Medicines for the new coronavirus in the view of Classical Systemic Homeopathy

• Published in: Complementary therapies in clinical practice Vol. 45; p. 101482
• Main Authors: Gosik, Maria Solange, Mendes, Maria Filomena Xavier, Werneck dos Santos, Leticia Marilia de Almeida, Barbas, Danielle da Silva, Cabo, Domingos José Vaz do, Strastis, Hristos, Duarte Takeuti, Isabella Sebusiani, Mourão, Leila Cristina dos Santos, Delavechia, Maria Luiza, Cunha, Marina Xavier da, Kalile, Raquel Bruno, Lino, Renata Rodrigues Garcia, Brunelli, William, Oliveira, Adriana Passos, Carillo, Romeu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-11-2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Coronavirus; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Drugs; Epidemics; Government publications; Health authorities; Health promotion; Homeopathic medicine; Homeopathy; Humans; Integrative medicine; Materia Medica - therapeutic use; Medicine; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2; Symptoms; Websites; Medicine; SARS-CoV-2; Coronavirus; Covid-19; Homeopathy
• ISSN: 1744-3881; 1873-6947
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101482

According to the World Health Organization, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has 48.896.564 reported cases and 1.236.995 deaths worldwide on November 5, 2020. Despite great efforts, there is no treatment of COVID-19 up to nowadays. Therefore, it is essential to search for therapeutic alternatives to COVID-19, such as Integrative Medicine, especially Homeopathy, which was used with excellent results in the great epidemics.
This study aims to describe the coronavirus Pandemic from the perspective of Classical Systemic Homeopathy and to identify the homeopathic medicine (medicines genius) that has its sphere of action in most of the symptoms involved in this pandemic.
Articles published in indexed journals and websites of medical institutions, books of homeopathic materia medica, scientific journals, and government publications were reviewed.
A total of 39 references were selected and enclosed 20 articles indexed on COVID-19, 08 references of systemic conditions, 11 articles indexed of homeopathy, 06 classic homeopathy books. After the study, the homeopathic medicine Cinchona officinalis (China officinalis) was proposed, according to pathogenesis (experimental pathophysiological study in humans) described in the materia medica books consulted, for the relief of symptoms. Its sphere of action in most of the symptoms involved in this pandemic. Moreover, acute homeopathic medicines were determined to act in the relief of symptoms of the various phases of the manifestations of the disease. Conclusion: Data contributes to use in homeopathic interventions during the COVID-19 epidemic as a health promotion and treatment strategy that can be used as an adjunct to all sanitary and therapeutic measures recommended by health authorities.
•Proposed homeopathic medicines for the new coronavirus.•Integrative Medicine as an adjunct to the new coronavirus.•Classical homeopathy acting in large pandemics.•Cinchona officinallis as an option for adjunctive treatment in Covid-19.