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03/17/2026

A number of German statutory health insurance companies are offering integrated care contracts for homeopathy (ICCHs) that cover the reimbursement of homeopathic treatment.

So does homeopathic treatment work?

Researchers conducted a comparative, prospective, observational study in which participants in the ICCH (HOM group) were compared with matched (on diagnosis, s*x and age) insured individuals (CON group) who received usual care alone.

The findings?
"Data from 2,524 participants (1,543 HOM group) were analyzed. The primary effectiveness outcomes after six months were statistically significant in favor of the HOM group for migraine or headache (Δ = difference between groups, days with headache: − 0.9, p = 0.042), asthma (Δ-AQLQ(S): + 0.4, p = 0.014), atopic dermatitis (Δ-DLQI: − 5.6, p ≤ 0.001) and depression (Δ-BDI-II: − 5.6, p ≤ 0.001).

Source: Kass, B., et al., Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of treatment with additional enrollment to a homeopathic integrated care contract in Germany. BMC Health Services Research volume 20, Article number: 872 (2020)

03/13/2026

A case reported by the venerable E.B. Nash, MD:

"Several years ago, I treated a child suffering for two weeks from an obstinate attack of dysentery. Several remedies had failed utterly. Counsel was called, but our combined efforts were equally unsuccessful. At one of my visits, the mother chanced to be changing the child's diaper. I noticed that the a**s was wide open. I could have inserted my little finger to the depth of two inches without touching the bloody mucus-lined walls. (The tenesmus was almost continuous.)

Neither Jahr's Manual (Snelling), Bell on Diarrhoea, nor Hering's Condensed contains this important symptom. Finally, I discovered this under Phosphorus in Lippe's Textbook. Three days after the use of the remedy, naught remained of the troublesome disease except the resulting weakness."

03/12/2026

Another important insight from Adolph Lippe MD:

"The secret of success is not to be attributed to the dose alone. The first, most difficult, task is to obtain a true characteristic picture of the case to be treated... Get the truly characteristic symptoms of a case first, and then find the similar remedy in a reliable Materia Medica, such as that of Hahnemann."

03/11/2026

Adolph Lippe MD on the importance of the relationship of remedies for prescribing...

"A progressive way to find the curative remedy can be pursued, even when our best repertories do not assist us. We again resort to the illustration manner. There are very rare chronic cases of illness in which it seems almost a hopeless ask to find the similar remedy.

A few prominent symptoms may be covered by a remedy and they vanish after it has been taken for a short time; a new set of symptoms sets in, and you can cover only a few of them, and the same unsatisfactory results follow.

In the case alluded to, which might be diagnosticated chronic meningitis, some symptoms predominated. The headache was worse when lying down; relieved by remaining in a sitting position; when the pain increased a sensation like the globulus hystericus was complained of; all the coverings of the neck felt too tight and were constantly loosened; fullness, pulsation, and beating in the head.

Glonoinum, Belladonna, Gelsemium, had given relief at times; Lachesis only caused aggravation. Belladonna had given out; so had the repertories. It now seemed as if a remedy related to Belladonna in its sick-making actions had to be found.

We took up the little work of the indefatigable Bœnninghausen on Relations, and finally came to Sepia. All other related remedies did not correspond with the case before us. There were found what we had been looking for in the four hundred and seventieth and four hundred and seventy-first symptoms in the fifth volume of Hahnemann’s Chronic Diseases. No 470—Pressure in the throat, no matter how little it is covered; No. 471—Pressure in the throat in the region of the tonsils, as if the handkerchief were tied too tightly around the neck.

To our not small astonishment, we found, for the first time in this case, all the symptoms of the patient under Sepia, and the benefit she received from this remedy was as astonishing as it was unexpected. In no other way than by examining the relative remedies to the one which had most benefited her could we have been enabled to find the similar.

It is not often that the repertories give out, but they did in this exceptionally singular case, and we call out our colleague’s attention to a progress forward to find the remedy. The materia medica of our school is, as we have shown, progressive, and we may further progress if we enter earnestly upon the study of the relationship existing between the proved drugs.

If we progressively develop our healing art, we cannot be persuaded either into distrusting and abandoning the great inheritance left us by the master in his Materia Medica Pura and Chronic Diseases, nor into declaring that the law of cure, Similia similibus curantur, is also not reliable, and that progressive abandonment of logic and principles, as well as general progressiveness backward into misnamed liberal and scientific planes, demands from every “physician” a condemnation of sectarianism and an entire reliance upon his own illogical judgment when to administer remedies according to the law of the similars and when to apply palliative treatment only."

03/10/2026

A calcaneal spur is a common cause of chronic heel pain and functional disability.
In a recent study, researchers sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of individualized homeopathic (IH) medicines compared to placebo (PL) in managing this condition.

