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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 overall positive evidence for homeopathy
Listed below are 50 medical conditions in which there is currently a positive balance of evidence for homeopathy in randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
For complete details of these research studies in homeopathy, visit the research section of the Faculty of Homeopathy website, which also identifies groups of RCTs that were non-conclusive or negative.
Clearly positive direction of RCT evidence in 3 conditions:
Fibromyalgia 1–6
Influenza 7–9
Seasonal allergic rhinitis 10–18
Tentatively positive direction of RCT evidence in 47 conditions:
Replicated Research:
Allergic asthma 19, 20
Arsenic toxicity 21–24
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 25, 26
Blood coagulation 27, 28
Childhood diarrhoea 29–32
Common cold 33, 34
Depression 35, 36
Female infertility 37–39
Insomnia 40–42
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) 43, 44
Low back pain 45–47
Muscle soreness 48–55
Osteoarthritis 56–58
Otitis media (acute) 59, 60
Post-operative bruising 61, 62
Post-operative pain 63–67
Sinusitis 68–72
Upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) 73–76
Vertigo 77, 78
Non-replicated research: singleton RCTs:
Aphthous ulcer 79
Brain injury 80
Bronchitis 81
Chronic fatigue syndrome 82
Immune function 83
Nocturnal enuresis 84
Non-allergic rhinitis 85
Oral lichen planus 86
Perennial allergic rhinitis 87
Plantar fasciitis 88
Post-operative oedema 89
Post-operative wound healing 90
Postpartum bleeding 91
Postpartum lactation 92
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) 93
Psoriasis 94
Radiodermatitis 95
Renal failure 96
Respiratory insufficiency 97
Seborrhoeic dermatitis 98
Sepsis 99
Snoring 100
Stomatitis 101
Tonsillitis 102
Tracheal secretions 103
Uraemic pruritus 104
Varicose veins 105
Xerostomia (Dry mouth) 106