The largest ever NHS homeopathic hospital study shows significant improvements in 70% of patients treated with homeopathy.
Over 6,500 consecutive patients took part in the study, published in the latest issue of the international, peer-reviewed Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
A wide range of chronic diseases were treated successfully, including eczema, asthma, migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, menopausal problems, arthritis, depression and chronic fatigue syndrome.
The most marked improvements were seen in children - 89% of under 16s with asthma reported improvement and 75% felt 'better' or 'much better', as did 68% of eczema patients under 16.
The study, which is the largest consecutive homeopathic clinical series ever reported with 6 years' of data, echoes findings from Tunbridge Wells Homeopathic Hospital in 2000, where 74% of 1,372 patients reported a positive result from homeopathic treatment, and similarly at Liverpool Department of Homeopathic Medicine in 2001, where 76% of 1,100 patients reported an improvement of their condition.
All the patients were referred by their GP or hospital specialist ñ most had tried conventional treatment first without success.
Commenting on the study, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Dr Kim Jobst said: "These are response rates with which any orthodox NHS medical health provider or pharmaceutical company would be justly pleased."
Reference: Homeopathic Treatment for Chronic Disease: A 6-Year, University-Hospital Outpatient Observational Study. Dr D S Spence, Dr E A Thompson and S J Barron. J. Altern. Complement. Med. 2005; 11(5): 793-398 www.liebertpub.com/acm
*These studies do not represent a cure or success rate for tinnitus. These studies did not include the quietus formula specific for tinnitus. They are referring to homeopathy success to treating general conditions as listed in study above.
