100 Facts About Homeopathy

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100 Facts About HomeopathyInteresting and uplifting facts about homeopathy!

(Reprinted from Homeopathy Heals websitehttp://www.homeopathyheals.me.uk/site/)

Foundations of HomeopathyFACT 1:Hippocrates The Father of Medicine of Ancient Greece said there were two Laws

of Healing: The Law of Opposites and the Law of Similars. Homeopathy utilises the Law of

Similars, orthodox medicine uses the Law of Opposites, e.g. antibiotics, anti-inflammatory,

anti-convulsions, anti-hypertensive, anti-depressants, anti-psychotics.

FACT 2: Discovered by German doctor Samuel Hahnemann over 200 years ago,

homeopathic medicine is based upon sound scientific principles of the Laws of Nature

unlike medical theories which are constantly changing. Far from being ideas-based,

Homeopathy is a completely evidence-based, empirical medicine a unique concept when it

was founded.

FACT 3:In Hahnemanns first experiment, though perfectly healthy at the time, he found

that by giving himself repeated doses of cinchona bark (quinine), he brought on all the

symptoms of a malaria attack fever with heat and chills.

FACT 4:Hahnemann was the first to conduct trials on medicines. He set about discovering

the healing properties of plants, metals and minerals by testing them on himself and on

healthy volunteers or Provers, recording all the symptoms that each substance caused. He

created a Provers Union.

FACT 5:After some years of practising, Hahnemann found the tiny doses of substances hewas using caused side effects. He experimented by diluting then succussing a substance

(shaking through striking the phial a number of times between numerical potencies). The

potentised remedy was safer to use on the sick, unwanted side effects disappeared and

medicines were more effective.

FACT 6: Hahnemann tested hundreds of substances on himself and healthy volunteer

Provers, keeping detailed accounts of his observations. He matching the tested substances

to heal symptoms of his patients using the Law of Similars.

Homeopathic Prescribing

FACT 7: Every patient is unique so homeopathic medicines are individualised. The

homeopathic practitioner treats the WHOLE PERSON, believing all symptoms are

interrelated and seeks to select a medicine which fits the whole state.

FACT 8:Homeopathic medicines are chosen on the basis of a patients mental, emotional

and physical constitutional type, unlike orthodox medicines which treats in a one-size-fits-
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all manner. A homeopathic medicine is chosen which most closely suits the type of person,

as well as all their symptoms.

FACT 9: Just as there are fat and thin, dark and blonde, tall and thin, chilly and hot,

talkative or quiet people, lazy or hurried people, etc., etc., there are homeopathic medicines

to match all types.

FACT 10:Homeopathic medicine awakens and stimulates the powers of the whole body by

communicating a current/pattern/frequency of energy, which acts as a catalyst to set

healing into motion and jump start the bodys own inherent curative mechanisms.

FACT 11:Homeopathy assists the body to heal itself, to overcome an illness which brings

the patient to a HIGHER level of health. Orthodox medicine suppresses the illness, bringing

the patient to a lower level of health.

FACT 12:Outcomes of homeopathic treatment are measured by the LONG TERM curative

effects and the complete eradication of the disease state.FACT 13:Homeopathic medicines are used for inherited diseases and trace their origins to

six main genetic causes or miasms: Tuberculosis, Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Psora (scabies),

Cancer, Leprosy.

Homeopathic Medicines

FACT 14: Every true homeopathic medicine is made with ONE SUBSTANCE whether

plant, mineral, metal, etc. The exact substance is known, unlike pharmaceutical drugs which

do not always reveal contents.

FACT 15:During the production of a homeopathic remedy, the formative intelligence of the

substance is imprinted on the alcohol/water medium via the process of succussion (vigorous

shaking) between each numerical potency.Remedies are not made using dilution alone.

FACT 16:Homeopathic medicines are made using the original substance, plus 40% alcohol

as a preservative and 60% distilled water.

FACT 17: Any remedy up to a 12c or a 24x potency, known as Avogadros number,

contains the original measurable molecules of the substance.

FACT 18:There are more than 4,000 homeopathic medicines.

FACT 19: In 2006, an Arnica gel product was the first homeopathic product to be

registered by the MHRA.http://www.mhra.gov.uk/NewsCentre/Pressreleases/CON2025160FACT 20: Homeopathy works very FAST in acute illnesses, more gradually in chronic

illness.

FACT 21: High fevers can be lowered within minutes after taking the homeopathic

medicine Belladonna and Aconite.

FACT 22:Homeopathic remedies are inexpensive to produce and buy.

