—bearing in mind that reliable sources are required. Johnuniq (talk) 04:16, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Assuming that by "the best review for oscillo" you mean the Cochrane review, it doesn't say anything about whether or not homoeopathy is regarded as pseudoscience, so cannot be used as a source on this point. Brunton (talk) 07:15, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Incidentally, if we need more sourcing for this, several of the essays in the book Philosophy of Pseudoscience (ed. Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Boudry) recently published by the University of Chicago Press use homoeopathy as an example of pseudoscience, for example (p. 30), "Despite the lack of generally accepted demarcation criteria, we find remarkable agreement among virtually all philosophers and scientists that fields like astrology, creationism, homeopathy are either pseudosciences or at least lack the epistemic warrant to be taken seriously", or (p. 49), "homeopathy is a paradigmatic example of pseudoscience". Brunton (talk) 07:41, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

correcting misrepresentative opinion

The asertion of the UK House of Commons Scientific Select Committee is contentious with regard to the support garnered from within the committe, it noted that only three of those sitting actually voted and of those three none had any specilaist knowledge of the subject. No Health Care Trust at the time were invited to speak neither was representatives from Homeopathic association and not least no patient was afforded the same opportunity. As to the closing Paragraph remark that the government agrees is disingenous especial in light of Observations on the report Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy by the House Of Commons Science and Technology Committee, February 2010,which noted,these limitations make the Committee’s report an unreliable source of evidence about homeopathy. The jury must still be regarded as out on its efficacy and risk/ benefit ratio. Whether more research should be done, and of what kind, is another question. But there can be no ethical objection to it since the principal questions have not, as the Committee claimed, “been settled already”. Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. June 2010. Added to which 206 sitting MPs signed an early day motion expressing concerns over the report content and procedure — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.2.37.152 (talk) 22:11, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

It is a direct quote from the report. If you want to have this modified or removed you will have to provide a WP:RS source of equal or greater weight which clearly contradicts the report. What you have provide so far is primarily WP:OR . --Daffydavid (talk) 00:17, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

That EDM was by David Tredinnick (politician). 'Nuff said. LeadSongDog come howl! 17:04, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Better Source for Placebo Claim?

The lede makes the strong claim that "its remedies have been found to be no more effective than placebos" yet the cited source is much less committal in its interpretation:

Biases are present in placebo-controlled trials of both homoeopathy and conventional medicine. When account was taken for these biases in the analysis, there was weak evidence for a specific effect of homoeopathic remedies, but strong evidence for specific effects of conventional interventions. This finding is compatible with the notion that the clinical effects of homoeopathy are placebo effects.

Surely there is a better source, that more firmly supports the statement in the lede? I'd rather not back up an assertion that "homeopathic remedies have been found to be no more effective than placebos" with a finding that "there was weak evidence for a specific effect of homeopathic remedies." Most studies I've found online are meta-studies that are themselves based on analysis of earlier studies, many of which were conducted with the intention of proving that homeopathy works. So the meta-studies generally take the approach of finding flaws with the earlier studies, or cross-referencing effects to smooth out differences and reduce the significance of measured effects. I understand why they need to do this (nobody but homeopathy supporters tend to want to fund large-scale studies of homeopathy) but for something that is so widely accepted as pseudoscience among the mainstream medical community, surely there is some primary research with a less wishy-washy demonstration of the placebo claim?

Also, the same source is actually listed twice in the references. I'd try to fix it but the proper syntax for handling citations in Misplaced Pages is.. less than obvious to me. --Pyrrhoneia (talk) 05:36, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Extremely high dilutions as basically only line of argument against homeopathy over several paragraphs?

Over several paragraphs in the "Evidence and Efficacy" section of the article, homeopathy is dismissed with the sole argument that extremely high dilutions (over D20/C10) statistically leave none of the original substance in the final product:
"The low concentration of homeopathic remedies, which often lack even a single molecule of the diluted substance..."
"The extreme dilutions used in homeopathic preparations often leave none of the original substance in the final product."
"The extremely high dilutions in homeopathy preclude a biologically plausible mechanism of action."
This, of course is statistically true for those extreme dilutions. However, this argumentation (and, I reiterate, this argumentation is basically used as the sole argument in those paragraphs) ignores that most homeopathic medications are usally administered at far lower dilutions (D3 to D12), which do not pose the need to argue with "water memory" or "quantum effects", as even a dilution as high as D12 (X12) still contains roughly 10 substance molecules per mol (14g/0.5oz) of water. I think pointing out the impossible "high" dilutions as the sole line of argumentation while completely ignoring the "lower" dilutions is a structural flaw of those paragraphs and should be adressed. -- megA (talk) 21:58, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

There is a section discussing high dilution, under the "Plausibility" sub-heading. But it is not by any means the "only line of argument", nor even the major one. There is more emphasis on the lack of reliable evidence for homeopathy's effectiveness. After all, as my grandmother used to say "the proof of the pudding is in the eating". --Gronk Oz (talk) 00:44, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Gronk Oz, MegA is correct. While there are various other reasons to doubt the claims of homeopathy, they are nonetheless not adequately addressed in the specified paragraphs. MegA's point was about the article, not about homeopathy. This article actually does a pretty terrible job of providing references explaining why homeopathy is considered a pseudoscience. I came here looking for an easily accessible list of such references, but most of the cited sources are meta-studies that actually end up providing weak support for homeopathy rather than refuting it. I understand why that is (they're meta-studies based on primary studies that were attempting to prove homeopathy was effective) but there are good primary studies, if you dig deep enough. They're old and not all of them are online, though. I'm trying to locate them now, but help would be appreciated. --Pyrrhoneia (talk) 06:52, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

For your enjoyment

http://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/wikipedia-call-to-action-to-update-homeopathy-at-wikipedia Be aware of online petitions! As a fun sidenote, this clearly demonstrate how homeopaths think how science works: By petition.^^Rka001 (talk) 11:36, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Why are they calling for "a large number of people sign this petition"? Surely, the less people that sign it, the more effective it will be. ;) AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:46, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

I got a request to sign a petition from change.org to avoid the Homeopathic section's closure at the Bristol (or was it Glasgow?) Hospital which claimed that a petition for it's closure was signed by 2000 sceptics/critics of Homeopathy, while they have 24,000 signatures to avoid its closure and were looking to make it 25,000 signatures. However, are we at wikipedia going to put such trivia into this article? I hope not!—Khabboos (talk) 14:43, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Positive studies and clinical trials

I will find good references like Lancet, Nature, JAMA etc. for these studies, but please let me know if we can insert these into this article:-

STUDIES OF THE ACTIVITY OF HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES

ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED TITLE AUTHOR(S) PUBLICATION ACTIVITY STUDY

Inhibition of lymphoblast transformation test (LTT) in phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) with Phytolacca americana in homeopathic dilution

Colas H.,

Aubin M.,

Picard P.,

Lebecq J.C.

Ann. Homéopat.

Fr., 1975, 6: 1-11.

