Homeopathy has been touted for treating fear of public speaking or stage fright. On April 13, 2024 I blogged about An extremely peculiar homeopathic remedy for stage fright.
There is an article by Edzard Ernst on April 22, 2026 titled “Homeopathy and Homeopathic Products: Evaluation of Evidence on Their Efficacy and Safety” by the Spanish Agency for Medicine and Medicine Products. He described the Spanish language content of that report as follows:
“The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Products (AEMPS) has just published a comprehensive technical report entitled “Homeopathy and Homeopathic Products: Evaluation of Evidence on Their Efficacy and Safety,” which categorically concludes that there is no scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of homeopathy as a therapeutic tool. After a systematic review of scientific literature and evaluations by state agencies internationally, the report states that the observed effects are comparable to placebo.
The report, which analyzed 64 systematic reviews published since 2009, highlights that most studies suggesting benefits from homeopathy have low methodological quality, often invalidated by small samples, short follow-up periods, or biases in randomization. Furthermore, it notes that as the quality and rigor of clinical trials increase, the supposed effect of homeopathy diminishes until it disappears entirely.”
That conclusion of ineffectiveness is not new. On January 6, 2016 I blogged about how According to Consumer Reports, homeopathy is an emperor with no clothes.
The sugar pills were cropped and flipped from this image at Wikimedia Commons.
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