Mahesh, S.; Hoffmann, P.; Kajimura, C.; Collaborators, I.C.; Vithoulkas, G. Database of COVID-19 Cases Treated with Classical Homeopathy. Preprints2023, 2023010235. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0235.v1
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Mahesh, S., Hoffmann, P., Kajimura, C., Collaborators, I.C., & Vithoulkas, G. (2023). Database of COVID-19 Cases Treated with Classical Homeopathy. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0235.v1
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Mahesh, S., IACH COVID Collaborators and George Vithoulkas. 2023 "Database of COVID-19 Cases Treated with Classical Homeopathy" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0235.v1
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented challenge to healthcare and the available solutions are unsatisfactory. Classical homeopathy may have a role to play in alleviating this burden. Covid cases treated with homeopathy was curated with the intention to provide basic information for further studies. The results are promising although far from being definitive. 367 patients considered were for statistical analysis, the mean age of the participants was 42.75 years, and males and females were 166 and 201 respectively. The mean follow-up period was 6.5 (SD 5.3) days, with a median of 1 homeopathic remedy used per case. 192 patients were diagnosed by RT–PCR, 111 by the WHO clinical criteria and 64 via retrospective antibodies. According to the WHO criteria, 255 were confirmed cases, 61 were probable cases, and 51 were suspected cases. It was seen that 73.8% of covid patients improved under homeopathic treatment, even those among severe disease 78.6%. Correlational analyses showed that presence of fever was associated with more likelihood of improvement and increasing age and a greater number of homeopathic remedies required in a case were associated negatively with improvement. However, it was seen that severe cases were more likely to improve under homeopathic treatment.
Keywords
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Homeopathy; Database
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Medicine and Pharmacology
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