Wednesday, May 30, 2012

A Pilot Study in Homeopathic and Anthroposophical Treatment of Stroke

This one is impossible to figure out but homeopathy is just water so no treatment at all. Anthroposophical is defined here;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposophical_medicine

It's even more nonsensical.

A Pilot Study in Homeopathic and Anthroposophical Treatment of Stroke

You can read the full article at the link above, its bizarre.
Abstract
In a retrospective pilot study with 172 patients, two complementary treatment approaches one homeopathic, the other following a WALA anthroposophic treatment were compared as to their possible efficacy in treating the sequelae of stroke. In both groups, the treatment consisted chiefly in the use of snake poisons and arnica in homeopathic doses(water). A slightly better result was found with the homeopathic approach. This practical experience made it possible to take the further step of designing a therapeutic schema that proves effective in practice while respecting both approaches the need of anthroposophical medicine for a pathophysiological rationale and the need of homeopathy for an individualized treatment.
The definition of homeopathic dilutions;
Homeopathy involves a process known by practitioners as "dynamisation" or "potentisation" whereby a substance is diluted with alcohol or distilled water and then vigorously shaken in a process called "succussion". Insoluble solids, such as quartz and oyster shell, are diluted by grinding them with lactose (trituration). The founder of homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann (1755 — 1843) believed that the process of succussion activated the "vital energy" of the diluted substance,[1] and that successive dilutions increased the "potency" of the remedy(bizarre belief).
  But don't take my word for any of this, ask your regular doctor, not your homeopathic, naturopathic,  or integrative doctor.

If you really want to be baffled by bullshit this one is great reading;
 http://www.feg.unesp.br/~ojs/index.php/ijhdr/article/viewFile/614/622

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