Modern view on the mechanisms of therapeutic effect of homeopathy

Abstract


The article presents an overview of the results of research into the mechanisms of therapeutic effects of homeopathic medicines, the disclosure and substantiation of which allows us to talk about homeopathy as one of the scientific directions of modern medicine. The article gives a historical excursus of homeopathy development from ancient medicine to the present day. It is emphasized that for more than 200 years of its existence not only clinical, but also research experience in the application of this method has been accumulated. The authors consider scientific concepts, hypotheses and methodological approaches aimed at explaining possible mechanisms of action of homeopathic medicines on the human body.

About the authors

Leonid V. Kosmodemyansky

N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Moscow, Russian Federation

Email: dr.lk@mail.ru

Vadim G. Zilov

Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia

Email: vzilov@yandex.ru

Alexander B. Zudin

N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Moscow, Russian Federation

Email: info@nriph.ru

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