Reversing Autism

Alison’s Mum tells her story… I have a 6-year-old daughter Alison, with Aspergers, who has been treated with constitutional homeopathy for just over a year.

She was not a healthy or settled baby and I ended up having to wean her at 3 months as she didn’t tolerate my breast milk and I had to put on her on an elemental formula for protein allergies and Losec for reflux. By the time she was 1-year-old she still didn’t tolerate any food and the next years were spent managing her health with a limited diet as she got older and some biomedical supplements.

When we started homeopathy the things I wanted help with was her behavior and some physical health symptoms. She is a very sensitive child and has lots of allergies that can bring on sensory seeking behavior and at the time of our first consult she had become very bossy, argumentative, defiant and inflexible. She was demanding and not coping with much in general. She also was having constipation problems and reflux and some other physical issues.

I remember the day of her first dose as being a particularly difficult day for us. I was so keen to give her the indicated remedy to see if it helped. She was in a very bad mood and being very rude. I gave her a sniff of the bottle as we always start gentle with her being so sensitive and within 15 minutes she came up to me where I was sitting on the rocking chair and asked for a cuddle. She climbed onto me and just melted into me in a way I hadn’t felt before. She was far more balanced, settled and relaxed. This was a really strong noticeable response and from that moment on I have focused on healing her with constitutional homeopathy.

As she had more doses we had more breakthroughs with behavior and her health symptoms were improving too.

She regularly used to be unreachable. So for example she may wake up one morning and decide to be a fairy and then she would stay in that persona all day. It would be hard to reach her and even though it was easy because she was happy amusing herself as a fairy, it was like I had lost her. After improving on the homeopathy and not going into her own world so often, I noticed she would express her feelings to me when things were upsetting her. So I assume she was escaping reality into her own world previously where-as now she is in the moment and able to express what is upsetting her.

There are so many little changes that are huge to me such as her initiating holding my hand in public, compared to previously where I would have to force her to hold my hand to cross a road for example. She didn’t like holding hands at all. There are also health improvements. Her diet is increasing and she is not sensitive to so many foods. Her tolerance of allergens is improving.

I have 6 weekly appointments with her homeopath and I keep a diary of her improvements so I have notes for the past year. As I read over them, it really confirms how far she has come in that year. Her progress is steady. I don’t expect a quick fix because she came into this world with several issues and developed more as she grew older so it is going to take time and persistence to undo them. But I would rather heal her gently with homeopathy and know that she is healed rather than manage or suppress her symptoms long term with diet and lifestyle changes and medications.

I use homeopathy on the whole family now and am grateful that my daughter’s health issues have directed me to learn about homeopathy as it is now impacting us all in a positive way.

Life is so much easier with homeopathy and now when people meet my daughter for the first time, they don’t recognize her as being on the spectrum.

Practitioner Comment

Some children with Asperger syndrome progress rapidly and lose their diagnosis within the first few months of homeopathic treatment while others make slow, steady gains over many years. Most however, like Alison, progress somewhere between the two extremes. The end results are just as heart-warming though, irrespective of the rate of improvement.

For many children with autism and Asperger syndrome, hypersensitivity of the immune system to various foods and environmental allergens is a problem but in Alison’s case, this was more severe than usual. To minimize any aggravating effects she was started on “sniff” rather than oral doses of her remedy and as you can see from her mother’s story, they were still effective. If you would like to read more of this method for dosing hypersensitive people, visit: http://homeopathyplus.com.au/i-sniff-at-homeopathy/

Treating Homeopath: Fran Sheffield Homeopathy Plus! T: +612 (2) 4304 0822 W: www.homeopathyplus.com.au August 28, 2013

http://homeopathyplus.com.au/reversing-autism-alisons-story/

PANDAS and the conventional medical system

There are only a few occasions where I am hopefully impressed with the way the conventional medical system acknowledges the connection between our physical health symptoms, bacteria, viruses and our mental state of health.

PANDAS is one of those occasions. I was reminded the other day by a patient of mine who stated it clearly by saying something to the effect of 'even the medical diagnosis actually understands the link between an infection and behavioural symptoms' so now what about the others. As Homeopaths, we don't try to separate out peoples' parts to simplify matters. We acknowledge and accept the challenge of the mystery of humanity and the human immune system in all its intelligent wonders (despite that it makes our job difficult sometimes). As Homeopaths, looking at the whole person is essential - not just an ideal. How everything works together for one person is going to be entirely different for another. I love my job, it is always an adventure and keeps me entranced by our amazing abilities to heal. It is so rewarding to know that I can offer more than more antibiotics (which sometimes can cause more complications for certain people).

Here is the National Institute of Mental Health's take on Pediatric Autoimmune Neurological Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS), not cute and cuddly;

What is PANDAS?

PANDAS is short for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections. A child may be diagnosed with PANDAS when:

• Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or tic disorders suddenly appear following a strep infection (such as strep throat or scarlet fever); or
• The symptoms of OCD or tic symptoms suddenly become worse following a strep infection.

The symptoms are usually dramatic, happen “overnight and out of the blue,” and can include motor and/or vocal tics, obsessions, and/or compulsions. In addition to these symptoms, children may also become moody, irritable, experience anxiety attacks, or show concerns about separating from parents or loved ones. Taken from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/pandas/index.shtml

Homeopathy Works

This entry was posted on September 8, 2011 by Mary Aspinwall.

Homeopathy Works

Homeopathy is perhaps one of the most contentious areas in holistic medicine, with opinion polarized into two camps:

- those who think it is scientifically impossible for homeopathic remedies to work

- those who have used homeopathic remedies and know from direct experience that they do work

Homeopathic preparation of most remedies involves so much dilution that not even a molecule of the original substance remains. Although this may sound strange, some scientists, even those with no affinity for Homeopathy, have claimed that dilutants can have ‘a memory’ of the original substance even when no molecules are present.

The best known was French immunologist Jacques Benveniste who was head of a research team at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research. He diluted a solution of human antibodies until not a single molecule remained. Provided the solutions were shaken vigorously, Benveniste found that human basophils reacted as if the original antibody was still there.Two years after publishing his findings he lost his job and research funding.

In 1999, a team of scientists led by Professor Madeleine Ennis of Queen's University of Belfast claimed they had replicated his results. Benveniste died in 2004. Nobel prize winner, Luc Montaignier who is now researching in China, to avoid people trying to influence or suppress his work, recently confirmed that homeopaths are right. He stated serial dilutions are "not nothing," because the dilutant is imprinted with the original substance. The "Memory of Water" controversy will not go away.

When others try to replicate these findings they are unable to do so and some suggest that this is due to a phenomenon called 'plausibility bias'.

Dr.Peter Fisher, who is Clinical Director at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, and since 2001 has also been the Physician to Queen Elizabeth II notes that:

"Plausibility bias obstructs a fair evaluation of the evidence around homeopathy; its extent and implications have not been adequately recognized or discussed. It should not impede further research, but we must recognize that such new research in homeopathy, if positive, may have limited impact on practice until a plausible theoretical framework is established."

