Importance of Homeopathy in treatment and control of sign and symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Selective Rural Population of village Hanutpura, Jaipur Rural, Rajasthan

Abstract

This is a 6‐month study set in a teaching hospital’s department of rheumatology out‐patient department (OPD) in Rural Population of village Hanutpura, Jaipur Rural, Rajasthan. The patients of the study were 65 in numbers who had RA and were seropositive for rheumatoid factor. Two series of medicines were used. One comprised 42 homeopathic medicines used for treating RA in 6cH (10−12) and/or 30cH (10−30) dilutions (a total of 59 preparations) manufactured in Indian Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory; the other comprised identical matching placebos and controlled prescribed diets. Based on miasmatic analysis (syphilitic Miasm) the sign and symptoms were classified to Rheumatoid Arthritis. The tests were advised based on the medical history and current condition of the patients followed by prescribed medicines and diet charts to control the symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis. At the end of the study the main outcome measures were visual analogue scale pain scores against the initial ones, reduced symptoms of RA, reduced duration of morning stiffness in the hands and joints using the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR).