The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) reviewed 225 research papers on homeopathy and reached at a conclusion that homeopathy is not good enough as a treatment for any medical condition.

The top Australian body for medical research has in fact warned: "People who choose homeopathy may put their health at risk if they reject or delay treatments for which there is good evidence for safety and effectiveness".

The NHMRC said that on the basis of the assessment of the reports on the effectiveness of homeopathy, it can say one thing that homeopathy does not offer reliable treatment evidence for health conditions.

Homeopaths think patients can be treated with illness-causing substances. These substances can be diluted in water or alcohol. By diluting them, homeopaths claim that the resulting mixture can retain the memory of original substance that would lead to a healing response in the body.

Many previous studies have disapproved this claim. Paul Glasziou, chair of the NHMRC Homeopathy Working Committee, said that their findings may encourage private health insurers to stop providing rebates on homeopathic treatment. It would also force pharmacists to think twice before stocking the homeopathic medicines.

Glasziou said that they are aware of the fact that there will be a number of people who will not agree with the report and some may even term it as a conspiracy. There were studies that have concluded that homeopathy was effective, but the quality of those researches was quite poor.

There were flaws in the design of the study and did not have sufficient number of participants that support the idea that homeopathy worked any better than a sugar pill. In response to the report, the Australian Homeopathic Association (AHA) released a statement that around a million Australians use homeopathy.