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Homoeopathic Pathogenetic Trial Of Cuprum Aceticum: A Multicentric, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial, Pritha Mehra, Ashish Mahajan, Anil Vichitra, B. Rajakumar, Jai Singh, Kishan Banoth, B. Arya, Anil Khurana

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

Background: Although the symptomatology of Cuprum metallicum is quite vast, its other salts have fragmentary proving. Thus, homoeopathic pathogenetic trial for Cuprum aceticum (Cu acet.) was taken up. Objective: To elicit the pathogenetic response to Cu acet. in homoeopathic potencies on healthy human provers. Materials and Methods: A multi-center, double-blind randomized, placebo controlled, trial was conducted at three centers of Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy. Proving was conducted on 50 relatively healthy provers selected after conducting the Pretrial Medical Examination. All the provers were given placebo during the first phase of the trial. In the next two phases, Cu …