Evidence for Homeopathy
There are currently three NHS Homeopathic Hospitals in the UK. The majority of cases treated at these hospitals are those that have not been helped sufficiently by conventional treatment. In a recent, 6 year study of 6544 outpatients at Bristol Homeopathic Hospital it was found that homeopathic treatment had produced a positive improvement in 70% of cases.
Homeopathy has sometimes suffered ridicule by sceptics due to the very small amount of active ingredients in the remedies. However, the experience of patients who have reported relief from symptoms, and the observation of cases where the placebo effect is irrelevant (e.g. in studies of animal health where the animal has not been aware of its treatment), continues to assure many, including some pharmacologists, veterinary surgeons and medical doctors, that homeopathic medicines are effective.
The Society of Homeopaths regularly updates their website on the latest results of research into homeopathy:
www.homeopathy-soh.org/whats-new/research/evid/
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”
For further information on current and recent research visit the Homeopathy Research Institute.