Assays of homeopathic remedies in rodent behavioural and psychopathological models

Homeopathy : the Journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy
Paolo BellaviteAnita Conforti

Abstract

The first part of this paper reviews the effects of homeopathic remedies on several models of anxiety-like behaviours developed and described in rodents. The existing literature in this field comprises some fifteen exploratory studies, often published in non-indexed and non-peer-reviewed journals. Only a few results have been confirmed by multiple laboratories, and concern Ignatia, Gelsemium, Chamomilla (in homeopathic dilutions/potencies). Nevertheless, there are some interesting results pointing to the possible efficacy of other remedies, and confirming a statistically significant effect of high dilutions of neurotrophic molecules and antibodies. In the second part of this paper we report some recent results obtained in our laboratory, testing Aconitum, Nux vomica, Belladonna, Argentum nitricum, Tabacum (all 5CH potency) and Gelsemium (5, 7, 9 and 30CH potencies) on mice using ethological models of behaviour. The test was performed using coded drugs and controls in double blind (operations and calculations). After an initial screening that showed all the tested remedies (except for Belladonna) to have some effects on the behavioural parameters (light-dark test and open-field test), but with high experimental variability, we f...Continue Reading

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Jan 21, 2014·Homeopathy : the Journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy·Paolo BellaviteAnita Conforti
Mar 20, 2014·BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine·Marta MarzottoPaolo Bellavite
May 2, 2012·Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : ECAM·Paolo BellaviteMaria Elisabetta Zanolin
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