In simple terms this means some observers will not be able to accept that homeopathy works, whatever the evidence until they know exactly how it works. Whatever evidence they are presented with they tend to insist that any benefit users experience is purely due to placebo effect.

Placebo effect is undoubtedly a powerful tool against illness. If someone is convinced a medicine, even a sugar pill, will help them, it generally does. However, this effect fails to explain why animals, babies, small children and skeptics, respond beautifully to a well prescribed homeopathic remedy or why a poorly prescribed homeopathic remedy has little lasting effect.

A further issue to consider is that true Homeopathy does not fit well into the double blind method. Many of the trials of homeopathy, including those which found it was beneficial, have often been unsatisfactory. The experimenters design double blinds, where the first group takes sugar pills and the second group all take the same homeopathic medicine (e.g. diluted grass pollens to treat hay fever). This is not Homeopathy. A homeopath would interview each member of the second group about the precise symptoms they get and prescribe each with a different medicine accordingly.

Skepticism is healthy, but not if it means you ignore a huge amount of empirical evidence from people who are certain that their return to health was due to Homeopathy. One of the easiest ways to see if Homeopathy works is to try it. The healthiest mind is an open one.

http://www.homeopathyworld.com/blog/homeopathy-and-placebo-effect/

Homeopathy is a very economically efficient choice

People should have the right to access Homeopathy

Yesterday, an acquaintance asked me if I had heard that people in the U.K. are wanting to ABOLISH and BAN Homeopathy. I assured him that Homeopathy has a long history and could never be 'abolished'. Last night, I saw the movie Spotlight and it has inspired me to keep putting this type of information across for those who are looking.

Homeopathy will always exist. Here is a succinct list of facts from the Homeopathic Research Institute (please consider funding their essential work):

Some people take the position that public money should not be spent on homeopathy because “there is no proof that it works” or “tax-payers money shouldn’t be spent on placebos”.

 

How much is spent on homeopathy?

Looking at the situation in the UK, this is what the National Health Service spends on homeopathy:

• From the total NHS drug budget of £11 billion a year, it spends £152,000 (0.0013%) on homeopathic prescriptions.1
• Out of the total NHS budget of £100 billion a year, it spends £4 million (0.004%) on Homeopathy2

£4 million covers everything from running the hospitals departments to paying the doctors. This provides treatment for approx. 40,000 patients a year.

What ‘proof’ is there that other NHS treatments work?

Some people argue that the NHS should not pay for homeopathy because it should only offer treatments that have been ‘tried and tested’ scientifically and been shown to work.

This sounds logical, but according to the prestigious British Medical Journal only 13% of 2,500 commonly used NHS treatments are known to be beneficial:3

What evidence is there that homeopathy helps NHS patients?

Six studies carried out from 1999 to the present day have tracked the outcome of patients being treated at NHS homeopathic hospitals. These observational studies show patient benefit in terms of clinical outcomes (often for chronic difficult to treat conditions), as well as areas of potential economic benefit in terms of reduced prescribing of conventional drugs.

The largest one, an observational study at Bristol Homeopathic Hospital, followed over 6,500 consecutive patients with over 23,000 attendances in a six-year period4. 70% of follow-up patients reported improved health; 50% reported major improvement. The most common diagnostic groups were Dermatology, Neurology, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, Psychiatry and Ear, Nose & Throat. The best treatment responses were reported in childhood eczema or asthma, and in inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, menopausal problems and migraine.

A 500-patient survey at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital showed that many patients were able to reduce or stop conventional medication following homeopathic treatment.5 The size of the effect varied between diagnoses e.g. for skin complaints, 72% of patients reported being able to stop or reduce their conventional medication. The study also showed that many patients seek homeopathy because of their concerns about the safety of conventional treatment.

When assessing value for money, it’s important to bear in mind that patients referred for homeopathy have difficult to treat chronic conditions i.e. they have either tried conventional medicine and it has been unsatisfactory, or conventional treatment is contra-indicated in their case. One has to ask, if these homeopathy services were not available, who could treat these 40,000 people instead? And what would that cost the NHS?

1. Science and Technology Committee ‘Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy’ HC 45
2. Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of Health by the Faculty of Homeopathy. Cost was £11.89 million between 2005 and 2008.
3. Garrow JS BMJ 2007 335:951 [Pubmed]
4. Spence D, Thompson E A, Barron S J. Homeopathic treatment for chronic disease: a 6-year university-hospital outpatient observational study. J Altern Complement Med 2005; 5: 793-798 [Pubmed]

https://www.hri-research.org/resources/homeopathy-the-debate/homeopathy-is-a-waste-of-tax-payers-money/

Homeopathy – The Ghost in the Room

Succinct insight from 'HealingHaven.co.nz'

Sometimes we have an amazing effect from our remedies.  We take the remedy and instantly feel relief, our symptoms subside, and we are awed and impressed by the response.  These are great instances where we feel complete vindication as homeopathy users.

There are also more subtle responses – such as a dose of Aconite or Anas Barb before bed when feeling like an illness is coming on, and waking up the next day feeling much better, or a response that may not be so physically felt, but shows up in the form of improved blood tests or the like.

Then there are the other types of responses, those that act on a much deeper level, and where the healing response is difficult to track.  Often I hear ‘Well, that remedy didn’t do anything but I’m so much better now from a, b or c!’.

The thing about a remedy is sometimes you’re not going to notice a lightning strike reaction or a thunderclap of healing.  Homeopathic remedies work on an energetic level to bring back balance – this could be unblocking a deeply stuck pattern of thought or behaviour or an old emotional trauma.  After the remedy, the person can find that they are able to move through to the next stage of their life, and feel empowered to do whatever it is that may be needed to bring about balance in their life.  Often a decision is made or a change of behaviour occurs which eventuates in a healthier, happier person.  And it is very difficult to attribute this to a simple pillule or drops!

I was discussing this with a very good friend and client recently.  Although she had not had a return of her emotional symptoms since taking her remedy, she found it difficult to attribute this to the remedy itself, because she couldn’t help but wonder if it was just something like a good night’s sleep which had improved her, or whether the problem was about to resolve anyway.  She put it so well when she said “Its like there’s a ghost in the room – is it there, is it not?”.  

This is so common in homeopathy, and one of the main reasons people struggle to accept it.  You certainly aren’t alone if you’re doubting your remedy brought about the change in your life!  But let me say, in my own journey with constitutional homeopathy, it only takes a reflection on where I was when I started my treatment to how I was after to leave me in no doubt that the ghost is definitely in existence!

http://healinghaven.co.nz/homeopathy-the-ghost-in-the-room/

Homeopathic Detox of Childhood Vaccinations – Results from Preliminary Study

“Anna;
Thank you for outlining the general concept of what Homeopathic Professionals are doing with people with Autism and ADHD and PANDAS. CEASE Therapy implements some of the same principles used within your work shown in this study. I consider myself very fortunate to have learned the specialty of CEASE Therapy so that I can apply what this training to all my work for clients in need. It is important to share information on the work we do and it is often difficult to put it in a format for people to follow easily. You’ve put a lot of extra work, time and effort in making this accessible and usable for people. I appreciate that and hope it is well shared amongst curious people.”

