Effect of homoeopathy on pain and other events after acute trauma: placebo controlled trial with bilateral oral surgery

I would like to discuss two points of provided article.
Firstly, I must draw your attention to the methodology of giving
homeopathic drugs "3 hours AFTER the surgery". Any experienced homeopath
would tell us that according to homeopathic science any surgical
intervention including extracting of teeth is a clear CONTRAINDICATION to
homeopathic treatment, i.e. that treatment is doomed to be ineffective at
all. The surgery stands in the row with such other contraindications to
homeopathic treatment like excessive coffee drinking and consuming mint in
any form including toothpaste using. Actually, if the researchers desired
to see ANY effect of homeopathy they should have given homeopathic
medications BEFORE the surgery. It is advisable also to repeat the
treatment after the surgery although no sufficient evidence exists in all
known clinical trials, however extensive clinical experience indicates
clear benefits of such move.

Secondly, the choice of homeopathic remedies and their dosage
(potency) were, in my view, somehow inappropriate. The only homeopathic
remedy that I would agree with giving to the patients in such
circumstances was Arnica. Any "individualized homeopathic assessment"
after such painful procedure would obviously lead to the almost similar
"drug picture" as it was shown in your article and, accordingly, to the
same drug - Arnica. Practically speaking, the results would have been
remarkably better and indicating the obvious effectivness of homeopathic
treatment if such remedy like Aconitum Nappelus was added to the
treatment. The latter medicine is usually been prescribed in the cases of
"great anxiety, mental shock and, sometimes, panic". It is also known to
any experienced homeopath that Aconitum is one of "homeopathic pain-
killers" (because the feeling of pain is the expression of CNS'
condition). It is also known that Aconite demonstrates its extremely well
effectiveness and works in almost every case, thus it is called the
"universal" remedy just like Arnica. I presume, this attitude would have
been totally denied by classical homeopaths you invited for participating
in your trial.

In conclusion, the use of correct homeopathic treatment in the case
you presented would have been proved extremely effective, as it happened
not once in the clinical experience of our clinic and number of dental
surgeon's clinics in Toronto.