[Omeo33] Art 1026 - Forsch Komplementärmed, 2009, 16 (2), 105-110

[Gino Santini]

Homeopathic Pathogenetic Trials Produce Specific Symptoms Different  
from Placebo
Heribert Möllinger, Rainer Schneider, Harald Walach

Introduction: Homeopathy uses information gathered from healthy  
volunteers taking homeopathic substances (pathogenetic trials) for  
clinical treatment. It is controversial whether such studies produce  
symptoms different from those produced by placebo. Objective: To test  
whether homeopathic preparations produce different symptoms than  
placebo in healthy volunteers. Methods: Three armed, double-blind,  
placebo controlled randomised experimental pathogenetic study in 25  
healthy volunteers who took either one of two homeopathic remedies,  
Natrum muriaticum and Arsenicum album in 30CH or identical placebo.  
Main outcome parameter was the number of remedy-specific symptoms per  
group. Results: On average, 6 symptoms typical for Arsenicum album  
were experienced by participants taking arsenicum album, 5 symptoms  
typical for Natrum muriaticum by those taking natrum muriaticum, and  
11 non-specific symptoms by those in the placebo group. Differences  
were significant overall (Kruskall Wallis test, p = 0.0002,) and  
significantly different from placebo (Mann-Whitney test, p = 0.001).  
Conclusion: Homeopathic remedies produce different symptoms than  
placebo.

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