Dixit, Ashish Kumar, Giri, Nibha, Singh, Shishir · Journal of complementary & integrative medicine · 2023 · DOI
This review looked at whether homeopathy—a complementary medicine approach—might help people recover from long-term symptoms after COVID-19. The authors searched published research and found that homeopathy has shown some promise in treating anxiety, depression, pain, and heart problems in other conditions, and they suggest it might be worth studying for post-COVID recovery.
Post-COVID conditions and ME/CFS share overlapping symptoms including fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and pain. Understanding whether complementary approaches like homeopathy might offer supportive benefits could expand treatment options for patients whose symptoms remain difficult to manage with conventional approaches.
This narrative review does not provide clinical evidence that homeopathy is effective for post-COVID or ME/CFS patients—it merely extrapolates from studies of other conditions. The review acknowledges that medical societies disagree on homeopathy's effectiveness, and systematic reviews contradict some findings. No direct experimental data demonstrate benefit in COVID-19 survivors or ME/CFS populations.
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Dixit, Ashish Kumar, Giri, Nibha, & Singh, Shishir (2023). Exploring the scope of homoeopathy in combating the unfortunate consequences of post-COVID-19 survivors based on non-COVID conditions: a narrative review.. Journal of complementary & integrative medicine. https://doi.org/10.1515/jcim-2021-0200
BibTeX
@article{mecfsatlas-dixit-2023-exploring-scope,
author = {Dixit, Ashish Kumar and Giri, Nibha and Singh, Shishir},
title = {Exploring the scope of homoeopathy in combating the unfortunate consequences of post-COVID-19 survivors based on non-COVID conditions: a narrative review.},
journal = {Journal of complementary & integrative medicine},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1515/jcim-2021-0200},
note = {PubMed: 34704429},
url = {https://www.mecfsatlas.com/evidence/dixit-2023-exploring-scope},
}Atlas snapshot reference
ME/CFS Atlas. Generator v1 / Scanner v1.4 / policy v0.1. Accessed 2026-05-30. https://www.mecfsatlas.com/evidence/dixit-2023-exploring-scope
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