Complementary therapies in medicine
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Complementary medicine appears to be an increasingly popular option amongst both doctors and patients. General practitioners in more affluent parts of Britain have showed considerable interest in its use. ⋯ The degree of support for complementary medicine therapies amongst general practitioners in this socioeconomically deprived urban area was similar to that found elsewhere in Britain. These general practitioners appeared to tolerate high levels of clinical uncertainty, endorsing a wide range of therapies, despite little knowledge of their content or conviction of their validity.
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Complement Ther Med · Jun 2000
Efficacy of a potentized homoeopathic drug (Arsenicum-album-30) in reducing cytotoxic effects produced by arsenic trioxide in mice: III. Enzymatic changes and recovery of tissue damage in liver.
To determine whether the potentized homoeopathic drug Arsenicum Album-30 can induce enzymatic and some other biochemical changes to repair tissue damage caused by the injection of arsenic trioxide in mice. ⋯ The homoeopathic drug is capable of preventing or repairing liver damage induced by arsenic trioxide and the positive changes were also confirmed by the activities of the enzymatic markers.