FACT 23:Homeopathic medicines can also be made using a Radionics machine.
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http://www.homeopathyheals.me.uk/site/featured/317-homeopathy-and-radionics

FACT 24:Homeopathic medicines have no toxic side-effects.

FACT 25:Homeopathic medicines are NON-ADDICTIVE.

FACT 26: Homeopathic medicines work well for small babies, showing this cannot be

placebo effect.

FACT 27:Homeopathy is safe for women to take during pregnancy and safe for old people.

FACT 28: There are thousands of text books on homeopathic medicine, available at

specialist outlets, which record historical evidence of homeopathic cures for a vast number

of conditions.

FACT 29:Homeopathic medicine has been proven extremely effective in Epidemics such as

cholera, typhoid, diptheria, yellow fever, polio and influenza and used extensively in the

19th century.http://www.whale.to/v/winston.html

http://www.wholehealthnow.com/homeopathy_pro/hahnemann_rev1.htmlFACT 30: Homeopathy prevented a Leptospirosis Epidemic in Cuba for over 2.4 million

people with only 10 reported cases of failures i.e. 99% success rate.

http://www.homeopathyeurope.org/news-and-press/news/stunning-cuban-

experiences-on-leptospirosis

Homeopathy for Animals and Agriculture

FACT 31: Homeopathic medicines are used successfully for treating disease in animals,

proving that there is no placebo effect.

http://www.homeopathyheals.me.uk/site/featured/185-homoeopathy-on-the-farm-

works-for-animals

FACT 32:Homeopathy is used to treat the cows at Yeo Valley Organic Farms.

http://www.yeovalleyorganic.co.uk/#/2010/11

FACT 33: There are courses on homeopathy for

farmers.http://www.hawl.co.uk/homoeopathic-vets/

and in 2010 Christine Lees was the Farmers Weekly Livestock Adviser of the Year

finalist with advice on homeopathy for

animals.http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2010/08/16/122560/2010-FW-Awards-Livestock-

Adviser-of-the-Year-finalist-Christine.htmFACT 34: There is a list of homeopathic vets at the British Association of Veterinary

Surgeons who treat all animalshttp://www.bahvs.com/

FACT 35: Homeopathic medicines are used in agriculture, known as Agrohomeopathy.

http://www.hpathy.com/papersnew/moreno-agrohomeopathy.asp

FACT 36: Wine is produced from grapes using 100% homeopathic agriculture.

http://popsop.com/42532
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Homeopathic Hospitals

FACT 37: There were once fourteen Homeopathic Hospitals in Britain.

http://www.homeopathyheals.me.uk/site/homeopathic-hospitals-nhs/237-there-were-

fourteen-homeopathic-hospitals-in-britain

FACT 38: In the USA, by 1900 there were 22 homeopathic medical schools, more than

100 homeopathic hospitals, over 60 orphan asylums and old peoples homes, and more

than 1,000 homeopathic

pharmacies.http://www.homeopathic.com/Articles/Introduction_to_Homeopathy/A_Con

densed_History_of_Homeopathy.html

FACT 39: In 1854 there was a cholera epidemic in London. When the House of

Commons asked to see a report about the methods of treatment, patients who had

received homeopathic treatment at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital were not

included. The House of Lords demanded an explanation and it was shown that underconventional medical care the death rate was 59.2 per cent but for patients under

homeopathic care, only 9 per cent.

FACT 40: There were homeopathic hospitals in France, with Neuilly treating soldiers in

WW1.

http://www.homeoint.org/cazalet/neuilly/index.htm

FACT 41: Homeopathy in Russia dates back to 1824.

http://ollo.norna.ru/eng/arts/history.htm

http://www.homeoint.org/books4/kotok/index.htm

FACT 42: At one of the earliest debates on the NHS Act of 1948 the Government

pledged that homoeopathy would continue to be available on the NHS, as long as there

were patients wishing to receive it and doctors willing to provide it.

http://homeopathy.wildfalcon.com/archives/2008/02/05/aneurin-bevan-and-

homeopathy/

FACT 43: There are now only four homeopathic hospitals in the Britain in London,

Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow. The total cost to the NHS in 2010 was around 4 million

a year compared to over 100 billion for the total annual NHS budget!

FACT 44: The cost of homeopathic medicine to the NHS in 2010 was 57,000 perannum compared to 11 billion for pharmaceutical medicine.

