GDV-GRAM IN EVALUATION OF MECHANISMS OF HOMEOPATHIC AND NONMEDICAMENTOUS MEANS OF TREATMENT FOR BRONCHIAL ASTHMA (BA) PATIENTS
L.J.Dolinina, N.A.Philippova, R.A.Alexandrova
St.Petersburg State Medical University n.a. I.P.Pavlov, Russia
Homeopathy has been known as a mean of treatment for more than two hundred years. For all the period the criteria of homeopathic preparations efficiency have been improvement of clinical characteristics of a disease or patients’ total recovery. Of course, different scientists – medical men, biochemists, biophysicists, pharmacists – have referred to such point as a mechanism of homeopathic preparations’ action. At present time there is not a single view or theoretically proved theory of homeopathic remedies’ action.
In our investigation we tried to control homeopathic preparation’s effect after a single swallow for BA patients with the help of GDV-gram (Korotkov’s images).
The test consisted of 6 stages:
1 – recording of the preparation’s GDV-gram,
2 – recording of patient’s fingers before the preparation swallow,
3 – recording of patient’s fingers in 10 minutes after the swallow,
4 and 5 – recording of patient’s fingers in 30 minutes and 2 hours after the swallow,
6 – processing of the received data. 27 BA patients, 18-50 years old, with different forms and phase of the disease took part in the test. The following homeopathic remedies were used as medicinal preparations: of vegetable origin (Aconitum napellus, Beladonna, Bryonia alba, Ignatia amara, Ipecacuanha, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla platentis), of mineral origin (Calcarea carbonica, Mercurius salubilis, Silicea, Phosphor, Hepar sulfuris) and animal origin (Sepia, Lachesis). All the remedies were prepared in the Haneman dissolution CH-6, dissolved and shaked successively. 9 people took preparations of the vegetable group, 7 – of mineral group, 4 – animal group. 7 others were given placebo.
Collation of GDV-grams of homeopathic preparations of different groups showed that indicators of radiance area and noise level in mineral origin preparations were higher than those in other groups of preparations. Encounter frequency of noise level’s high values for minerals was 0.36, animals – 0.19, vegetables – 0.9. Encounter frequency of form coefficient’s high values was higher for animal origin preparations – 0.55, for vegetables it was 0.25, for minerals – 0 .10. But, when swallowing homeopathic preparations of these groups, we can see a strong dependence of GDV-gram parameters’ changes (area, form coefficient, noise level) from the time of photographing. For example, the noise level, having been fixed while taking energogram, in 10 minutes after the swallow is higher for the patients who have swallowed a mineral preparation (it increased on 16,9% (5R) from the initial), and it keeps the leadership by this parameter in 30 minutes (1R 38,8%). But in two hours noise level for these patients stayes nearly the same (3L 25%), and it increases greately for the patients having taken vegetable preparations (3L 60%) Energogram noise level for the patients having taken placebo keeps in time nearly the same (3L 11%). Thus, by our data, homeopathic preparations of different groups influence on electrophysiological processes in the organism, but the time of their maximum activity start is different: mineral preparations start their action immediately after the swallow, vegetable ones start working in some time, but their action lasts longer. Such indicator as radiance area is more influenced by vegetable preparations than by mineral or animal ones. But their action starts later than the action of mineral preparations.
In the process of our investigation we also tried to compare GDV-gram indicators of patients after different medical treatments, i.e. after blood ultraviolet radiation (9 people), becotid inhalation (25 people) and swallow of homeopathic preparations and homeopathic placebo. In this case homeopathic preparations were given both constitutional remedies – appropriate or inappropriate for a concrete patient – and drain remedies. When energogram taken after homeopathic preparation and placebo swallow, the noise level is unstable in time. For example, the noise level 2L in 10 minutes after the swallow is maximum in GDV-gram of the patients having taken the drain remedy (28, 48%). In 30 minutes and 2 hours the energogram shows the noise level increase for the patients having been given constitutional remedies. At the same time the energograms of the first group patients (with drain remedies) show the tendency to the noise level decrease. The received result can explain the principle of homeopathic prepa-rations’ prescription: the preparation used as a drain remedy is prescribed to be taken more often than the constitutional one. GDV-gram noise level for patients in placebo group decreases in 10 minutes and returns to the initial in 2 hours.
The highest radiance area is expressed by the energograms of the patients with correctly selected constitutional remedies. As we have noted, the maximum activity of the praparations is observed not in 10 minutes as it has been in the case with drain remedies, but only in 30 minutes (5L 24.7%) and lasts for 2 hours (5L 32%, 4L 25.2%).
When homeopathic preparations and blood ultraviolet radiation in 30 minutes after the therapy compared, the results were the following. The form coefficient increase is influenced by correctly selected constitutional remedies and ultraviolet radiation respectively – 1R – 11.8%. The noise level and radiance area are positively influenced only by correctly selected constitutional remedies (5L S=24,7% and 2R noise level=23,6%). Ultraviolet radiation does not exert truly influence on these parameters.
With GDV-gram we also had an opportunity to compare the efficiency of becotid inhalations with the efficiency of homeopathic preparations in 2 hours after their application. The results showed that constitutional homeopathic remedies and becotid have nearly the same influence on the noise level, respectively – 2L 31.8% and 32.9%. But other energogram parameters (radiance area and form coefficient) are more influenced by correctly selected constitutional homeopathic remedies than becotid.
Thus, with GDV-gram data it was ascertained that when constitutional homeopathic remedies applied, it can be clearly seen the positive effect which differs truly from plecebo action and which can be compared with becotid inhalation and blood ultraviolet radiation effects. It was revealed the positive influence of constitutional homeopathic remedies on all GDV-gram parameters. That proves the system approach in homeopathy treatment.
In conclusion it may be said that GDV-gram opens wide opportunities of homeopathic preparations’ action studies. It is also prospective to use the method while selecting of homeopathic remedies for a certain patient.
Stages of the investigation.
Stage 1. Recording of GDV-gram of homeopathic praparation and (or) placebo
Stage 2. Recording of patient’s fingers before the preparation swallow
Stage 3. Recording of patient’s fingers in 10 minutes after the swallow
Stage 4. Recording of patient’s fingers in 30 minutes after the swallow
Stage 5. Recording of patient’s in 2 hours after the swallow
Stage 6. Processing of the received data.
Conclusions:
1. Homeopathic preparations of different groups influence on electrophysiological processes in the organism, but the time of their maximum activity start is various: mineral origin preparations start their effect immediately after the swallowvegetable origin preparations start their effect later but it lasts longer.
2. Homeopathic preparations, used as drain remedies, start their action immediately after the swallow, but their effect is shorter than the effect of constitutional preparations which start their action in 30 minutes after the swallow, and the peak of their activity is in 2 hours after the swallow. It explains the principle of homeopathic preparations’ prescription: the preparation used as a drain remedy is prescribed to be taken more often than the constitutional one.
3. With GDV – gram data it was ascertained that when constitutional homeopathic remedies applied, it can be clearly seen the positive effect which differs truly from plecebo action and which can be compared with becotid inhalation effect and blood ultraviolet radiation.
4. Positive influence of homeopathic remedies on all GDV-gram parameters proves the systemic character of homeopathic medical preparations’ action.
5. Gas discharge visualisation can be recommended as a method to select homeopathic remedies for a certain patient and to supervise the efficiency of the conducted treatment.