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Homeopathic drug proving of Okoubaka aubrevillei: a randomised placebo-controlled trial
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Trialsvolume 14, Article number: 96 () Cite this article
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Abstract
Background
Homeopathic drug proving is a basic concept in homeopathy. This study aimed to record symptoms produced by a homeopathic drug compared with placebo.
Methods
This multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1 trial consisted of a 7-day run-in period, a 5-day intervention period and a day post-intervention observation period. Subjects, investigators and statisticians were blinded for intervention groups and identity of the homeopathic drug. Subjects in the intervention group received Okoubaka aubrevillei (potency C12) and subjects in the placebo group received the optically identical sucrose globules. Dosage in both groups was five globules taken five times per day over a maximum period of 5 da
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Homeopathy
Pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine
For the journal, see Homeopathy (journal).
Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific[1] system of alternative medicine. It was conceived in by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths or homeopathic physicians,[2] believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a disease in healthy people can cure similar symptoms in sick people; this doctrine is called similia similibus curentur, or "like cures like".[3] Homeopathic preparations are termed remedies and are made using homeopathic dilution. In this process, the selected substance is repeatedly diluted until the final product is chemically indistinguishable from the diluent. Often not even a single molecule of the original substance can be expected to remain in the product.[4] Between each dilution homeopaths may hit and/or shake the product, claiming this makes the diluent "reme
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RAISING VITAMIN D VS. REDUCING SKIN CANCER:
ARE THEY MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE GOALS?
from: Holistic Primary Care, Spring ()
By Michael Traub, ND
It is a strange motsägelse of natur that the same wavelengths of solar UV light that drive cutaneous vitamin D photosynthesis are the very same ones that cause DNA damage and skin cancer. That conjunction of healthful and harmful effects has caused a good bit of consternation in medical circles in recent years.
As we’ve learned more about the importance of vitamin D, the extent of vitamin D insufficiency, and the negativ effects of low D levels, some physicians now oppose skin cancer prevention efforts focused on avoiding sun exposure and diligent sunscreen use. They argue that on a population basis, gains in reducing skin cancers are outweighed by increased risk of colorectal cancer, diabetes, heart disease, nedstämdhet, MS and osteoporosis associated with low vitamin D.
Since vitamin D is easily obtained from oral supplements, why has sun p