FACT 45: In March 2007 208 MPs signed Early Day Motion 1240 to save the NHS

Homeopathic

Hospitals.http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=33006

FACT 46: In November 2005, the Bristol Homeopathic Hospital published a study of

6500 patients who had received homeopathic treatment showing an overall
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improvement in health for 70% of

them.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4454856.stm

http://www.trusthomeopathy.org/research/homeopathic_hospitals/Bristol_study.html

FACT 47: In a survey of 500 patients at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, 72%

reported being able to stop or reduce their conventional medication.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/45/4504.htm

#note102

FACT 48: In 2010, spending on homeopathy in Scotland was a third of the rest of the

UK with an annual total of 60,000 prescriptions and the Scottish Government backing

the funding. Evidence for Homeopathy from the Glasgow Homeopathy Hospital

http://www.adhom.com/adh_download/EVIDENCE_9.0_Sept_06.pdf

FACT 49: In 2010, 55,000 patients were treated on the NHS with homeopathic

medicineOn average, 70% of follow-up patients seen at the homeopathic hospitals report a

positive outcome from homeopathic treatment.

http://www.britishhomeopathic.org/research/homeopathic_hospitals/

FACT 50: Homeopathic hospitals SAVE money for the NHS, as the Smallwood report

commissioned by Prince Charles has demonstrated in

2005.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4312780.stm

FACT 51: Homeopathic Hospitals are clean, friendly, with well informed staff and

patients are generally pleased with their treatment. The chances of contracting MRSA or

C. Difficile at a Homeopathic Hospital are extremely rare.

Orthodox Medicine Opposing Homeopathy

FACT 52: After its formation in 1847, members of the American Medical Association had

great animosity towards homeopathy and decided to purge all local medical societies of

physicians who were homeopaths.

FACT 53: In 1847, the American Medical Association published a code of ethics which

stated that physicians would lose their membership if they consulted with a homeopath.

At an AMA meeting, Dr. J.N. McCormack of Kentucky, who was the driving force behind

the 1903 reorganisation of the AMA, said: We must admit that we never fought thehomeopath on matters of principle. We fought him because he came into the

community and got the business.

FACT 54: In 1858 the British Medical Association also passed internal rules that forbade

their members from practising homeopathy or even consulting with a homeopath.

FACT 55: In 1910, vigorous attempts to stamp out homeopathy were stepped up in the

USA when the Carnegie Foundation commissioned a report by Abraham Flexner, who
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was chosen to reform American medical education. The report was an evaluation of US

medical schools and it gave the homeopathic and herbal colleges a bad rating. In 1900

there had been 22 homeopathic colleges but only two were left in 1923.

FACT 56: In 2005 the World Health Organisation brought out a draft report which

showed homeopathy was beneficial causing Big Pharma to panic and the Lancet to bring

out an editorial entitled The End of Homeopathy.

FACT 57: At the end of August 2005 the Lancet looked at eight inconclusive trials out of

110, of which 102 were positive. The meta-analysis at the centre of the controversy is

based on 110 placebo-controlled clinical trials of homeopathy and 110 clinical trials of

allopathy (conventional medicine), which are said to be matched. These were reduced

to 21 trials of homeopathy and 9 of conventional medicine of higher quality and

further reduced to 8 and 6 trials, respectively, which were larger, higher quality. The

final analysis which concluded that the clinical effects of homoeopathy are placeboeffects was based on just the eight larger, higher quality clinical trials of homeopathy.

The Lancets press release did not mention this, instead giving the impression that the

conclusions were based on all 110 trials.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1375230

FACT 58: In 2006 there was a campaign by UK Professors to oust homeopathy

completely from the

NHS.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article1827553.ece

and in 2007 they sent a document on NHS headed paper to all Primary Care Trusts

telling managers not to refer patients to the homeopathic

hospitals.http://dcscience.net/homeopathy_paper_for_nhs_commissioners.pdf

FACT 59: There are thousands of Skeptics who spend their time attacking homeopathy

on their blogs and websites, especially in the UK.

FACT 60: In February 2010, the House of Commons Science & Technology Committee

called for an end to funding for homeopathy on the NHS after conducting an Evidence

Check in November 2009.

Science & Technology Committee Evidence Check on Homeopathy

Wednesday 25th November 2009http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=5221

Monday 30th November 2009

http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=5257

FACT 61: Only half of the 14 Members of the Science and Technology Committee

actually attended the two oral hearings and those MPs who attended appeared to have

little knowledge or understanding of it.
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Of the nine witnesses at the first hearing, only two who had any relevant qualifications

Dr. Peter Fisher, the Queens physician and Clinical Director of the Royal London

Homeopathic Hospital and Dr. Robert Mathie, Research Development Adviser of the

British Homeopathic Association. There was noone called to represent patients.

