Conference Programme

Registration

Registration

Opening Ceremony
Opening remarks: David Tredinnick MP
Chairman All-Party Parliamentary Group for Integrated Healthcare

DOES HOMEOPATHY GET A FAIR HEARING?
Chair: Dr Elizabeth Thompson
Prof ROBERT HAHN, Sweden. How homeopathy is treated in meta-analyses
Rachel Roberts, UK. Challenging inaccurate, influential literature on homeopathy

MIXED SESSION 1
Chair: Prof Robert Hahn
Dr ELIZABETH THOMPSON, UK. Cutting-Edge Research. What are the priorities for clinical research and evaluation for homeopathy to become a valued part of the Integrated Medicine Model?
Dr Alexander Tournier, Germany. Physicochemical investigations of homeopathic preparations: a systematic review
Dr Robert Mathie, UK. The high-quality randomised controlled trials of homeopathic treatment, as defined by systematic review and meta-analysis

MIXED SESSION 2
Chair: Dr Clare Relton
Prof VLADIMIR VOEIKOV, Russia. Disperse and dissipative nature of aqueous systems – a possible foundation of homeopathy?
Dr Stephan Baumgartner & Sandra Würtenberger, Germany. Effects of homeopathic preparations of Mercurius corrosivus on the growth rate of mercury-stressed duckweed Lemna gibba L. as a function of different stress levels
Dr Jean-Lionel Bagot & Dr Ingrid Theunissen, France. Homeopathy and expert consensus recommendations – unlikely bedfellows? New research in homeopathy and expert consensus recommendations in oncological supportive care

POSTER TALKS
Chair: Dr Robbert van Haselen
Dr Francisco Eizayaga, Argentina. Homeopathic treatment of psoriasis, a case series
Dr Amjith Naisam, India. Homoeopathic management of tomato leaf curl virus using psorinum
Dr Carlo Maria Rezzani, Italy. Clificol: first result of Carcinosinum patient cases
Dr Leena Bagadia, India. A randomised control trial using individualised homeopathic treatment for modifying anger and thereby reducing blood pressure in patients of essential hypertension against standard care treatment
Domingos Jose Vaz Do Cabo, Brazil. Proposal homeopathic treatment guidelines for patients with hepatitis C
Prof Elizabeth Macera, Swaziland. Symptom severity and functional status in patients with joint pain, back pain, headache, and cough: a 10-year retrospective analysis of The Swaziland Homeopathy Project

POSTER SESSION AND DRINKS RECEPTION
For full details of the Poster Programme, click here.

CLINICAL RESEARCH 1
Chair: Dr Michael Teut
Dr CLARE RELTON, UK. Randomised Controlled Trials
Dr Raj Manchanda, India. Effectiveness of homeopathic medicines as add-on to institutional management protocol for acute encephalitis syndrome in children: an open-label randomized placebo-controlled trial
Homeopathy Research Institute. 10 years in 10 minutes

AGROHOMEOPATHY & VETERINARY RESEARCH
Chair: Dr Stephan Baumgartner
Prof LEONI BONAMIN, Brazil. Homeopathy and environmental challenges
Dr Cidéli Coelho, Brazil. Use of Papaver somniferum and Arnica montana in ultradiluted form to assist in anesthesia recovery and as an analgesia for dogs that underwent an ovariohysterectomy
Franscinne Narita, Brazil. Control of liver enzymes in Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) through ultradiluted medicine

CELL & PLANT BASED RESEARCH
Chair: Prof Dr Carla Holandino
Dr Marta Marzotto, Italy. In vitro testing homeopathic drugs on bronchial cells
Dr Oskan Tasinov, Bulgaria. Ferrum phosphoricum D12 treatment affects J774A.1 and 3T3-L1 cells proliferation and gene expression of inflammation, oxidative stress and iron metabolism related proteins
Susann Buchheim-Schmidt, Germany. In vitro evaluation of the anti-pathogenic activity of Okoubaka aubrevillei mother tincture/ 3X in the human gastrointestinal tract using the SHIME technology platform
Annekathrin Ücker, Germany. Systematic review of plant-based homeopathic basic research: an update

CLINICAL RESEARCH 2
Chair: Dr Petra Klement
Dr José Eizayaga, Argentina. Prevalence and likelihood ratio of 6 common objective homeopathic signs in patients responding to muriatic medicines. Multicentre prospective observational study
Dr Russell Malcolm, UK. Demographic review of outcomes in an NHS Homeopathy clinic
Dr Anil Khurana, India. An assessment of a public health initiative of homeopathy for primary teething
Aaron Ka Lun To, Hong Kong. Safety and efficacy of individualised homeopathic treatment in sciatica – a phase I pre-post comparison study

BASIC AND FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
Chair: Prof Leoni Bonamin
Dr Steven Cartwright, UK. Immobilisation of solvatochromic dyes on transparent membranes: a simple and effective method for investigating the physics of homeopathic potencies
Dr Maria Olga Kokornaczyk, Switzerland. Homeopathic preparations in the low potency range studied by means of pattern formation in evaporating droplets: influence of succussion stroke number
Prof Shahram Shahabi, United States. Subcutaneous isopathic immunotherapy of allergic asthma in a mouse model of allergic asthma

CLINICAL RESEARCH 3
Chair: Dr Robert Mathie
Dr Katharina Gaertner, Switzerland. Outcome-specific review of controlled clinical studies with homeopathic medicines
Dr Roja Varanasi, India. Effects of individualized homoeopathic intervention in stage I essential hypertension: a single blind randomized, placebo controlled pilot trial
Dr Elio Rossi, Italy. Homeopathic treatment of atopic diseases: short and long-term results in a cohort of 563 atopic adult patients

Tower of London Drinks Reception

Tower of London Gala Dinner
(Limited places, please book online in advance here)

HRI 10th Birthday Party
(Please book online in advance here)

BASIC RESEARCH & ONCOLOGY
Chair: Dr Raj Manchanda
Prof Christian Endler & Dr Corinne Kraus, Austria. Further data on wheat germination and silver nitrate (10e-3 to 10e-25): low and medium dilutions
Paul Doesburg, Netherlands. Replication and meta-analysis of specific effects of homeopathically prepared tin (Stannum metallicum 30x) with a cress seedling, CuCl2 crystallisation ‘fingerprint’ approach
Dr Cristina Noberasco, Italy. Severity of radiodermatitis in breast cancer patients with preventive treatment with homeopathic/integrative protocol compared with a control group
Dr Yakov Freed, Israel. Homeopathic treatment ameliorate fatigue and attentional deterioration in radiotherapy breast cancer patents

CLINICAL RESEARCH 4
Chair: Dr Klaus von Ammon
Dr Debadatta Nayak, India. Effect of adjuvant homeopathy with usual care in management of thrombocytopenia due to dengue – a comparative cohort study
Dr Gualberto Díaz-Saez, Spain. A homeopathic medication can improve upper respiratory tract infections in COPD patients: EPOXILO cohorts study
Dr MICHAEL TEUT, Germany. Rethinking homeopathic research methodology: why comparative effectiveness research matters

Closing Ceremony