Inhibitory

Lymphoblast

transformation

Inquiry into the limits of biological effects of chemical compounds in tissue culture. I. Low dose effects of mercure chloride

Mansvelt J.D.,

van Amons E.

Z. Naturtorschung,

1975, 30:

643-649.

Inhibitory

Lymphocyte

growth

The effects of Belladonna and Ferrum phosphoricum on the chemoluminescence of human poly-morphonuclear neutrophils

Poitevin B.,

Aubin M.,

Royer J.F.

Ann. Homéop. Fr.,

1983, 3: 5-12.

Inhibitory
Radical release

Effect of aconitum and veratrum

on the isolated perfused heart of

the common eel (Anguilla anguilla)

Pennec J.P.,

Aubin M.

Comp. Biochem.

Physiol., 1984,

776: 367-369.
Protective Aconitine toxicity

Elements of homeopathic

pharmacology

Aubin M.

Homéopathie

Franç., 1984, 72:

231- 235
Protective Aconitine toxicity

The effect of homeopathic

preparations on the phagocyte

activity of granulocytes. In vitro

tests and double-blind controlled

trials

Wagner H.,

Jurcic K.,

Doenicke A.,

Rosenhuber E.,

Behrens N.

Arzneim.

Forsch./Drug Res.,

1986, 36:

1424-1425.
Stimulant Phagocytosis

Approach to quantitative analysis

of the effect of Apis mellifica on

the degranulation of human

basophils cultivated in vitro

Poitevin B.,

Aubin M.,

Benveniste J.

Innov. Tech. Biol.

Med., 1986, 7:

64-68.
Inhibitory
Basophil

degranulation

In vitro stimulation of human granulocytes and lymphocytes by pico- and femtogram quantities of cytostatic agents

Wagner H.,

Kreher B.,

Jurcic K.

Arzneim. Forsch./Drug Res., 1988, 38: 273-275.
Stimulant
Lymphocyte

growth

In vitro immunological

degranulation of human basophils

is modulated by lung histamine

and Apis mellifica

Poitevin B.,

Davenas E.,

Benveniste J.

Brit. J. Clin.

Pharmacol., 1988,

25: 439-444.
Inhibitory
Basophil

degranulation

Cytotoxic agents as

immunomodulators

Wagner H.,

Kreher B.

Proc. of the 3rd

GIRI meeting,

Paris, 1989, 31-

46.
Stimulant
Lymphocyte

growth

Contributions of fundamental

research in homeopathy

Boiron J.,

Belon P.

Berl. J. Res. Hom.,

1990, 1: 34-35.
Inhibitory
Basophil

degranulation

Synergism of action between

indoleacetic acid (IAA) and highly

diluted solutions of CaCO3 on the

growth of oat coleoptiles
Bornoroni C.
Berl. J. Res. Hom.,

1991, 1 (4/5):

275-278.
Stimulant
Growth of plant

cells

Study of the action of

Hahnemannian dilutions of

mercury chloride on the mitotic

index in animal cell cultures.

Boiron J.,

Abecassis J.,

Cotte J.,

Bernard A.M.

Ann. Homéop.

Fr., 1991, 23:

43-49.
Protective Hg toxicity

Dual effects of formylpeptides on

the adhesion of endotoxin-primed

human neutrophils

Bellavite P.,

Chirumbolo S.,

Lippi G.,

Andrioli G.,

Bonazzi L.,

Ferro I.

Cell. Biochem.

Funct., 1993, 11:

231-239.
Inhibitory
Cell adhesion

(bact. pept.

10-8-10-9)

Effects of homeopathic

preparations of organic acids and

of minerals on the oxidative

metabolism of human neutrophils

Chirumbolo S.,

Signorini A.,

Bianchi I.,

Lippi G.,

Bellavite P.

Br. Hom. J., 1993,

82: 227-244.
Inhibitory
Leucocyte

activation

(metabolism)

Platelets/endothelial cells

interactions in presence of

acetylsalicylic acid at ultra low

dose

Doutremepuich

C.,

Lalanne M.C.,

Ramboer I.,

Sertillanges

M.N.,

De Seze O.

Omeomed 92 (C.

Bornoroni, ed.),

1993, Editrice

Compositori,

Bologna:

109-115.
Inhibitory
Prostacyclin

release

Effect of high dilutions of epidermal

growth factor (EGF) on in vitro

proliferation of keratinocyte and

fibroblast cell lines

Fougeray S.,

Moubry K.,

Vallot N.,

Bastide M.

Br. Hom. J., 1993,

82: 124-125.
Inhibitory
Growth of

keratinocytes

Effects of different homeopathic

potencies of Lachesis on

lymphocyte cultures obtained

from rabbit blood

Enbergs H.,

Arndt G.

Biol. Tier., 1993,

4.
Stimulant
Mitotic and

immunostimulating

activity (bact. pept

10-5-10-6)

The effect of homeopathic

potencies of housedust mite on

the migration of house-dust sensitive

human leukocytes

Gibson S.L.,

Gibson R.G.

Complement.

Ther. Med., 1996,

4: 169-171.
Stimulant
Leucocyte

chemotaxis

The effects of Nux vomica

Homaccord and Atropinum comp.

on intestinal activity in vitro

Kanui T.I.,

Enbergs H.

Biol. Tier., 1996/1,

43-47.
Stimulant
Contraction of

intestinal muscles

Application of flow cytometry to

the analysis of the

immunosuppressive effect of

histamine dilutions on human

basophil action: effect of

cimetidine

Sainte-Laudy J.,

Belon P.

Inflamm. Res.,

1997, 46:

S27-S28.
Inhibitory
Basophil

degranulation

Effects of Podophillum pellatum

compounds in various

preparations and dilutions on

human neutrophil functions in

vitro

Chirumbolo S.,

Conforti A.,

Lussignoli S.,

Metelmann H.

et Al.

Br. Hom. J., 1997;

86-16.
Inhibitory
Release of

superoxides

In vivo and in vitro studies on the

efficiency of potentized and nonpotentized

substances

Harisch G.,

Dittmann J.

BT, 1997, 2;

40-46.

Difference between

potentised and

non-potentised

substances

In vivo and in

vitro study; basic

research

Experiments with the effects of

Ubichinon-Injeel and strong

Ubichinon-Injeel on an acellular

system

Harisch G.,

Dittmann J.

BM, 1997, 3;

99-104.

Different effects of

associations of

various potencies and

individual potencies

In vitro study;

basic research

Efficacy of the homeopathic drugs

Suis and Arnica comp.-Heel® on

lymphocyte and phagocyte

activity
Enbergs H.
BM, 1998, 1;

3-11.

Effect of

organotherapeutics

and Arnica comp. -

Heel® on immune

system cells

In vitro study;

basic research

Influence of dilutions and

potencies of cAMP on different

enzymatic systems

Harisch G.,

Dittmann J.

BM, 1998, 2;

55-62.

Effects of dilutions

and potencies of

cAMP on some

enzymatic activities

In vitro study;

basic research

Studies of the principles of

homeopathy; the changeover

from in vivo to in vitro

experimental research

Harisch G.,

Dittmann J.

