Clinical trials of holistic drugs
The problem is we cannot test holistic systems with standards meant for
reductionist systems. This is because;
- The holistic systems are about
the person and not the disease or pathogen
- There is no one disease, one medicine approach
- The cure is not linear
- The attention is on curing the person and not relief from symptoms
- There is no one disease, one medicine approach
- The cure is not linear
- The attention is on curing the person and not relief from symptoms
Thus a homeopath may have to
provide 10 medicines to 10 persons presenting with the same disease name. Under
homeopathic treatment disease layers will progressively present themselves
according to the constitution of the person. Therefore the treatment
combination too will be different for each individual. Standardization is the
bane of homeopathy, not boon.
Ayurvedically also the
constitution of vata, pitta, kapha and sattwa, rajas, tamas has a huge role.
Again calling for individualized approach. There is some effort at
standardization in ayurveda but that limits the science. The standardization
has led to the demise of ayurveda.
While reductionist approaches are
aimed at reducing symptoms and their severity, cures of holistic symptoms can
and do result in an initial aggravation as the vital force picks up the thread
and goes on a self correction mode. All parameters tend to go awry, symptom
intensity increases before slowly declining. As these systems aim for a total
cure the treatment period can be longer. But the opposite is also true.
Amazingly short recoveries are also possible, particularly as the disease
process is aborted. With coronavirus this is being observed.
Thus circumstances have a great
role to play and the watchful physician observes the pattern and goes with the
flow. The physicians knowledge and skill, and the condition of the patient are
determining factors.
Both ayurvedic systems and
homeopaths have treated coronavirus patients with a group of remedies that they
have presented to the government. They are not happy at the way things are
being taken forward. The government is talking of an integrated approach when
the right approach should be to allow the holistic practitioners to treat
patients as per their specialities. The vital force of the patient is the
determining factor.
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