Prolonged cataleptogenic effects of potentized homoeopathic drugs

Psychopharmacology (Berl). 1986;89(3):338-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00174371.

Abstract

The four homoeopathic drugs, Gelsemium, Cannabis Indica, Graphites and Agaricus Muscarius, administered orally in 30th and 200th potencies on white rats, enhanced restraint-induced catalepsy in a similar manner to the two standard drugs pilocarpine and haloperidol (IP injection at 5 mg/kg). All the drugs tested differed from each other in the duration of cataleptogenic effect, which was more prolonged with Cannabis, Graphites and Agaricus than with Gelsemium and the two non-homoeopathic drugs used. The 200th potency of any homoeopathic drug tested acted longer than its 30th potency.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Agaricales*
  • Agaricus*
  • Animals
  • Cannabis*
  • Carbon / toxicity*
  • Catalepsy / chemically induced*
  • Graphite / toxicity*
  • Haloperidol / toxicity
  • Homeopathy
  • Male
  • Phytotherapy
  • Pilocarpine / toxicity
  • Plant Extracts / toxicity*
  • Rats
  • Restraint, Physical

Substances

  • Plant Extracts
  • Pilocarpine
  • Carbon
  • Graphite
  • Haloperidol