The AIH COVID-19 Data Collection Project

In the very earliest months of COVID-19, the American Institute of Homeopathy moved to create a digital case data collection tool that could be rapidly deployed worldwide. This swift action was taken to prevent valuable data from being lost or forgotten. Since the tool’s launch on March 23rd, 2020, 166 homeopaths from around the world have been granted access. Contributors hail from the U.S., Europe, Canada, South and Central America, and South Asia. To date, over 800 cases have been submitted of varying quality.

When one isolates lab-confirmed and suspected exposure COVID-19 cases in the data, there are currently 281 cases that can be analyzed reliably. Two-hundred fifty-nine of those were given a remedy with positive results, 14 cases with still unknown results, and eight with a negative result. In ~41% of those cases with a positive result, Bryonia alba (106) was the most helpful/curative. The next three most prescribed/helpful remedies among the cases submitted with a positive result received were Arsenicum album (27), Gelsemium sempervirens (19), and Phosphorus (16).

When one looks at just the COVID-19 lab-confirmed cases, there are a 184 cases to review. One-hundred seventy of those were given a remedy with positive results, five with a negative result, and nine with the result unknown. In these cases, with a positive outcome after prescription, either Bryonia alba (77), Gelsemium sempervirens (14), or Arsenicum album (15) were the most helpful/curative. The next most prescribed/helpful remedy among the cases submitted with a positive prescription outcome received was Phosphorus (8).

The data that the project collected to date has been of vital importance to homeopaths around the world and has contributed significantly to the creation of this mini-repertory, useful in the treatment of the patient with COVID-19: https://hpra.co.uk/.

Any member wishing to contribute cases to the project should contact Peter Gold at peter_gold@goldorluk.com to request access. We thank all members who have contributed to this project.

Peter Gold
American Institute of Homeopathy

Potencies used: 63% used 30 CH; 20% 200 CH; the rest ranged from 5 CH to 10,000 K (10M) Acute remedy prescribed on acute symptoms: in 91% of the cases

Main Repertory rubrics used were:

1. Generals slow manifestation
2. Back, coldness, extending up and down the back
3. Eye, opening the lids difficult, keep the eyes open, hard to
4. Head, constriction, band or hoop
5. Generals, wet weather aggravates
6. Generals, perspiration, after, ameliorates
7. Head pain, urination, profuse, ameliorates
8. Fever, alternating with, chills,
9. Stomach, thirstless, chill, during
10. Bladder, urination, involuntary, cough aggravates – during
11. (Accessed on 11.22.2020. https://intranet.clificol.net/home)