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Clinical research in filariasis
British Hom~eopathicJournal January 1992, Vol. 81, pp. 65-70
International press abstracts and reviews
Prescribed drugs and the alternative practitioner STEPHEN G A S C O I G N E Dr Gascoigne has written a careful article on the advice which should be given to patients who ask for hom0eopathic treatment when they are already taking conventional treatment. Sometimes it is essential to continue that treatment, sometimes the dosage can be steadily reduced as improvement due to the homoeopathic medicine is observed. He gives a list of five categories of prescribed drugs, excluding drugs of addiction. He summarizes the advice in five guiding rules. There is, unfortunately, no mention of the advisability of collaboration with the patient's GP ensuring that he or she knows what is being done. The Homoeopath 11: 13-17.
Phosphorus and six others. He ends with four case reports of patients suffering from acne, mild multiple sclerosis, ulcerative proctitis, and chronic fatigue. All four were helped by Thuja, in single doses of the 200c or the 1M. It is clear that Thuja is effective, not only for certain types of warts, but also for some psychological disturbances as well as for some physical diseases.
Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, 84: 11-15. Clinical research in filariasis Although this is a reprint from the Bulletin of the OMHI Congress in 1990, it seems appropriate to review it because it is a report of the treatment of 973 cases of filariasis, which we seldom see in this country, but infects many millions in tropical countries. Drs Rastogi and Mehra mention nine medicines that have been found helpful in the various stages of the infection--acute, chronic, and sequelae. The whole report is very well written and clearly arranged, with bold type headings for quick reference. And the editor of the journal has added eight comments and good advice. This is a model report on an important piece of work. The Homoeopathic Heritage (New Delhi) 16 June 1991: 309-314.
A new homGeopathic hospital A booklet has been published by the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust, describing the building of a hospital at Dehra Dun, in the foothills of the Himalayas. A n appeal is made for more funds. The booklet contains 23 photographs. The Founder-President is a very remarkable man, Swami Rama, who has connections in the USA and has written many books on various subjects. It is hoped that eventually the hospital will have 250 beds. Booklet published by the HIHT, a single publication.
A double blind trial of Arnica This is a report of a carefully planned trial of Arnica 30 compared with placebo given to patients recovering from trauma associated with fractures and other injuries requiring admission to the orthopaedic ward of the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. Six members of the nursing staff performed the trial, supervised by coordinator Dr Eve Pitt, and the trial was assessed statistically by Mr Galen Ives, MSc. The method of the trial and the analysis of the results and other features are clearly presented, and the improvements shown by the patients who received Arnica 30 were significantly greater than those who received the placebo.
Thuja--the great masquerader BILL GRAY Dr Gray, of Concord, California, has written an interesting study of Thuja under this strange title. He asserts that some patients deliberately exert a 'calculated deceit' in the way they present their problems and sometimes seem to have three personalities--in their work, at home, and in the consulting room. (Could this be the influence of Hollywood?) So prescribing for them requires more careful selection than is usual. Dr Gray discusses the psychological features of patients needing Thuja, and compares them with the characteristics of other drugs that are rather like Thuja at first sight: Lycopodium, Ignatia,
British Homoeopathic Research Group Communication 21, 34-38. 65
International press abstracts and reviews
Prescribed drugs and the alternative practitioner STEPHEN G A S C O I G N E Dr Gascoigne has written a careful article on the advice which should be given to patients who ask for hom0eopathic treatment when they are already taking conventional treatment. Sometimes it is essential to continue that treatment, sometimes the dosage can be steadily reduced as improvement due to the homoeopathic medicine is observed. He gives a list of five categories of prescribed drugs, excluding drugs of addiction. He summarizes the advice in five guiding rules. There is, unfortunately, no mention of the advisability of collaboration with the patient's GP ensuring that he or she knows what is being done. The Homoeopath 11: 13-17.
Phosphorus and six others. He ends with four case reports of patients suffering from acne, mild multiple sclerosis, ulcerative proctitis, and chronic fatigue. All four were helped by Thuja, in single doses of the 200c or the 1M. It is clear that Thuja is effective, not only for certain types of warts, but also for some psychological disturbances as well as for some physical diseases.
Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, 84: 11-15. Clinical research in filariasis Although this is a reprint from the Bulletin of the OMHI Congress in 1990, it seems appropriate to review it because it is a report of the treatment of 973 cases of filariasis, which we seldom see in this country, but infects many millions in tropical countries. Drs Rastogi and Mehra mention nine medicines that have been found helpful in the various stages of the infection--acute, chronic, and sequelae. The whole report is very well written and clearly arranged, with bold type headings for quick reference. And the editor of the journal has added eight comments and good advice. This is a model report on an important piece of work. The Homoeopathic Heritage (New Delhi) 16 June 1991: 309-314.
A new homGeopathic hospital A booklet has been published by the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust, describing the building of a hospital at Dehra Dun, in the foothills of the Himalayas. A n appeal is made for more funds. The booklet contains 23 photographs. The Founder-President is a very remarkable man, Swami Rama, who has connections in the USA and has written many books on various subjects. It is hoped that eventually the hospital will have 250 beds. Booklet published by the HIHT, a single publication.
A double blind trial of Arnica This is a report of a carefully planned trial of Arnica 30 compared with placebo given to patients recovering from trauma associated with fractures and other injuries requiring admission to the orthopaedic ward of the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. Six members of the nursing staff performed the trial, supervised by coordinator Dr Eve Pitt, and the trial was assessed statistically by Mr Galen Ives, MSc. The method of the trial and the analysis of the results and other features are clearly presented, and the improvements shown by the patients who received Arnica 30 were significantly greater than those who received the placebo.
Thuja--the great masquerader BILL GRAY Dr Gray, of Concord, California, has written an interesting study of Thuja under this strange title. He asserts that some patients deliberately exert a 'calculated deceit' in the way they present their problems and sometimes seem to have three personalities--in their work, at home, and in the consulting room. (Could this be the influence of Hollywood?) So prescribing for them requires more careful selection than is usual. Dr Gray discusses the psychological features of patients needing Thuja, and compares them with the characteristics of other drugs that are rather like Thuja at first sight: Lycopodium, Ignatia,
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