Use of the homeopathic treatment in paediatric patients diagnosed with bronchial asthma

Abstract

Bronchial asthma is a chronic frequent disease among pediatric population for which t6here are different therapies. The most frequent complications are respiratory infections, pneumonia above all. Homeopathy is a therapeutic modality, structured by the German doctor Samuel Hahnemann, and has been used successfully as treatment for this affection, in our country and abroad. In the present study the homeopathic therapy was applied to 150 children with the diagnosis of bronchial asthma. The study group was formed of 150 children with the diagnosis of bronchial asthma without associated infection processes, and a control group of 250 with a diagnosis of bronchial asthma without associated infectious process, but on conventional antiasthmatic therapy. The control group received a complex formed by Dulcamara (30 CH), Ipecacuana (30 CH) and Silicea Terra (30 CH). They received daily 15 drops in Plus Method, three times a day during 60 months. In both groups we made complementary laboratory studies to evaluate allergic and inflammatory answers. We take a sample at the starting point and every three months after beginning the treatment. The obtained results were processed by media comparative test for matching samples, for a confidence interval of a=0.05; the regression method was applied too. When we compared the obtained results in both, control and study groups, we found a marked symptom diminution, and also laboratory parameters showing a decrease of allergic and inflammatory answer. There was a remarkable improvement in the study group and a diminishing of the crisis frequency after 14 months of treatment. These results show that the obtained results are similar of the results in the control group, making feasible using homeopathic treatment in paediatric asthmatic patients, by its effectiveness, accessibility, tolerance, absence of side effects and economy.