ACCESSIBLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HOMEOPATHIC THERAPY

The effectiveness of homoeopathic remedies has always been debatable ( e.g. [1, 2]). There are two parties discussing the matter: the support ers, who claim a big number of successes in therapy, and their antagon ists, who refuse homoeopathy as being non-scientific. The question of the effectiveness of homoeopathic high dilutions is discussed very ent husiastically. Homoeopathy is surely an important curing option for th e observed successes. These successes should not be ruined by crusades among the parties. On the contrary, an unprejudiced discussion is nee ded. This article demonstrates two theses which only appear superficia lly to be contradictions: 1. Homoeopathic therapy is effective. This h olds true for high dilutions, too. 2. It is impossible to prove the ef fectiveness of homoeopathic high dilutions.