Polysomnography in Homeopathic Remedy Effects. [NCCAM]

Iris Bell, MD, PhD
This exploratory 3-year grant will examine the interaction of the remedy effects (Nux Vomica 30c and Coffea Cruda 30c) with two different human personality traits associated with insomnia (Type A hostility and panic-prone anxiety sensitivity) and overlapping those of persons reported in classical homeopathy to respond most strongly to each remedy. Primary dependent measures will derive from all-night polysomnographic EEG recordings in subjects’ homes on four different pairs of nights over a 4-week period (including baseline, placebo, and remedy double-blind).