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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 35 medical conditions in which positive conclusions for homeopathy may be derived from systematic reviews and/or randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
Download the full list of references for all 35 conditions: Medical conditions with positive balance of evidence in homeopathy (8 pages). This document also includes details of non-randomised clinical studies.
For more complete details of research in homeopathy, visit the research section of the Faculty of Homeopathy website, which also identifies groups of RCTs that were negative or non-conclusive.
Brain injury 1
Bronchitis 2
Childhood diarrhoea 3–7
Chronic fatigue syndrome 8
Common cold 9
Depression 10
Extended sports recovery time 11
Fibromyalgia 12–15
Immune function 16
Influenza 17-21
Insomnia 22-26
Low back pain 27, 28
Perennial allergic rhinitis 29
Plantar fasciitis 30
Post-operative ileus 31
Post-operative oedema 32
Post-operative wound healing 33
Postpartum bleeding 34
Postpartum lactation 35
Premenstrual syndrome 36
Psoriasis 37, 38
Radiodermatitis 39
Renal failure 40
Rheumatic diseases 41
Seasonal allergic rhinitis (hay fever) 42–53
Seborrhoeic dermatitis 54
Sepsis 55
Sinusitis 56-59
Snoring 60
Stomatitis 61
Tracheal secretions 62
Upper respiratory tract infections, including otitis media 63-65
Uraemic pruritus 66
Varicose veins 67
Vertigo 68-70