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Homœopathic remedies used in the clinical syndrome of habitual hyperventilation
Authors: Davies Anita E. 
Published: September 2006

SummaryAn acute hypocapnoeic attack is described which was precipitated by extreme physical hard work in an obese subject who had recently been bereaved. The symptoms of anxiety and depression are repertorized. Twenty-five out of the 64 remedies shown were used in a personal series of patients which formed the basis of the present study. Arsenicum album and Sepia are the most commonly used “chilly” remedies, and Lycopodium, Phosphorus and Pulsatilla were frequently indicated.The symptoms of chronic hypocapnoea are reviewed. The homœopathic approach to a patient suffering from this disorder is discussed, and the chief symptoms are repertorized, starting from the rubric “Anxiety” in Kent's Repertory.Hering's Laws of Cure, from within out, from above down, and from more important to less important organs, are illustrated by reference to three case histories. The final case is then briefly reviewed with the pathological findings and Dr C. O. Kennedy discusses the prescribing symptoms.
Phormium tenax—a proving
Authors: McIvor E.G. 
Published: September 2006

SummaryThough numerous symptoms were experienced, as detailed above, four special effects were particularly noted throughout the proving.1. With the exception of the left hand and left knee, all sensations were mainly confined to the right side—right hand, right wrist, right forearm, right elbow, right knee, right ankle, right side of pelvis, right side of the abdomen. Phormium tenax appears to be a right-sided remedy, with the exceptions that both knees were involved equally and the symptoms of the left fingers were worse than those of the right fingers.2. Despite the physical symptoms, there was a strong feeling of well-being. Sleep was deep, refreshing, and undisturbed. The day's work was accomplished with less fatigue. The symptoms were > mentally, < physically.3. Phormium tenax is a rheumatic remedy, mainly a remedy suitable for joint afflictions. The sensations of puffiness of the joints, weakness in the joints, and the symptom < on pressure suggest inflammation of the synovial linings of the joints. This remedy would appear to suit rheumatoid arthritis in preference to osteo-arthritis.The pains were mainly drawing, stitching pains. On pressure the joints also felt bruised and sore with some aching. There were also sharp needle like pains, and some twitching of the muscles. All pains were < cold, dry, fine weather, > warm wet weather, < 4 a.m. to 11 a.m., < resting in bed or sitting, i.e. < resting, > continued motion. Sometimes < movement to begin with, though ultimately always > with motion. < pressure. e.g. applied pressure on standing (pressure from weight of body).The primary effects were on the fingers of both hands, especially the left hand, the right wrist, right ankle and right heel, and both knee joints. Involvement of the right elbow was also noted to a lesser degree.4. Phormium tenax appears to be a strong diuretic. Urine output was markedly increased. The urine was dark yellow or greenish-yellow and had a strong through normal odour. It appeared to be very much more concentrated than usual.
Report on a proving of pulsatilla 3x
Authors: Clover Anne M. , Jenkins S. , Campbell Anthony C. , Jenkins Michael D. 
Published: September 2006

SummaryWe report a proving of Pulsatilla 3x conducted during three months of 1978 with 52 volunteers in North West England.The study included a double blind cross-over administration of placebo or medicated tablets in a manner intended to provide control as well as test phases.Two important findings are reported. First, that the results obtained failed to give statistically significant evidence for the effects of Pulsatilla 3x. Second, that the reported effects clearly indicated a “trial response”. That is, a response to the process of the trial rather than to the agent being proved.The significance and implications of these findings are discussed.
Lilium and the relative value of symptoms
Authors: Von Keller Georg 
Published: September 2006

SummaryTape recordings are presented of a case where Lilium tigrinum provided the cure, and to begin with an attempt is made to solve the case with the aid of the repertory only, without consulting the materia medica. Lachesis emerges as the result, and not Lilium. The reason is shown to be that the short rubrics needed for repertorization are by their very nature incomplete, so that the right remedy is often excluded.Next, some highly characteristic Lilium symptoms are quoted from the provings, and these are then brought out more clearly with the aid of further tape recordings. A surprisingly close correspondence emerges of its own accord between some highly differentiated Lilium symptoms and certain symptoms presented by the patient—demonstrating the application of the “keynote system”. It is established that this system is not, in fact, in opposition to repertorization based on the totality of symptoms. Quotes from the literature show that Kent himself certainly also used keynotes to find the remedy, and was against purely mechanical repertorization.The conclusion to be drawn is that the value of a symptom in our search for the right remedy does not depend on whether it is a mental, general or local symptom, but that the really valuable symptoms are only those which are characteristic as defined in § 153 of the Organon, i.e. “More accurately described”.
An experiment showing an increase with dilution in a physical parameter
Authors: Hadley S.J. 
Published: September 2006

