Homeopathy & dilute evidence
Historically, homeopathic medicines have been marginalized as 'absurd dilutions'
However, The Lancet editorial The end of homeopathy1 (2005) has not aged well.
( The UK select committee went on to devise the 2010 House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s review of Homeopathy2 )
The validity of the UK report and Swiss access to homeopathy in 2026 &c., is succinctly recorded within the excellent 2021 paper by Dana Ullman3
As of 2025, a number of human and agricultural Double Blind Randomized Placebo Controlled Trials and Studies have found measurable clinical effects for homeopathy above placebo.
The effects of homeopathic medicine have been substantially described and validated within the literature to warrant exclusion of a placebo effect as a blanket mechanism of action.
Homeopathy & public perception
Nevertheless, declarations of pseudoscience by its critics persist - many of whom publish unsubstantiated claims which fall short of basic i.e.., IMRAD literary guidelines…
The belief that homeopathy is placebo, unproven and unexplained is intricately entwined with a lack of familiarity with the literature, the misreporting of data, or both.
‘ In contrast to frequent claims, the available MAs of homoeopathy in placebo-controlled randomised trials for any indication show significant positive effects beyond placebo. Compared to other medical interventions, the quality of evidence for efficacy of homoeopathy was similar or higher than for 90% of interventions across medicine. Accordingly, the efficacy evidence from placebo-controlled randomised trials provides no justification for regulatory or political actions against homoeopathy in health-care systems. ’4
The end of homoeopathy. (2005). Lancet. Aug 27-Sep 2;366(9487):690. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67149-8
Schmuckler, A. (2022). Tony Pinkus, owner of Ainsworths Pharmacy is interviewed by Alan V. Schmukler. Hpathy. https://hpathy.com/homeopathy-interviews/tony-pincus-owner-of-ainsworths-pharmacy-is-interviewed-by-alan-v-schmukler/
Ullman, D. (2021). An Analysis of Four Government-Funded Reviews of Research on Homeopathic Medicine. Cureus. Jun 24;13(6):e15899. doi:10.7759/cureus.15899
Hamre, HJ., Glockmann, A., von Ammon, K et al. (2023). Efficacy of homoeopathic treatment: Systematic review of meta-analyses of randomised placebo-controlled homoeopathy trials for any indication. Systematic Rev. Oct 7;12(1):191. doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02313-2
Everyone needs to read the book The Structure of Scientific Revolution by Thomas Kuhn. What we see in the opposition to homeopathy is a historical pattern from every branch of science -- we only see what we want to see. We only ask the questions that we have the tools to answer. We ignore clear evidence of phenomenon that do not fit the current accepted scientific paradigm.
It's nothing new...and yet somehow, like every generation before us, many contemporary scientists believe they have a monopoly on truth.
Thank you Sarah, for continuing to search out and amplify the evidence for homeopathy!