Mint couldn’t independently verify this claim. But it isn’t enough, of course, to reach any conclusions. Reason one, 50 patients make for too small a sample.
Two, the homoeopathic pills were prescribed along with allopathic drugs—an approach known as “adjuvant therapy". This, at best, would prove that they helped accelerate recovery.
Three, those treated were either asymptomatic or had only mild symptoms. But, most importantly, Dr Gupta’s process did not conform to the gold standard in clinical trials: double-blinded randomized testing, where neither the doctor nor the patient can tell the placebo from the medicine.
Only the researcher can.Dr Gupta acknowledges the gaps. “I don’t claim this is a cure," he says. “I just say it’s an option..