Dr. Vijayakar is a very knowledgeable,well recognized and respected professional in Homeopathy. I am very surprized to read his commentary on the recent findings and reports in western literature.
It is naive to think that scientists conducting these studies are incompetent or biased. The basic problem, perhaps, lies in (a)the lack of a standardised read out for benefits (effects), (b) quality control in products provided to the end user, and (c) lack of education of the end user about these products.
Prcaticing Homeopathy in the light of these three factors, can help increase their general acceptance as well as their true benefits.
I hope scientist working in this area, both in India and abroad, design a universal criteria to manufcature,use and study these products. If penicillin did not have its claimed effectiveness and "evidence based" data to show it's effects,it's acceptance would have been pretty close to nada. In fact it goes for any product that we expect to improve well being and rid us of a pysiological dysregulation.