SummaryA simple apparatus is described with which it is possible to measure the phase shift induced in a high frequency alternating current by a cell containing a dilute solution of an electrolyte.This phase shift is seen to INCREASE WITH DILUTION up to a limit determined by the electrolyte chosen (but usually within the range 10−4 to 10−6) and then to decrease with further dilution to zero.Solutions of salts and sugar in water and dilute alcohol are investigated.The findings are discussed.
Effects of Caulophyllum on the uteri and ovaries of adult rats
Authors: Kumar Sunil , Srivastava Anil Kumar , Chandrasekhar K. 
Published: September 2006

SummaryAdult female rats were given the 200th and 10,000th potency of Caulophyllum orally on alternate days for ten days. The vehicle used was 90 per cent. alcohol.The 200th potency brought about a significant increase in ovarian and uterine weight and also in cell height of the endometrium and luminal epithelium. Increased mitotic division was also discernible. Simultaneously the stromal cells became smaller in size and exhibited retardation in mitotic division.In addition, the 200th potency treated groups showed marked retardation in the maturation of ova, with the number of maturing ova minimized. Increased atresia was noted and a perceptible decrease in the number and diameter of functional corpora lutea. The controls and animals treated with the 10,000th potency of the same drug exhibited only insignificant changes.
Chelidonium and organ therapy
Authors: Von Keller Georg 
Published: September 2006

SummaryThe author first of all quotes from Rademacher's Erfahrungsheillehre der alten scheidekünstigen Geheimärzte and Rudolph Steiner's 1920 Lectures to Doctors and Medical Students, to show that considerable differences exist within homœopathy and similar schools of medicine regarding the method of finding the remedy.Paracelsus, Rademacher, Rudolph Steiner and others hold the view that the physician must first diagnose the organ in which the disease takes its origin, before he can prescribe the appropriate organotropic medicine. Hahnemann on the other hand is against such a theoretical approach and depends entirely on the predominantly subjective symptoms of the individual, to find a remedy for this particular person and not for an abstract disease.Only those who follow Rademacher's line of thought will therefore be content with seeing a remedy such as Chelidonium as a specific for the liver. The Hahnemannians need all the symptoms of the remedy for their method, down to the smallest and most subjective detail.With the aid of tape recordings made in his surgery, the author therefore goes into the details of three indications for Chelidonium—abdominal pain, pain in the back, and headache. This establishes the fact that, as with all remedies, the action of Chelidonium is in no way limited to a single organ, but extends to the whole human being, and to all his organs.In conclusion it is stated that the remedy may be frequently indicated if there is hepatic involvement, but that a closer study of the more detailed actions of Chelidonium will enable the practitioner to recognize it far more frequently in the patients he sees day by day, and become more certain in his choice of the remedy.
Is homœopathy scientific?
Authors: Fisher Peter 
Published: September 2006

“Are the obstacles to certainty and simplicity in practical medicine insurmountable?” HAHNEMANN1
Campbell has raised the question as to whether homœopathy is scientific. Using Popper's epistmeology, he concludes that it is not. Popper's views and their relevance to homœopathy are discussed. Some recent results of scientific and historical research are examined in relation to homœopathy. It is concluded that it is feasible and highly desirable that homœopathy should become scientific.
Ignatia and constitutional thinking in homoeopathy
Authors: von Keller Georg 
Published: September 2006

