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Abstract
A single-blind study was conducted to assess the effect of homœopathic treatment on
cases of bancroftian filariasis. Based on the predominant symptom, the filariasis
cases were grouped as adenitis, genitalia involvement, lymphoedema and mastitis. Effect
of treatment with homœopathic drugs were assessed by comparing with groups treated
with placebo. Filiariasis cases treated with homœopathic medicines showed a better
improved/not improved ratio (2.0) compared with cases treated with placebo (0.46).
The results indicate that the improvements derived from homœopathic medicines are
statistically highly significant (p<0.001).
Key words
Bancroftian filariasis - Homœopathy
