Altern Ther Health Med. 2022 Oct;28(7):72-79.
Homoeopathy has played a notable role in managing epidemics in the past. The Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, declared Arsenicum album 30 C as a prophylactic for Covid-19, which was followed by the distribution of the medicine across India. The Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) collected post-prophylactic consumption data of individuals from various colleges over months, which created a data pool. Considering the importance of these mass-level data and their possible impact on public healthcare decisions, the information gathered from this heterogeneous population cohort was subjected to a retrospective data analysis to observe the incidence of Covid-19 in the community.
Data from 50 colleges from February-August 2020 showed that 10.6 million people in 13 states of India received prophylactic medicine during the study period. The data was collected from individuals three weeks following prophylactic consumption for a retrospective analysis. The incidence of Covid-19 was assessed.
The data of 584 980 individuals who met the study criteria were included in the analysis. The incidence of Covid-19 in the population cohort was 13.58 per 10 000-person weeks (95% CI, 13.04 to 14.14), which remained near-constant over time despite the increasing disease burden in the country (12.87 to 14.52 per 10 000-person weeks). Consumption of the prophylactic significantly reduced the risk of contracting Covid-19 in high-risk groups as compared to their counterparts.
The study concludes that Arsenicum album 30 C has a potential prophylactic effect against Covid-19. Further controlled studies are recommended to establish a causal relation.
顺势疗法在过去的大流行中发挥了显著作用。印度阿育吠陀部宣布将顺势疗法的砷 30C 作为新冠病毒的预防药物，随后在印度各地分发。印度顺势疗法中央理事会（CCRH）在数月内从各个学院收集了个人的预防后使用数据，从而创建了一个数据池。考虑到这些大规模数据的重要性及其对公共卫生保健决策的潜在影响，对来自这种异质人群队列的信息进行了回顾性数据分析，以观察社区中新冠病毒的发病率。
2020 年 2 月至 8 月，来自 50 所学院的数据显示，在研究期间，印度 13 个邦的 1060 万人接受了预防药物。数据是在预防使用三周后从个体中收集的，用于回顾性分析。评估了新冠病毒的发病率。
符合研究标准的 584980 人的数据被纳入分析。人群队列的新冠病毒发病率为每 10000 人周 13.58 例（95%CI，13.04-14.14），尽管该国疾病负担不断增加（每 10000 人周 12.87-14.52），但发病率仍保持相对稳定。与对照组相比，预防药物的使用显著降低了高危人群感染新冠病毒的风险。
该研究得出结论，砷 30C 对新冠病毒具有潜在的预防作用。建议进行进一步的对照研究以建立因果关系。