SummaryThe author attempts to define the concept of “constitution” as used in homœopathy. He opposes the view that “constitution” may be equated with “totality of symptoms”. It must rather be considered that every patient is able to produce only the symptoms which already lie dormant in his constitution. A drug, or the effects of disease, can arouse only symptoms already pre-existing in the constitution. On the other hand one prover can prove several drugs, just as one and the same patient can have one illness after another, each of them requiring a different remedy. The constitution, then, is not drug specific but individual.The author illustrates his point with the aid of a number of Ignatia symptoms—headache as from a nail, tension headache, improvement from lying on the back, restlessness, globus and scintillating scotoma, demonstrating them with tape recordings made in his surgery.
Hahnemann and nutrition
Authors: Hehr G.S. 
Published: September 2006

SynopsisOur knowledge of the chemical structure and physiological role of various food factors is only recent. It has been possible to correlate appetite for some particular foods with body needs. We have an in-built mechanism in our body that guides us in the matter of quality and quantity of food we need. This has been proved by many recent scientific experiments. Hahnemann had recognised this fact about two centuries back and had devised methods of ensuring adequate nutrition in health and in disease. Recent evidence confirms the effectiveness of these methods.
Causticum 30c in the treatment of canine lactatio sine graviditate
Authors: Pohl W. , Fischer M. 
Published: September 2006

SummaryThe first results in a trial using the homœopathic drug Causticum to treat LSG in bitches are described. The evidence so far is that there is no clearly ascribable effect on the enlarged and lactating mammary glands, whereas behavioural disorders showed a rapid return to normal in all subjects. Treatment combining Causticum 30 with specific therapy for the mammary glands is suggested as a possibility.
Experimental research in homœopathy—a critical review
Authors: Scofield A.M. 
Published: September 2006

AbstractThis review discusses the clinical and experimental evidence for the efficacy of homœopathic treatment of disease. The conclusion is that despite a great deal of experimental and clinical work there is only a little scientific evidence to suggest that homœopathy is effective. This is because of bad design, excution, reporting or failure to repeat experimental work and not necessarily because of the inefficacy of the system which has yet to be properly tested on a large enough scale. It is suggested that there is sufficient evidence to warrant the execution of well-designed, carefully-controlled experiments, particularly in naturally diseased organisms, to investigate the efficacy of homœopathy further. Some of the experimental work already done suggests that homœopathy may be of value in the treatment and prevention of diseases in crops as well as animals and humans.
Homœopathy and traditional Chinese medicine
Authors: Williams D.T.H. 
Published: September 2006

In the autumn of 1982 Dr Williams spent three months studying traditional Chinese acupuncture at the Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.In the lecture given at the Annual General Meeting of the Faculty of Homœopathy in 1983, Dr Williams draws some comparisons and some contrasts between the practice of homœopathy and traditional Chinese medicine.
Comment on the paper, “Growth of yeast cultures as in vitro model for investigating homœopathic remedies”
Authors: Baker Rose D. , Smith C.W. 
Published: September 2006

SummaryA recent paper by Steffen1 repeating earlier work by Jones et al.2 failed to confirm any effect of potencies of Pulsatilla on the growth rate of cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae which had previously been reported.We find that using a more specific statistical test on the results given by Steffen1 it can be shown that these results contain almost the same periodicity with potency that Jones et al.2 reported, although only corresponding to a variation of ±1.5% about the mean value.
Growth of yeast cultures as in vitro model for investigating homœopathic medicines
Authors: Steffen William A. 
Published: September 2006

AbstractThe question of a sensitive response in the growth of yeast cell cultures to treatments with homœopathic dilutions (potencies), has been raised in a number of recent publications,1,2,3. A further set of growth trials with this model performed at our Institute are reported here.The actions of 8x to 16x decimal potencies of AgNO3, CuSO4, HgCl2, and NaCl on the growth of cell cultures of Schizosaccharomyces pombe were investigated. This included a set of trials with experimental poisoning of the cells by toxic levels of CuSO4 and subsequent study of the remedial action by potencies of the same substance.Yeast cells were grown in batch culture in a glucose/malt extract medium. Growth was interrupted shortly before the end of the exponential growth phase and total cell concentrations were assessed by means of a Coulter Counter. The obtained data were subjected to statistical analysis. Each treatment range was tested in three separate trials.The results obtained failed to indicate any response in the growth rate of Sch. pombe to the potency treatments.
A model for homœopathic drug tests including statistical analysis
Authors: Bayr G. 
Published: September 2006

