HomeAbout UsAbout HomeopathyGetting TreatmentHow We Can Help YouWhat You Can DoResearchMedia Centre

Research

 

Evidence summary

Need help backing up your case for a referral? Download a useful, two page summary of the evidence for homeopathy to give to your GP or local health authority.

 

 

Conditions with positive evidence

Listed below are medical conditions where positive findings for homeopathy have been reported in at least one systematic review, randomised controlled trial (RCT) or non-randomised study.

To find the full details of each research article, click on the relevant reference.

Or download full list of references for all conditions: Clinical research evidence in favour of homeopathy (6 pages).

Allergic asthma 9
Anal fissure 10 
Ankle sprain 11
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 12
Brain injury 13
Bronchitis 14
Cardiac insufficiency 68
Childhood diarrhoea 1, 15, 16
Childhood fever 69
Chronic fatigue syndrome 17
Common cold 18, 70
Cough 19
Dry mouth 20
Fibromyalgia 21, 22
Gastrointestinal cramps 71
Hay fever 2, 3, 4, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Headache 72
HIV infection 31
Immune function 32
Infertility (female) 33
Influenza 5, 34, 35, 36, 37
Irritable bowel syndrome 38
Kidney failure 39
Low back pain 40
Migraine 41
Muscle soreness 42
Obesity 43
Osteoarthritis 44, 45
Otitis media 46, 73
Plantar fasciitis 47
Post-operative agitation 48
Post-operative bruising, pain or swelling 49, 50, 51
Post-operative ileus 6
Post-partum bleeding 52
Post-partum lactation problems 53
Premenstrual syndrome 54
Pruritus 55
Radiotherapy-induced dermatitis 56
Respiratory tract infection 7, 57, 74, 75
Seborrhoeic dermatitis 58
Sepsis 59
Sinusitis 60, 61, 62
Stomatitis 63
Tendinopathy 76
Tracheal secretions 64
Varicose veins 65
Vertigo 8, 66, 67, 77
Viral infection 78