BM, 1998, 3;

98-103.

Potentised and

non-potentised

dilutions are

equally effective,

but have different

actions

Basic research

Determination of the activity of acid phosphatase with cAMP at various potencies

Harisch G.,

Dittmann J.
BM, 1999, 1; 4-8.
Different effects on enzymatic activity

In vitro study;

basic research

Contribution to study of the

efficacy of homeopathic potencies

of phosphorus
Gomez J.C.
BT, 1999, 2;

53-57.

Effect of different

potencies of

phosphorus

Tests on guinea

pigs

Determination of the activity of

acid phosphatase in the presence

of Ubichinon comp.

Harisch G.,

Dittmann J.

BM, 1999, 4;

188-194.

Effect of enzymatic

activity of

homeopathic

medicine
Basic research

Biochemical efficacy of

homeopathic and electronic

preparations of D8 potassium

cyanate

Dittmann J.,

Kanapin H.,

Harisch G.

FKM, 1999, 6;

15-18.

Homeopathic

potentisation is

more effective than

electronic

potentisation
Basic research

Osteoporosis in vitro in rat tibiaderived

osteoblasts is promoted

by the homeopathic preparation,

FMS Calciumfluor

Palermo C.,

Filanti C.,

Poggi S.,

Manduca P.

Cell Biol Int, 1999,

23(1): 31-40.

Stimulant

Osteogenesis

(trial with

compound drug)

Thin-layer chromatography (TLC)

of homeopathic active

constituents
Schmolz M.
BM, 1999, 5;

248-250.

Constituents of Arnica comp.- Heel® ointment: electrophoresis accelerates their skin penetration.
Basic research

Effect of homeopathic
constituents on enzymatic
activity. Basic research

Efficacy of a potentised

homeopathic drug in reducing

cytotoxic effects produced by

arsenic trioxide in mice

Datta S.,

Mallick P.,

Bukhsh A.R.

Complement Ther

Med, 1999 Jan;

7 (8): 62-75 (a).
Protective
Arsenic trioxide

toxicity

Efficacy of a potentised

homeopathic drug in reducing

cytotoxic effects produced by

arsenic trioxide in mice

Datta S.,

Mallick P.,

Bukhsh A.R.

Complement Ther

Med, 1999 Sep;

7 (3): 156-63 (b).
Protective
Arsenic trioxide

toxicity

Non-cytotoxic antiviral action of a homeopathic drug
Heine H.
Ärzteitschrift für

Neturheilverfahre,

2000; 41: 542-7.
Stimulant
γ interferon

synthesis

Efficacy of a potentised

homeopathic drug in reducing

cytotoxic effects produced by

arsenic trioxide in mice

Kundu S.N.,

Mitra K.,

Khuda

Bukhsh A.R.

Complement Ther

Med , 2000 Sep;

1 (3): 157-65.
Protective
Arsenic trioxide

toxicity

Stimulatory effect of some plant

extracts used in homeopathy on

the phagocytosis induced

chemiluminescence of

polymorphonuclear leukocytes

Crocnan D.,

Greabu M.,

Olinescu R.

Rocz Akad Med

Biochemist, 2000;

45: 246-254.
Stimulant
Phagocytosis

Difference between the efficacy

of single potencies and chords

Dittmann J.,

Harisch G.

BM, 2000, 1;

18-23.

Potency chords are

more effective than

single potencies
Basic research

Influence of some homeopathic

drugs on the catalytic activity of

uricase, acid phosphatase and the

cytosol glutathion-S-transferase

Dittmann J.,

Kanapin H.,

Harisch G.

BM, 2000, 3;

125-131

Effect of D8

potencies on three

different enzymatic

systems
Basic research

Influence of some homeopathic

drugs on the catalytic activity of

cAMP-dependent protein kinases

Dittmann J.,

Kanapin H.,

Harisch G.

BM, 2000, 6;

289-296.

Effect of different

potencies of 5

substances on

enzymatic activity
Basic research

Neuroprotection from glutamate

toxicity with ultra-low dose

glutamate

Jonas W.,

Lin Y.,

Zortella F.

Neuroreport,

2001 Feb 92; 12

(2): 335-9.
Protective Glutamate toxicity

KEY: BT = Biomedical Therapy
BM = Biologische Medizin
FKM = Forschung Komplementär Medizin

A number of large-scale studies designed to evaluate the huge amount of homeo- pathic literature have been conducted, especially in the last 10 years. Organisations and institutes of great international prestige and importance have dealt with the issue of homeopathy. All of them have concluded that homeopathy possesses therapeutic efficacy. The characteristics of these studies are briefly summarised below. In 1991 , J. Kleijnen et al. in the Netherlands evaluated 107 homeopathic clinical trials on the basis of a number of evaluation criteria also used in allopathic clini- cal trials (Kleijnen J. et al. – Clinical trials in homeopathy. British Medical Journal, 1991
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. They selected 22 of these trials, which they judged to be of good quality (large number of patients recruited, type of randomisation, descrip- tion of patients and methods, double blinding, and stated parameters for evalua- tion of results). 15 of these 22 trials, in which patients treated with the homeo- pathic drug were compared with patients who were untreated or treated with a placebo, demonstrated the therapeutic efficacy of the homeopathic drug. Kleijnen’s meta-analysis was therefore mainly formulated on the basis of observa- tional studies. Globally, 81 of the 107 studies reviewed by Kleijnen et al. (76%) gave favourable results. In 1992 , in view of the increasingly widespread use of non-conventional medicine (among which homeopathy stands out for the quantity and quality of the basic research and controlled clinical trials) and increased interest by the public and the media, the US Congress instituted the Office of Complementary Alternative Medicine, which later became NICAM (the National Institute of Complementary Alternative Medicine) within the National Institute of Health. NICAM has an annu- al budget of US$ 100 million, and is responsible for laying down guidelines for 30 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials research into the validation of complementary medicines, formulating trial proto- cols and allocating funds for quality research. In May 1997 , a report entitled “ Overview of data from homeopathic medicine tri- als ” was published by experts (clinical physicians, university pharmacologists and researchers in the homeopathic field) forming the Homeopathic Medicine Research Group, Advisory Group 1, set up by the European Community. These experts identified 377 clinical trials, short-listed 220, and reviewed 184. Detailed research lasting several months was conducted on the best trials, to eval- uate their scientific value. The conclusions researched by the Advisory Group are unequivocal: the number of significant results cannot be attributed to chance. The analysis provided a ran- dom hypothesis value of p < 0.001. The Advisory Group remained very cautious, but expressly stated: “ The null hypothesis that homeopathy has no effect can be rejected with certainty; in other words, in at least one of the studies examined the patients treated with the home- opathic remedy received benefits compared with the control patients who received the placebo ” . In 1997, K. Linde et al. (Munich University) published the results of a meta-analy- sis of no less than 135 clinical trials which compared homeopathic drugs with a placebo in Lancet (Linde K. et Al. – Are the clinical effects of homeopathy place- bo effects? A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials. Lancet 1997