Their findings?
"Individualized homeopathy resulted in statistically and clinically significant improvements in pain and function for patients with calcaneal spur compared to PL. These findings suggest that homeopathy may be a viable treatment option for this condition."

Source: Pramanik P, Bharti v, Dutta A. Efficacy of Individualized Homeopathic Medicines in Managing Pain of Calcaneal Spur: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. J of Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 2026

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03/06/2026

Dr. Adolph Lippe with selecting the correct remedy for your patient...

"When we ascertain the characteristic symptoms of a so called disease or form of disease, we necessarily will find among the known medicines, i.e., known to us by having been proved on the healthy organism, some few medicines most similar in its action on the organism to the characteristic symptoms of the disease, these medicines will therefore often cure that disease; but, if other symptoms besides the ordinary characteristic symptoms have been developed by the peculiarities of the patient, then we have to employ such medicines as correspond with the disease of the patient and his peculiar symptoms, and therefore it remains true that in all diseases all medicines may be employed."

03/05/2026

Could Ultra-Dilutions of Common Toxic Herbicides actually Enhance Plant Growth?

New Research Looks at the Possibility...

Scientific researchers in India recently tested a common herbicide used extensively in the U.S. called Paraquat in homeopathic form to study its effects on rice plants' growth.

Three treatments of the homeopathically prepared herbicide were given at an interval of 7 days. "The treated plants showed increased growth, chlorophyll content, and yield of rice significantly as compared to the control. The homeopathically prepared version of Paraquat produced exactly the opposite effect of the crude material on plants."

Source: Mondal, P., et al., Promotion of Growth, Chlorophyll Content and Yield of Rice by a New Drug at Ultra High Dilution. International Journal of High Dilution Research. Vol. 20 No. 2-3 (2021)

03/04/2026

A recent German study evaluated the recurrence of acute upper respiratory tract infections (aURTIs) and the number of antibiotic prescriptions within a 12-month follow-up period in patients prescribed either homeopathic medicines or medicines from one of four conventional medication classes for aURTI therapy.

The results?
"The study demonstrated that follow-up recurrence and antibiotic prescriptions in patients with uncomplicated aURTI are at least comparable between patients treated with homeopathic and conventional medicines in real-world practice. Despite some methodological limitations inherent to the database used, the results of this study indicate that homeopathic medicines present a valuable therapeutic option for managing aURTI."

Source: Banik, N. et al., Homeopathic and conventional treatments for acute upper respiratory tract infections (aURTI): Real-World cohort study on recurrence and antibiotic prescriptions. Complement Med Res. January 2025

03/03/2026

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02/27/2026

Adolph Lippe MD on prescribing with consideration for the symptoms of the diseases...

"When we ascertain the characteristic symptoms of a so called disease or form of disease, we necessarily will find among the known medicines, i.e., known to us by having been proved on the healthy organism, some few medicines most similar in its action on the organism to the characteristic symptoms of the disease, these medicines will therefore often cure that disease; but, if other symptoms besides the ordinary characteristic symptoms have been developed by the peculiarities of the patient, then we have to employ such medicines as correspond with the disease of the patient and his peculiar symptoms, and therefore it remains true that in all diseases all medicines may be employed."

02/26/2026

Many people worldwide suffer from sleep issues. In America alone, it's estimated that 50-70 million people struggle with this problem.

Researchers in Brazil recently published a small observational, longitudinal, prospective study of individuals 18 and over with insomnia treated homeopathically with 6 months of follow-up in the public healthcare service of Guarulhos, São Paulo.

Their findings?
"Homeopathic treatment significantly improved sleep quality and reduced stress, anxiety, and depression."

Source: Fujino FMSDC, Ribeiro AP, Antunes DC, Gomez RJ, Furtado GE, Colombo-Souza P. Sleep quality and levels of stress, anxiety, and depression in patients treated with homeopathy: a prospective study in the Brazilian public healthcare service. Sao Paulo Med J. 2025 Oct 27;143

02/25/2026

Premenstrual Syndrome affects 70-90% of all women in the U.S. and around the world at some point in their lives.

Researchers in India recently conducted a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of individualised homeopathic medicines in managing premenstrual syndrome among women of reproductive age experiencing symptoms for over three months.

Compared with placebo, the homeopathy group showed a statistically significant reduction in overall PMS symptoms, with improvements evident by the second month and sustained through the third month, as measured by validated assessment scales.

The findings suggest that individualized homeopathy may offer a safe and effective complementary approach for reducing PMS symptoms, although further independent studies are needed to confirm these results and identify the most effective remedies.

*Special thanks to the European Committee for Homeopathy for the content of this post.

Source: Sanjib Sahoo, Chintamani Nayak, Prasanta Rath, Soumya Bhattacharya, Suranjana Mukherjee, Abhijit Dutta, Individualized homeopathic medicines in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, EXPLORE, Volume 20, Issue 6, 2024