ARTICLE homeopathic medicine-related sleep stage alterations in human subjects by testing the feasibility of using two different nonlinear dynamical systems ( NDS ) analytic approaches to assess remedy effects on human slow wave sleep EEG . To do this , 54 young adult male and female college students with a history of coffeerelated insomnia participated in a 4-week study of the polysomnographic effects of homeopathic medicines on home-based all-night sleep recordings .
Subjects took one bedtime dose of a homeopathic remedy ( Coffea cruda 30C or Nux vomica 30C ). The team computed multiscale entropy ( MSE ) and the correlation dimension ( Mekler-D2 ) for stages 3 and 4 slow wave sleep EEG sampled in artefact-free 2-min segments during the first two rapid-eye-movement ( REM ) cycles for remedy and post-remedy nights , controlling for placebo and postplacebo night effects . MSE results indicated significant , remedy-specific directional effects , especially later in the night ( REM cycle 2 ) Overall , the results showed that the homeopathic medicines Coffea cruda and Nux vomica in 30c potencies altered short-term nonlinear dynamic parameters of slow wave sleep EEG in healthy young adults .
6 . Shafei HF , Abdel Dayem SM , Mohamed NH . Individualised Homeopathy in a Group of Egyptian Asthmatic Children . Homeopathy . 2012 ; 101:224-230 . Using a prospective observational longitudinal study design , workers from the National Research Center in Cairo evaluated individualised homeopathy as an adjunctive treatment for bronchial asthma in children . The effects of homeopathic medicines were assessed in 30 children with asthma as an adjunct to conventional treatment . The main outcome measures were frequency of attacks , use of medication , night awakening and spirometry at baseline and at follow-up till 6 months . An analysis of the results showed clinically relevant and statistically significant changes in asthma severity , indicating relative improvements after 3 months and absolute improvements after 6 months of treatment by homeopathic medicines , providing evidence that homeopathic medicines , as prescribed by experienced homeopathic practitioners , improve severity of asthma in children . The most frequently indicated medicines were Hepare sulph , Ant tart , Calc carb and Nat mur .
7 . Hati AK , et al . Constitutional , Organopathic and Combined Homeopathic Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy : a Clinical Trial . Homeopathy . 2012 ; 101:217-223 . A team of Indian scientists compared homeopathic treatment strategies using constitutional medicines ( CM ) or organopathic medicines ( OM ) alone or in combination ( BCOM ) in patients suffering from benign prostatic hypertrophy ( BPH ). 220 men aged 30-90 years were recruited in Odisha , India . Patients presenting with symptoms of prostatism , with or without evidence of bladder outflow obstruction , were included in the study . Patients with serum prostate specific antigen ( PSA )> 4 nmol / mL , malignancy , complete urine retention , stone formation and gross bilateral hydronephrosis were excluded . Patients were sequentially allocated to OM , CM or BCOM . The main outcome measure was the International Prostate Symptom Score ( IPSS ). A total of 73 , 70 and 77 patients respectively were sequentially allocated to OM , CM or BCOM . 180 patients ( 60 per group ) completed treatment and were included in the final analysis . Overall , 85 % of patients showed improvement of subjective symptoms such as frequency , urgency , hesitancy , intermittent flow , unsatisfactory urination , feeble stream , diminution of residual urine volume , although there was no reduction in prostate size . Treatment response was highest with BCOM ( 38.24 %) compared to OM ( 31.62 %) and CM ( 30.15 %). Effect sizes were highest for the decrease in IPSS , residual urine volume and urinary flow rate .
Animal Research
1 . Sato C , Listar GH , Bonamin LV . Development Of Broiler Chickens After Treatment With Thymulin 5cH : A Zoo Technical Approach . Homeopathy . 2012 ; 101:68-73 . Brazilian scientists from the Universidade Paulista added to previous research on the immune-modulating effects of Thymulin 5C by looking at its effects on the growth of immune tissue in chickens . A total of 72 young chickens were divided in two groups : ( a ) test : birds with free access to thymulin 5C diluted into their drinking water and ( b ) control : birds with free access to water only , for 42 days . All experimental procedures were done in blind . The results show that thymulin 5C treated group had increased growth index compared to controls ( 391.45 versus 261.93 ) associated with higher viability in the 7th week ( p = 0.013 ), and a possible shunt to B lymphocyte activity . The data suggest that Thymulin 5C could be a viable means of improving productivity in poultry production due to its immune modulation properties .
2 . Lotfollahzadeh S , et al , The Therapeutic Effect Of Tarentula Cubensis Extract ( Theranekron ) In Foot-And-Mouth Disease In Cattle : A Randomised Trial In An Endemic Setting . Homeopathy . 2012 ; 101:159- 164 . Iranian workers from the University of Tehran conducted a randomised controlled clinical trial of a homeopathic preparation of Tarentula cubensis ( Theranekron ) during an outbreak of foot and mouth disease ( FMD ) in cattle in Iran . A single subcutaneous injection of Theranekron was used as sole treatment in 50 infected animals ( treatment group ). The control group comprised 15 infected animals treated with standard medication including : daily injection of flunixin meglumine and oxytetracycline and daily dressing of lesions with 4 % sodium carbonate . Systemic and local signs were recorded over 14 days . Rectal temperature in the treatment group subsided to normal range within 1 day of homeopathic treatment , and was significantly lower in the test group than in the control group on several successive days ( P < 0.05 ). Healing of inflamed mucosal areas and appetite score of the treatment was significantly better than the control during the first 3 days of treatment ( P < 0.05 ) showing that Theranekron is effective for the treatment of systemic and local signs of FMD-infected cattle .
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