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To explore the research that has been conducted regarding the use of homeopathy for malaria.

Malaria is a vector borne infectious disease that affects over 200 million people worldwide every year. Access to treatments on a large-scale is challenging due to the vast geographical and rural spread. Homeopaths have treated infectious disease throughout its 200+ year history however robust data on the efficacy and effectiveness of homeopathic treatments for malaria are lacking.

ABSTRACTLiterature Review of the In Vitro and In Vivo Evidence for

Homeopathic Medicines in the Treatment or Prevention of Malaria.

Elena Cecchetto CCH, RSHom(NA) Homeopath

Student of Masters of ScienceUniversity of Central Lancashire. MSc Integrated Healthcare,

School of Health, Preston, UK

Background Methods

Objective

Results

References

AcknowledgementsI would like to acknowledge K. Chatfield and Dr. J. Duckworth for their help in this project.

Conclusion

A literature search was performed on the following databases: EBSCO,CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Humanities International Complete Medline with Full Text, Social Sciences Abstracts (H.W. Wilson) and Google Scholar. The search terms used were: “malaria and homeopathy” and “plasmodium and homeopathy”. Articles were deemed ‘relevant’ if the article discussed homeopathy in relation to malaria or anti-malarial properties, and/or if they indicated treatment decisions.

Three studies were deemed relevant in this search. Rajan and Bagai studied an in vitro culture, Bagai, Rajan, and Kaur explored an in vivo test and the State Health Resource Centre in Chhattisgarh explored the distribution of a homeopathic intervention to almost 100,000 people.

In order to come to some conclusions as to the usefulness of homeopathy for Malaria, these studies have proven to be inspiring and create a good amount of interest and potential. They can be used as guidance for future studies. For example, if the same in vitro design by Rajan and Bagai (2012) could be conducted, using some of the same remedies (malaria nosode & china sulph) that apparently might have produced results in their study and a blind was included with a more thorough, better written description of that part of the procedure, it may prove useful. The study that involves observation of over 98,000 people across numerous states of India creates the strong impression that the homeopathic remedy Chininum sulph 200C potency might have been properly compared to the past years’ data collection so that the information might be published. The elements of this study that might need to be addressed in order to meet the standards expected of publishing this study would be to be to include a comparison of the standard data collection process for the area in 2010 and previous years possibly creating a cohort study. In order to do this, the authors would have to find the confidence interval for the population. From a cohort study design, an inference from the studied population to others could be made (Bowers, 2008).

 

There is minimal data examining homeopathic treatments in the treatment and prevention of malaria. The few studies have shown some interesting findings and further research is needed to discern details such as an ideal choice of potency and ideal amount of remedy repetition for optimal results in this population.