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843). The authors concluded that “... The results of this meta-analysis are not com- patible with the hypothesis that the clinical effects of homeopathy are completely due to placebo ” . Linde had already published the favourable results of basic research studies con- ducted with homeopathic drugs in 1994 (Linde K. et al. – Critical review and meta- analysis of serially agitated dilutions in experimental toxicology – Human Exp. Toxicol., 1994 , 13:481-492). In 1998 , E. Ernst and E.G. Hahn described the state of the art in homeopathy, drawing conclusions similar to those reached by Linde in his 1997 meta-analysis (Ernst E., Hahn E.G. – Homeopathy: a clinical appraisal. Oxford – Butterworth. Heinman, 1998 ). In 1998 , P. Bellavite , Associate Professor of General Pathology at Verona University, published a detailed review which collected, classified and analysed much of the available scientific literature that documents the effects of homeopathic remedies in clinical trials, together with studies conducted in the field of basic research. As regards clinical research, Bellavite reported on the most significant and methodologically reliable studies, drawing the conclusion that “ the common opin- 31 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ion that scientific proof of the clinical efficacy of homeopathy does not exist must therefore be refuted ” . Basic research is also actively developing, and some high-quality in vitro and in vivo studies that demonstrate the efficacy of homeopathy have been published in internationally recognised journals. Another meta-analysis conducted in 2000 on 24 studies relating to controlled, ran- domised clinical trials concluded that “ There is some evidence that homeopathic treatments are more effective than placebo ” (M. Cucherat et al. – Evidence of clin- ical efficacy of homeopathy. A meta-analysis of clinical trials. Eur. J. Clin. Pharmacol., 2000

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SELECTED STUDIES GROUPED BY APPARATUS AND DISORDER Allergies 9 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Rhinitis and oculorhinitis Rhinitis and oculorhinitis Rhinitis and oculorhinitis Rhinitis and oculorhinitis Rhinitis and oculorhinitis Rhinitis and oculorhinitis Rhinitis and oculorhinitis Allergic bronchial asthma Wiesenauer M., Haussler S., Gaus W. Wiesenauer M., Gaus W. Reilly D.T., Taylor M.A. Reilly D.T., Taylor M.A., McSharry C., Aitchinson T. Wiesenauer M., Gaus W., Haussler S. Wiesenauer M., Ludtke R. Taylor M.A., Reilly D., Llewellyn-Jones R.H., McSharry C., Aitchinson T.C. Campbell J.H., Taylor M.A., Beattie N., McSharry C., Aitchinson T., Carter R., Stevenson R.D., Reilly D.T. The treatment of pollinosis with Galphimia glauca. Double-blind trial comparing the effectiveness of the homeopathic preparation Galphimia potentisation D6, Galphimia dilution 10-6 and placebo on pollinosis. Potent placebo or potency? A proposed study model with its initial findings using homeopathically prepared pollens in hayfever. Is homeopathy a placebo response? Controlled trial of homeopathic potency, with pollen in hayfever as model. The treatment of pollinosis with Galphimia glauca - dou- ble-blind clinical trial. The treatment of pollinosis with Galphimia glauca D4 – a randomised placebo- controlled double-blind clinical trial. Randomized controlled trial of homeopathy versus placebo in perennial allergic rhinitis with overview of four trial series. Is homeopathy a placebo response? A controlled trial of homeopathic immunotherapy in atopic asthma. Fortsch. Med. , 1983 , 101: 811-814. Arzneim. Forsch./Drug Res. , 1985 , 33: 1745-1747. Br. Hom. J. , 1985 , 74: 65-75. Lancet , 1986 , 2: 881-886. Allergologie , 1990 , 13: 359-363. Phytomedicine , 1995 , 2: 3-6. British Medical Journal 2000 Aug, 19-26; 321 (7259): 471-6. Am. Rev. Resp. Dis. , 1990 , 141: A24. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior AUTHORS 38 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Allergic bronchial asthma Reilly D., Taylor M.A., Beattie N., Campbell J.H., McSharry C., Aitchinson T., Carter R., Stevenson R.D. Is evidence for homeopathy reproducible? Lancet , 1994 , 344: 1601-1606. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior AUTHORS ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Allergic rhinitis and oculorhinitis Allergic rhinitis and oculorhinitis Weiser M., Gegenheimer L.H., Klein P. Matusiewicz R. A randomized equivalence trial comparing the efficacy and safety of Luffa comp.-Heel nasal spray with cromolyn- sodium spray in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis. The efficacy of Engystol in cases of bronchial asthma treated with corticosteroids. Research in Complementary Medicine, 1999 /6. Biologische Medizin , 1995 , 5; 242-246. The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior* to the allopathic reference drug The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior* to the allopathic reference drug AUTHORS The term “ NOT INFERIOR ” means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO. 2 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug 39 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Muscle cramps (2 drugs vs. placebo Rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis Tibiotarsal sprain (astragalus) Fibromyositis Trauma Haemarthrosis Mossinger P. Gibson R.G., Gibson S.L.M., Mc Neil A.D., Gray G.H., Carson W., Buchanan W.W. Gibson R.G., Gibson S.L.M., Mc Neil A.D, Buchanan W.W. Wiesenauer M., Gaus W. Zell J., Connert W.D., Mau J., Feuerstake G. Fisher P., Greenwood A., Huskisson E.C., Turner P., Belon P. Gibson J., Haslam Y., Laurenson L., Newman P., Pit R., Robins M. Thiel W., Borho B. Demonstrations of efficacy. Salicylates and homeopathy in rheumatoid arthritis: preliminary observations. Homeopathic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: evaluation by double-blind clinical therapeutic trial. Demonstration of efficacy of a homeopathic medicine in chronic polyarthritis. Randomised double-blind trial. Treatment of acute sprains of the ankle: A controlled double-blind trial to test the effectiveness of a homeopathic ointment. Effect of homeopathic treatment on fibrositis (primary fibromyalgia). Double blind trial of Arnica in acute trauma patients. The treatment of recent traumatic blood effusions of the knee joint. Allg. Hom. Zeitung , 1976 , 221: 26-31. Br. J. Clin. Pharmac. , 1978

