Signal plus source
News and community discussions identify demand. Official documents and research support factual conclusions.
Content accountability
Clinic editorial team
We turn current homeopathy questions into readable, source-linked stories. Editorial research can publish after factual review; personal medical advice cannot.
Risk-based review
Medical decision content remains noindex until a named clinician review is recorded.
Visible updates
Every story carries an update date, review deadline, sources and a corrections route.
For a correction or concern, use the grievance and privacy route.
Published stories
India & culture4 min read
Why is homeopathy still so popular in India?
Homeopathy persists in India because it is more than a bottle of pills. It sits inside family memory, neighbourhood access, ideas of gentle care and dissatisfaction with rushed healthcare—while its clinical evidence remains heavily contested.
Read the story
Homeopathy now4 min read
The Anushka Sharma homeopathy debate, explained without shouting
The controversy was not only about one celebrity. It became a proxy battle over lived experience, scientific standards, professional identity and whether personal testimony should influence public health choices.
Read the story
Science explained4 min read
What does 30C mean in homeopathy? The dilution maths, plainly
A 30C preparation conventionally involves thirty 1-in-100 dilution steps, with shaking at each stage. The resulting nominal dilution is 1 in 10^60, which is why 30C sits at the centre of scientific arguments about homeopathy.
Read the story
World watch4 min read
What the WHO traditional medicine strategy says—and does not say
The WHO strategy does not declare every traditional or complementary therapy effective. It calls for stronger evidence, safety systems, regulation and informed integration—and those qualifiers are the story.
Read the storyWorld watch4 min read
Why Germany changed homeopathy reimbursement in 2026
Germany changed what statutory health insurance can reimburse for certain homeopathic and anthroposophic medicines. The decision concerns public payment rules; it is not a universal ban on possession or private purchase.
Read the storyHomeopathy now4 min read
Maharashtra’s homeopathy–allopathy row: what patients should know
The Maharashtra dispute concerns whether and how certain BHMS graduates with an additional pharmacology course may receive modern-medicine registration. Court orders, government directions and professional objections made the position fast-moving.
Read the storyScience explained4 min read
How to read a homeopathy study without being fooled by the headline
Start with the study question, not the conclusion. Then inspect the comparison group, preregistered outcomes, sample size, missing data and whether independent teams reproduced the finding.
Read the storyScience explained4 min read
What does a retracted homeopathy paper actually mean?
A retraction tells readers that a journal no longer considers a paper reliable enough to remain part of the scientific record. The notice and reason matter; neither defenders nor critics should claim more than it establishes.
Read the storyHomeopathy now4 min read
Why every homeopathy debate turns into an internet war
Homeopathy debates go viral because they are identity conflicts disguised as fact checks. One side hears an attack on family experience; the other hears a threat to evidence and patient safety. Algorithms reward the collision.
Read the storyScience explained4 min read
Homeopathy, placebo and the question people actually ask
When people ask whether improvement was ‘just placebo,’ they are usually asking whether their experience was real. The experience can be real while the cause remains uncertain; separating context from specific treatment effects is the scientific task.
Read the storyWorld watch4 min read
Homeopathy around the world in 2026: one practice, many rulebooks
There is no single international homeopathy rulebook. Countries differ on practitioner titles, product registration, advertising, reimbursement, prescribing and cross-border telemedicine.
Read the storyIndia & culture4 min read
How a German medical idea became deeply Indian homeopathy
Homeopathy became Indian through translation, influential early patients, Bengali intellectual networks, charitable dispensaries, colleges and eventually statutory recognition. India did not merely import the system; it built institutions around it.
Read the storyIndia & culture4 min read
Who regulates homeopathy in India? NCH, registers and state councils
The National Commission for Homoeopathy sets major national rules for education, professional conduct, recognised qualifications and registers. State authorities and councils also matter for individual registration and practice.
Read the storyIndia & culture4 min read
What do BHMS students actually study in India?
India’s BHMS programme combines homoeopathic subjects with anatomy, physiology, pathology, surgery, medicine, community medicine, research methods and clinical training. It is a distinct qualification, not an MBBS equivalent.
Read the storyScience explained4 min read
What is the law of similars in homeopathy?
The law of similars proposes that a substance associated with certain symptoms in a healthy person may be selected for a patient with a similar symptom pattern. It is a homeopathic principle, not a general law established by modern biology.
Read the storyScience explained4 min read
What does succussion mean in homeopathy—and why is it debated?
Succussion means forcefully shaking a preparation at each stage of serial dilution. Homeopathic theory treats this process as important to potency; conventional science has not established that it creates disease-specific effects at extreme dilutions.
Read the storyScience explained4 min read
Why individualised homeopathy is difficult—but not impossible—to test
Individualisation complicates research because the prescription varies by patient, but it does not make controlled testing impossible. Trials can randomise access to the complete consultation-and-prescribing strategy or standardise the decision process.
Read the storyWorld watch4 min read
What 106 countries told WHO about traditional medicine
The WHO global report draws on responses from 106 Member States and tracks how traditional, complementary and integrative medicine enters policy, education, products and health services. It measures systems, not blanket clinical endorsement.
Read the storyWorld watch4 min read
Does insurance coverage prove homeopathy works?
Insurance coverage shows that a payer funds a service under particular rules. It can reflect evidence, law, contracts, politics, demand and budgets; coverage alone neither proves nor disproves clinical effectiveness.
Read the storyHomeopathy now4 min read
How to fact-check a viral homeopathy remedy video in five minutes
Pause before asking whether the remedy sounds natural. First identify the exact promise, whether the condition needs diagnosis, who made the claim, what evidence is linked and what harm could follow from delay.
Read the storyScience explained4 min read
Homeopathy case report versus clinical trial: what each can prove
A case report can document an unusual clinical story and generate a research question. A controlled trial estimates comparative outcomes across groups. Neither design answers every question, but they carry very different causal weight.
Read the story