Homeopathy for Allergies - Not a "Placebo Effect"

As with many alternative therapies, conventional medicine has been hasty to dismiss the beneficial results of homeopathy as "placebo effect" - that is, that relief was psychosomatically induced, much as people experience symptomatic relief from placebos used in clinical studies. However, recent research has shown that homeopathy is effective - and not because of the patients' belief in the modality.

In one study, 20 steroid-dependent asthma patients were administered a subcutaneous treatment of a commercial homeopathic combination remedy every five to seven days while 20 others received a placebo. The homeopathy-treated group was able to reduce their steroid use by 100%, while the placebo group was not. The researchers concluded that the homeopathic remedy may have an anti-inflammatory effect on the respiratory system. A similar study examining the effects of a combination homeopathic preparation called Traumeel S (from Heel/BHI) on 103 steroid-dependent asthma. All homeopathic-treated patients were able to considerably reduce their medication while experiencing significant improvements in muscle power and sense of well-being. The placebo-treated group enjoyed no such benefits.

Several studies have proven the efficacy of Galphimia glauca in treating eye and nasal symptoms (pollinosis) of hay fever. In one, 201 patients with pollinosis were either give Galphimia glauca or a placebo. After two weeks, 65% of the homeopathic group experienced significant improvement or cure of eye symptoms and 66% of nasal symptoms cleared. In the placebo group, 44% had relief from eye symptoms and 44% from nasal symptoms. After five weeks, there was a 77% improvement in the homeopathic group for all symptoms compared to only 51% in the placebo group.

Homeopathy has also been shown to be effective in reducing the pain and relapse of ear infections. In a 1997 study, 103 children with acute otitis media were prescribed single homeopathic remedies, while 28 were treated with conventional antibiotics. The homeopathic-treated group experienced pain relief in an average of two days (compared to three days in the antibiotic group). At the end of the treatment, 70.7% of the children in the homeopathic group were free from recurrence a year after treatment, with only 56.5% free in the antibiotic group. The maximum number of recurrent infections in the remainder of the homeopathic group was three; the maximum in the antibiotic group was six.



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