By Anna Rayner on October 23, 2015

In September 2014 I advertised for volunteers to take part in a trial of homeopathic detox of the childhood vaccinations.   Here are the results.

Introduction

This is a preliminary qualitative study looking at the effects of an 8 week course of Homeopathic Detox Therapy (HDT) to detoxify residual elements of the childhood vaccinations.

From a homeopathic perspective, vaccines can cause ongoing harm within the body.  This is thought to be due to a combination of unresolved viral elements in addition to ongoing damage caused by adjuvants such as aluminium hydroxide, formaldehyde, MSG, antibiotics and animal DNA.

Administering the vaccines in homeopathic form is observed to stimulate observable physical detoxification reactions and results in an improvement in chronic symptoms following the 8 week course of remedies.  This project aims to identify the kind of improvements and reactions that can be expected with such an approach.

Design

The vaccination detoxification pack was offered to those parents who observed a temporal link between vaccination and the onset of their child’s health issues.  

130 vaccination packs were sent out, with instructions on how to administer the remedies.  The pack included homoeopathically potentised* versions of the childhood vaccines as a ‘poly’ ascending remedy series (30C, 200C, 1M, 10M).  A ‘Saturday’ remedy of Carcinosin Cum Cuprum and a daily morning remedy Nux Vomica, 6C for liver support was also provided.  Participants were asked to report their observations during, and up to 2 weeks after the end of detox. The course duration was 8 weeks (2 weeks at each of the 4 potencies).

Results

Of the 130 participants that were sent packs, 43 participants did not respond to the follow-up email.  They were then classed as non-participant.  Of the remaining 87 participants, 73 reported improvements in symptoms following the course of detox,  6 experienced temporary aggravations during the course without improvements afterwards, and 8 reported no observable effects.  Some parents completed an ATEC both before and after the round of treatment. Of those who did, the majority showed a lower ATEC following treatment.  In future studies, there should be an emphasis of measurable data from the ATEC test both before and after treatment.

OBSERVATIONS:

Common improvements reported following the vaccination detox:

• increased comprehension & learning / awareness of external world
• increase in attention span
• language / cognitive improvements
• decreased stimming
• decreased anxiety
• appetite changes
• decrease in hyperactive behaviour
• reduction in emotional outbursts
• improved empathy
• improved eye-contact

Common aggravations reported during the 8 week detox phase

• fevers
• rashes
• diarrhoea
• loss of appetite
• sweating (particularly at night)
• increased emotional outbursts / tantrums
• toilet ‘accidents’ increased (temporary)
• hyperactivity temporarily increased
• defiant behaviours
• increase in stimming / hand-flapping / obsessive behaviours.

Lessons Learned

A follow-up consultation was scheduled with those participants who did not show improvement during the course.  A full case history was taken.

In the majority of these cases, there were events in the timeline which were of greater significance (from the perspective of the Homeopathic Detox Therapy model) in the child’s health issues.  Most commonly, this was hormonal or steroid intervention.  It became apparent that hormonal disruptors should be dealt with before tackling the vaccinations.  This is in line with the HDT model, which states that synthetic hormones (including steroids) are often the most damaging of allopathic interventions.

Whilst outcomes were positive, it became clear that the best outcome with HDT requires a full case history to be taken, rather than a ‘one size fits all‘ approach, even when a cohort has a shared aetiology (vaccination).

Following on from the project in the many cases I have treated since, the importance of other toxins has become more apparent.  For example, certain antibiotics have been observed to be extremely damaging and are a more significant ‘aetiology’ than the vaccines in certain instances.  Anaesthetics and Oxytocin during labour are also very significant in the timeline.  In short, as clinical data is amassed, it becomes apparent that vaccines are just one of many damaging allopathic interventions which can cause chronic health problems in children.

This said, it is my belief that vaccinations are one of the most damaging events in a child’s timeline.  This is due to their propensity to cause long-term immune dysfunction.  The ‘injected’ nature of administration makes them extremely harmful as this bypasses primary immune response. This can be very problematic in susceptible children.  In addition, I have grave concerns regarding the toxic nature of the adjuvants,  in particular heavy metals (aluminium hydroxide and thimerosal) which are known neurotoxins.

Conclusion

HDT is observed in this study to be a promising treatment for vaccination damage.  It is most effective when administered alongside an appropriate dietary regime and orthomolecular support to aid detox of displaced heavy metals (zinc and selenium in particular).  In this preliminary study, younger children were observed to make greater gains from treatment. Parents should therefore be encouraged to seek treatment as soon as they suspect that their child has been adversely effected by vaccination.

In addition, reading the case notes from hundreds of responders (only 130 were used due to funding constraints), one could see some very clear repetitive patterns of decline. One of the most striking observations was the consistent suppression of fevers and gastrointestinal symptoms following vaccination using paracetamol preparations and antibiotics. It is often this combination that preceded a rapid decline in health and a descent into the autistic picture.  Parents who wish to partake in vaccination programmes should be properly educated about the dangers of suppressing any associated fever.  This is in line with findings from a study in Cuba, where paracetamol is not recommended following vaccination, and where incidence of autism is significantly lower than the UK and the USA.

In general, a rule of thumb for parents would be to question and research any recommended medical intervention for their children.  The risks often outweigh the benefits.  The lack of research investigating the long-term effects of vaccinations in children means that by consenting to these practices, the child is effectively a ‘guinea pig’, who is partaking in the experiment without informed consent.  I would urge parents to proceed with caution, in spite of any proclamations that a drug or vaccine is ‘perfectly safe’.  There is no such thing, as will be apparent from the long list of side effects in any package insert.

Please contact me (annaraynerhomeopath@gmail.com)  if you would like more information regarding HDT for your child.

Parental Accounts from 8 Week Vaccination Detox  

Here are a selection of parental accounts provided:

Participant 1

NA finished the detox on 5/4/15.  The fits of anger diminished following the accelerated course of Tuberculinum.  Today, we are no longer seeing any of the anger which was so problematic.

I have noticed he is more present that before we started treatment.  He engages in less stimming, and even when it does appear, it tends to be much shorter in duration.  He is now more calm and is communicating far better with me.  I truly notice a great improvement, and I now see the possibility of a ‘normal’ child when I observe him.  Of course he has many things still to learn, but he is much more cooperative in his behaviour, and he is calmer and more receptive.