SummaryHomœopathic drug tests provide data on which drug pictures are based. Current drug registration laws require proof of drug-specificity as well.A brief description is given of Hahnemann's method, which should be kept in mind particularly for tests on new drugs. It is however not suitable for statistical analysis. Problems arise because of placebo symptoms, and the drug-specificity of individual symptoms can only be expressed in probabilities.Statistical analysis of homœopathic drug tests has to be based on comparison between the totality of symptoms elicited during exhibition of the drug and the totality of symptoms recorded on placebo. Simply counting the incidence of symptoms proved inadequate. The model currently used in conjoint German and Austrian trials is presented for comment and discussion. This also takes account of continued drug action and includes a number of new parameters on which to base comparison.
Management of leukaemia and allied haematological disorders in homœopathy
Authors: Pareek R.S. 
Published: September 2006

SummaryA brief look is taken at the history, classification, pathology and present-day clinical presentation of the group of diseases referred to as ‘leukaemia and allied haematological disorders’. Their management is discussed and illustrated with case histories. Following in the footsteps of the Master, we have many opportunities to procure palliation and cure. It is suggested that Hahnemann's theory of miasm is perfectly rational in the light of modern medicine.
A study of serum electrolyte and thyroid hormone changes in Iodum provers
Authors: Vakil V.E. , Nanabhai A.S. , Vakil A.E. 
Published: September 2006

AbstractAn attempt was made to evaluate changes of serum Na+, K+, T3 and T4 in healthy provers after treatment with Iodum. Iodum 12x was administered to a group of 11 healthy female students for 21 days. Serum Na+, K+, T3 and T4 were estimated before exhibition of the drug, and on the 11th and the last day of the trial. T3 showed an increase by 20% and T4 by 5%. Both Na+ and K+ were found to decrease, Na+ by 2%, K+ by 6%.
Menieres disease treated with chenopodium
Authors: Jack R.A.F. 
Published: September 2006

AbstractThe patient presented was a 54-year-old man who had suffered from frequent disabling attacks on Menieres for three years, for which no conventional treatment had been effective, and who has not had a single attack in the last eighteen months, since starting treatment with homœopathic Chenopodium. He has been under regular hospital surveillance all this time.
The expectations, health beliefs and behaviour of patients seeking homœopathic and conventional medicine
Authors: Hewison Jenny , Davies Peter , Pietroni Patrick , Harrison Clare 
Published: September 2006

AbstractResearch was carried out to determine whether or not there was a difference in the health beliefs, expectations and behaviour of a sample of 92 patients attending a dermatological or rheumatological outpatient clinic which offered either homœopathic treatment (N=47) or conventional treatment (N=45).Self-administered questionnaires were used which examined patients' pathways to care, expectations, beliefs, behaviour and multidimensional health locus of control.The two key differences between those seeking homœopathic and those seeking conventional medicine were in terms of (1) their reasons for attending a homœopathic or conventional clinic, and (2) their beliefs about their presenting dermatological or rheumatological condition.
Proposal of a new principle of cyclotron emission from neutralized electron beams
Authors: MINAMI KAZUO , CHOYAL YADUVENDRA , WATANABE TSUGUHIRO 
Published: September 2006

AbstractRadiation from a loosely constrained cyclotron motion of mono-energetic electrons on a common large orbit (LO) circle in a uniform axial magnetic field and in a right-hand circularly polarized field of plane electromagnetic waves has been studied numerically by particle simulation. A restoring force caused by neutralizing ions against the displacements of gyrating electrons from the original LO circle is introduced by a phenomenological potential well in the radial direction. It is shown that, in high-density beams such as ωb2 ≫~Ω2, Cherenkov instability in the azimuthal direction with ω <~ω+Vzkz leads to the excitation of microwaves. Here, ωb, ~ω, ω, Vz and kz are, respectively, relativistic beam plasma frequency, relativistic electron cyclotron frequency, oscillation angular frequency, axial component of beam velocity and axial wavenumber.
Preparedness for a smallpox outbreak: comparing metrics for assessing levels of vaccination among health-care workers by state
Authors: BASS S. B. , RUZEK S. B. , GORDON T. F. , HANLON A. L. 
Published: September 2006

