Homoeopathy and the placebo effect__________

摘要

I wonder how many pharmacists found the BBC Horizon programme (17 February 2014) about the effectiveness of placebos thought-provoking. The high success rates quoted were certainly impressive (up to 60 per cent patient satisfaction in some cases). When the programme went on to say that the conundrum is how best to use this significant beneficial effect, it occurred to me that we already have such a method, albeit a sadly maligned one. It is called homoeopathy.