Participant 2

What you read will make it quite obvious what EM and those of us around have experienced.  It has been wonderful watching and feeling her really and enjoying close contact, touch and affection now in the same way her brother does.  Before, when I wanted to cuddle her she would squirm away.  Now she is actively enjoying cuddles saying ‘hmm, mummy, I love this.  I want to stay like this forever‘. It feels AMAZING. Her confidence has also increased to a higher level.

Here are some of my observations:

• Increase in eye-contact, and appropriate use of greetings with strangers
• Increase in pretend play
• Huge increase in affectionate behaviour – cuddles etc.
• Appropriate speech, more elaborate speech, use of ‘I’ rather than 3rd person.
• Helping around house – reports it is to ‘help mummy’.  This level of empathy has never happened before.

Participant 3

ATEC score at start of vaccination detox:  99    ATEC score on follow-up:  53

Physical observations during detox:

• Changes in bowel movements
• Increased sweating and thirst
• increased energy
• Night waking when remedy was given

Behavioural changes:

• Increased irritability due to more awareness of surroundings
• Increase in creative play / interest in outside world – more aware and connected to surroundings
• Increase in vocalisations – at the beginning of the treatment began saying 3 word sentences
• Increase in hand-flapping during the detox
• Increased attention span
• More adventurous appetite – trying new foods.  Used to scream at new foods.
• Improved motor control – drawing.
• Increased interaction with caregiver – started giving kisses
• Eye contact – much better
• Anxiety levels – increased initially.
• Did regress in potty training, and also making us feed him where he used to feed himself.
• Started waving, saying bye bye, and hi
• In general much more connected to surroundings.

Participant 4

I just want share with you my experience during AD’s 8 week vaccination detox process.

We finished 8 weeks on march 26/15.

* I see his changes especially expressing himself, better social skills and more focus.

* His health is much better – he is not falling sick so often

* During the detox process, I saw many toxins getting out, especially from the skin (rashes etc.)

I want to really thank you..he is getting much much better.

Participant 5

Here is our summary of the detox that we started in November 2014.

First week, slept far better than usual.  Was eating less than usual.  He wasn’t coping with unplanned events at all well, and kept closing his eyes.  His stools changed consistency and were more often than usual.  Week 2: a spectacular regression!  Incredibly irritated / irascible, hardly spoke, angrily crying, lots of stereotyped behaviours.  Diarrhoea and nausea for 3 days, very tired.  This however passed.

We started the Vaccination Detox on 22/12/14.  We had a very good period – LB was very connected, sleeping well, responding to questions more – everyone was remarking on his progress (at school for example).  On 5/2/15 we had another regression.  He was agitated, lots of stimming, moving like a robot, echolalia.  He did however have a large appetite, and was sleeping well.  After the end of the detox things settled back down, and he remains much calmer, better connected, and more responsive to his external environment.

We look forward to continuing treatment.

Participant 6

We are happy to inform you about the successful completion of the vaccination detox protocol. Great results we can corroborate. Eye contact improvement, conduct improvement, the attention periods are bigger and is more interested in other tasks and activities, the  facial expressions are more vivid and he is more interested in interpreting them.

Other important improvement are a number of new foods added to his diet, and he is a lot more interested on taste new foods. It is a big improvement in that area for us.

We are extremely interested in the other detox protocols that may help our son further.

Participant 7 

We just finished treatment and we are very pleased! AW is showing more comprehension and communication, improvement in bilateral coordination (she just learned hiw to pedal her bike after 3 years of trying!), less OCD behavior, willing to try new foods, showing more independence (she wants to do what others do and doesn’t want help).

For the first time in her life I am able to take her to the playground and just watch her! She is also coming close to other kids, greeting them and interacting more with them. We only saw some periods when she was more sensory and cranky, also some days waking up at night, but nothing compared to where she was years ago when she would wake up in the middle of the night and be awake for hours and showing OCD behavior. I wish I could give you a huge hug. THANK YOU! What do we do next? She still has lots to catch up. Is there anything else that can help her? Love homeopathy!!!

Participant 8

JP changed significantly during the protocol.  He often had fever after the Nux Vomica 6CH in the morning, marked skin rashes also.  Better eye/hand coordination, and increased ability in art – better able to hold a pen.  His comprehension was notably increased, and he was more rapidly understanding instructions.  He had new interest in food.  Since the start of the constant rounds of antibiotics following MMR, he has been severely picky.  He would only eat about 3 different foods.  I noticed during the detox he started to be naturally curious about food, and eat spontaneously (new foods).  The smell of the dinner cooking would now make him laugh.  He did have some constipation throughout the detox.  He now has more energy, and is much more curious about the world around him.  He can now show me when I ask him where something is hurting.  This is entirely new.  There is an increase in showing his emotions, crying when sad etc.  He seems to now have ‘life in his eyes’.  After the vaccination detox receptive language is ++++

Participant 9

BA is doing great and continues to speak more and more every day. Just night potty trained himself. He refused a night diaper 4 nights ago and has had a dry bed every morning. Will sometimes even get up and pee in the middle of the night”.

Additional observations from mother’s notes during the 8 weeks:

• Increase in vocab;
• More ‘humour’ observed
• Making himself laugh more.
• Singing a great deal.
• More ‘enquiries’ about the world around him – externalising.
• Saying ‘bye bye’ unprompted.
• Increase in spontaneous learning of new skills.

Participants 10 & 11

We started the vaccine protocol in November 2014. After a week of treatment, Twin1’s behavior improved, there was more language, his anxiety diminished and he was following more complexed instructions.

After another week Twin2 started with the screaming and hand-flapping. He did a lot of talking but not in a conversation, he was trying though to communicate. There were no sleeping disturbances but there were with their appetite.

Twin1 was really dependent of his mom. Their faeces were very smelly and with dark residues, like soil. No constipation was present. After 1 month of treatment, Twin1, started hitting his mom, pulling her hair and pressing her breasts really hard.  At times he was happy, then furious, will start to hit her and then kissed her. Something really significant was that Twin1 was usually very anxious and with the treatment the anxiety disappeared.  At week 8, there was vomiting and a skin reaction around the lip area of Twin1. He presented cracked, fissured and peeled lips.  No more hitting Mom and we continue to see positive results.

Participant 12

Physically when we started, he had rashes on his face and torso that lasted a few weeks.  He had runny nose and increased thirst as well. Behaviorally, the day after a dose, he would be crankier, more oppositional.

Overall, his receptive and expressive language has increased a lot.  He has initiated more pretend play, has initiated play with his brother.  He will sit and do homework for a longer period of time.  He was always affectionate, but only with me but will now go to his teachers, father, brother and ask for hugs on his own.  He knows the time for bathtime/bedtime and will ask us to take him to bath or bed.  He imitates speech more and knows he needs to verbally ask for things and that has increased a lot.  The change he has had in play and understanding and his behavior has been very noticeable to us at home, and by school and therapists.

His ATEC score went from a 23 to 17 over the 8 weeks.

