Homeopathy & methodologies

a person selling you ‘protocols’ is doing it wrong

Legitimate homeopathy is always highly personalized

Homeopathy recognizes diseased individuals therefore the prescribed homeopathic medicine should fit the symptoms of the person not the name of the disease.¹

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A homeopath worth their salt is able to apply coherence in their working knowledge of homeopathic principles particularly the therapeutic similitude principle in order to be able to assist people suffering chronic disease to improved health.²

After all, what is a word if not a construct…

homeo-, pref. Gk. homoio-, form of homoios, used in compounds , ‘like, similar’, fr. homos, ‘same’. See homo-, pref., fr. Gk. homos for *somos, ‘the same’; cogn. w.Scrt. sama-; O. Slav. samu; Goth. sama. See same. Form used in compounds, usually of Greek origin; denoting the same, of the same kind; contrasted with hetero-.

-pathy, suff. (1. pathi; 2. pepi) representing Gk. -patheia, in homoipatheia, ‘similar feeling, equal suffering’, see homoeopathy, fr. Gk. path(os), ‘suffering’, see pathos. Used to form ns., indicating methods of curative treatment, e.g. allopathy.³

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The reliability of homeopathy increases when the prescription is made in accordance with the objective signs and guiding symptoms of a proven homeopathic medicine.⁴

This is a WARNING to please be especially wary of shameless sellers of proprietary aka invented aka unscientific ‘protocols’ such as an ‘8 week radiation detox’ which might actually harm you and your family… this is not homeopathy.

In Australia at the beginning of the twentieth century homeopathy was well accepted including by homeopaths…⁵ our current terrible reality is that professional homeopathy is in undoubtable decline.⁶

(my heart hurts every time I am required to make people aware of all of this)

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If a homeopath is selling you ‘protocols’ they’re doing it wrong…

For example, many protocols for the treatment of ‘COVID-19 like’ symptoms with homeopathic medicine have been designed,⁷ ⁸ ⁹ which may or not conform to the core principles of classical homeopathy i.e., the proven principles of individualization and the single remedy, which together trump in every scenario including ‘epidemics.’¹⁰ ¹¹¹²

There is an important difference between homeopathy and other methodologies using homeopathic remedies… Individualized homeopathy has an actual evidence base¹³

The popular but possibly harmful practice peddled by profiteers providing homeopathic remedies as ‘protocols’ is not advised¹⁴ and likely based on the work of English pharmacist D.W Everitt who coined the phrase tautopathy while routinely recommending its implementation post heavy use of (his?) pharmaceutical medicine.¹⁵

And, in brief, an inherited predisposition in children from parents affected by toxic substances should not be confused with genetic predispositions which pass to the newborn and determined by the health of the parents at the moment of conception, together with ancestral susceptibility.¹⁶

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A (by no means a definitive) LIST of actual, peer reviewed, published examples of restoration of health via homeopathy (no protocols here…)

Atopic Dermatitis¹⁷

Binocular diplopia post COVID-19 mRNA Biological Injection¹⁸

Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia¹⁹

Cystitis²⁰

Heterotopic ossification²¹

Infertility treatment²²

Insomnia and recurrent pathologies in an autistic child²³

Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis²⁴

Long standing cardiac pathologies²⁵

Myasthenia gravis therapy²⁶

Paediatric skin conditions²⁷

Post dural puncture headache²⁸

Post operative sore throat²⁹

Postpartum depression³⁰

Psoriasis³¹

Surgical menopause³²

Syringomyelia³³

Vitiligo³⁴

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‘In contrast to frequent claims, the available Meta Analyses of homoeopathy in placebo-controlled randomised trials for any indication show significant positive effects beyond placebo. Compared to other medical interventions, the quality of evidence for efficacy of homoeopathy was similar or higher than for 90% of interventions across medicine. Accordingly, the efficacy evidence from placebo-controlled randomised trials provides no justification for regulatory or political actions against homoeopathy in health-care systems.’

