RECENT RESEARCH standardized mean difference were adopted . Of 277 identified studies , 17 were eligible and included in our analysis ( N = 1440 participants ). The results showed that Chinese herbal medicine can improve total efficiency ( RR = 1.29 , 95 % CI [ 1.21 , 1.36 ], p < 0.00001 ) in sarcopenia and enhance muscle mass ( SMD = 1.02 , 95 % CI [ 0.55 , 1.50 ], p < 0.0001 ), and muscle strength measured by grip strength ( SMD = 0.66 , 95 % CI [ 0.36 , 0.96 ], p < 0.0001 ), measured by 60 °/ s knee extension peak TQ ( MD = 5.63 , 95 % CI [ -0.30 , 11.57 ], p = 0.06 ) and muscle function measured by 6-meter walking speed ( SMD = 1.34 , 95 % CI [ 0.60 , 2.08 ], p = 0.0004 ), measured by the short physical performance battery of 1.50 %, 95 % CI ( 1.05 , 1.95 ), measured by the EuroQoL 5-dimension of ( SMD = 0.27 , 95 % CI [ -0.10 , 0.65 ], p = 0.16 ), suggesting that Chinese herbal medicine alone or combined with conventional treatment has ameliorating effect on sarcopenia . Chinese herbal medicine is a potential therapeutic strategy in sarcopenia . The funnel plot and Egger ' s test indicated publication bias . To confirm our conclusions , further highquality studies should be conducted .
Homeopathy
Tournier A , Fok Y , van Haselen R , To A . Homeopathic treatment of COVID-19 patients : Findings of the Clificol International Clinical Case Registry . Integrative Medicine Reports . 2024 ; 2 ( 1 ). https :// doi . org / 10.1089 / imr . 2023.0015
Introduction : The Clificol ® COVID-19 Support Project is an innovative international clinical case registry project that aimed at collecting experiences with the homeopathic treatment of COVID-19 patients . This paper describes and compares the reported findings from the six main contributing countries .
Materials and Methods : Observational clinical case registry study of patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 . Participating homeopaths could freely enter symptoms that informed the remedy prescription . In addition , in China , use was made of a symptom questionnaire . The analyses were primarily descriptive .
Results : One thousand two hundred and twenty-seven cases , as available by the October 31 , 2022 , were used for the analyses . In total , 1606 prescriptions were analyzed , 977 of which contained data on the symptoms used in the remedy selection process . Outcome data on 1310 prescriptions were available . Overall , Bryonia alba was the most commonly prescribed remedy , and this was particularly evident in India , Spain , and Switzerland . Also , the prevalence of the 10 most commonly used rubrics in patients ' prescriptions varied significantly between countries . The highest percentage of rapid recovery ( 66 %) was observed in those patients who had their symptoms for > 30 days before the initiation of homeopathic treatment .
Conclusions : Significant experience has been obtained with the homeopathic treatment of COVID-19 patients . We observed a high level of variability between countries . Future statistical analyses of aggregated clinical case data will benefit from reducing unwanted variability as well as bias . This will further unlock the potential contribution of the Clificol project to improving homeopathy .
Mohammad SM , Pinto AA , da Silva RA , Suffredini IB , Tournier AL , Cartwright SJ , Yunes JS , Bonamin LV . Environmental homeopathy : Homeopathic potencies regulate the toxicity and growth of Raphidiopsis raciborskii ( cyanobacteria ) and can be tracked physico-chemically . Part 1 : Biological results . Homeopathy . 2024 . doi : 10.1055 / s-0044- 1780526
Introduction : Cyanobacteria are microorganisms found in many parts of the world and several genera , such as Raphidiopsis raciborskii , are producers of cyanotoxins . Homeopathic potencies have been found to modulate toxicity in different biological models , and the present study endeavors to discover whether this might also be the case with cyanobacteria .
Objectives : Our objective was to investigate the possible effects of homeopathic potencies on the resilience of Artemia franciscana ( brine shrimp ) embryos to saxitoxin ( STX ; cyanotoxin ) and on controlling the growth of R . raciborskii in vitro .
Method : A . franciscana cysts were cultivated in seawater in 96-well plates to evaluate the hatching rate and vitality , plus the gene expression of heat shock proteins ( HSPs ), after being challenged with R . raciborskii extract containing 2.5 µ g / L of STX and treated with different homeopathic potencies . Untreated wells were used as controls (" base-line "). Potencies were chosen from a screening process based on seven selected homeopathic preparations according to the similitude of STX symptoms ( Sulphur , Zincum metallicum , Nitric acidum , Plumbum metallicum , Mercurius solubilis , Phosphoric acidum , Isotherapic from R . raciborskii extract ; all at 6cH , 30cH and 200cH ). Cultures of R . raciborskii maintained in an artificial seawater medium were equally treated with screened homeopathic potencies selected from the same list but specifically for their growth control as a function of time .
Results : A 15 % lower rate of hatching of A . franciscana cysts was observed after treatment with Nitric acidum 6cH in comparison with baseline ( p = 0.05 ). A complete toxicity reversal was seen after treatment with Isotherapic 200cH , with a 23-fold increase of Hsp 26 gene expression ( p = 0.023 ) and a 24-fold increase of p26 gene expression ( p ≤ 0.001 ) in relation to baseline . Nitric acidum 200cH and Mercurius solubilis 30cH limited the exponential growth of cyanobacteria up to 95 % and 85 % respectively ( p ≤ 0.003 ) in relation to baseline . Succussed water presented only a transitory 50 % inhibition effect .
Conclusion : Isotherapic 200cH improved A . franciscana bioresilience to STX ; Nitric acidum 200cH and Mercurius solubilis 30cH showed the optimal performance on limiting R . raciborskii growth . The results point to the potential of homeopathic potencies to mitigate environmental problems related to water quality .
Mohammad SM , Pinto AA , da Silva RA , Suffredini IB , Tournier AL , Cartwright SJ , Yunes JS , Bonamin LV . Environmental homeopathy : Homeopathic potencies regulate the toxicity and growth of Raphidiopsis raciborskii ( cyanobacteria ) and can be tracked physico-chemically . Part 2 : Physico-chemical results . Homeopathy . 2024 . doi : 10.1055 / s-0044-1780526
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