British Homeopathic Association

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British Homeopathic Association is a charity founded in 1902 to promote homeopathy, and advocate for its training and research.

The BHA attempts to place homeopathy within general and specialist healthcare, and provides a listing of homeopathic practitioners. The charity also campaigns for more homeopathy in the NHS.[1]

Homeopathy a form of alternative medicine in which practitioners treat patients using highly diluted[2][3] preparations that are believed to cause healthy people to exhibit symptoms that are similar to those exhibited by the patient. The collective weight of scientific evidence has found homeopathy to be no more effective than a placebo.[2][3][4][5][6]

Homeopathy is

See also

References

  1. ^ Kayne, Steven B. (2006). Homeopathic pharmacy: theory and practice. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 62–63. ISBN 9780443101601.
  2. ^ a b Ernst, E. (2002), "A systematic review of systematic reviews of homeopathy", British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 54 (6): 577–82, doi:10.1046/j.1365-2125.2002.01699.x, PMC 1874503, PMID 12492603
  3. ^ a b UK Parliamentary Committee Science and Technology Committee - "Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy"
  4. ^ "Homeopathy - Issues", National Health Service http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Homeopathy/Pages/Issues.aspx, retrieved 2009-07-30 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Altunc, U.; Pittler, M. H.; Ernst, E. (2007), "Homeopathy for Childhood and Adolescence Ailments: Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials", Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 82 (1): 69–75, doi:10.4065/82.1.69, PMID 17285788, However, homeopathy is not totally devoid of risks… it may delay effective treatment or diagnosis
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference shang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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