Plausible homeopathy

Questions:

Homeopathy has a polarized image. Many people experience homeopathic cure, but critics say this is only a placebo-effect. However, there, are 3800 studies and evidence is steadily growing. All comprehensive investigations prove that homeopathy is more efficient than placebo. What are the reasons for this controversy? How do we improve the image of homeopathy?

Methods:

Data collection regarding effectiveness, benefits and mechanisms over 30 years. Order development to archive all data according to their scientific content. Systematic analysis of criticisms towards homeopathy over the last 12 years. Discussions with sceptics to understand their rejections.

Findings:

Main reasons for controversy are:

• Since homeopathy does not meet the contemporary scientific concepts, people believe that homeopathy is implausible.

• Different homeopathic methods appear contradictory.

• Conventional medicine rejects homeopathy.

• Missing overview regarding scientific principles.

• Modern studies are no more understandable.

Due to our fast-moving times, people quickly form opinion with their own personal logic, influenced by media information. This causes a systematic interpretation bias.

Results:

The knowledge of homeopathy and potentized remedies will be publicly illustrated:

• Information about different methods.

• Basics of holistic thinking and limitations of science in medicine.

• State of the art regarding effectiveness and benefits.

• Scientific principles and body of evidence.

• Correcting wrong media information.

A special didactic structure was developed to provide this information at the portal: “Homeopathy & potentized medicines” (www.dellmour.org, available autumn 2016). Physicians and patients will find comprehensible information to aquire a plausible picture of homeopathy.