Abstract
Homeopathy is one of the largest used unorthodox medicinal systems having a wide number of principles and logic to treat and cure various diseases. Many successful concepts like severe dilution to high agitation have been applied in the homeopathic system. Though many concepts like different treatment for same diseases and many more are contradictory to the allopathic system, homeopathy has proved its worth in decreasing drug-related side effects in many arenas. Various treatments and researches are carried out on various diseases; mostly homeopathic treatment is used in joint diseases, respiratory diseases, cancer, and gastrointestinal tract diseases. In this chapter, readers will have a brief idea about many meta-analysis results of most common respiratory diseases, i.e., asthma, incurable hypertension condition, rheumatoid arthritis, and diarrhea and a megareview of all the diseases to see their unwanted effects, uses of drugs, concepts, and issues related to homeopathy. Various limitations of homeopathic treatments are also highlighted which can give a clear idea about the future scope of research. Overall, it can be concluded that placebo and homeopathic treatments give almost the same effect, but the less severe side effects of homeopathic drugs in comparison to all other treatment groups catch great attention.
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Patel, M.P., Patel, J. (2022). Homeopathy as a Therapeutic Option in Space. In: Pathak, Y., Araújo dos Santos, M., Zea, L. (eds) Handbook of Space Pharmaceuticals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50909-9_59-1
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