6: 391-395. Br. J. Clin. Pharmac. , 1980

9: 453-459. Akt Rheumatol. , 1991 , 16: 1-9. Forts. der Med. , 1988 96/62- 100/70. Brit. Med. J. , 1989 , 299: 365- 366. Homoeopathy , 1991 , 41: 54-55. Biol. Medizin , 1991 , 20: 506-515. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior AUTHORS Arthromyofascial apparatus 8 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine 40 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Osteoarthritis of the knee Osteoarthritis of the knee Osteoarthritis of the knee Backache Nahler G., Metelmann H., Sperber H. Maronna U., Weiser M., Klein P. Van Haselen R.A. Stam C., Bonnet M.S., Van Haselen R.A. Treating osteoarthritis of the knee with a homeopathic preparation – Results of a randomized, controlled, clinical trial in comparison to hyaluronic acid. Oral treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee with Zeel S tablets. A randomized controlled trial comparing topical piroxican gel with a homeopathic gel in osteoarthritis of the knee. The efficacy and safety of a homeopathic gel in the treatment of acute low back pain: a multi-centre, randomised, double-blind comparative clinical trial. Orthopädische Praxis , 1996 , 5. Orthop ä dische Praxis , 2000 , 5. Rheumatology (Oxford) , 2000 Jul,; 39 (7): 714-9. Br. Homeopath. J., 2001 Jan; 90(1): 21-8. The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug AUTHORS The term “ NOT INFERIOR ” means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO. 4 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug 41 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT AUTHORS Coagulation and circulatory disorders 5 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Haemostasis Doutremepuich C., Pailley D., Anne M.C., De Seze O., Paccalin J., Quilichini R. Template bleeding time after ingestion of ultra low dosages of acetylsalicylic acid in healthy subjects. Preliminary study. Thrombosis Res., 1987 , 48: 501-504. The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug AUTHORS The term “ NOT INFERIOR ” means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO. 1 clinical trial of a homeopathic medicine vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug Haematoma Haematoma Varicose veins Filariasis Asymptomatic filariasis Bourgois J.C. Amodeo C., Dorfman P., Ricciotti F., Tetau M., Veroux P.F. Ernst E., Saradeth T., Resch K.L. Subramanyam V.R., Mishra N., Ray Y., Rakshit G., Pattnaik N.M. Kumar A., Mishra N. Protection of the venous system in patients with perfused breast cancer. Double-blind clinical trial. Evaluation of the action of Arnica 5CH on vein disorders after lengthy perfusion. Complementary treatment of varicose veins. A randomised, placebo-controlled, double- blind trial. Homeopathic treatment of filariasis. Experience in an Indian rural setting. Effect of homeopathic treatment of filariasis. A single-blind 69-months follow-up study in an endemic village in Orissa. Universit é Paris Nord (Thesis), 1983 . Cahiers Biother. , 1988 , 98: 77-82. Phlebology , 1990 , 5: 157-163. Br. Hom. J. , 1990 , 79: 157-160. Br. Hom. J. , 1994 , 83: 216-219. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior 42 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Skin lesions Skin lesions Pyodermitis Burns Dermatosis Plantar warts Paterson J. Balzarini A., Felisi E., Martini A., De Donno F. Mossinger P. Leaman A.M., Gorman D. Schwab G. Labrecque M., Audet D., Latulippe L.G., Drouin J. Report on Mustard Gas Experiment. Efficacy of homeopathic treatment of skin reaction during radiotherapy for breast cancer: a randomised, double-blind clinical trial. The therapeutic efficacy of Hepar sulfuris calcareum D4 in pyodermitis and boils. Cantharis in the early treatment of minor burns. Can the effect of homeopathic substances in high potencies be demonstrated experimentally? A controlled, cross-over double blind study in patients with skin conditions. Homeopathic treatment of plantar warts. J. Am. Inst. Homeopathy, 1944 , 37: 47-50, 88-92. Br. Homeopath. J. , 2000 Jan; 89 (1): 8-12. Allg. Hom. Zeitung , 1980 , 225: 22-28. Arch. Emerg. Med. , 1989 , 6: 259-261. Proc. 45th LMHI Congr., Barcelona, Spain , 1990 , 166-169. Ca. Med. Assoc. J. , 1992 , 146: 1749-1753. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior AUTHORS Dermatology 6 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine 43 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Pharyngitis Gastritis Irritable colon Cholecystitis Anal fissures Diarrhoea (paediatric cases) Diarrhoea (paediatric cases) Diarrhoea (paediatric cases) Mossinger P. Ritter H. Rahlfs V.W., Mossinger P. Mossinger P. Bignamini M., Saruggia M., Sansonetti G. Jacobs J., Jimenez L.M., Gloyd S.S., Carares F.E., Gaitan M.P., Crothers D. Jacobs J., Jimenez L.M., Gloyd S.S., Gale J.L., Crothers D. Jacobs J., Jimenez L.M., Malthouse S., Chapman E., Crothers D., Masuk M., Jonas W.B. The treatment of pharyngitis with Phytolacca. Double-blind homeotherapeutic study and the issues involved. Asa foetida in the treatment of irritable colon: double-blind clinical trial. Homeopathy and naturopathy. How to overcome conflicts. Homeopathic treatment of anal fissures using nitricum acidum. Homeopathic treatment of acute childhood diarrhoea. A randomised clinical trial in Nicaragua. Treatment of acute childhood diarrhoea. A randomised clinical trial in Nicaragua. Homeopathic treatment of acute childhood diarrhoea: results from a clinical trial in Nepal. Allg. Hom. Zeitung , 1973

