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Homeopathy – material or immaterial?
Naturalness reconsidered – Why babies don’t need globules
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Homeopathy as “refugee aid” – a medical and ethical problem!
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Conversation in medicine
Arnica for minor injuries
Dead child in Italy: Homeopathic doctors association sees “individual medical malpractice”
Nocebo – what’s that again?
What is the Placebo effect and what are Context effects?
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INH’s statement on NHMRC
Glasses, dentures and homeopathy – The role of German statutory health insurances
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Open letter of the information network homeopathy to the statutory health insurance “Die Techniker” (TK)
Happened afterwards, but not because of it
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German Association of Homeopathic Doctors vs. Russian Academies of Science
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Placebo by proxy – what does that mean?
Open letter to the German Federal Ministry of Health on the patronage of the World Congress of Homoeopathic Physicians 2017 by State Secretary A. Widmann-Mauz
“Homeopathy is Pseudoscience” – Memorandum of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Is mighty “BigPharma” suppressing Homeopathy…?
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Objection: Homeopathy is Ancient Wisdom!
Homeopathy toothpaste – why that?
On the developments in the USA and the demands of the FTC
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Open letter of the INH and the science advice of the GWUP to the “Lecture Series Homeopathy” of the Munich University
Homeopathic Remedies for Teething Problems
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On the homeopathy dispute on Wikipedia
Minister defends the protective fence for homeopathy – INH in response to the Open Letter to the Ministry of Health (2016)
A brief overview of the life of Samuel Hahnemann, the inventor of homeopathy
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But health insurance companies wouldn’t pay for ineffective drugs!
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Rechte und Pflichten von Heilpraktikern – ein Debattenbeitrag aus Sicht des INH
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Objection: But homeopathy and naturopathy are identical!
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What about Schuessler Salts?
Objection: Homeopathy is especially suitable for self-treatment!
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Objection: Potentiated means stronger!?!
But homeopathy is a holistic method, in contrast to “orthodox medicine”! – Isn’t it?
What are Bach Flower Remedies anyway?
Objection: But animal homeopathy still works!
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Objection: Globules are much better than antibiotics anyway!
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Globules are natural and plant-based – really?
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Objection: Theoretically bumble bees can’t fly either!
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Objection: Mobile phones also function immaterially during data transmission!
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Objection: CDs also store information!
Hahnemann’s Organon – Fundamental Work of Homeopathy
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Declaration of the INH on the publication of WissHom: “The current state of research on homeopathy”
Homoeopathy in Switzerland – the background to its reimbursement by the health insurance funds
Prinz Charles und die Homöopathie (United Kingdom)
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Homeopathy helps – as a ritual
Was hinter einer “positiven Studie” von Homöopathen steckt – ein Beispiel
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The “But homeopathy did help me!” fallacy
Warum ich meinen Kindern keine Globuli gebe
Homeopathy: Individuality vs. Confusion of Symptoms
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The Placebo Business
Scientific medicine and homeopathy – why they can’t work together
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About pharmacy obligation and Latin names of homeopathic remedies
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What does physics say about homeopathy? (And why does it have something to say about it?)
Why people like to believe in homeopathy
How homeopathy overrides common sense
Why do we call homeopathy pseudo- and no longer alternative medicine?
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FAQ 19 – Do you want to “ban” homeopathy?
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Miasms in homeopathy
Freiburg Declaration on Homeopathy
Science and scientific studies in medicine and pseudo-medicine
"He who heals is right." Really? This apparent simple phrase, widely accepted as true, is full of pitfalls when looked at more closely. In fact, doctor and patient only believe they see a "cure" or at least an "improvement". This …
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Homeopathy is Esotericism
This true without lying, certain and most true. That which is below is like that which is above and that which is above is like that which is below to do the miracles of one only thing. (Tabula Smaragdina - …
Does homeopathy need a unique position in the Medicines Act?
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Ist Dynamisierung/Potenzierung etwas anderes als Verdünnung?
Ein weiterer Widerspruch der Homöopathie. Zu den Grundlagen abseits der Homöopathie Wenn wir verdünnen, verändern wir, technisch gesehen, das Verhältnis von Substanzen in einem Gemisch, einer Lösung. Durch die Zugabe des Lösungsmittels sinkt die Konzentration der in der Lösung gelösten …
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FAQ 05 – Why does homeopathy not work?
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. We are certain that homeopathy …
FAQ 08 – It also helps with children and animals – they can’t imagine the effect!
"Homeopathics also work on babies, toddlers and animals. So it can't be a placebo effect!" This or similar arguments are often used when it comes to whether homeopathy is effective in children or not and whether homeopathy is a pure …
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FAQ 04 – How can the “effect” of homeopathy be explained?
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, there are effects and changes …
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FAQ 03 – Homeopathy is gentle and natural – why should it do any harm?
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, tablets, ointments and injection solutions …
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FAQ 02 – And what do you have against homeopathy?
If explained as a placebo treatment to the patient and applied by an experienced doctor in mutual informed consent: a few objections. Applied outside medicine: even less. But as the highly specific, natural drug therapy it claims to be, we …
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FAQ 01 – What does “homeopathy” really mean?
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 of sick people because it …
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