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Prolonged cataleptogenic effects of potentized homoeopathic drugs

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The four homoeopathic drugs, Gelsemium, Cannabis Indica, Graphites and Agaricus Muscarius, administered orally in 30th and 200th potencies on white rats, enhanced restraint-induced catalepsy in a similar manner to the two standard drugs pilocarpine and haloperidol (IP injection at 5 mg/kg). All the drugs tested differed from each other in the duration of cataleptogenic effect, which was more prolonged with Cannabis, Graphites and Agaricus than with Gelsemium and the two non-homoeopathic drugs used. The 200th potency of any homoeopathic drug tested acted longer than its 30th potency.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, 731 235, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

    Nirmal C. Sukul, Sujan K. Bala & Bhudev Bhattacharyya

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Sukul, N.C., Bala, S.K. & Bhattacharyya, B. Prolonged cataleptogenic effects of potentized homoeopathic drugs. Psychopharmacology 89, 338–339 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00174371

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