Research Database in Homeopathy

Abstract

Evidence of homeopathy is undeniably positive and consistent. It’s a human evidence of experience, gathered from a real-world observation in a real-world setting (not in an ideal artificial laboratory test conditions) giving real-world solutions. The evidence of homeopathy (best research practices and scientific publications) should be made available to the health professionals, medical doctors, clinicians, scientists, organisations, patients and to the general public.

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Upto the end of year 2010, there have been 299 studies published in 114 medical journals including 11 meta-analysis, 8 systematic reviews including 1 cochrane review (out of approximately 20 systematic reviews published), 82 RCT (70 DBRPCT + 2 SBRPCT + 5 DBRCT + 1 RPCT + 4 RCT) out of approx 225 RCT, 23 studies on research models and11 studies on 9 nosodesin evidence of homeopathy.

URL Links to 279 studies (Journal-wise) including 171 FULL TEXT papers are available as compendium at Scientific Research in Homeopathy. Among those 171, 155 are available as PDF which can be viewed at or downloaded from Google Drive.and 57 are also available at Scribd

The compendium is prepared by mining 14 online electronic databases: PubMed Central (National Library of medicine, USA),MedWorm,British library Direct (type homeopathy in search box), Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (type homeopathy in search box), Scirus,Google Scholar,HomBRex,The Allied and Complementary Medicine Database,Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trial, Excerpta Medica DatabaseEmbase, Science Citation Index, LilacsandCAM QUEST

Exclusion Criterion (What kind of studies are not included?)

1.Studies on Plants and Animals

2. Studies published in non-journal paper

3. Non-peer reviewed studies from year 1893 onwards

4. Statistically non-significant studies (Probability value<0.05, odds ratio >1 indicates statistical significance)

5. Studies in which combination of homeopathic medicine with any other medicine is prescribed

6. Studies in which medicine is perceived to be homeopathic but is not such as radionically prepared or different potencies of same medicine mixed together.

Fig. 1: Adhami H.R. , S.Shamloo D., Mesgarpour B., H.Tehrani S.A. “The trend of homeopathic articles indexed in pubmed and ISI” LMHI 2008

DISTRIBUTION OF STUDIES (published till 2010)

Type of Research	No. of studies	No. of Journals	Type of Journal
Basic Fundamental	19	19	Integrative
	19	3	Homeopathy
	8	6	CAM
	46	28
Potentised High Dilutions	9	8	Integrative
	3	1	Homeopathy
	5	3	CAM
	18	12
Research Models (1983-2010)	10	6	Integrative
	6	2	Homeopathy
	6	4	CAM
	22	12
Pathogenetic trials/Provings (1988-2010)	2	2	Integrative
	6	1	Homeopathy
	1	1	CAM
	9	4
Triple Blind Randomised Placebo Controlled Trial	1	1	Integrative
Meta Analysis of DBRPCT (1991-2010)	8	7	Integrative
	1	1	Homeopathy
	2	2	CAM
	11	10
Double-Blind Randomised Placebo Controlled Trials (1980-2010)	32	29	Integrative
	20	4	Homeopathy
	20	9	CAM
	72	42
Double-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial (1998-2010)	1	1	Integrative
	4	3	CAM
	5	4
Randomised Controlled Trial (1981-2002)	4	4	Integrative
Double-Blind Placebo- Controlled Trial (1996-2010)	3	3	Integrative
	2	1	Homeopathy
	5	4
Double-blind Trials (1943-2008)	1	2	Integrative
	2	1	Homeopathy
	3	3
Observational/Cohort Studies	34	29	Integrative
	51	10	Homeopathy
	14	7	CAM
	99	46
Systematic reviews of RCTs (2000-2010)	1	1	Integrative
	2	2	Homeopathy
	4	3	CAM
	7	6
Cochrane Systematic Review	1
Review Articles (2005-2010)	1	1	Integrative
	6	2	Homeopathy
	5	2	CAM
	12	5
in vitro (1982-2010)	16	14	Integrative
	6	1	Homeopathy
	6	4	CAM
	28	19
Drug standardisation	2	1	CAM
	1	1	Homeopathy
	3	2
Combination Remedies (1964-2009)	35	29	Integrative
	6	1	Homeopathy
	12	6	CAM
	53	36

