Homoeopathy is used for headache and migraine in general practice. The authors designed this clinical trial in a way that would not change the individualisation based practice pattern of homoeopathic physicians. The purpose of the study was to explore individualised homoeopathic treatment used in general practice for chronic tension type headache (CTTH). Chronic tension-type headache is a tension-type headache that occurs on most days, or on every day. The study was a multicentre, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial with blinded assessment. One hundred twenty seven participants with CTTH were randomly assigned to homoeopathy or to usual care. Number of headache attacks, duration of pain, pain intensity on visual analog scale, use of medication and resources were recorded through headache diary at 4 weeks run-in-period (baseline), at week 17 post interventions, and end of follow up at week 29. An observer blind to the patients’ treatment allocation carried out assessments. As per the result, headache frequency and intensity was lower in the homoeopathy group than in controls after intervention
Reference: N. Sharma, A. Ameta & S. Sharma, Effect of homeopathy on chronic tension-type headache: a pragmatic, randomised controlled single blind trial, The Journal of Headache & Pain 2013, (Suppl 1):P56 doi:10.1186/1129-2377-1-S1-P56. Available online at www.thejournalofheadacheandpain.com/content/1/S1/P56