Homeopathy helps hyperactive children - 30/11/2009

If prescribed according to classical rules, homeopathic treatment is superior to placebo in treating children who suffer from attention deficits and hyperactivity. This has been shown in a study on 62 Swiss children, all of whom were given their individually matched homeopathic medicines before the study started. Those children whose symptoms improved by at least 50% were split into two groups. In the first group, homeopathic treatment was continued for a period of six weeks, and subsequently changed to placebo treatment. In the second group, placebo was given in the first period, homeopathic medicine in the second. During the first 6‐week treatment period, both groups worsened moderately, but in the second period the homeopathically treated patients improved again, whereas symptoms in the placebo treated group remained at a similar level. (Summary of the original paper, for strengths and weaknesses of the study see the following pages)