Myths about homeopathy (and putting them right)
People campaigning against homeopathy tend to use the same arguments over and over. When you look at their reasoning it is often very weak, and most often completely unsubstantiated. The following pages look at the most frequently used myths about homeopathy as well as some of the other objections raised.
"It is all mumbo jumbo, and modern science has shown it to be nonsense" "Homeopathy was better in the old days, because it did nothing while conventional treatments were harmful.""Homeopathy is only the placebo effect" "There is nothing in the remedies""The impurities in the water used to make remedies will affect the nature of the remedy""Homeopathy contradicts the known laws of science""There are no tests which have shown homeopathy to work""Homeopathy kills people"Other "objections" to homeopathy (and the answers to them)
"It cannot solve everything" "It can delay "real" treatment" "Serious illnesses may not be diagnosed in time"Reviews of books attacking homeopathy:
Halloween Science - Trick or Treatment? by Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst (London: Bantam Press, 2008)
Almost every "scientific" argument which is used against homeopathy today was used (and answered) within 50 years of the discovery of homeopathy's principles.
People campaigning against homeopathy tend to use the same arguments over and over. When you look at their reasoning it is often very weak, and most often completely unsubstantiated.
