Report 
 to 
 House 
 of 
 Commons 
 Select 
 Committee 
 on 
 Homeopathy 


1) In this report I will focus on the evidence base of the action of homeopathic preparations, more specifically on the evidence coming from clinical trials, animal studies, in-vitro studies and physico-chemical experiments. (2) From this evidence several conclusions can be drawn: firstly, the evidence for homeopathy in clinical trials is sufficient to warrant further research; secondly, although the mechanism of action of homeopathy is still unknown experiments on cellular system preclude the hypothesis that placebo effects be solely responsible for the results from clinical trials. (3) In conclusion, although the mechanism of action remains elusive, the results of scientific studies indicate that homeopathy shows physical, biochemical and clinical effects sufficient to classify it as a therapeutic agent in its own right, warranting pursued clinical and fundamental research.