OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc. It covers all evidence-based scientific studies on integrative, alternative and complementary approaches to improving health and wellness.

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The journal publishes a variety of article types: Original Research, Review, Communication, Opinion, Comment, Conference Report, Technical Note, Book Review, etc.

There is no restriction on paper length, provided that the text is concise and comprehensive. Authors should present their results in as much detail as possible, as reviewers are encouraged to emphasize scientific rigor and reproducibility.

Publication Speed (median values for papers published in 2023): Submission to First Decision: 5.9 weeks; Submission to Acceptance: 14.7 weeks; Acceptance to Publication: 8 days (1-2 days of FREE language polishing included)

Special Issue

Homeopathy

Submission Deadline: April 30, 2021 (Closed) Submit Now

Guest Editor

Bruno Galeazzi, MD

Specialist in Internal medicine, MFHom

Integrative Medicine Clinic, Bassano del Grappa, Italy

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Research Interests: Internal medicine; homeopathy; integrative medicine

About this topic

The birth of modern homeopathy dates back to 1810, when the German physician Samuel Hahnemann described its theoretical and practical foundations in the first edition of the “Organon of the rational art of healing”.

In ancient Greece, hippocratic medicine had already observed that two curative principles were available to the careful physician, healing through opposites or through similars; but it was only with S. Hahnemann that a systematic experimental study of the principle of similars took place, allowing the foundation of the homeopathic method of cure.

In his research path, Hahnemann applied the inductive method of Francis Bacon described in the Novum Organon, founding the knowledge of the therapeutic power of medicines on pure experiment on healthy subjects. The careful observation of the disease manifestations, the clear perception of what has to be cured in every specific case of disease and the administration of a medicine, whose experimental symptoms produced on healthy subjects matche the symptoms of disease, are the corner stones of the homeopathic practice.

Starting from the first half of the nineteenth century homeopathic medicine enjoyed a rapid spread in several countries and at the beginning of the twentieth century several universities and hospitals were teaching and offering homeopathy.

Though largely resized, homeopathy is still diffused in many countries, but according to classical physics and chemistry, ultramolecular dilutions of homeopathic medicines are practical absurdities and some meta-analysis published in the last two decades claim that clinical homeopathy is no better that placebo.

Nevertheless, the novel field of quantum biology, the most recent techniques of investigation in physics and chemistry, combined with a new understanding of physical reality, from the works of theoretical physicists, are explaining some of the subtleties that could unveil the mechanism of action of homeopathy.

Hundreds of papers published in the scientific literature support the evidence for homeopathy in several fields of investigation, encompassing basic physico-chemical research, preclinical research, clinical RCT, observational studies, clinical case reports, systematic reviews, agro-homeopathy and veterinary.

As Guest Editor I’m honoured to warmly invite the authors, researcher and clinicians, to contribute to this Special Issue, covering all the scope of the scientific investigation in homeopathy, from modern physics to clinical evidence, including humans, animals and plants. Moreover, contributions about homeopathy in the history of medicine and epistemology would be highly appreciated.

I hope this Special Issue stimulates an open, respectful and fruitful discussion in the scientific community

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Publication

Open Access Original Research

A Multi-Centric Single-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of the Individualized Homeopathic Intervention in Breast Fibroadenoma

Received: 17 October 2022;  Published: 16 May 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2302021

Abstract

The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of homeopathic medicines in the reduction or resolution of breast fibroadenoma (FA) through ultrasound (US) assessment in intervention and control groups. The secondary objective was to compare the efficacy of the homeopathic intervention in single and multiple fibroa [...]
Open Access Review

Homeopathy in Epidemics: From Cholera to 1918 Spanish Flu (Part 2)

Received: 26 April 2021;  Published: 07 November 2021;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2104045

Abstract

The 19th century saw an explosion of serious epidemic diseases, such as smallpox and scarlet fever, which led to the development of an alternative system of medicine called homeopathy. Under this system, S. Hahnemann developed a rigorous methodology based on repeated observations on the field, leading to successful results. The [...]
Open Access Review

Homeopathy in Epidemics: Birth and Evolution of Hahnemann’s Thought (Part 1)

Received: 26 April 2021;  Published: 07 November 2021;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2104044

Abstract

The 19th century saw an explosion of serious epidemic diseases, such as smallpox and scarlet fever, which led to the development of a new medical system called homeopathy. Under this system, S. Hahnemann developed a rigorous methodology based on repeated observations on the field, leading to successful results. The aim of this [...]
Open Access Review

Scientific Evidence in Homeopathy: A Dynamic Database

Received: 27 April 2021;  Published: 28 September 2021;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2103032

Abstract

Homeopathy, a system of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM, according to WHO definition), is under frequent attack by skeptics because of its supposed “lack of evidence.” To overcome the distrust of skeptics and the public, many databases have been created, which focused on collecting all the published and indexed [...]
Open Access Review

The Science of the “Simile”

Received: 20 April 2021;  Published: 11 August 2021;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2103023

Abstract

Homeopathy is often attacked with claims of not being evidence-based or for the implausible nature of its major principles of dilution/potentization and/or the similars (“similia similibus curentur”). However, these statements have already been falsified on the experimental ground, besides being incorrect [...]
Open Access Technical Note

Systemic Agro-Homeopathy: A New Approach to Agriculture

Received: 11 May 2021;  Published: 12 July 2021;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2103020

Abstract

Modern agriculture must meet the changing needs of society both in terms of food quality and with regards to the environmental issues related to primary production (e.g., biodiversity, habitats, the quality of water and air, and climate change). In this context, win-win solutions at the farm level are required, with more sustainabl [...]
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