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Can homeopathy cure fits?

Can homeopathy cure fits?

Successful homeopathic treatment addresses the underlying chronic condition without merely suppressing external symptoms. The patient will then be free of seizures and healthier overall, with the chance of a longer life.

Is Ginger good for seizures?

Ginger exert anticonvulsant properties and increased seizure threshold for each endpoint in ginger treatment group. The present study might be useful to introduce ginger as a new potential CAM in the treatment of epilepsy.

How long do homeopathics take to work?

The effect of a homeopathic medicine may be rapid (minutes to hours), or 1 or more days may be needed for its full effect. The time required for symptom relief is nonuniform because the medicines do not create the response—rather, the medicines stimulate the body’s own secondary healing response.

How many clinical studies have there been on homeopathic remedies?

About 200 clinical studies of homeopathic remedies are available to date. With that sort of number, one cannot be surprised that the results are not entirely uniform. It would be easy to cherry pick and select those findings that one happens to like (and some homeopaths do exactly that).

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Do patients who consult homeopaths really get better?

Patients who consult homeopaths do get better, and observational studies have shown this ad nauseam. Homeopaths insist that this amounts to evidence which is more relevant than that from clinical trials. But is there really a contradiction?

Why did I change my mind about homeopathy?

Why I changed my mind about homeopathy. Two main axioms constitute the core principles of homeopathy. The “like cures like” principle holds that, if a substance causes a symptom (e.g. onion makes my nose run), then that substance can cure a disease that is characterised by a runny nose (e.g. hayfever or a common cold).

Are homeopathic remedies different from placebo?

Over a dozen systematic reviews of homeopathy have been published. Almost uniformly, they come to the conclusion that homeopathic remedies are not different from placebo. Many homeopaths reluctantly accept this state of affairs but claim that their clinical experience is more important than the evidence from clinical trials.