Cas Lek Cesk. 1996 Sep; 135(18): 575-9.

[Is homeopathic therapy more effective that placebos?]

PlÃ¡sek J, ZvÃ¡rovÃ¡ J.

BiofyzikÃ¡lni oddÄleni, FyzikÃ¡lni Ãºstav UK pri MFF UK, Praha.

A critical report is presented on the reliability of two clinical trials by Reilly et al. (Lancet, 1986ii, pp. 881-886 and 1994ii, pp. 1601-1606) who has claimed that the effect of homeopathy differs significantly from placebo. Biophysical hypothesis dealing with the intriguing problem of the mechanism of action of homeopathic remedies are also reviewed in this paper.