The distribution of studies (till 2010) comparing homeopathy with ConMed and placebo is as follows

Homeopathy	No. of Studies	No. of Journals	Type of Journal
Superior to ConMed (1997-2009)	7	6	Integrative
	7	2	Homeopathy
	4	3	CAM
	18	11
Cost-effective than ConMed (2001-2009)	3	2	Homeopathy
	1	1	CAM
	4	3
Equals ConMed (1998-2010)	8	7	Integrative
	1	1	Homeopathy
	3	2	CAM
	12	10
Superior to Placebo (1980-2010)	88

EARLIER YEARS

1822: World’s first homeopathy Journal (german): Dr. Johann Ernst Stapf’s Archive for the Homoeopathic Healing Art

1835: World’s first Double-Blind Randomised Placebo Controlled Trial was conducted by a homeopath Johann Jacob Reuter, The Nuremberg salt test (natrum Mur 30c vs placebo)

1860: World’s first homeopathy Journal (English): The North American Journal of Homeopathy

1881: Blood Pressure measuring instrument Sphygmo-graph was invented by a UK homeopath Robert Ellis Dudgeon

1799-1918 Lives Saved by Homeopathy during Epidemics and Pandemics

1941: Homeopathic Mustard Gas Trials

QUALITY OF LIFE

2005: Disease severity (p<0.001) and quality of life demonstrated marked and sustained improvements following homeopathic treatment in 3981 patients for 2 years

LIST OF JOURNALS WHERE EVIDENCE OF HOMEOPATHY IS PUBLISHED

Integrative Journals (75 English, 13 German, 3 French and 1 Dutch Journal)

1. Advanced Therapies

2. Aktuelle Rheumatologie (German) meaning ‘Current Rheumatology’

3. Allergologie (German) meaning ‘Allergology’

4. Allgemeiner Reichsanzeiger (German) meaning ‘General Reich Gazette’ (earlier called as Reichsanzeiger (German) meaning ‘Reich Gazette’

5. American Journal of Therapeutics

6. Ancient Science of Life

7. Annals of Pharmacotherapy (Harvey Whitney)

8. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (Wiley) (1.731, 2011)

9. Applied Health Economics & Health Policy (Adis)

10. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery (American Medical Association)

11. Archives of Otolaryngology- head & Neck Surgery (American Medical Association)

12. Arzneimittel-Forschung (German) meaning ‘Medicines Research’

13. BMC Cancer (Springer)

14. BMC Public Health (Springer)

15. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (British Pharmacological Society)(Wiley)

16. British Journal of Podiatry

17. British Medical Journal (British Medical Association)

18. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine (Springer)

19. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (National Research Council Research Press)

20. Cases Journal

21. Chest (American College of Chest Physicians)

22. Clinical & Developmental Immunology (Taylor and Francis)

23. Der Kassenarzt (German) meaning ‘The Panel Doctor’

24. Dermatology

25. Ear, Nose and Throat disorders (Bio Med Central)

26. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology (Elsevier)

27. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (Springer)

28. European Journal of Paedretics (SpringerLink)

29. Experimental Biology and Medicine

30. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing (Elsevier)

31. Fortschritte der Medizin (German) meaning ‘Advances in Medicine’ (Springer)

32. Genetics and Molecular Research

33. Ultrastructural Pathology (Informa)

34. Geriatrics

35.Hals, Nasen und Ohrenärzte (German) (SpringerLink Verlag) meaning ‘Ear, Node & Throat’

36. Histology and Histopathology

37. Human and Experimental Toxicology (Sage)

38. IETE Journal of Research (Institute of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, Govt of India)

39. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

40. Inflammation Research (Springer)

41. Innovation et technologie en biologie et médecine French) meaning ‘Innovation and Technology in Biology and Medicine’

