Clinical researches in the homeopathy
Keywords:
homeopathic remedies, Clinical investigations, Placebo-controlled blind investigations, design of cinical investigation for homeopathic remedyAbstract
This article provides an overview of modern clinical investigations in homeopathy. Various conditions of these investigations are discussed. A need of metodological discussion to look for optimal way for determining of homeopathic remedies efficacy is discussed. There is a signed opinion that there must be various investigation ways depending on kind of using of homeopathic remedies - classical way, way of symptomocomplex and affinity of remedy, or in accordance with medical indications.References
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Томкевич, М. С. “Clinical Researches in the Homeopathy”. Traditional Medicine, no. 3(26) 2011, Sept. 2011, pp. 14-25, http://www.tradmed.ru/index.php/tm/article/view/251.
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