Participant 13

OCTOBER 11/2014: 1st week:  loose stools, rash and headache..  2nd week: still with rash. Prominent red tiny marks (rash looking not blisters like on Ch.pox), on both arms and his checks

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OCTOBER 21/2014: ANGER which lasted the whole rest of the course.

Thursday, Nov, 02, 2014 5 week” POLY VACC 1M: parasites on stool

Nov, 20, 2014: final day of the detox course.

Nov, 25, 2014: A flare of creativity. He wanted and decided to “write a book” (he told me what to write) he was also the illustrator.

 He remained mad and very very bad behavior all remaining month and December. 2014 but it settled down.

Jan, 2015:  TEACHER TOLD ME HE IS DOING AWESOME!!

Participant 14

Throughout the vaccination detox, we noticed rashes (eczema flares localized on JH’s right thigh and upper right buttock and keratosis pilaris on his arms, legs, and cheeks), a change in bowel movements (daily and appropriate color/consistency), minor cold symptoms on and off consisting of a runny/stuffy nose and cough, and positive appetite changes (eating more food and a much wider variety of food!).

During the detox, we saw some behavioral changes in terms of irritability and anger as well as crying easily. As we got to the 10M potency, we began to see changes in speech and language–more complete sentences and Jack explaining what he wants/needs. JH seems to have a better understanding of explanations and stories on TV too. We feel the biggest changes occurred with the improvement in bowel movements and the changes in his appetite. JH used to be more limited in his diet and ate too little. Now he’s eating what we eat, and as much as we eat most of the time!

When we started the vaccination detox, JHs ATEC score was a 28. As of this week, his ATEC score is a 17! We are so thrilled!

We would love to continue treating JH with homeopathic remedies! I’m sure there are many things on his timeline that are still affecting him and we’d like to help him continue to heal!

Participant 15

We finished the 8 week vaccine detox, I am very very happy with the results I saw in my son.

His reactions were high fever, very hard to lower it down, the fever always was next day  after giving the poly 200. He missed school and also slept a lot in the night like 13 hours in a row which is very atypical in him.  We saw little rashes on face, and one day with vomit, like 3 times, and both boys had very hard days in behavior on sundays (after the ccc dosage on saturdays).  I can definitely say in particular my youngest son has a lot of positive changes: his hyperactivity decreased, better mood, more social interaction, better attention, initiation in play requesting to play, more expressive language,  now he is watching t.v. understanding what is happening and laughing at jokes on cartoons, before  it was hard for him to entertain himself, he was not interested in tv.

nb: in the follow up consultation it was found that the older brother had a lot of steroid exposures, which we are now clearing.  This often ‘blocks’ remedy action, and as a matter of course I would now address this ‘layer’ as a first prescription.  

Participant 16

We saw a NOTICABLE increase in J’s social skills.  His desire to engage and be included in activities (patiently playing boardgames, going to the park and wanting to play basketball with others instead of digging in the sand by himself,  joining discussions with appropriate and relevant contributions) was noticed not only by us but by extended family members as well.

We saw an increase in him initiating affection- hugs, snuggles, tickling.

Something that he has never done before, he talked about a bullying incident that happened to him several years ago, before his recovery from his autism symptoms. He brought it up and said he’d like to one day ask the boys who hurt him why they did it. I had to pick my jaw up off the floor!

He has been extremely redirectable/agreeable. Also, his ability to verbalize his feelings, especially anger/frustration/sadness, has been amazing.

His ability to focus has increased.

There seems to be a calmness to him now that wasn’t there before.

Needless to say, even though J was already recovered from his autism symptoms, we cannot believe the progress we have seen in him the past few months.

J did not have any negative side effects that we noticed. No rashes, fevers, etc.

I want to thank you so much for having J participate in the detox trial! We had never tried homeopathy before, but now I wish we would have.

Participant 17

Initially starting homeopathy, we saw increased hyperactivity and had to revert to some calming techniques we hadn’t used in quite some time.  However, in just a few days, his words were clearer and he was having more meaningful and age appropriate conversations. During the second week, we had an unusual meltdown and stubborn behavior.  But, before the second week was out, he became interested in age appropriate television. The last 6 weeks were full of gains of self awareness, self discipline and self-learning.  We couldn’t be more pleased with this protocol, as we have tried many treatments over the past 7 years.

Participant 18

We started poly vacc detox on September 29th on my 4,5 year old son, the first signs of detox appeared two days later: I noticed his thirst and fatiguability at once, a week later, he  wetted his pants daytime unexpectedly, he also went several times a day to the toilet, urinating and moving his bowels more, his urine had an unusual strong smell. At the same time, I observed positive change in his social skills: he was playing adequately whereas I had never observed this before to that degree. In fact, all along the detox course, my son improved his skills by playing a wide range of games: from a set of stamps to a board game. He also started writing, drawing and painting at home, sharing with us. The quality of his hair was improved I noticed a month later, it passed from rough and mat to smooth and shiny. I acknowledge language skills and interactions have improved by a lot 20 days after starting, for instance, asking meaningful questions like « what’s in that box over there? » or expressing himself clearly like « a bit more, please »( for food or playing). He also learnt how to sulk and rebel against us using words adequately. I also witness that during the detox course he was more hyper, more sensitive to sounds and stereotypies reemerged a few times. His ATEC before poly vacc detox was 57 and after it came down to 31.

Participant 19

We did the detox early this year. We started in 01/15 and ended the detox in 02/15. Fortunately, we had great results. I noticed a lot of RJ’s sensory issues improved. Less sensitive to noise. Able to eat different foods with different consistencies. Less sensitive to clothes. We can pretty much dress him in anything now. The best and greatest result has been his cognitive function and more language. 

During the detox it self we noticed his behavior became a problem again. Definitely a regression with more tantrums, attention seeking behavior, elopement, and avoidance to any demand placed on him. It was a though 8 weeks, but all worth it. No fevers that I noticed or cold like symptoms. The only changes that were noticeable was the regression in behavior. 

I wanted to reach out to you about doing a second round of the detox. 

* diluted beyond the point of material dose using the sequential dilution succussion methodology.

About Anna Rayner

Anna Rayner is a homeopath specialising in the treatment of Autistic Spectrum Disorders. She works via Skype, and also in Earlsfield, South West London. She offers a free 15 minute Skype consultation to prospective clients.

Use Homeopathic Gout Remedies: Colchicum, Ledum, Nux Vomica and Aconite

I like articles like these because it shows there IS a simple approach to homeopathy that everyone can understand and use so very easily.

LEDUM PALUSTRE

(NaturalNews) Homeopathic medicine has a long history in treating and curing gout. Homeopathic remedies are useful to reduce the swelling and inflammation as well as aid in the healing of the joints. Gout is caused by the build-up of uric acid in the joints, particularly of the hands and feet. The swelling puts pressure on and causes enlargement of the area, which can lead to extreme pain. Many homeopathic remedies reduce the swelling and aid in the digestion of the proteins, which cause the uric acid build-up.