(Hamre HJ, Glockmann A, von Ammon K, Riley DS, Kiene H. Efficacy of homoeopathic treatment: Systematic review of meta-analyses of randomised placebo-controlled homoeopathy trials for any indication. Systematic Rev. 2023 Oct 7;12(1):191. https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13643-023-02313-2#Abs1)

Thank you so much !

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9. Arumugam et al., 2023. Antiviral Activity of Cinchona officinalis, a Homeopathic Medicine, against COVID-19. Homeopathy. Sep 6. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373718617_Antiviral_Activity_of_Cinchona_officinalis_a_Homeopathic_Medicine_against_COVID-19

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17. Mahesh et al. Appearance of Acute Inflammatory State Indicates Improvement in Atopic Dermatitis Cases Under Classical Homeopathic Treatment: A Case Series. Clinical Medicine Insights, Case Reports. 2021. 11;14:1179547621994103. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7882755/

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19. Mahesh et al. Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Managed With Classical Homeopathy: A Case Report. Authorea. 2021. 18-10-21. Available from https://www.authorea.com/users/367060/articles/542066-cervical-intraepithelial-neoplasia-managed-with-classical-homeopathy-a-case-report?commit=c2ce3c49e0561420a6e2949b5760cc5889836c7f

20. Gaertner et al., 2020. Individualized Homeopathic Treatment in Women with Recurrent Cystitis: A Retrospective Case Series. Complementary Medicine Research. 27(3):193-199. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31945769/ 

21. Tsintzas et al., 2019. Heterotopic ossification in a 7-year-old female patient treated with individualized homeopathy: A case report. Clinical Case Reports. 19;7(12):2526-2533. Available from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ccr3.2547

22. Kalampokas et al., 2014. Homeopathy for infertility treatment: a case series. Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 41(2):158-9. Available from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24779242/

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25. Tenzera et al., 2018. Improvements in long standing cardiac pathologies by individualized homeopathic remedies: A case series. SAGE Open Medicine Case Reports. Aug 9;6:2050313X18792813. Available from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2050313X18792813?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

26. Văcăraș et al., 2020. Myasthenia gravis therapy with individualized homeopathy: A case report. Clinical Case Reports. Jul 29;8(12):2464-2468. Available from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ccr3.3190

27. Mahesh et al., 2020. Antimonium crudum in pediatric skin conditions: A classical homeopathic case series. Clinical Case Reports. Dec 16;9(2):818-824. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ccr3.3674

28. Ivanenko et al., 2022. Homeopathic Manganum in the Management of Post Dural Puncture Headache, A Case Series. Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports. 2022;15. Available from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/11795476221135426 

29. Tsintzas & Vithoulkas, 2017. Treatment of Postoperative Sore Throat With the Aid of the Homeopathic Remedy Arnica montana: A Report of Two Cases. Journal of Evidenced Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.  Oct;22(4):926-928. Available from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2156587217735986?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

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31. Mahesh et al., 2019. Psoriasis cases of same diagnosis but different phenotypes-Management through individualized homeopathic therapy. Clinical Case Reports. Jun 25;7(8):1499-1507. Available from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ccr3.2197

32. Mahesh et al., 2020.  Multimorbidity After Surgical Menopause Treated with Individualized Classical Homeopathy: A Case Report. Clinical Medical Insights Case Reports. Oct 19;13:1179547620965560. Available from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1179547620965560?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

33. Rudakova et al. Syringomyelia Managed with Classical Homeopathy: A Case Report. Annals of Neuroscience. 2021 Jul.;28(3-4):170-178. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8948329/

34. Mahesh et al., 2017. Homeopathic Treatment of Vitiligo: A Report of Fourteen Cases. The American journal of case reports. Dec 2;18:1276-1283. Available from https://www.amjcaserep.com/download/index/idArt/905340