Criteria |
Y |
N |
Not sure/NA |
Score in case |
1. Was there an improvement in the main symptom or condition for which
the homeopathic medicine was prescribed? |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
2. Did the clinical improvement occur within a plausible time frame
relative to the drug intake? |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
3. Was there an initial aggravation of symptoms? |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4. Did the effect encompass more than the main symptom or condition,
i.e., were other symptoms ultimately improved or changed? |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5. Did overall well-being improve? |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 (A) Direction of cure: did some symptoms improve in the opposite order
of the development of symptoms of the disease? |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 (B) Direction of cure: did at least two of the following aspects apply
to the order of improvement of symptoms: - from organs of more
importance to those of less importance, from deeper to more superficial
aspects of the individual, from the top downwards |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7. Did “old symptoms” (defined as non-seasonal and non-cyclical
symptoms that were previously thought to have resolved) reappear
temporarily during the course of improvement? |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8. Are there alternate causes (other than the medicine) that with a high
probability could have caused the improvement? (Consider known course of
disease, other forms of treatment, and other clinically relevant
interventions) |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
9. Was the health improvement confirmed by any objective evidence? (In
this case by pap smear and viral DNA detection) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
10. Did repeat dosing, if conducted, create similar clinical
improvement? |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
|
|
|
10 |