218: 111-121. Hippokrates , 1966 , 12: 472-476. Dtsch. Med. Wschr. , 1979 , 104: 140-143. Hippokrates (Stuttgart) , 1984 , 165-169. Berl. J. Res. Hom. , 1991 , 1 (4/5): 286-287. Br. Hom. J. , 1993 , 82: 83-86. Pediatrics , 1994 , 93: 719-725. J. Altern. Complement. Med. , 2000 Apr; 6 (2): 131-9. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior AUTHORS Gastrointestinal apparatus 8 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Vomiting Stukalova E.N. Efficacy of homotoxicological treatment in early toxaemia of pregnancy. B.T. , 2000 , 4 (Ukrainian edition) The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug AUTHORS The term “ NOT INFERIOR ” means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO. 1 clinical trial of a homeopathic medicine vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug 44 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Menopause Leucorrhoea Premenstrual syndrome Childbirth (pain) Childbirth (pain) Childbirth (labour) Florid condylomatosis Gauthier J.E. Carey H. Lepaisant C. Coudert M. Dorfman P., Lasserre M.N., Tetau M. Eid P., Felisi E., Sideri M. Destro Castaniti M. Comparative therapeutic study of the action of clonidine and Lachesis muta in the treatment of hot flushes in the menopause. Double blind clinical trial of Borax and Candida in the treatment of vaginal discharge. Therapeutic demonstrations in homeopathy: treatment of breast tension and mastodynia in premenstrual syndrome. Experimental study of the action of Caulophyllum in false labour. Preparation for childbirth with homeopathy: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Super placebo or pharmacolo- gical action? A double-blind randomised trial with a homeopathic drug (Caulophyllum thalictroides) during labour. The use of Transfactor 11 in HPV infections (160 cases). Universit é de Bordeaux (Thesis), 1983 . Comm. Br. Hom. Res. Grp., 1986 March:12-14. Rev. Fr. Gynecol. Obst é t. , 1995 , 90: 94-95. Universit é de Limoges (Thesis) , 1981 . Cahiers de Bioth é rapie , 1987 , 94: 77- 81. Proc. V Congr. O.M.H.I., Paris, 1994 . La Medicina Biologica , 2000 , 4; 95: 100. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior AUTHORS Gynaecology and obstetrics 7 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine 45 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Diabetes mellitus Diabetic retinopathy Obesity Complications of haemodialysis Complications of haemodialysis Fabbro V., Gargiulo P., Minelli E. Zicari D., Ricciotti F., Vingolo E.M., Zicari N. Werke W., Lehmann M., Galland F. Hariveau E. Saruggia M., Corghi E. Multicentric study of the action of the homeopathic complex R40 in the treatment of hyperglycaemia. Evaluation of the angioprotective action of arnica preparations in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy. Comparative controlled trial of the efficacy of the plant- based homeopathic medicine Heliantus tuberosus D1 in the complementary treatment of overweight patients. Clinical research at the Boiron Institute. Effects of homeopathic dilutions of China rubra on intradialytic symptomatology in patients treated with Omeopatia Oggi, 1994 , 5 (10): 1-16. Boll. Oculist ., 1992 , 71: 841-848. Therapiewoche , 1994 , 44: 34-39. Hom é opathie , 1987 /5; 55-8. Br. Hom. J ., 1992 , 81: 86-88. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior AUTHORS Metabolism 5 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine vs placebo ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Functional infertility Toxaemia in pregnancy Lai G. Stukalova E.N. Homotoxicological treatment of female functional infertility: clinical trial. Efficacy of homotoxicological treatment in early toxaemia of pregnancy. La Medicina Biologica, 2000 , 4:81-86. BT , 2000 , 4 (Ukrainian edition) The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug AUTHORS The term “ NOT INFERIOR ” means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO. KEY: BT = Biomedical Therapy 2 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug 46 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Dental neuralgia Kinetosis (motion sickness) Kinetosis (motion sickness) Aphasia Migraine Head injury Migraine Albertini H., Godberg W. Ponti M. Dexpert M. Master F.J. Brigo B., Serpelloni G. Chapman E.H., Weintraub R.J., Milburn H.A., Pirozzi T.O., Woo E. Straumsheim P., Borchgrevink C., Mowinckel P., Kierulf H., Hafslund D. Homeopathic treatment of dental neuralgia using Arnica and hypericum: a summary of 60 observations. Evaluation of homeopathic treatment of motion sickness; results of 93 observations. Prevention of motion sickness with Cocculine. Scope of homeopathic drugs in the treatment of Broca ’ s aphasia. Homeopathic treatment of migraines: a randomized double-blind controlled study of sixty cases. Homeopathic treatment of mild traumatic brain injury: a randomized, double blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. Homeopathic treatment of migraine: a double blind, placebo controlled trial of 68 patients. Hom é opathie Fran ç aise, 1984 , 71: 47-49. In: Recherches Hom é opathiques (Boiron J., Belon P., Hariveau E., eds.). Fondation Fran ç aise pour la Recherche en Hom é opathie , 1986 . Lyon: 71-74. Hom é opathie Franc. , 1987 , 75: 353-355. Proc. 42nd Congr. LMHI , 1987 , Arlington, USA: 330-334. Berl. J. Res. Hom. , 1991 , 1 (2): 98-106. J. Head Trauma Rehabil. , 1999 Dec; 14 (6): 521-42. Br. Homeopath. J. , 2000 Jan; 89 (1) 4-7. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior AUTHORS Neurology 7 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine vs placebo 47 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Vertigo Vertigo Weiser M. Wolschner U., Str ö sser W., Weiser M., Klein P. Homeopathic vs conventional treatment of vertigo. Vertigo therapy: Cocculus -heel ® versus Dimenhydrinate. Arch. Of Otolaryngology. Head and Neck Surgery, 1998 , August. BM, 2001 , 4. Pubblicato in italiano (2) The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug AUTHORS The term “ NOT INFERIOR ” means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO. KEY: BM = Biologische Medizin 2 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug 48 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Infections of the upper airways Infections of the upper airways Infections of the upper airways Infections of the upper airways Coryza Otitis media Otitis media Glue ear Sinusitis Sinusitis Influenza syndrome Hourst P. Lecoq P.L. Bordes L.R., Dorfman P. Casanova P., Gerard R. Mossinger P. Mossinger P. Jacobs J., Springer D.A., Crothers D. Harrison H., Fixsen A., Vickers A. Wiesenauer M., Gaus W., Bohnacker U., Haussler S. Weiser M., Clasen B.P. Ferley J.P., Zmirou D., D ’ Adhemar D., Balducci F. Acknowledgement of the efficacy of homeopathy. Therapeutic possibilities in the treatment of influenza syndromes. Evaluation of the antitussive action of Drosetux syrup; double-blind placebo- controlled clinical trial. Results of three years of randomised multicentric studies with Oscillococcinum/ placebo. Study of treatment of rhinorrhoea with Euphorbium D3. The treatment of otitis media with Pulsatilla. Homeopathic treatment of acute otitis media in children: a preliminary randomised placebo-controlled trial. A randomised comparison of homeopathic and standard care for the treatment of glue ear in children. Study of the efficacy of homeopathic compound pre- parations in sinusitis. Results of a double-blind randomised out-patient study. Controlled double-blind study of a homeopathic sinusitis medication. A controlled evaluation of a homeopathic preparation in influenza-like syndromes. Universit é P. et M. Curie (Thesis) . Paris. France, 1981. Cah. Bioth é r. , 1985 , 87: 65-73. Cahiers d ’ Otorhinolaryngo- logie , 1986 , 21: 731-734. Proposta Omeopatica 3 , Anno IV, ottobre 1988 . Allg. Hom. Zeitung , 1982 , 227: 89-95. Kinderarzt , 1985 , 16: 581-582. