Table 4. MOdified NARanjo Criteria for Homeopathy (MONARCH), with agreed total score.

	Domains	Reviewer 1	Reviewer 2	Agreed score
1.	Was there an improvement in the main symptoms or condition for which the homeopathic medicine was prescribed?	2	2	2
2.	Did the clinical improvement occur within a plausible timeframe relative to the medicine intake?	1	1	1
3.	Was there a homeopathic aggravation of symptoms?	0	0	0
4.	Did the effect encompass more than the main symptom or condition?	0	0
5.	Did overall well-being improve?	1	1	1
6.a	Direction of cure: Did some of the symptoms improve in the opposite order from the development of the disease?	0	0	0
6.b	Direction of cure: Did at least one of the following aspects apply to the order of improvement in symptoms: From organs of more importance to those of less importance? From deeper to more superficial aspects of the individual? From top downwards?	1	1	1
7.	Did ‘old symptoms’ reappear temporarily during the course of improvement?	1	1	1
8.	Are there alternative causes (i.e. other than the medicine) that—with a high probability—could have produced the improvement?	1	1	1
9.	Was the health improvement confirmed by any objective evidence?	0	2	0
10.	Did repeat dosing, if conducted, create similar clinical improvement?	1	1	1
	Total	+8	+10	+8