HRI – Homeopathy FAQs

FAQs

A cheap, safe and effective medical treatment? Sugar pills with nothing in them and a waste of money? Take a look at the evidence and make up your own mind

Homeopathy FAQs

Homeopathy is controversial.

Public figures from politicians to comedians frequently make strong statements against homeopathy, but very few people have actually had the chance to read the facts about homeopathy research for themselves.

Here we take the most commonly repeated statements about homeopathy and see how accurate they are according to the scientific evidence we have so far.

“There is no scientific evidence homeopathy works”

“There isn’t a single good clinical trial showing homeopathy works”

“Scientists say homeopathy is impossible”

“There’s nothing in it – it’s just sugar pills”

“Homeopathy is just a placebo effect”

“Homeopathy is a waste of taxpayers’ money”

“If you tested homeopathy against conventional medicine you’d see it doesn’t work”

“Homeopathy research is poor quality”

“The best studies have shown homeopathy doesn’t work”

“The idea of ‘like cures like’ makes no sense”

“Homeopathy shouldn’t be used because you can’t explain how it works”

“Conventional medicine is proven homeopathy isn’t”

“Homeopathy is not science”