FAQ

No. What we accuse homeopathy of is not primarily administering placebos, but its faithful adherence to scientifically untenable ideas. The fact that homeopathy has been able to survive in our country at all is due …

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In the following, the situation of homeopathic physicians and alternative practicioners in Germany is described. In everyday language, the terms "homeopath" and "alternative practitioner" (here meant: the German "Heilpraktiker") are often confused. First of all, …

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More generally, the errors of medicine do not automatically make homeopathy an effective procedure It is undisputed that errors and grievances in medicine cause more damage than there are reported errors in pseudomedicine, and we …

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... and how is that supposed to help us with homeopathy? Well, first of all, that sentence is wrong anyway. People who thought about it were already aware in ancient times that the earth is …

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"Miracle cure for cancer! Miracle cure for cancer! Folks, buy my miracle cure for cancer! Just invented, mechanism of action unclear, efficacy not proven ..." Fortunately, such a thing must not happen again in today's …

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Many people have internalised a basic distrust of "scientific studies". They consider that study results are worthless because they depend solely on the interests of the person who conducted and/or funded the study. However, very …

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"It takes more than a swallow to make a summer" There are numerous positive studies on homeopathy! This argument is regularly put forward by advocates of homeopathy. The conclusion is then drawn that the effectiveness …

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Many people understand that homeopathy is only based on placebo effects. But they ask the question: "What does it matter? As long as the patient is better, it's all the same." But is it honest? …

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Many people think: placebos ("sham drugs") would be only effective in patients who imagine illnesses - and therefore also improvements - and in unstable people who can be easily influenced. But that is not true. …

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Statement right - common understanding wrong The laurels for a cure (better: recovery) are always given to the "professional" who is nearby. Thus the "ritual waiting until it becomes good on it's own" gets the quality …

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There is hardly a discussion about homeopathy without someone taking the point: "But homeopathy has helped me! You can tell me for a long time why it can't work, I know that it did it …

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Ban homeopathy? No, we do not want that and accordingly we are not striving for that. However, we have good reasons why we do not consider it useful or helpful in medicine. Of course, everyone …

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Homeopaths ascribe the effect of homeopathy to the homeopathic remedies (globules or drops, tablets or other dosage forms). They therefore rely on a specific medicinal effect which can be attributed solely to the homeopathic method. …

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We don't claim that homeopathy has no effect at all. We only deny that it has the specific medicinal effect that homeopaths attribute to it and also that it works through "energy" and "information". However, …

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Homeopathy is different from what many think Many consumers associate homeopathy with "purely herbal" and/or naturopathy. Basically (according to the self-conception of homeopathy) everything can develop to a "homeopathic remedy", even plants. However, the drops, globules, …

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Homeopathy is a method with a supposed healing outcome that dates back more than 200 years and was developed by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann.  At that time it meant great progress in the treatment …

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