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Medicines for the new coronavirus in the view of Classical Systemic Homeopathy

Maria Solange Gosik1, Maria Filomena Xavier Mendes2, Leticia Marilia de Almeida Werneck Dos Santos3

  • 1Taboão da Serra Youth Psychosocial Care Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Brazilian Association of Recycling and Assistance in Homeopathy, Aclimação, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
|September 16, 2021
PubMed

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Homeopathy offers a potential therapeutic alternative for COVID-19 symptoms. Cinchona officinalis is identified as a key homeopathic medicine for managing pandemic-related illness, complementing conventional care.

Area of Science:

  • Integrative Medicine
  • Homeopathy
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presented a global health crisis with no definitive treatment.
  • Integrative Medicine, particularly Homeopathy, has a history of use in epidemic management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of Classical Systemic Homeopathy.
  • To identify homeopathic medicines (medicines genus) targeting prevalent pandemic symptoms.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of indexed medical journals, homeopathic materia medica, and government publications.
  • Selection of 39 relevant references, including articles on COVID-19, systemic conditions, and homeopathy.

Main Results:

  • Cinchona officinalis (China officinalis) was proposed based on its pathogenesis for symptom relief in COVID-19.
  • The identified homeopathic medicine demonstrated action against most pandemic-related symptoms.
  • Acute homeopathic remedies were identified for various disease manifestation phases.

Conclusions:

  • Homeopathic interventions can serve as an adjunct strategy for health promotion and treatment during epidemics.
  • Homeopathy can complement established sanitary and therapeutic measures for COVID-19.
Abstract

Keywords:
CoronavirusCovid-19HomeopathyMedicineSARS-CoV-2

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