SUMMARYBy mid-2005, less than 17% of smallpox vaccine doses distributed to American states for health-care workers (HCWs) during the CDC campaign had been used. To understand how states responded, vaccination patterns were studied. Metrics were calculated to compare the level of preparedness for a smallpox outbreak in terms of absolute numbers of HCWs vaccinated compared to the percentage of doses distributed to each state, the rate of vaccination per capita population, and the percentage of HCWs vaccinated compared to the number the CDC recommended. States were then ranked. Results showed that rankings for all four metrics were statistically different (P<0·0001). In addition, when ranks were assigned to quartiles, the states directly affected on 9/11/01 ranked lowest and states widely perceived to be at lower terror risk ranked in the top. These results underscore the need to critically examine how to define an appropriate level of preparedness for a smallpox outbreak.
Co2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ Accumulation by Cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis
Authors: Vannela Raveender , Verma Sanjay Kumar 
Published: September 2006

AbstractThe Spirulina platensis biomass was characterized for its metal accumulation as a function of pH, external metal concentration, equilibrium isotherms, kinetics, effect of co‐ions under free (living cells, lyophilized, and oven‐dried) and immobilized (Ca‐alginate and polyacrylamide gel) conditions. The maximum metal biosorption by S. platensis biomass was observed at pH 6.0 with free and immobilized biomass. The studies on equilibrium isotherm experiments showed highest maximum metal loading by living cells (181.0 ± 13.1 mg Co2+/g, 272.1 ± 29.4 mg Cu2+/g and 250.3 ± 26.4 mg Zn2+/g) followed by lyophilized (79.7 ± 9.6 mg Co2+/g, 250.0 ± 22.4 mg Cu2+/g and 111.2 ± 9.8 mg Zn2+/g) and oven‐dried (25.9 ± 1.9 mg Co2+/g, 160.0 ± 14.2 mg Cu2+/g and 35.1 ± 2.7 mg Zn2+/g) biomass of S. platensis on a dry weight basis. The polyacrylamide gel (PAG) immobilization of lyophilized biomass found to be superior over Ca‐alginate (Ca‐Alg) and did not interfere with the S. platensis biomass biosorption capacity, yielding 25% of metal loading after PAG entrapment. The time‐dependent metal biosorption in both the free and immobilized form revealed existence of two phases involving an initial rapid phase (which lasted for 1–2 min) contributing 63–77% of total biosorption, followed by a slower phase that continued for 2 h. The metal elution studies conducted using various reagents showed more than 90% elution with mineral acids, calcium salts, and Na2EDTA with free (lyophilized or oven‐dried) as well as immobilized biomass. The experiments conducted to examine the suitability of PAG‐immobilized S. platensis biomass over multiple cycles of Co2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ sorption and elution showed that the same PAG cubes can be reused for at least seven cycles with high efficiency.
Determination of Biomass Composition of Catharanthusroseus Hairy Roots for Metabolic Flux Analysis
Authors: Sriram Ganesh , González‐Rivera Omar , Shanks Jacqueline V. 
Published: September 2006

AbstractMetabolic flux analysis is a powerful diagnostic tool in metabolic engineering, and determination of biomass composition is indispensable to accurate flux evaluation. We report the elemental and biomolecular composition of Catharanthus roseus hairy roots, a pharmaceutically significant plant system and an important metabolic engineering target. The molecular formula of the organic material in the hairy roots was C12.0H22.7N0.4O7.6 during mid‐exponential growth. The abundances of lipids, lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose, starch, protein, proteinogenic amino acids, mineral ash, and moisture in the biomass were quantified. Analysis of water‐soluble components of the biomass with 1‐D 13C and 2‐D [1H,1H] correlation (COSY) NMR spectroscopy revealed that the water‐soluble components were composed almost entirely of β‐glucans. Agropine, a frequently reported hairy root biomass component, was not detected. Our measurements of the biomass components quantified 83.6 ± 9.3% (w/w) of the biomass. Together with previously reported abundances of indole alkaloids, we accounted for at least 85.9 ± 11.6% (w/w) of the carbon in the biomass, which enabled the precise determination of 12 biomass synthesis fluxes.