The idea of a schism of two distinctly opposed and separate medical methods is not an accurate one:
- Homeopathy is integrated into many state health systems worldwide link.
- It is Europe’s #1 Alternative for Doctors.
- Until it was discouraged, ”60 percent of [Scottish] doctors’ surgeries prescribe homeopathic or herbal remedies” link.
- About 20 per cent of doctors in Scotland have basic homeopathic training compared with one per cent 15 years ago. link
- Doctors such as Constantine Hering were converted to homeopathy whilst trying to debunk it.
- George Vithoulkas trains many medical doctors in homeopathy every year:
Every year, during the summer months, groups of doctors from various countries gather to be trained at the Academy. They come from Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway, United Kingdom, Russia, the U.S.A., Canada, Austria, Japan, India, Mexico, Brazil, Greece etc.
12.000 medical doctors and homeopathic practitioners from 33 countries have been trained in the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy.
Doctors are not necessarily averse to or sceptical of homeopathy:
“according to an article in the British Medical Journal, 42% of British physicians surveyed refer patients to homeopathic physicians. [1]. Another survey of British physicians discovered that 80% of recent graduates wanted training in either homeopathy, acupuncture, or hypnosis. [2]”
Sadly, the campaign against homeopathy in the NHS in the UK has been largely successful and access to free-at-point-of-service homeopathy has been limited by this.
However, homeopathy is still used by millions of people worldwide, and almost 1/3 of EU citizens use homeopathy in their day-to-day healthcare.