Problemi correnti
Come sta l’omeopatia?
HOMOEOPATHY, HOW ARE YOU?
FRANCO PANIZON
Professore Emerito, Dipartimento di Scienze della Riproduzione e dello Sviluppo, Università di Trieste
Maggio 2004 - pagg. 303 -308
Abstract
The Italian Parliament is elaborating a law project regarding the recognition and the teaching
of 8 so called “non conventional” medicines, including homoeopathy, and of 6 non conventional
medical therapies, including pranotherapy, in name of a “scientific pluralism” and of
“the need to harmonize the fundamental principles established by the legislations in the different
European countries”. These reasons appear to be unfounded and they sound like to be
a pretext, since some of the proposals contained in the law project are clearly in contrast with
the common shared knowledge. We shortly analyse the history of homoeopathy, the history
of its principles, the feasibility of this medicine inside a culture continuously referring to the
evidence based medicine (EBM). We underline the contradiction between this culture and the
still insufficient results obtained by the controlled clinical experimentation of the homoeopathic
therapies.
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Bibliografia
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19. Jacobs J, Jiménez-Perez M, Gloyd SS, et al. Treatment of acute childhood diarrhea with homeopatic medicine: a randomized clinical trial in Nicaragua. Pediatrics 1994;93:719.
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21. Linde K, Jobst KA. Homeopathy for chronic asthma Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000; CD000353.
22. Barnes J, Resch KL, Ernst E. Homeopathy for postoperative ileus? A metanalysis. Clin Gastroenterol 1997;25:628.
23. Vickers AJ, Smith C. Homoeopatic Oscillococcum for preventing and treating influenza and influenza-like syndromes Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000 CD001957.
24. Smith C. Homeopathy for induction of labour. Cochrane Library Issue 1. Chichester, UK, John Weley & Sons Ltd, 2004.
25. Mc Carney RW, Linde K, Losserson TJ. Homeopathy for chronic asthma, Cochrane Library Issue 1. Chichester, UK, John Weley & Sons Ltd, 2004.
2. Jonas WB, Jacobs J. Healing with omeopathy. The complete guide. Warner NY, 1996.
3. Davenas E, Beauvais F, Amara J, et al. Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE. Nature 1988; 333:816-8
4. Randi J, Stewart WW. ‘High dilution’ experiments: a delusion. Nature 1988;333:287-90.
5. Hirst SJ, Hayes NA, Burridge J, et al. Human basophil degranulation is not triggered by very dilute antiserum against human IgE. Nature 1993;366:525.
6. Ovelgoenne JH, Bol Aw, Hop WC, van Rijk R. Mechanical agitation of very dilute antiserum against IgE has no effect on basophil staining properties. Experientia 1992;48:504.
7. Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh. Towards understanding molecular mechanisms of action of homeopathic drugs: An Overview. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 2003;253(1- 2):339-45.
8. Belon P, Cumps J, Ennis M, et al. Inhibition of human basophil degranulation by successive histamine dilutions: results of a european multi-center trial. Inflamm Res 1999;48(suppl 1):17.
9. Sainte-Laudy J. Stimulatory effect of high dilutions of histamine on activation of human basophils induced by anti-IgE. Inflamm Res 2001;(Suppl.2):S63-S64.
10. Jonas WB, Lin Y, Williams A, et al. Treatment of experimental stroke with low-dose glutammate and homeopatic Arnica montana. Perfusion 1999;12:452.
11. Banik S, Khuda-Bukhs A R. Alterations cytogenetic and haematological effects by ultra diluted doses of Ginseng in whole-body X-irradiated mice. The Nucleus 1996;49:28.
12. Rijn J, Van Wijk R. Enhancement of the stress response by minute amounts of cadmium in sensitized Reuber H35 hepatoma cells. Toxicology 1997;116:27-37.
13. Allegre CJ, Provost A., Jaupart C. Oscillatory zoning: a pathological case of crystal growth. Nature 1987;294:223.
14. Matsumoto J. Molecular mechanism of biological responsse to homeopathic medicines. Medical Hypotheses 1994;43:77.
15. Linde K, Clausius N, Ramirez G, et al. Are clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effect? A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials. Lancet 1997; 350:834.
16. Reilly DT, Taylor, MA, McSharry C, Aitchinson T. Is homoeopathy a placebo response? Controlled trial of homeopathic potency, with pollen in hayfever as model. Lancet 1986;ii(8512):881-5.
17. Lewith GT, Watkins AD, Hyland ME, et al. Use of ultramolecular potencies of allergens to treat asthmatic people allergic to house dust mite: double blind randomised controlled clinical trial. BMJ 2002;324:520
18. Taylor MA, Reilly D, Llewellyn-Jones RH, et al. Randomised controlled trial of homeopathy versus placebo in perennial allergic rhinitis with overview of four trial series. BMJ 2000;321:471.
19. Jacobs J, Jiménez-Perez M, Gloyd SS, et al. Treatment of acute childhood diarrhea with homeopatic medicine: a randomized clinical trial in Nicaragua. Pediatrics 1994;93:719.
20. Jacobs J, Jonas WB, Jiménez-Perez M, Crothers D. Homeopathy for childhood diarrhea: combined results and meta-analysis from three randomized controlled trials. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2003;22(3):229-34.
21. Linde K, Jobst KA. Homeopathy for chronic asthma Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000; CD000353.
22. Barnes J, Resch KL, Ernst E. Homeopathy for postoperative ileus? A metanalysis. Clin Gastroenterol 1997;25:628.
23. Vickers AJ, Smith C. Homoeopatic Oscillococcum for preventing and treating influenza and influenza-like syndromes Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000 CD001957.
24. Smith C. Homeopathy for induction of labour. Cochrane Library Issue 1. Chichester, UK, John Weley & Sons Ltd, 2004.
25. Mc Carney RW, Linde K, Losserson TJ. Homeopathy for chronic asthma, Cochrane Library Issue 1. Chichester, UK, John Weley & Sons Ltd, 2004.