Avoiding the foods that contain these uric acid causing conditions is advised. Red meat, poultry and fish are the main sources. Exercise and drinking plenty of water also helps remove the uric acid from the blood. Chronic gout can lead to arthritis and degenerative joint disease or osteoarthritis.

Homeopathic Remedies for Gout

Aconite (Aconitum) is made from a plant that grows in the mountains of Europe. Though aconite is a poison in its herbal state, it has been found to be safe, even for infants, in homeopathic dilution. The name Aconite comes from the Greek word meaning "rocky" describing the plants native habitat. Symptoms come on suddenly, particularly after exposure to a cold wind. Gout pain that might be successfully treated with Aconite may also include symptoms of anxiousness or great anxiety. Aconite is especially useful in gout of the feet joints and is best used in the early onset of symptoms.

Nux vomica is made from the seeds of the Strychnos plant, which grows in Asia, particularly in India and China. Used as a botanical in traditional Chinese Medicine, Nux vomica is also a useful homeopathic remedy for gout. The gout patient who needs Nux vomica may be irritable and suffer from stomach distress and chronic indigestion.

Colchicum is a common homeopathic remedy used to treat gout. The gout that is best treated with Colchicum is when the joint is red and very sensitive to touch. These gout pains are worse with any motion and better when lying still.

Ledum is used in gout of the big toe. Ledum is a useful remedy to use after Colchicum, or if there has been an overuse of Colchicine, a drug commonly used to treat gout that is made of the Colchicum plant. Ledum is used to treat gout when the person feels chilled and the joint is also cold.

Homeopathic remedies are sold over-the-counter in many health food and specialty food stores. These remedies are labeled for their indications and are mostly available in the potencies of 6c or 30c.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/027957_gout_homeopathy.html#ixzz3qMG6kgeq

Does additional antimicrobial treatment have a better effect on URTI cough resolution than homeopathic symptomatic therapy alone? A real-life preliminary observational study in a pediatric population.

Zanasi A1, Cazzato S2, Mazzolini M3, Ierna CM3, Mastroroberto M4, Nardi E4, Morselli-Labate AM4.Author information Abstract BACKGROUND:

The effectiveness of a homeopathic syrup on cough has been demonstrated in an adult population in a previous double-blind randomized study. The present prospective observational study investigated children affected by wet acute cough caused by non-complicated URTIs, comparing those who received the homeopathic syrup versus those treated with the homeopathic syrup plus antibiotic. OBJECTIVES:

The aims were: 1) to assess whether the addition of antibiotics to a symptomatic treatment had a role in reducing the severity and duration of acute cough in a pediatric population, as well as in improving cough resolution; 2) to verify the safety of the two treatments. METHODS:

Eighty-five children were enrolled in an open study: 46 children received homeopathic syrup alone for 10 days and 39 children received homeopathic syrup for 10 days plus oral antibiotic treatment (amoxicillin/clavulanate, clarithromycin, and erythromycin) for 7 days. To assess cough severity we used a subjective verbal category-descriptive (VCD) scale. RESULTS:

Cough VCD score was significantly (P < 0.001) reduced in both groups starting from the second day of treatment (-0.52 ± 0.66 in the homeopathic syrup group and -0.56 ± 0.55 in children receiving homeopathic syrup plus oral antibiotic treatment). No significant differences in cough severity or resolution were found between the two groups of children in any of the 28 days of the study. After the first week (day 8) cough was completely resolved in more than one-half of patients in both groups. Two children (4.3 %) reported adverse effects in the group treated with the homeopathic syrup alone, versus 9 children (23.1 %) in the group treated with the homeopathic syrup plus antibiotics (P = 0.020). CONCLUSIONS:

Our data confirm that the homeopathic treatment in question has potential benefits for cough in children as well, and highlight the strong safety profile of this treatment. Additional antibiotic prescription was not associated with a greater cough reduction, and presented more adverse events than the homeopathic syrup alone. KEYWORDS:

Anti-bacterial agents; Antitussive agents; Cough; Homeopathy; Respiratory tract infections

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26251722

Extreme homeopathic dilutions retain starting materials: A nanoparticulate perspective.

Homeopathy. 2010 Oct;99(4):231-42.Extreme homeopathic dilutions retain starting materials: A nanoparticulate perspective.

Chikramane PS, Suresh AK, Bellare JR, Kane SG. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Adi Shankaracharya Marg, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Comment in:

Homeopathy. 2010 Oct;99(4):229-30. Abstract Homeopathy is controversial because medicines in high potencies such as 30c and 200c involve huge dilution factors (10⁶⁰ and 10⁴⁰⁰ respectively) which are many orders of magnitude greater than Avogadro's number, so that theoretically there should be no measurable remnants of the starting materials. No hypothesis which predicts the retention of properties of starting materials has been proposed nor has any physical entity been shown to exist in these high potency medicines. Using market samples of metal-derived medicines from reputable manufacturers, we have demonstrated for the first time by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), electron diffraction and chemical analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES), the presence of physical entities in these extreme dilutions, in the form of nanoparticles of the starting metals and their aggregates.

Copyright © 2010 The Faculty of Homeopathy. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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http://www.robertscottbell.com/blog/dr-king-healing-revolution-fighting-the-flu-w-homeopathy-sabha-abour-atlanta-cdc-hq-rallykate-bircheducating-the-immune-system-more/

http://www.robertscottbell.com/blog/dr-king-healing-revolution-fighting-the-flu-w-homeopathy-sabha-abour-atlanta-cdc-hq-rallykate-bircheducating-the-immune-system-more/

http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/vaccine_injury_recovery_homeopathy.htm

http://www.homeopathyforwomen.org/vaccine_injury_recovery_homeopathy.htm

What Nobel Laureates said on Homeopathy June 5, 2012 · homeopathy

by Dr. Nancy Malik BHMS Nobel laureates, doctors, scientists, professors and science writers had plenty to say on homeopathy.

Nobel Laureates agreed that there’s strong evidence for Homeopathy [click to tweet]. Homeopathic remedies act as they are supposed to. By the end of year 2013, there have been 5 Nobel laureates in support of Homeopathy, 1 in opposition and 857 have not stated any opinion on Homeopathy.

1. Emil Adolf von Behring (1905)

The Father of Immunology

Emil Adolf von Behring (1854–1917) won the first Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1901 for his discovery of the diphtheria antitoxin.

FATHER OF IMMUNOLOGY Emil Behring asked to suppress his successful work on Homeopathy. He discovered that homeopathic medicine enhances immunogenic activity. Behring wrote: “Samuel Hahnemann was right when he took his starting point in the symptoms of patients.”