42. Integrative cancer therapies

43. Interdisciplinary Sciences: Life Sciences (SpringerLink)

44. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Dustri-Verlag)

45. International Journal of Clinical Practice (Wiley)

46. International Journal of Oncology (Spandidos)

47.International Review of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (Medpress)

48. Journal de gynécologie, obstétrique et biologie de la reproduction (French) meaning ‘Journal of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Biology’

49. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (Elsevier)

50.Journal of Clinical Gastro-enterology (Wolters Kluwer)

51. Journal of Clinical Oncology

52. Journal of Crystal Growth (Elsevier)

53. Journal of Dermatological Treatment (Taylor & Francis)

54. Journal of Head Trauma and Rehabilitation

55. Journal of Hellenic Headache Association

56. Journal of Molecular Liquids (Elsevier)

57. Journal of Psychopharmacology (Oxford University Press)

58. Journal of Psychosomatic Research (Pergamon)

59.Journal of Solution Chemistry (Springer)

60. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (InterScience by Wiley)

61. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Springer, 1.752, 5-year IF)

62. Lancet (UK)

63.Material Letters (Elsevier)

64. Materials Research Innovations (Maney)

65. Medical Hypothesis (Elsevier)

66. MicroVascular Research (Elsevier)

67. Nature (McMillian)

68. Non-linear Biomedical Physics (Springer)

69. Oncology Reports (Spandosis)

70. Palliative Medicine

71. Pediatrics (American Academy of Pediatrics)

72. Pediatrics International (Wiley)

73. Perspectives in Public Health (Sage)

74. Phlebology (The Royal Society of Medicine Press, UK)

75. Physica A (Elsevier)

76. Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America (Elsevier)

77. Rheumatology (Oxford University Press for British Society of Rheumatology)

78. Sleep Medicine (Elsevier)

79.Sleep and Breathing (Springer)

80. STP Pharma Sciences

81. The Clinical Journal of Pain (Williams & Wilkins)

82. The European Journal of Heart Failure (Elsevier)

83. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

84. The Science of the total Environment (Elsevier)

85. The Scientific World Journal (Hindawi)

86. Trials

87. Water

88. Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift (German) meaning ‘Vienna Medical Weekly’

89. Zeitschrift für Allgemein Medizin (German) meaning ‘Journal of General Medicine’

90. Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete (german) meaning ‘Journal of Orthopaedics and its border areas’

91. Zeitschrift für Praktischen Medizin (German) meaning ‘Journal of Practical Medicine’

Homeopathy Journals (7 English and 1 German, 1 French)

1. Archiv für die homöopathische Heilkunst (German) meaning Archives for the Homoeopathic Healing Art

2. Asian Journal of Homeopathy

3. Aspects of Research in Homeopathy

4.Homeopathy (Elsevier) (earlier called as The British Homoeopathic Journal)

5. Homoeopathic Links (Thieme)

6. International Journal of High Dilution Research

7. L’ Homéopathie française(The French Homeopathy)

8. The American Journal of Homoeopathic Medicine

9. The British Journal of Homeopathy

CAM Journals (10 English and 3 German Journals)

1. Alternative Medicine Review

2. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

3. Ärztezeitschrift fuer Naturheilverfahren (Germany) meaning ‘Medical Journal for Naturopathy’

4. Complementary & Alternative Medicine (Springer)

5. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

6. Complementary Therapies in Medicine (Elsevier)

7. Evidence-based Complimentary & Alternative Medicine (Hindawi)

8. Forschende Komplementarmedizin (German) meaning ‘Research in Complementary Medicine’

9. Forschende Komplementärmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde (German) meaning ‘Research in Complementary and Classical Natural Medicine’

10. Phytomedicine

11. Phytotherapy Research

12. Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine

13. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (Liebert)

In modern times, British Medical Journal in year 1893 was the first journal to introduce peer-review process. If you find that any of the above 114 journals is not peer-reviewed (beyond 1893), kindly inform so that it could be excluded from the database.

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