Revista Médica de Homeopatía最新文献

Following the ideas written by H. Skolimowski (The participatory mind: a new theory of knowledge and of the Universe) about how we acquire knowledge and how we construct what he calls “the spiral of knowledge”, I performed a review of the medical knowledge and how his peculiar spiral of knowledge has been constructed. I focused on the comparison of three medical traditions: western medicine – the so called scientific medicine -, Chinese traditional medicine, and homeopathic medicine. A description is resented of what are considered the fundamental characteristics of their particular spiral of knowledge, starting from the description of their own ontology and epistemology, on which they are based.

Introduction and objectives

This paper demonstrates a patient's curation applying the Homeopathic Formula for the Diagnosis of the Simillimum methodology, developed by Dr. Carlos Campora. Borax Veneta is prescribed, the case is analysed, and symptoms are verified.

Patient and methods

This is a case study in a real context, concurrently employing qualitative and quantitative sources of evidence and the Homeopathic Formula for the Diagnosis of the Simillimum, avoiding selection bias. A 34-year-old woman reporting mild chronic asthma, allergic hay fever, recurrent cystitis, frequent liver cramps, nocturnal palpitation, chronic canker sores, and chronic vulvovaginitis. As regards mental symptoms, she has suffered a life long fear of labour. Borax Veneta is prescribed using the Approach Strategy totality of characteristic symptoms, super-satisfactory coherent with 1 main symptom and 2 keynotes.

Results

In the course of 3 years, curation is radical, assessed according to the applied method. Twelve symptoms are proven to be cured, 8 are verified symptoms, and 4 are curations that had not so far been demonstrated for Borax.

Conclusions

The application of the Homeopathic Formula for the Diagnosis of the Simillimum methodology and the Approach Strategies for clinical cases help to establish the remedy required after expanding the analysis. This provides greater understanding and precise prescriptions, consistent with the Hahnemannian homeopathic paradigm.

Objective

Develop a criteria catalog serving as a guideline for authors to improve the quality of reporting clinical case reports in homeopathy.

Method

An online Delphi process was initiated with a panel of 19 homeopathic experts from Europe, the USA and India. Homeopathy specific item selection took place in three rounds of adjusting. The selected items can be used as an extension of the CARE clinical case reporting guideline.

Results

Eight homeopathy specific ‘core’ items were selected from a list of 31 suggested items; (1) the clinical history from a homeopathic perspective; (2) the type of homeopathy; detailed description of the medication—(3) nomenclature, (4) manufacture, (5) galenic form + dosage; outcomes—(6) objective evidence if available, (7) occurrence homeopathic aggravation, (8) assessment possible causal attribution of changes to the homeopathic treatment. A further 4 items were recommended for consideration as optional items when case reports are used for specific, in particular educational, purposes. The 8 core items can be used, merged into 6 items, as a homeopathy specific (HOM-CASE) extension to the CARE clinical case reporting guideline items 6, 9 and 10.

Conclusion

Use of the HOM-CASE guideline extension will contribute to transparent and accurate reporting and can significantly improve the quality and reliability of clinical case reports in homeopathy.

Specific phobias are a very frequent mental health disorder that interferes with the normal life of the individual, with the appearance of anxiety symptoms in the presence of the cause of the phobia. This can lead to difficult situations or decrease in the quality of life, and on being a problem specific to the cause of the phobia, with the psychotherapeutic approach being slow when an acute situation arises. This can be a serious problem if, for example, it leads the patient avoiding a procedure necessary for the diagnosis. The case is presented of a 29 year-old man with acute signs and symptoms of hepatitis, who did not consent to provide a blood specimen for analysis due to belonephobia. The analysis could finally be made with help of a homeopathic treatment.

The primary and secondary effects, so clearly presented in the homeopathy doctrine of Samuel Hahnemann hundreds of year ago, not only explain all our art, but are also still complete and dynamic. This wise man from Meissen was chronologically adapting these concepts, and perfecting them with his clinical experience and his acute observation, well before the discovery of Homeopathy, as mentioned in several of his own documents and publications before 1789. Knowledge of this topic helps the homeopathic doctor to have a rational, scientific and sound practice, providing it with an understanding, an order that achieves a high impact in daily practice.