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. , 2001 Feb; 20 (2): 177-83. Complemen. Ther. Med. , 1999 , Sept; 7 (3): 132-5. Arzneim. Forsch./Drug Res. , 1989 , 39: 620-625. Biol. Ther. , 1994 , 13: 4-11. Br. J. Clin. Pharmac. , 1989 , 27: 329-335. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior AUTHORS Respiratory apparatus, common cold/influenza syndrome and ENT 15 placebo-controlled clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine 49 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Influenza syndrome Influenza syndrome Influenza syndrome Bronchial asthma Saruggia M. Heilmann A. Saruggia M. Matusiewicz R. Influenza and viral respiratory infections. A combination injection preparation as a prophylactic for flu and common colds. The preventive effect of Oscillococcinum in influenza- like syndromes. Results of a multicentric study. The efficacy of Engystol in cases of bronchial asthma treated with corticosteroids. Medicina Naturale , 1994 /6. Biol. Ther. , 1994 , 7: 249-253. Medicina Naturale , 1995 /6. La Medicina Biologica , 1996 , 1; 3-8. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior AUTHORS ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Infections of the upper airways Infections of the upper airways Common cold Common cold Otitis media Arrighi A. Riley D., Fisher M., Singh B., Haidvogl M., Heger M. Gassinger C.A., Wunstel G. Maiwald L., Weinfurtner T., Mau J., Connert W.D. Kruse K. Evaluation of clinical efficacy in a homotoxicologic protocol for prevention of recurrent respiratory infections in pediatrics. Homeopathy and Conventional Medicine: an outcome study comparing effectiveness in a primary care setting. A controlled clinical trial for testing the efficacy of the homeopathic drug Eupatorium perfoliatum D2 in the treatment of common cold. The therapy of the common cold with a combination homeopathic preparation, compared with treatment with acetylsalicylic acid: a controlled randomized, single- blind study. Subject reported in the volume. La Medicina Biologica , 2000 , 3: 13-21. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine , 2001 , Vol 7, N ° 2; 149- 159. Arzheim Forsch./Drug Res. , 1981 , 31: 732-736. Arzheim Forsch./Drug Res. , 1988 /4. Edition Forsch. Hippokrates Verlag, Stuttgart, The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug AUTHORS The term “ NOT INFERIOR ” means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO. 5 clinical trials of a homeopathic medicine vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug 50 Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT HIV infection Rastogi D.P., Singh V.P., Singh V., Dey S.K., Rao K. Homeopathy in HIV infection: a trial report of double-blind placebo-controlled study. Br. Homeopath. J., 1999 Apr; 88 (2): 49-57. The homeopathic medicine proved therapeutically superior AUTHORS Sundry 1 placebo-controlled clinical trial of a homeopathic medicine The term “ NOT INFERIOR ” means EQUAL or SUPERIOR TO. KEY: BM = Biologische Medizin ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Conjunctivitis K ü stermann R.W., Weiser M., Klein P. Antihomotoxic treatment of conjunctivitis. Results of a prospective, controlled, cohort study. BM, 2001 , 3. The homeopathic medicine was not therapeutically inferior to the allopathic reference drug AUTHORS 1 clinical trial of a homeopathic medicine vs the corresponding allopathic reference drug Homeopathy: overview of human clinical trials 51 ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED DISORDER PUBLICATION EFFECT Dynamic ileus Dynamic ileus Dynamic ileus Post-operative infections Post-operative psychomotor agitation Post-extraction complications (dental cases) Valero E. Chevrel J.P., Saglier J., Destable M.D. Aulagnier G. Valero E. Alibeu J.P., Jobert J. Michaud J. Study of the preventive action of Raphanus sativus 7CH on the post-operative recovery time of intestinal transit (80 cases); and of Pyrogenium 7CH on post-operative infections (128 cases). Recovery of intestinal transit in digestive surgery. Homeopathic action of opium. The action of post-operative homeopathic treatment. Study of the preventive action of Raphanus sativus 7CH on the post-operative recovery time of intestinal transit (80 cases); and of Pyrogenium 7CH on post-operative infec- tions (128 cases). Aconite in homeopathic relief of post-operative pain and agitation in children. The action of Apis mellifica and Arnica montana in preventing post-operative oedema in maxillofacial surgery in a clinical trial involving 60 cases. Universit é de Grenoble (Thesis) , 1981 . Press Med. , 1984 , 13: 833. Hom é opathie , 1985 , 6: 42-45. Universit é de Grenoble (Thesis) , 1981 . P é diatrie , 1990 , 45: 465-466. Universit é de Nantes (Thesis) , 1981 . 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ORIGINAL/TRANSLATED TITLE	AUTHOR(S)	PUBLICATION	ACTIVITY	STUDY
Inhibition of lymphoblast transformation test (LTT) in phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) with Phytolacca americana in homeopathic dilution	Colas H., Aubin M., Picard P., Lebecq J.C.	Ann. Homéopat. Fr., 1975, 6: 1-11.	Inhibitory	Lymphoblast transformation
Inquiry into the limits of biological effects of chemical compounds in tissue culture. I. Low dose effects of mercure chloride	Mansvelt J.D., van Amons E.	Z. Naturtorschung, 1975, 30: 643-649.	Inhibitory	Lymphocyte growth
The effects of Belladonna and Ferrum phosphoricum on the chemoluminescence of human poly-morphonuclear neutrophils	Poitevin B., Aubin M., Royer J.F.	Ann. Homéop. Fr., 1983, 3: 5-12.	Inhibitory	Radical release
Effect of aconitum and veratrum on the isolated perfused heart of the common eel (Anguilla anguilla)	Pennec J.P., Aubin M.	Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 1984, 776: 367-369.	Protective	Aconitine toxicity
Elements of homeopathic pharmacology	Aubin M.	Homéopathie Franç., 1984, 72: 231- 235	Protective	Aconitine toxicity
The effect of homeopathic preparations on the phagocyte activity of granulocytes. In vitro tests and double-blind controlled trials	Wagner H., Jurcic K., Doenicke A., Rosenhuber E., Behrens N.	Arzneim. Forsch./Drug Res., 1986, 36: 1424-1425.	Stimulant	Phagocytosis
Approach to quantitative analysis of the effect of Apis mellifica on the degranulation of human basophils cultivated in vitro	Poitevin B., Aubin M., Benveniste J.	Innov. Tech. Biol. Med., 1986, 7: 64-68.	Inhibitory	Basophil degranulation
In vitro stimulation of human granulocytes and lymphocytes by pico- and femtogram quantities of cytostatic agents	Wagner H., Kreher B., Jurcic K.	Arzneim. Forsch./Drug Res., 1988, 38: 273-275.	Stimulant	Lymphocyte growth
In vitro immunological degranulation of human basophils is modulated by lung histamine and Apis mellifica	Poitevin B., Davenas E., Benveniste J.	Brit. J. Clin. Pharmacol., 1988, 25: 439-444.	Inhibitory	Basophil degranulation