FACT 62: Their Report was voted on by just five of its fourteen members, with only

three MPs ratifying it.http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-

archive/science-technology/s-t-homeopathy-inquiry/

http://vonsyhomeopathy.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/stop-funding-nhs-homeopathy-

mps-urge-who-are-these-mps/#more-293

Science & Technology Committee Evidence Check on Homeopathy

REPORT 22nd February 2010

Evidence Check 33

Conclusionshttp://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/45/4504.htm

FACT 63: Out of a total of 66 written submissions to the Committee, nearly 40 compiled

by the homeopathic profession that were positive about homeopathy, was not properly

considered. Written Submissions:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/4

5/4510.htm

FACT 64: In May 2010 The British Medical Association called homeopathy Witchcraft

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/alternativemedicine/7728281/Homeopathy-is-

witchcraft-say-doctors.html

FACT 65: In July 2010 the UK Government came out in favour of continuing the NHS

Funding for homeopathy.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndG

uidance/DH_117810

FACT 66: According to BMJ only 11% of NHS treatments are found to be evidence-

based medicine with any

benefit.http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/ceweb/about/knowledge.jsp

FACT 67: Hundreds of medical doctors have converted toHomeopathyhttp://homeopathy.wildfalcon.com/?s=converted&submit=Search

FACT 68: Unlike orthodox medicine, where the bill for claims for side-effects of

pharmaceutical medicines runs into millions, a leading UK insurance company reported

only a couple of insurance claims against homeopaths in a ten year period! Hence

insurance cover for homeopathy is around 70 per year, reflecting low risk.
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FACT 69: In 200 years, there has never been a single homeopathic medicine recalled,

unlike many pharmaceutical medicines.

FACT 70: The pharmaceutical industry does not want the Public to discover that

homeopathy works!

Scientific Studies

FACT 71: In 1985 French scientist Jacques Benveniste published his Memory of Water

research in Nature.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWYlMSHOGBw

http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2804%2917339-

X/fulltext

FACT 72: The first clinical trials of medicine where undertaken by Dr. Samuel

Hahnemann and called Provings of medicines. 50 100 volunteer Provers took the 30c

potency of a medicine every two hours until they started experiencing symptoms which

were carefully recorded. The group supervisors collected all the data and delivered it tothe Proving Master, who was the only person who knew the name of the medicine

under trial. That way, all bias was removed.

FACT 73: In the past 24 years there have been many clinical trials that prove

homeopathy works. there have been more than 180 controlled, and 118 randomized,

trials into homeopathy, which were analysed by four separate meta-analyses. In each

case, the researchers concluded that the benefits of homeopathy went far beyond that

which could be explained purely by the placebo effect.

http://avilian.co.uk/2008/08/scientific-research-and-homeopathy-overview/

http://knol.google.com/k/dr-nancy-malik-bhms/scientific-research-in-

homeopathy/pocy7w49ru14/2

FACT 74: In 2004 Rustum Roy published The Structure Of Liquid Water; Novel Insights

From Materials Research; Potential Relevance To HomeopathyRustum Roy1, W.A.

Tiller2, Iris Bell3, M. R.

Hoover4http://www.rustumroy.com/Roy_Structure%20of%20Water.pdf

FACT 75: After carefully studying the structure of homeopathic medicines, a team of

researchers from Pennsylvania State University and the University of Arizona reported

that by using spectroscopy these researchers were able to see distinct structuraldifferences between a homeopathic remedy and plain water, between one remedy and

another remedy and between different potencies of the same remedy. Equally

important, they replicated the results many times

over.www.bodyandsoulclinic.blogspot.com/2007/09/groundbreaking-research-

regarding.html
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FACT 76: In 2008, a major CAM Pilot Project, implemented by Get Well UK, was

commissioned by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in two

primary care trusts in Northern Ireland. There was a 79% improvement in the level of

health for those who had homeopathic treatment. (see page 31 for

Homeopathy)http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/final_report_from_smr_on_the_cam_pilot_pr

oject_-_may_2008.pdf

FACT 77: In 2001 Professor Madeleine Ennis of Queens University Belfast finds

homeopathy works.http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2001/mar/15/technology2

FACT 78: In 2009 Nobel Prizewinner Luc Montagnier Proves Homeopathy

Workshttp://avilian.co.uk/2009/09/luc-montagnier-foundation-proves-homeopathy-

works/

FACT 79: There are more than 90 homeopathic trials on animals

http://avilian.co.uk/2008/08/scientific-research-and-homeopathy-animal-studies/FACT 80: Homeopathy can never be properly tested through double blind randomised

trials because each prescription is individualised. Therefore 10 people with arthritis may

all need a different homeopathic medicine.

