Homeopathic "remedies" are usually harmless, but their associated misbeliefs are not. When people are healthy, it may not matter what they believe. But when serious illness strikes, false beliefs can lead to disaster. This Web site provides information about homeopathy that is difficult or impossible to find elsewhere. The bottom line is that it is senseless and does not work.

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Homeopathic Theories and Practices

• Overview (link to Quackwatch)
• The Law of Similars (posted 3/20/02)
• The Law of "Infinitesimals" (posted 3/20/02)
• "Provings" (to be posted)
• Materia Medica (to be posted)
• Homeopathic Glossary (updated 3/26/09)
• How Many Homeopaths Are There in The United States? (to be posted)
• How Dangerous Is Homeopathy? (to be posted)
• Misuse of the Term "Allopathy" (link to another site)
• Naturopathic Involvement with Homeopathy (posted 12/30/01)
• How Advocates Respond to Critics (to be posted)
• Is Homeopathy "New Science" or "New Age"? (posted 7/18/03)
• Notable Quotes (posted 9/6/02)

Homeopathic Research

• Research Overview (posted 3/20/02)
• Significant Journal Reports (to be posted)
• Why Water "Clumping" Does Not Support Homeopathy (revised 12/10/01)
• Patents Related to Homeopathy (link to patent search)

Investigative Reports

• Vega testing in the diagnosis of allergic conditions
• Quack "Electrodiagnostic" Devices Used for Selecting Remedies
• Examination of a Vegatest device
• My 1986 Visit to the Nevada Clinic (posted 12/5/01)
• Classical Homeopathy: "Fitting the Remedy to the Individual" (1986) (posted 12/6/01)
• Homeopathy: Real Medicine or Empty Promises? (1996) (posted 12/15/01)
• The World's Most Outrageous Homeopathic Marketer (posted 5/5/03)
• Stay Away from Homeopathic Flu Vaccine "Substitutes" (posted 11/16/04)
• Coroner's Report on the Death of Penelope Dingle (posted 5/26/12)

Miscellaneous News

• Homeopathic Products Used for Mass "Suicide" (posted 7/22/04)
• British Professors Attack Homeopathy (posted 5/26/06)
• WHO Asked to Condemn Homeopathy (posted July 9, 2009)
• Walmart Urged to Stop Marketing Oscillococcinum (posted 8/20/11)

Legal and Regulatory Matters (United States)

• Overview of Federal Regulation (to be posted)
• Arizona Homeopathic Board Performance Audit and Sunset Review (2007) (posted 8/30/07)
• Bogus Homeopathic "Smallpox Shield" Stopped (posted 7/14/03)
• CFI and CSI Petition FDA to Take Action on Homeopathic Drugsugs (posted 9/3/11)
• Airport Security Screening of Homeopathic "Medicines" (posted 9/30/04)
• Conference Between FDA Officials and Homeopathic Representatives (1972) (posted 8/23/09)
• Meeting between FDA Officials and Homeopathic Pharmacists (1985) (posted 12/19/02)
• FDA Compliance Policy Guide 7132.15 for Homeopathic Products
• FDA Import Alert Guidance Document (1981) (posted 2/9/05)
• FDA warning letter to Homeopathy for Health (2010)
• FDA warning letter to Newton Laboratories (2002)
• FDA warning letter to Similasan (2003)
• FDA warning letter about pet products (1997)
• Homeopathic "True Believer" Loses Medical License (posted 2/1/09)
• Status of Homeopathy in the United States (1985)
• Lancaster County Man Cited for Illegal Drug Sales (1986) (posted 8/23/09)
• Petition to Ban the Marketing of Homeopathic Products (1994)
• Disciplinary Action against Michelle Langdon (posted 1/22/03)
• Disciplinary Action against Katrina Tang (posted 4/26/04)
• Suit Targets Homeopathic Flu Remedy (Oscillococcinum) Claims (posted 8/19/11)
• Zicam Marketers Sued (posted 11/4/03)

Legal and Regulatory Matters (Other Countries)

• British Parliament Report Calls for End of Homeopathic Funding and Product Licensing (posted 12/25/11) [FEATURE]
• Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy (House of Commons Science and Technology Committee) (posted 8/22/10)
• Health Department Response to Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy (posted 8/22/10)
• Health Canada Consultation on Homeopathic Products (2002) (link to Health Canada)
• Disciplinary Action Against Richard Gorringe, M.D. (link to Quackwatch)
• British Advertising Standards Authority Issues Warning about Homeopathy Claims (posted 7/10/12)

Homeopathic History

• Essay by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1842)
• Homeopathy: An Examinaton of Its Doctrines and Evidences (Worthington Hooker, MD, 1851) (posted 6/9/11)
• Massachusets Medical Society Report (1854) (posted 4/8/07)
• The Scientific Reasonableness of Homeopathy (Royal Copeland, MD, 1909) (posted 8/6/10)
• Abraham Flexner's View of Homeopathic Schools (1910) posted 1/22/05
• The Rise and Fall of Homeopathy (Morris Fishbein, MD (1932) (posted 10/31/01)
• "Fundamentals of Homeo-Therapeutics" (1966)
• Report of the Australian Committee of Inquiry (1977) (posted 12/5/01)
• Riding the Coattails of Homeopathy's Revival (1985) (posted 12/15/01)
• Homeopathic Drugs, Royal Copeland, and Federal Drug Regulation (posted 10/7/03)
• The True Story of Oscillococcinum (revised 12/4/10)

Articles by Various Critics

• NCAHF Position Paper on Homeopathy
• A Chemist's Brief Look at Homeopathy (posted 12/2/01)
• Why You Can't Trust Homeopathy (posted 1/22/12)
• Be Wary of "Homeoprophylaxis" (link to another site)
• British Veterinary Voodoo Society
• Hahnemann's Homeopathy (seven articles debunking homeopathic theory and practice)
• Homeopathy: A Critique (four-part series by Stuart Thomson)
• Homeopathy: All the Idiocy That Fits (Satire by Peter Bowditch)
• Homeopathy (Skeptic's Dictionary)
• Homeopathy and Magical Thinking
• Homeopathy and Science: A Closer Look
• Homeovitality (Magic DNA Snake Oil)
• "It Works in Animals": An Examination of this Popular Belief.
• The Scientific Evaluation of Homeopathy (includes research summary)
• Why Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Proof
• Why Pharmacists Should Not Sell Homeopathic Products (updated 8/26/03)
• "Meta-Homeopathy Research Page" (link to another site)

Proponent Views

• A Homeopathic Response to Terrorism (posted 12/2/01)
• AANP Position Paper on Homeopathy (posted 2/18/06)
• Links to Proponent Sites [updated 1/22/08]
• Introductory Workbook in Homeopathy (Richard L. Crews, M.D.) (posted 3/28/12)

Book Reports

• Homeopathy: How It Really Works (Shelton, 2004) (to be posted)
• Homeopathy: A Critical Appraisal (Ernst, 1998) (to be posted)
• Homeopathy in America (Kaufman, 1971) (to be posted)

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