TOPICS OF RESEARCH IN HOMEOPATHY(Dr & professor Vithoulkas)

TOPICS OF RESEARCH IN HOMEOPATHY:

1. Research that aims at proving the action (therapeutic or not) of homeopathic highly potentised remedies
2. Research, which aims at improving the already existing knowledge in Homeopathy

Such research should take place on two main fronts:

A. On living organisms.

On the living organisms we may have research on four main levels:

1. On the cell level

On cell cultures we may poison the cells with an extra ordinary amount of a mineral that is given ordinarily in order to keep the cells alive and once they are poisoned to a certain degree we may try to antidote this effect by giving the same substance in high potency.

Another experiment could be to try and do a proving on the cells by giving a high dilution every day for a long period of time and observe the differences. I believe that nobody so far has ever tried this very simple experiment.

 2-On the organ level

 On organ level we can induce bradychardia by substantial doses of digitalis into an in vitro heart (standardised model) and then give digitalis in high potency to see if we can bring back the normal rhythm versus the control.

1. On the animal level

        On animals we can treat serious diseases like morva in dogs (usually fatal) to see the rate of             survival and compare results with allopathic treatment.

        Also we may try to see if in animals that have become drug addicts by long periods of injecting         into their system a substance like morphine, we can antidote with high potencies of the same             drug or with a series of different high potencies.

Another experiment in which I believe we can show results with high potencies is in stress situations in animals (as in the case of over-population) where different homeopathic remedies could be given to antidote the stress.

Another experiment could be to induce a state similar to rheumatoid arthritis with BCG and treat these subjects with the indicated remedies checking against allopathic treatment with butazolidin and the control.

Again in this group we could have an interesting experiment in proving a high potency like the 30th by giving it several times a day for a very long period and trying to see in the end if there are any anatomical changes.

Anyhow, I shall be willing to discuss in detail more such possibilities with concerned scientists.

But my personal opinion is that we can have the greatest impact if we are able to show that the highly potentised remedy may have better results in:

2- On human

Another experiment could be to induce a state similar to rheumatoid arthritis with BCG and treat these subjects with the indicated remedies checking against allopathic treatment with butazolidin and the control.

Again in this group we could have an interesting experiment in proving a high potency like the 30th by giving it several times a day for a very long period and trying to see in the end if there are any anatomical changes.

4. Human diseases

In order to do this we must use, unfortunately, the allopathic model of double-blind studies. But I believe that some modifications could be acceptable for them if they are really willing to listen.

I feel that the greatest drawback here is the unwillingness of the medical profession to cooperate in order to find out.

For instance, we could single out cases where we have bradychardia, in hospitals where a lot of cases of infectious hepatitis are seen, a not unusual phenomenon in such cases, and treat hem with high dilutions of digitalis.

Of course the model of treating the cases individually, which is the best for us, is still far away from being accepted in orthodox medicine, but we could apply it in desperate cases where no allopathic treatment is indicated (end stages of diseases).

Another group we could treat individually is cholocystitis or infectious mononucleosis where usually no curative treatment is applied by the allopathic profession, and compare results with control groups.

Treating pains in advanced cancer cases is another group where homeopathy could show dramatic results. Some students of mine could go to such hospitals and do a pilot study to see if it is worth continuing with a more extensive experiment.

The allopathic model of double-blind experiments could be applied also in occupational diseases, where the disease-causing agent is known. We could potentise this substance and try to see if the organism is then able to excrete a larger quantity of this substance.

I would be more than willing to discuss in detail such experiments with concerned scientists or research centres

B. On fields of energy.

In the fields of energy area I have no special knowledge neither do I know of any kind of on-going research to which we could fit an experiment but I think that the most interesting area for homeopathy at this moment is the one in Physics that deals with "small clusters" which could hold answers to the explanation of homeopathic potentised remedies.