If you're interested in this blog post I suggest reading Ben Goldacre's book Bad Science - http://www.badscience.net/ http://www.badscience.net/ It covers the

If you're interested in this blog post I suggest reading Ben Goldacre's book Bad Science - http://www.badscience.net/ http://www.badscience.net/ It covers the problems with homoeopathy in great depth and includes other similar alternative medicines, along with flaws in scientific studies promoting them and quackery in general. I highly recommend reading it. Not just to learn about the problems with these kind of treatments, but also the difficulties in creating unbiased scientific tests.