Epidemiological studies in homeopathy

Epidemic refers to the rapid spread of infectious diseases among a population in a large geographical area [1]. Each epidemic is of a peculiar, uniform character common to all the individuals attacked [2]. To reverse the communicability of infectious diseases, genus epidemicus can be of great help [2].

Genus epidemicus means that the treatment protocol of an epidemic disease is designed based on the totality of the collected signs and symptoms of a large group of diseased patients in the same geographical area. As the strains of causative organisms change, there are definitely some variations in the symptomatology and therefore genus epidemicus needs to be identified each time an epidemic breaks out, which makes it more reliable to prevent the disease [3].



By the end of year 2014, there have been 19 papers published on Epidemiological studies on 7 epidemic diseases (scarlet fever, typhus fever, Cholera, Dengue, meningococcal, influenza and Leptospirosis) in 11 peer-reviewed (beyond year 1893) journals in evidence of Homeopathy including 2 Randomised Controlled Trials.



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