Homeopathic Practitioners

FACT 81: The homeopathic practitioner endeavours to search for and treat the CAUSE

of the disease in order to heal the EFFECT.

FACT 82: Homeopathic Practitioners train for three to four years. They study anatomy

and physiology, as well as pathology and disease, Materia Medica, Homeopathic

Philosophy and the Homeopathic Repertory.

FACT 83: Most homeopaths treat patients who have been referred to them by

word of mouth. Most patients seek out homeopathy because conventional treatment

has not benefitted them or because it poses too great a risk of side-effects.

FACT 84: The homeopathic community has thousands, even millions, of

written case notes that demonstrate the positive benefits of their treatment. Some

homeopaths have video proof of their patients before and after treatment.

FACT 85: Homeopaths charge patients an average of 50 an hour, whereas specialist

Doctors can charge up to 200 or more.Popularity of Homeopathy

FACT 86: According to the WHO, homeopathy is the 2nd most popular and widely used

medicine in the world.

FACT 87: The popularity of homeopathy has grown in the past 30 years, its revival

entirely through word of mouth and estimated to be growing at more than 20% a year

the world over!
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FACT 88: Hundreds of famous people throughout the past 200 years have enjoyed the

benefits of homeopathic medicine.www.homeopathicrevolution.com

FACT 89: Many of the famous swore by it including writers Charles Dickens, William

Thackeray, George Bernard Shaw; artists such as Renoir, van Gogh, Monet and Gaugin

and the composers Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann, to name a few.

FACT 90: Nowadays many modern celebrities opt to use homeopathic preparations.

http://www.ok.co.uk/body/view/1374/Back-to-nature/

FACT 91: That aristocratic patronage of homeopathy in the UK extended well into the

1940s and beyond can be easily demonstrated. In the Homeopathic Medical Directories

there are lists of patrons of the dispensaries and

hospitals.www.homeopathyhome.com/reference/articles/ukhomhistory.shtml

http://www.homeoint.org/morrell/articles/pm_arist.htm

FACT 92: The Royal Families of Europe use homeopathic medicine and Queen ElizabethII of England is reputed to never travel anywhere without her homeopathic medicines.

FACT 93: Homeopathy is practised nowadays in countries all over the world.

FACT 94: In India there are 100 homeopathic medical schools, around 400,000

registered homeopathic doctors with approximately 13,000 being added every year!

There were 28 homoeopathic dispensaries in Delhi in 1978 and now 78. The number of

patients taking homeopathic medicines has increased from around 800,000 patients in

1997 to 13,62,174 patients in 2006.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/savvy-marketing-sees-surge-in-

alternative-therapies/66042/on

FACT 95:100 million Europeans use homeopathy 29% of the EU population.

http://www.homeopathy-ecch.org/

FACT 96: Homeopathic medicine is used in France by a third of the French

population. Almost all French pharmacies dispense it with its use covered by state

social security. In 2004, 62% of French mothers used homeopathic medicines in the

previous 12 months. A survey of French pharmacists in 2004 found that 94.5 per cent.

reported advising pregnant women to use homeopathic medicines. 70% of French

doctors are receptive to homeopathy and consider it effective and at least 25,000 ofthem prescribe homeopathic medicines for their

patients.http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=40806&SESSION=9

03

FACT 97: In Germany 20% of doctors treat patients with homeopathy.

FACT 98: In the Netherlands 47% of doctors treat patients with homeopathy.
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FACT 99: In a 2008 Global TGI survey where people were asked whether they trust

homeopathy the following percentages of people living in urban areas said YES: 62% in

India, 58% Brazil, 53% Saudi Arabia, Chile 49%, United Arab Emirates 49%, France

40%, South Africa 35%, Russia 28%, Germany 27%, Argentina 25%, Hungary 25%,

USA 18%, UK

15%.http://www.tgisurveys.com/documents/TGIbarometerhomeopathy_Jan08.pdf

FACT 100: The media as a whole has been unwilling to air a proper defence of the

efficacy of homeopathy and the validity of this 200 year old profession.

Please put up on as many websites as possibleLouise Mclean

Copyright Louise Mclean (updated 2011)
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