International Journal of Homoeopathic Sciences

Saclac’s impact may be attributed largely to placebo response. Placebo is the second-best remedy in Homoeopathy. In the day-to-day practice, certain situations are there, in which we must prescribe placebo. When patient comes to physician and after case is taken, it is found that, he is taking some medicines. When he is already on some other treatment, in this condition, we must wait until the action of ongoing medicine ends, till then placebo is required. In treatment process, placebo is required and also after the treatment when homoeopathic aggravation occurs during improvement of the patient, in all that time physician needs placebo. Certain disease conditions like Artificial Chronic Disease, Pseudo Chronic Disease, Mental diseases due to emotions, Indisposition, Hypochondriac patients needs placebo. In experiments like randomized controlled trials with homoeopathic medicines the value of placebo is tremendous, as in controlled trials, placebo is also given to controlled cases and homoeopathic medicines are given to cases for proving, here placebo plays vital role.