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title: Does individually prescribed homeopathic treatment help PMS? | Niyora
description: Yes, homeopathic medicine reduced PMS symptoms more than placebo. The improvement was small but statistically significant (p=0.043).
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/a-placebo-controlled-double-blind-randomized-trial-with-individualized-2019/
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Randomised trial, 2019

# Does individually prescribed homeopathic treatment help PMS?

Yes, homeopathic medicine reduced PMS symptoms more than placebo. The improvement was small but statistically significant (p=0.043).

 Moderate study design

105 women aged 18-50 with PMS in Jerusalem, Israel

## What they did

105 women with PMS in Jerusalem were screened for 2 months with daily symptom tracking, then randomly given either individualized homeopathic medicine based on their symptom patterns or placebo.

## What they found

The active medicine group's symptoms improved more than placebo. Average daily symptom scores fell from 0.443 to 0.287 in the homeopathy group, compared to 0.426 to 0.340 in placebo.

## What it means for you

Homeopathic medicine tailored to individual symptoms may help PMS better than placebo, but the difference was modest. This was a small single-site study from 1996-1999, so larger studies in other places are needed.

0.443 to 0.287

Active medicine symptom scores

0.426 to 0.340

Placebo symptom scores

0.043

p-value

## About the study

Original title A Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Randomized Trial with Individualized Homeopathic Treatment Using a Symptom Cluster Approach in Women with Premenstrual Syndrome Authors Yakir M, Klein-Laansma CT, Kreitler S et al. Journal Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy Year 2019 Study design Randomised trial Participants 105 What was tested Individualized homeopathic medicines based on symptom clusters Read the paper [doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1691834](https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1691834)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)

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