Abstract
Disasters are unfortunate but integral part of civilisation. While the incidence of
disaster cannot be prevented altogether, the effects can be modified to the extent
that there will be minimum or no loss of life, minimum loss to property and quick
restoration to normalcy. Virtually in many instances effects can be reduced to nil
or negligible if sufficient diligence is practiced. Epidemic diseases are regarded
as disasters too. Homoeopathy is a medical system of therapeutics which claims to
have effective intervention in epidemics. Any system of medicine that offers to intervene
in any epidemic should be embraced. Epidemics have occurred in the past not only in
India but in other countries as well, such as Cholera, Asian flu, Spanish flu, severe
acute respiratory syndrome and Avian influenza. When an epidemic spreads in wider
geographical area and affects large number of people, it is termed as pandemic. Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic that began in December 2019.
Homoeopathic system of medicine claims to have effective treatment in epidemics. But
hardly any effort seems to have been made to correlate the limited documented studies
on epidemics that may consolidate the positive results of homoeopathy in such a way
that can help policy makers to give a serious thought to the fact that homoeopathy
can be trusted to combat epidemic diseases. This article involves data collection
using existing published articles on case series/individual cases in peer-reviewed
journals assessing the applicability of homoeopathy in epidemics/pandemics and in
COVID-19. With such a background finding suitable solutions is a necessary step toward
prevention and treatment of epidemic diseases.
Keywords COVID-19 - disaster - epidemic - homoeopathy - pandemic
