Truth in Homeopathic Ad

By ACSH Staff — Nov 30, 2009
On a lighter note, ACSH staffers were amused by this picture of a homeopathic sleep aid whose package advertises its formula as "non-drowsy." While this sort of honesty in advertising is rare among homeopathic remedies, it is nonetheless good for a chuckle. "The whole concept of homeopathic medicine is an abomination scientifically," says ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross. "It runs counter to every scientific principle, though it fits in nicely with the low-dose theory of the anti-BPA crowd, which says that substances which are non-toxic at high doses can still be toxic at very low doses."

On a lighter note, ACSH staffers were amused by this picture of a homeopathic sleep aid whose package advertises its formula as "non-drowsy." While this sort of honesty in advertising is rare among homeopathic remedies, it is nonetheless good for a chuckle.

"The whole concept of homeopathic medicine is an abomination scientifically," says ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross. "It runs counter to every scientific principle, though it fits in nicely with the low-dose theory of the anti-BPA crowd, which says that substances which are non-toxic at high doses can still be toxic at very low doses."