Is there any evidence that homeopathy works?

Is there any evidence that homeopathy works?

The amount of clinical research being done on homeopathic medicnes is increasing and as the qualtiy of the studies improves, so does the evidence that homeopathic remedies work.

These are three examples of recent studies:

• In 1991, the British Medical Journal publised a review prepared by three professors of medicine from the Netherlands in which they found that 81 out of 107 controlled trials of homeopathic medicines showed promising results for homeopathic medicines, commenting that the number of positive results were surprising.¹
• There have been a number randomized, double blind placebo controlled studies perfomed on the treatment of allergies with homeopathy. A review of these studies published in 2010 concluded that these studies showed that homeopathic medicines showed positive results in the treatment of hay fever, allergic rhinitis and asthma. The review concluded that homeopathy offers possible options for treatment of respiratory allergies and hayfever.²
• In 2007, a study was published comparing homeopathic and conventional medicine for primary care of acute respiratory and ear complaints and concluded that both homeopathy and conventional medicine showed positive results.³

Homeopathy is taught in three natural medical schools in the United States and is a common area of study for chiropracters and some nurses. Homeopathy is one of the primary forms of medicine practiced in many countries including Germany, France and Switzerland, England, Brazil and in many other European countries. Homeopathy is also well established in Russia and is a primary system of medicine in India and Pakistan.