What are they for?

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A wide range of conditions, chronic or acute, are likely to respond to Homeopathy or CST. Both therapies can be used to help increase well being and they are safe to use for babies and during pregnancy.

Dr Kris Chatamra, director of the Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer, wrote after Florence’s October 2012 work in the hospital :

Florence de Crevoisier Fedder carried out cranio-sacral and homeopathic treatments on, primarily outpatients selected by my surgical team. Conditions selected range from post-radiation, patients having chemotherapy and a number of patients suffering from debilitating symptoms such as pain, nausea and weakness. During the three weeks the number of patients treated totalled nearly 30 cases. One of my oncology nurses made detailed observations and record of each patient’s symptoms and response to treatment, improvements and changes.

Our conclusion after going through the reports is that both Cranio-sacral treatment and Homeopathy would favourably complement conventional treatment. These two practices would certainly broaden the management of problems in oncological patients.

Research into the effects of CST is in its infancy, but serious research into the benefits of Homeopathy has been published or is under way.
For example (articles available on PubMed or via the HRI website):  

Clinical study
A 6-year study of homeopathic treatment for patients with chronic conditions, in Bristol Hospital’s outpatients department, showed that 70% of the patients had improved. (source: Spence, Thompson, Barron, 2005, J of Altern and Compl Med, 2005 Oct;11(5):793-8).

General Research
Cartwright, Steven J Homeopathy 2018; 107(01): 019-031. Polar dyes can be used to detect the presence of homeopathic preparations

Pediatrics:
Jacobs, J., Jonas, W. B., Jiménez-Pérez, M. & Crothers, D. Homeopathy for childhood diarrhea: combined results and metaanalysis from three randomized, controlled clinical trials.Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J., 2003; 22:229–234  
Jacobs J, Springer DA, Crothers D. Homeopathic treatment of acute otitis media in children: a preliminary randomized placebo-controlled trial. Pediatr Infect Dis J., 2001; 20(2): 177-83  

Homeopathy for animals
Camerlink, I., Ellinger, L., Bakker, E.J. & Lantinga, E.A. Homeopathy as replacement to antibiotics in the case of Escherichia coli diarrhoea in neonatal piglets. Homeopat. J. Fac. Homeopat. 99, 57-62 (2010).

Plants experiments: 
Jäger T. et al. Effects of homeopathic arsenicum album, nosode, and gibberellic acid preparations on the growth rate of arsenic impaired duckweed (Lemna gibba L.). ScientificWorldJournal 2010, 10:2112-2129.
Stephan Baumgartner, Tim Jäger, Vera Majewsky…HRI Research Article, Issue 16 Summer 2012

Systematic reviews/meta-analysis:
Mathie RT, et al. Randomised placebo-controlled trials of individualised homeopathic treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 2014; 3:142

Useful sources of information :

  • Homeopathy Research Institute : www.hri-research.org
  • International Academy of Classical Homeopathy : www.vithoulkas.com
  • Video : Interesting video about research in Homeopathy (German with English subtitles)
  • Society of Homeopaths : www.homeopathy-soh.org
  • By G. Vithoulkas: ‘The Science of Homeopathy’ & ‘The Levels of Health’
  • Craniosacral Therapy Association of the UK : www.craniosacral.co.uk
  • planete-homeopathie.org ( French website; also with forum on Vet Homeopathy and Agro Homeopathy)
  • Canadian Academy of Homeopathy: homeopathy.ca
  • by C Maute:  Homeopathy for Plants (Narayana Verlag) (a good starting book)
  • by Vaikunthanath Das Kaviraj: Homeopathy for Farm and Garden (Narayana Verlag)  
  • by John Upledger: Your Inner Physician and You
  • by Bessel van der Kolk: The Body remembers the score (on the effects of Trauma)
  • by Peter Levine: Waking the Tiger (on the effects of Trauma)