Medico Abstracts
on
Bronchial Asthma

  

 

Diamantidis S,Polychronopulu A,Kivelou P,PapakonstadinuGDe Freitas LA,Goldenstein E,Sanna OM

 

Author Title  
Diamantidis S, Polychronopulu A, Kivelou P, PapakonstadinuG The homeopathic treatment of chronic bronchial asthma  
Document Type Location Language
Journal Article Central Council for Research in Homeopathy Library English
Source Year, Volume & Pages
Homoeopath Int 1989 Oct;3(3):7-9
Key Terms ASTHMA,HOMEOPATHIC DRUGS
Abstract

Over a three-year period, the authors treated forty-five patients aged between 6 and 75 suffering from bronchial asthma with homoeopathic medicine. Eighteen patients suffered from endogenous asthma while the remainder suffered from exogenous asthma. Patients were classified into three groups according to the severity of their asthma at the time of presentation. Group 1 included twenty-five patients with mild asthma, Group 2 included seventeen patients with moderate asthma and Group 3 contained three patients with severe asthma. Each patient's case history was analysed in detail and the indicated remedy was prescribed according to the totality of symptoms. Medorrhinum was the most frequently prescribed remedy and was administered to eighteen patients while remedies given to the remainder were Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Sulphur, Silicea, Psorinum, Lycopodium clavatum, Veratrum album, Bryonia, Thuja occidentalis and Lobelia inflata. In all but two very severe cases treatment did not exceed twelve months. Results were favourable with 37.7% showing full recovery in the first four months , 17.7% in six months and 28.3% in ten to twelve months. 8.8% of patients improved by around 70% while reducing their use of conventional medication and 6.6% improved by around 20-40% within twelve months. Some patients experienced aggravation of symptoms but the authors put this down to the law of therapeutic crisis. It is concluded that homoeopathy is an effective therapy in the treatment of bronchial asthma.

 
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