Maturing of Research in Homeopathy Seen at 2025 HRI Conference

By Mark Land, M.S., RAC-US, AAHP President 

This June, the Homeopathy Research Institute hosted its 6th international research conference on homeopathy and, for the second time, AAHP sponsored the event. As a second-time attendee at the June 2025 conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, I was struck by the advancements made in research since HRI’s previous 2023 conference in London.  

This year’s conference theme was “Cutting Edge Research in Homeopathy.” Sixty-six researchers from 15 countries gave 38 oral presentations and 28 poster presentations in clinical, fundamental, basic, agrohomeopathy, veterinary research, and provings methodology. For a review of several studies, please read “Highlights of the 2025 Homeopathic Research Institute Conference in Greece.”  

At this year’s conference, what struck me first and foremost was the maturation in the use of cell models. We have moved from demonstrations of biological activity in general to activity in specific cell models that point to specific therapeutic effects. Second, the amount of confirmatory research presented in fundamental research is impressive. Dr. Steven Cartwright, referring to the solvatochromic dye research, concluded that this work demonstrates that homeopathic dilutions produce electrical fields. He also discussed the effects of magnetic fields and electric current on those homeopathic dilutions. Specifically, magnetic fields tend to stabilize the electric fields of dilutions and electric current negates those fields. Once stated these observations seem obvious, but until Dr. Cartwright made these comments, few researchers were thinking this way. 

Longtime researchers in the field Stephan Baumgartner and Alex Tournier presented longitudinal perspectives on experimental research in homeopathy and the mode of action of homeopathic dilutions respectively. Dr. Baumgartner concluded that, based on the evidence from 20 experimental models, it is reasonable to conclude that homeopathic dilutions show effects. Dr. Tournier presented a scoping review of theories and models on the mode of action of homeopathic dilutions. He identified 14 non-overlapping frameworks in homeopathic fundamental research. The next step is to perform an in-depth assessment of these theories. 

Human clinical research lags behind in volume experimental research but is showing positive results in addiction, mental health treatment, and prevention of certain tropical disease. I heard mention of homeopathic researchers conducting their own meta-analyses. To me, that signals confidence and maturity of the researchers in attendance. 

There are a number of things to be positive about regarding this conference: confirmatory results, maturity of research models, and confidence of researchers. In addition, conference organizers were much more positive than during the conference in 2023. In general, I took away from my conversations that organizers and researchers alike are much more optimistic about the future of research in homeopathy. 

Despite the advances in test methods and remarkable results that show a bright future for research in homeopathy, North America is notably poorly represented within the homeopathic research community. In fact, of the more than 200 delegates from 30 countries who supported the conference, only six of these attendees were from the United States: Dr. Joyce Frye, Dana Ullman, Dr. Kakima Amri, Deborah Hayes, Roddy Schrock, and me. 

With a sales volume nearly the same as that of Europe, North American is not keeping pace with the level of research performed in other markets. One explanation I heard was that no research institutions engaged in homeopathy exist in North America. That may be true, and it deserves to be fixed. In my response to the post-conference survey, I recommended that HRI hold their 2027 conference in the United States. Considering that as a possibility, our industry should start now to encourage American researchers to participate in the conference. 

AAHP is working on a webinar with HRI’s Chief Executive Rachel Roberts to present her observations on research in homeopathy. Look for more information on that to come in the upcoming weeks. 

HRI is a U.K.-based charity dedicated to promoting high-quality research in homeopathy at the international level. It evaluates homeopathy using the most rigorous scientific methods available and communicating the results of such work beyond academic circles. This small organization operates on donations. One way for Americans to contribute to the research process is to donate to the HRI. If research in homeopathy has improved, it is because of the work of HRI. Visit www.hri-research.org to learn more about this conference and research in homeopathy in general.