Cytotoxic agents as immunomodulators	Wagner H., Kreher B.	Proc. of the 3rd GIRI meeting, Paris, 1989, 31- 46.	Stimulant	Lymphocyte growth
Contributions of fundamental research in homeopathy	Boiron J., Belon P.	Berl. J. Res. Hom., 1990, 1: 34-35.	Inhibitory	Basophil degranulation
Synergism of action between indoleacetic acid (IAA) and highly diluted solutions of CaCO3 on the growth of oat coleoptiles	Bornoroni C.	Berl. J. Res. Hom., 1991, 1 (4/5): 275-278.	Stimulant	Growth of plant cells
Study of the action of Hahnemannian dilutions of mercury chloride on the mitotic index in animal cell cultures.	Boiron J., Abecassis J., Cotte J., Bernard A.M.	Ann. Homéop. Fr., 1991, 23: 43-49.	Protective	Hg toxicity
Dual effects of formylpeptides on the adhesion of endotoxin-primed human neutrophils	Bellavite P., Chirumbolo S., Lippi G., Andrioli G., Bonazzi L., Ferro I.	Cell. Biochem. Funct., 1993, 11: 231-239.	Inhibitory	Cell adhesion (bact. pept. 10-8-10-9)
Effects of homeopathic preparations of organic acids and of minerals on the oxidative metabolism of human neutrophils	Chirumbolo S., Signorini A., Bianchi I., Lippi G., Bellavite P.	Br. Hom. J., 1993, 82: 227-244.	Inhibitory	Leucocyte activation (metabolism)
Platelets/endothelial cells interactions in presence of acetylsalicylic acid at ultra low dose	Doutremepuich C., Lalanne M.C., Ramboer I., Sertillanges M.N., De Seze O.	Omeomed 92 (C. Bornoroni, ed.), 1993, Editrice Compositori, Bologna: 109-115.	Inhibitory	Prostacyclin release
Effect of high dilutions of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on in vitro proliferation of keratinocyte and fibroblast cell lines	Fougeray S., Moubry K., Vallot N., Bastide M.	Br. Hom. J., 1993, 82: 124-125.	Inhibitory	Growth of keratinocytes
Effects of different homeopathic potencies of Lachesis on lymphocyte cultures obtained from rabbit blood	Enbergs H., Arndt G.	Biol. Tier., 1993, 4.	Stimulant	Mitotic and immunostimulating activity (bact. pept 10-5-10-6)
The effect of homeopathic potencies of housedust mite on the migration of house-dust sensitive human leukocytes	Gibson S.L., Gibson R.G.	Complement. Ther. Med., 1996, 4: 169-171.	Stimulant	Leucocyte chemotaxis
The effects of Nux vomica Homaccord and Atropinum comp. on intestinal activity in vitro	Kanui T.I., Enbergs H.	Biol. Tier., 1996/1, 43-47.	Stimulant	Contraction of intestinal muscles
Application of flow cytometry to the analysis of the immunosuppressive effect of histamine dilutions on human basophil action: effect of cimetidine	Sainte-Laudy J., Belon P.	Inflamm. Res., 1997, 46: S27-S28.	Inhibitory	Basophil degranulation
Effects of Podophillum pellatum compounds in various preparations and dilutions on human neutrophil functions in vitro	Chirumbolo S., Conforti A., Lussignoli S., Metelmann H. et Al.	Br. Hom. J., 1997; 86-16.	Inhibitory	Release of superoxides
In vivo and in vitro studies on the efficiency of potentized and nonpotentized substances	Harisch G., Dittmann J.	BT, 1997, 2; 40-46.	Difference between potentised and non-potentised substances	In vivo and in vitro study; basic research
Experiments with the effects of Ubichinon-Injeel and strong Ubichinon-Injeel on an acellular system	Harisch G., Dittmann J.	BM, 1997, 3; 99-104.	Different effects of associations of various potencies and individual potencies	In vitro study; basic research
Efficacy of the homeopathic drugs Suis and Arnica comp.-Heel® on lymphocyte and phagocyte activity	Enbergs H.	BM, 1998, 1; 3-11.	Effect of organotherapeutics and Arnica comp. - Heel® on immune system cells	In vitro study; basic research
Influence of dilutions and potencies of cAMP on different enzymatic systems	Harisch G., Dittmann J.	BM, 1998, 2; 55-62.	Effects of dilutions and potencies of cAMP on some enzymatic activities	In vitro study; basic research
Studies of the principles of homeopathy; the changeover from in vivo to in vitro experimental research	Harisch G., Dittmann J.	BM, 1998, 3; 98-103.	Potentised and non-potentised dilutions are equally effective, but have different actions	Basic research
Determination of the activity of acid phosphatase with cAMP at various potencies	Harisch G., Dittmann J.	BM, 1999, 1; 4-8.	Different effects on enzymatic activity	In vitro study; basic research
Contribution to study of the efficacy of homeopathic potencies of phosphorus	Gomez J.C.	BT, 1999, 2; 53-57.	Effect of different potencies of phosphorus	Tests on guinea pigs
Determination of the activity of acid phosphatase in the presence of Ubichinon comp.	Harisch G., Dittmann J.	BM, 1999, 4; 188-194.	Effect of enzymatic activity of homeopathic medicine	Basic research
Biochemical efficacy of homeopathic and electronic preparations of D8 potassium cyanate	Dittmann J., Kanapin H., Harisch G.	FKM, 1999, 6; 15-18.	Homeopathic potentisation is more effective than electronic potentisation	Basic research
Osteoporosis in vitro in rat tibiaderived osteoblasts is promoted by the homeopathic preparation, FMS Calciumfluor	Palermo C., Filanti C., Poggi S., Manduca P.	Cell Biol Int, 1999, 23(1): 31-40.	Stimulant	Osteogenesis (trial with compound drug)
Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) of homeopathic active constituents	Schmolz M.	BM, 1999, 5; 248-250.	Constituents of Arnica comp.- Heel® ointment: electrophoresis accelerates their skin penetration.	Basic research
	Schmolz M.	BM, 1999, 5; 248-250.	Effect of homeopathic constituents on enzymatic activity.	Basic research
Efficacy of a potentised homeopathic drug in reducing cytotoxic effects produced by arsenic trioxide in mice	Datta S., Mallick P., Bukhsh A.R.	Complement Ther Med, 1999 Jan; 7 (8): 62-75 (a).	Protective	Arsenic trioxide toxicity
Efficacy of a potentised homeopathic drug in reducing cytotoxic effects produced by arsenic trioxide in mice	Datta S., Mallick P., Bukhsh A.R.	Complement Ther Med, 1999 Sep; 7 (3): 156-63 (b).	Protective	Arsenic trioxide toxicity
Non-cytotoxic antiviral action of a homeopathic drug	Heine H.	Ärzteitschrift für Neturheilverfahre, 2000; 41: 542-7.	Stimulant	γ interferon synthesis
Efficacy of a potentised homeopathic drug in reducing cytotoxic effects produced by arsenic trioxide in mice	Kundu S.N., Mitra K., Khuda Bukhsh A.R.	Complement Ther Med , 2000 Sep; 1 (3): 157-65.	Protective	Arsenic trioxide toxicity
Stimulatory effect of some plant extracts used in homeopathy on the phagocytosis induced chemiluminescence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes	Crocnan D., Greabu M., Olinescu R.	Rocz Akad Med Biochemist, 2000; 45: 246-254.	Stimulant	Phagocytosis
Difference between the efficacy of single potencies and chords	Dittmann J., Harisch G.	BM, 2000, 1; 18-23.	Potency chords are more effective than single potencies	Basic research
Influence of some homeopathic drugs on the catalytic activity of uricase, acid phosphatase and the cytosol glutathion-S-transferase	Dittmann J., Kanapin H., Harisch G.	BM, 2000, 3; 125-131	Effect of D8 potencies on three different enzymatic systems	Basic research
Influence of some homeopathic drugs on the catalytic activity of cAMP-dependent protein kinases	Dittmann J., Kanapin H., Harisch G.	BM, 2000, 6; 289-296.	Effect of different potencies of 5 substances on enzymatic activity	Basic research
Neuroprotection from glutamate toxicity with ultra-low dose glutamate	Jonas W., Lin Y., Zortella F.	Neuroreport, 2001 Feb 92; 12 (2): 335-9.	Protective	Glutamate toxicity