Ref: Coulter, Harris L, Divided Legacy: A History of the Schism in Medical Thought, Volume IV: Twentieth-Century Medicine: The Bacteriological Era. The North Atlantic Books, Berkley, 1994, p. 96

In 1892 Behring actually experimented with serial (homeopathic) dilutions and found paradoxically enhanced immunogenic activity, but he was advised to suppress this experiment due to the aid and comfort it would provide to homeopaths. Only after he won the Nobel Prize did he feel comfortable in making public these experiments. In 1905, Behring admitted that colleagues remonstrated with him not to make such remarks public ‘since it was grist for the mill of homeopathy’.

Ref: ibid p.97

Behring broke from orthodox medical tradition by recognizing the value of the homeopathic law of similar in 1905

Ref: Dana Ullman http://bit.ly/HdOryq

He asserted that vaccination is, in part, derived from the homeopathic principle of similars. “In spite of all scientific speculations and experiments regarding smallpox vaccination, Jenner’s discovery remained an erratic blocking medicine, till the biochemically thinking Pasteur, devoid of all medical classroom knowledge, traced the origin of this therapeutic block to a principle which cannot better be characterized than by Hahnemann’s word: homeopathic. Indeed, what else causes the epidemiological immunity in sheep, vaccinated against anthrax than the influence previously exerted by a virus, similar in character to that of the fatal anthrax virus? And by what technical term could we more appropriately speak of this influence, exerted by a similar virus than by Hahnemann’s word “homeopathy”? I am touching here upon a subject anathematized till very recently by medical penalty: but if I am to present these problems in historical illumination, dogmatic imprecations must not deter me….only the road of Homeopathy lead to my goal.”

Ref: Behring, A. Emil von, Moderne phthisiogenetische und phthisoitherapeutische: Probleme in historischer Beleuchtung. Margurg: Selbsteverlag des Verfassers, 1905, http://bit.ly/YVpoZs

Behring concludes, ‘If I were confronted with a hitherto incurable disease and could see no way to treat it other than with homeopathy, I can assure you that I would not be deterred from following this course by dogmatic considerations’.

Ref: http://sueyounghistories.com/archives/2008/07/08/emil-adolf-von-behring-and-homeopathy-2/

2. Brian David Josephson (1997) Nobel Laureate – Physics 1973

Nobel Laureate – Physics 1973

“Simple-minded analysis may suggest that water, being a fluid, cannot have a structure of the kind that such a picture would demand. But cases such as that of liquid crystals, which while flowing like an ordinary fluid can maintain an ordered structure over macroscopic distances, show the limitations of such ways of thinking. There have not, to the best of my knowledge, been any refutations of homeopathy that remain valid after this particular point is taken into account.”

Dr. Brian D. Josephson’s (Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge) responding to an article in the New Scientist (October 18, 1997) Ref: How Homeopathic Medicines Work: Nanopharmacology At Its Best 3. Luc Antoine Montagnier (2009)

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008

“Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier is to science what homeopathy is to medicine” ~Nancy Malik

Interdisciplinary Sciences: Life Sciences (SpringerL­ink) Nanostructures in highly diluted biological samples of bacteria and virus DNA produces electromagnetic signals (2009) FULL TEXT

Luc Montagnier observed that potentised bacteria and virus DNA sequence emits electro-magnetic signals (low frequency radio waves) at 5C and 6C potencies and forms specific nano-structures which lasts 48 hours and are responsible for the EM effects measured. The EM signature changed with dilution levels but was unaffected by the initial concentration and remained even after the remaining DNA fragments were destroyed by chemical agents. However the EM signal was sensitive to heat over 70 degrees C and freezing -80 degrees C. Not only that, DNA sequences were recreated from its EM signature in pure water. That means EM signals were transmitted to pure water (that never had a DNA in it) placed in a container nearby in 18 hours. He reproduced his results 12 times.

Discussion on Luc Montagnier paper by Society of Homeopaths, Institute of Science in Society,Homeopathy World Community

Dr. Luc Montagnier, the French virologist said about homeopathy, “High Dilutions of something are not nothing…”

Nobel laureate Montagnier says homeopathic medicine is “real” phenomenon & Benveniste is today’s Galileo

Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier escapes intellectu­al terrorism and he currently works as a full-time professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University in China. He, in an interview in Science (24 Dec 2010) said, “”I am told that some people have reproduced Benveniste’s results (showing effects from homeopathic doses), but they [Europe] are afraid to publish it [homeopathy] because of the intellectu¬¬al terror from people who don’t understand it.” He concluded the interview by saying, “These are real phenomena which deserve further study.”

It shows intellectu­al terror the so-called science puts up on homeopathy and homeopaths

Water has a memory

Nobel Prize Winner does homeopathic study; with supportive findings.

Nobel Prize winner reports effects of homeopathic dilutions

Luc Montagnier delivered talk on “Electromagnetic Waves & Water Properties” in UNESCO Headquarter on 8th Oct 2014

4. Ervin Laszlo (2004) Hungary

Twice nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2004/5

“Water has a remarkable capacity to register and conserve information, as indicated by, amongst other things, homeopathic remedies that remain effective even when not a single molecule of the original substance remains in a dilution”,

-Dr. Ervin Laszlo, Professor of ‘Systems Theory’ and the author of book ‘Science and the Akashic Field’, 2004, p. 53.

5. Rabindranath Tagore (1936) indian writer

Nobel Prize in Literature 1913

“I have long been an ardent believer in the science of Homeopathy and i fell happy that it has got now a greater hold in India than even in the land of its origin. It is not merely a collection of a few medicines but a real science with a rational philosophy as its base. We require more scientific interest and inquiry into the matter with special stress upon the Indian environment.”

Ref: Bagchi, A. K. Rabindranath Tagore and His Medical World. New Delhi: Konark Publishers, 2000

6. Mother Teresa (1950) Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu

Nobel Peace Prize 1979

Mother Teresa added homeopathic care to the services at her missions. She opened her first charitable homeopathic dispensary in Calcutta in 1950. At present, four charitable homeopathic dispensaries are run under the guidance of the Mother’s Missionaries of Charity

Ref: Dana Ullman, The Homeopathic Revolution: WhyFamous people and cultural heroes love homeopathy

7. Mahatma Gandhi (1936)

Nominated 5 times Nobel Peace Prize between 1937-1948

“Homeopathy is the latest and refined method of treating patients economically and nonviolently. Government must encourage and patronize it in our country. Late Dr. Hahnemann was a man of superior intellectual power and means of saving of human life having a unique medical nerve. I bow before his skill and the Herculean and humanitarian labour he did. His memory wakes us again and you are to follow him, but the opponents hate the existence of the principles and practice of homeopathy which in reality cures a larger percentage of cases than any other method of treatment and it is beyond all doubt safer and more economical and the most complete medical science.” -Mahatama Gandhi, 30 Aug 1936

Ref: Das, 1950; All India Homeopathic Medical Conference, 1968, http://sueyounghistories.com/archives/2009/07/26/mohandas-karamchand-gandhi-1869-%E2%80%93-1948/

“Homeopathy is the most modern and the most intelligent way to economically and nonviolent sick to treat. The government must promote in our country and support.”

