Criticism Of Homoeopathy

The following text is taken from the NCCAM website.

Homoeopathy is a controversial topic in complementary medicine research. A number of the key concepts of homoeopathy are not consistent with fundamental concepts of chemistry and physics. For example, it is not possible to explain in scientific terms how a remedy containing little or no active ingredient can have any effect.

This, in turn, creates major challenges to rigorous clinical investigation of homoeopathic remedies. For example, one cannot confirm that an extremely dilute remedy contains what is listed on the label, or develop objective measures that show effects of extremely dilute remedies in the human body.

Another research challenge is that homoeopathic treatments are highly individualized, and there is no uniform prescribing standard for homoeopaths. There are hundreds of different homoeopathic remedies, which can be prescribed in a variety of different dilutions to treat thousands of symptoms.

— Dr. Shubhangi Maharana