Oberbaum Menachem
The Center for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Homeopathy. 2020 Aug;109(3):176-178. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1713082. Epub 2020 Jun 5.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a new coronavirus, first appeared in late 2019. What initially seemed to be a mild influenza quickly revealed itself as a serious and highly contagious disease, and the planet was soon faced with a significant morbidity and mortality associated with this pathogen. For homeopathy, shunned during its 200 years of existence by conventional medicine, this outbreak is a key opportunity to show potentially the contribution it can make in treating COVID-19 patients. This should be done through performance of impeccably controlled, prospective, randomized clinical trials, with publication of their findings in well-ranked conventional medicine journals. If the homeopathy community fails to take advantage of this rare opportunity, it might wait another century for the next major pandemic.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）由一种新型冠状病毒引起，于2019年末首次出现。起初看似温和的流感很快就显现出是一种严重且传染性极强的疾病，全球很快就面临着与这种病原体相关的高发病率和高死亡率。顺势疗法在其存在的200年里一直被传统医学所排斥，此次疫情是一个关键契机，有望展示其在治疗COVID-19患者方面可能做出的贡献。这应该通过开展严格控制、前瞻性、随机的临床试验，并在排名靠前的传统医学期刊上发表研究结果来实现。如果顺势疗法界未能利用这一难得的机会，可能要再等一个世纪才会迎来下一次重大疫情。
