Effectiveness of Characteristic Keynote Prescription of Homeopathic Medicines in Acute Nasopharyngitis in Paediatric Age Group - A Prospective, Longitudinal Observational Study

Research Article- DOI: 10.23953/cloud.ijaayush.485

Abstract

Acute Nasopharyngitis is a common upper respiratory tract infection caused by
adenoviruses, influenza, rhinovirus, parainfluenza or respiratory syncytial viruses. This prospective,
longitudinal, observational study was conducted at SKHMC, Jaipur for a period of 1 year (April 2018
to March 2019), aiming to ascertain the effectiveness of characteristic keynote prescription of
homoeopathic medicines in the cases of Acute Nasopharyngitis in paediatric age group. In this study,
59 cases of Acute Nasopharyngitis were treated with homoeopathic medicines prescribed on the
basis of totality of the symptoms along with characteristic keynote symptoms. Treatment outcomes
were assessed using Common Cold Questionnaire. Out of 59 patients, 36 patients (61.0%) were
improved; 15 patients (25.5%) were at status quo, and 08 patients (13.5%) became worse. Maximum
patients were found to be in the age group of School Age children (n=27; 45.8%) and Pre-School
children (n=21; 35.6%). Males were observed to be affected more as compared to females. Paired ttest was conducted on the CCQ scores obtained before and after treatment and the result showed
that p value was < 0.05 & t = 8.404, which was statistically significant which concluded that
characteristic keynote prescription of homoeopathic medicines was effective in cases of Acute
Nasopharyngitis.

Keywords Homeopathy; Common Cold; School age children; Observational study

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23953/cloud.ijaayush.485