-Ghandi cited in Martin Schmitz (ed.), Strömungen der Homöopathie, KVC Verlag Essen, Essen 2002

Gandhi also persuaded people to study homeopathy

https://drnancymalik.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/nobel-prize-winners-on-homeopathy/

Federal jury clears producer, marketer, and seller of homeopathic products in $255m class ... Tucker Ellis

"Bell testified about her scientific studies in multiple chemical sensitivity and homeopathy, including how “nanoparticles” and “nanobubbles” can have an effect in biological cells. Dr. Bell opined, “It is very clear that nanoparticles in low doses are capable of capable of creating hermetic effects…similar to vaccine.” Dr. Bell explained how “hormesis” is a medical principle that describes how small doses of a substance can trigger the opposite effect of high doses of the same substance." USA September 18 2015

In a class action of importance to producers, marketers, and sellers of homeopathic products, on Friday, September 18, 2015, a federal jury in the false advertising trial of Allen, et al. v. Hylands, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:12-cv-01150 (“Hylands”) took less than a day to find defendants did not breach any express warranty or violate the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, California Civil Code sections 1750 et seq.

The putative class plaintiffs sued defendants Hylands, Inc. and Standard Homeopathic Company alleging they made false and misleading representations about the effectiveness of the active ingredients in 12 homeopathic products produced, marketed, and sold by the defendants throughout the United States.

Homeopathic products are derived from botanical, mineral or biological substances and are classified as either over-the-counter (OTC) or prescription medicines. In contrast to conventional (allopathic) medicines, homeopathic remedies are predicated in part on the “principle of dilutions” under which active ingredients are thought to be more clinically useful or effective when they are significantly diluted, typically with purified water or an alcohol solution.

Homeopathic remedies and their packaging are not reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). Homeopathic remedies, however, are classified as drugs under, and subject to, the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and thus, must comply with the labeling requirements of the Act. The FDA has stated that it is not aware of any scientific evidence that homeopathic products are effective.

Back in August 2014, a California federal district court judge certified a nationwide class of purchasers of 10 of the products covering February 2008 to the present. The plaintiffs claimed defendants’ 12 homeopathic products, including some intended for infants and children, did not work as advertised because they were so diluted that the ingredients were “effectively non-existent” and the products were therefore not effective for their intended uses. The plaintiffs also alleged the homeopathic products labeling claims of “100% Natural,” “All Natural,” and “Natural” were untrue as the products purportedly contained synthetic chemicals, synthetically derived or chemically reduced elements, artificially produced elements, and/or dangerous or potentially dangerous ingredients.

The trial in Hylands spanned approximately two weeks and included expert testimony from both sides. Plaintiffs’ expert, Dr. Noel Rose, the director of John Hopkins’ Center of Autoimmune Disease Research testified as a medical expert, having reviewed materials provided by the plaintiffs' counsel, as well as his own research into clinical and compilation studies, expert reports, published journal reports and the Hyland’s products and their labels. Dr. Rose stated, “[In] my opinion, there is no sound scientific or medical evidence that they provide any benefit to patients with medical conditions, such as those described and indicated on the labels, beyond the placebo effect.”

Defendants kicked off their defense by calling Dr. Iris Bell, a former Harvard psychiatry instructor and holder of a doctorate degree from Stanford University in neuro- and biobehavioral sciences who has consulted with Highlands, Inc. to design clinical trials. Bell testified about her scientific studies in multiple chemical sensitivity and homeopathy, including how “nanoparticles” and “nanobubbles” can have an effect in biological cells. Dr. Bell opined, “It is very clear that nanoparticles in low doses are capable of capable of creating hermetic effects…similar to vaccine.” Dr. Bell explained how “hormesis” is a medical principle that describes how small doses of a substance can trigger the opposite effect of high doses of the same substance.

Although the plaintiffs initially sought full refunds worth $350 million, plaintiffs’ counsel wrapped up closing arguments with a demand of $255 million for allegedly tricking consumers into purchasing “simple sugar pills” that provide no medical benefit. The jury of six women and three men did not agree, and needed less than a day to deliberate.

Tucker Ellis - Ronie M. Schmelz, Matthew I. Kaplan and Ndubisi Ezeolu

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7d9b009a-e041-422c-b9cc-bb0437958523

Management of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections by Different Medical Practices, Including Homeopathy, and Consumption of Antibiotics in Primary Care: The EPI3 Cohort Study in France 2007–2008

Lamiae Grimaldi-Bensouda,1,2,* Bernard Bégaud,3 Michel Rossignol,4,5 Bernard Avouac,1 France Lert,6 Frederic Rouillon,7 Jacques Bénichou,8,9 Jacques Massol,10 Gerard Duru,11 Anne-Marie Magnier,12 Lucien Abenhaim,13,14 and Didier Guillemot15,16C. Mary Schooling, Editor Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Background

Prescribing of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) varies substantially in primary care. Objectives

To describe and compare antibiotic and antipyretic/anti-inflammatory drugs use, URTI symptoms' resolution and occurrence of potentially-associated infections in patients seeking care from general practitioners (GPs) who exclusively prescribe conventional medications (GP-CM), regularly prescribe homeopathy within a mixed practice (GP-Mx), or are certified homeopathic GPs (GP-Ho). Method

The EPI3 survey was a nationwide population-based study of a representative sample of 825 GPs and their patients in France (2007–2008). GP recruitment was stratified by self-declared homeopathic prescribing preferences. Adults and children with confirmed URTI were asked to participate in a standardized telephone interview at inclusion, one-, three- and twelve-month follow up. Study outcomes included medication consumption, URTI symptoms' resolution and potentially-associated infections (sinusitis or otitis media/externa) as reported by patients. Analyses included calibration to account for non-respondents and groups were compared using multivate analyses adjusting for baseline differences with a propensity score. Results

518 adults and children with URTI (79.3% rhinopharyngitis) were included (36.9% response rate comparable between groups). As opposed to GP-CM patients, patients in the GP-Ho group showed significantly lower consumption of antibiotics (Odds ratio (OR) = 0.43, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.27–0.68) and antipyretic/anti-inflammatory drugs (OR = 0.54, 95% CI: 0.38–0.76) with similar evolution in related symptoms (OR = 1.16, 95% CI: 0.64–2.10). An excess of potentially-associated infections (OR = 1.70, 95% CI: 0.90–3.20) was observed in the GP-Ho group (not statistically significant). No difference was found between GP-CM and GP-Mx patients. Conclusion

Patients who chose to consult GPs certified in homeopathy used less antibiotics and antipyretic/anti-inflammatory drugs for URTI than those seen by GPs prescribing conventional medications. No difference was observed in patients consulting GPs within mixed-practice. A non-statistically significant excess was estimated through modelling for associated infections in the GP-Ho group and needs to be further studied.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3960096/