Is homoeopathy a placebo therapy?

The Royal London Homwopathic Homoqmthy, M 3H& Lx.

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carefully to the patient and practising a ‘new tines’ which are ‘safe’, and we discourage an overoptimistic attitude on is indistinguishable from active medication, we can, on occasion, judiciously introduce a true situation in the management of the individual patient’s illness-a facility been published in orthodox literature. I will only al experimental bums with Mustard Gas (Paterson 1943) were less acute burn. when compared with placebo. duration and sleep pattern were improved with homoeo-medication, when assessed by der double blind conditions, in patients suffering from fibromyalgia. y, in common with all other therapies, is subject to the placebo effect, and we are aware of a ‘novel’ form. facility of judiciously interposing an indistinguishable placebo to test the true response, in the ere is both theoretical and experimtntal

evidence to confirm the validity of the

at, in the accepted meaning of the term ‘placebo therapy’ the answer must be in the negative.

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