The Natural Repertory of Prof. William Nelson

Jos Kleijnen, Paul Knipschild, and Gerben ter Riet, in their article in
the British Medical Journal, Clinical Trials of Homeopathy, (BMJ 1991;
302(6772), 316-323), assayed over 105 clinical trials of homeopathy from
around the world. They concluded that 81 of the trials showed positive
scientific undeniable results; 24 of them could be challenged. They
concluded that there was a legitimate case for further evaluation.
Full text article can be found at:
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1668980&blobtype=pdf
According to the Null hypothesis in the case of homeopathy there is
dramatic evidence of efficacy. Homeopathy works according to the
scientific literature. With this type of data contained in these books and
in this type of report it would seem that the use of homeopathy not only
should be warranted, but that using an allopathic drug, which could
produce a side effect or risk, might become a case of medical impropriety.
I don’t believe that medicine can wait for homeopathy to be challenged
over twenty years time.
Homeopathy and naturopathy as an industry throughout the world
outsell allopathic medications by almost three to one. This is because of
the large amount of sales that are done in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh,
China, etc. Out of this entire world market, which amounts to perhaps
ten billion dollars in sales (it costs much less to manufacture and sell
homeopathic products than allopathic ones), malpractice and different
settlements measure in the thousands of dollars throughout the entire
world. There are hardly any suits against naturopathic and homeopathic
doctors, although when this does happen they are usually very small.
Out of a ten billion dollar industry, less than one percent of one percent
of one percent of one percent of its total capital generation is paid out in
malpractice, compared to our allopathic counterparts, who pay in the
neighborhood of fifteen to twenty percent a year in settlements.
The justification for homeopathy need not come completely from
clinical trials. Without using clinical trials it’s possible to look at the
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