Swaziland Homeopathy Project

Name, age, gender, HIV status and location of clinic. The case taking includes as many physical and emotional details as possible and usually takes about 30 minutes to complete. The case is then analysed or repertorised using books or a computerised repertory and the appropriate remedies are selected. The remedies are then prescribed and detailed instructions are given on how to take them. They are dispensed in small re-sealable plastic packets with instructions on how and when to take the remedies.

Data is collected by means of a scoring system to evaluate the patients’ response to the treatment. This is a simple score based on a scale of 1 to 10, with a patient self assessment of 10/10 as feeling “completely healthy”. The individual symptoms are scored by the homeopaths on a scale of 0 – 5 and they also make a practitioner assessment score of each patient out of 10. Each case is also continuously evaluated by the Homeopaths and entered onto the database on a weekly basis.

The case notes are filed in individual plastic sleeves in a ring binder file and kept in a secure, confidential, locked office. A monthly analysis of each clinic is produced from the data base.