Scientific basis of the homeopathic healing principle in modern harmacology
Teixeira, Marcus Zulian.
Rev. homeopatia (São Paulo)
; 80(3/4): 36-81, 2017.
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Background:
Homeopathy employs the so-called principle of similars as therapeutic method - which consists in administering medicines that cause certain symptoms in healthy individuals to treat similar symptoms in sick individuals (similia similibus curantur) - to induce a secondary and healing reaction by the body against its own disorders. This secondary (vital, homeostatic or paradoxical) reaction of the body is based on the rebound effect of modern drugs, a type of adverse event that occurs following discontinuation of several classes of drugs prescribed according to the principle of contraries (contraria contrariis curantur).Aim:
The present review sought to scientifically substantiate the homeopathic healing principle vis-à-vis experimental and clinical pharmacology through a systematic study of the rebound effect of modern drugs or paradoxical reaction of the body.Methods:
Employing as reference studies and revisions on the subject published since 1998, we updated the data adding recent studies included in database PubMed.Results:
The rebound effect occurs after discontinuation of several classes of drugs with action contrary to the symptoms of diseases, exacerbating them to levels above the ones before treatment. [...]. Following the homeopathic premises, modern drugs might also be used according to the principle oftherapeutic similitude, thus employing the rebound effect (paradoxical reaction) with curative intent.Conclusions:
Evidenced by hundreds of studies that attest to the similarityof concepts and manifestations, the rebound effect of modern drugs scientifically substantiates the principle of homeopathic cure. Although the rebound phenomenon is anadverse event studied by modern pharmacology, it is not known by health care professionals, thus depriving doctors of knowledge indispensable for safe management ofdrugs. (AU)
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