Another factor against conservative treatment of this comminuted fracture was that the patient – although being an athlete - was a heavy smoker, smoking more than two packets of cigarette for the last 15 years. In the x-ray there was not obvious callus formation, the patient was in severe pain and he was already offered surgery for open reduction and internal fixation of the comminuted fracture (Figure 1b). Case 1Ī 34 years old semiprofessional football player presented to the clinic with a two weeks old comminuted fracture of his right clavicle, sustained during a football game (Figure 1a). From our knowledge this is only the second report in the English literature describing the use of Homeopathy in the fracture treatment.

In all of the cases, initially, the potency used was 30CH, once daily for 10 days, and then 200CH, once a week for the next three weeks. We present four cases of fractured bones in which, after the alignment of the fractured fragments was established and secured, we used Symphytum officinale in order to speed up the healing process. The story is that the bone would be set and then comfrey leaves would be bound to the area around the fracture with bandages.

Comfrey’s ancient English name is “knitbone”, and it is said that country bone-setters used it to repair broken bones. Symphytum officinale is the homeopathic remedy prepared from the common hedgerow plant - comfrey. Homeopathy, the “energy medicine”, is a branch of medical science based on the principle that disease can be cured by strengthening the body’s defense mechanism with substances selected for their energy-giving properties. Key wordsīone, fracture, healing, homeopathy, Symphytum officinale Introduction Although in the first case the fracture was severely comminuted, and in the third and fourth, the patient’s compliance to the immobilization was very poor, the result of the treatment was excellent, both clinical and radiological. The Remedy was given to the patients after the proper alignment of the bone fragments was secured. We present four cases of patients with bone fractures, which were treated with the aid of the Homeopathic Remedy Symphytum officinale.

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