Prolonged cataleptogenic effects of potentized homoeopathic drugs.
The four homoeopathic drugs, Gelsemium, Cannabis Indica, Graphites and Agaricus Muscarius, administered orally in 30th and 200th potencies on white rats, enhanced restraint-induced catalepsy in a similar manner to the two standard drugs pilocarpine and haloperidol (IP injection at 5 mg/kg). All the drugs tested differed from each other in the duration of cataleptogenic effect, which was more prolonged with Cannabis, Graphites and Agaricus than with Gelsemium and the two non-homoeopathic drugs used. The 200th potency of any homoeopathic drug tested acted longer than its 30th potency.
D000363:Agaricales; D000364:Agaricus; D000818:Animals; D002188:Cannabis; D002244:Carbon / Q000633:toxicity*; D002375:Catalepsy / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006108:Graphite / Q000633:toxicity*; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000633:toxicity; D006705:Homeopathy; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010862:Pilocarpine / Q000633:toxicity; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D012149:Restraint, Physical
D010936:Plant Extracts; D010862:Pilocarpine; D002244:Carbon; D006108:Graphite; D006220:Haloperidol