Chirurgie. 1990 ; 116(4-5): 404-8.

[Homeopathy for the restoration of transit after abdominal surgery]

Fingerhut A.

Centre Hospitalier de Poissy.

Six hundred patients were alloted to one of 4 groups and given: 1) no treatment, 2) a homeopathic treatment (Opium and Raphanus), 3) Opium + a placebo, 4) two placebos. This work does not confirm the role of either Opium or Raphanus in the restoration of transit following abdominal surgery.