Homeopathy: Does it work? And where did it come from? | Don't Drink the Milk – Podcast

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Can we cure loneliness with diluted extracts of the Berlin Wall? Or COVID with diluted arsenic? This is the story of how a maverick medic from eastern Germany harnessed the placebo effect and exported it worldwide.

For this episode of the podcast, Rachel begins exploring a curious aspect of her adopted home, Germany. Join her on a journey across two centuries and three continents, from doctors’ surgeries to supermarket shelves and right into government.

What's your take on homeopathy and where it came from?

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Interviewees featured in this episode:

Natalie Grams, Host of "Grams' Sprechstunde" podcast:
Edzard Ernst, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter
Shabnam Surita, Host of DW's Meet the Germans:
Kushali Gambhir, Homeopath
Abby Philips, "The Liver Doc"
Britt Hermes, scientist and medical writer

Thanks also to Michelle Dossett of the University of California, Davis for her insights into placebo research.

This episode of Don't Drink the Milk was hosted and produced by Rachel Stewart, edited by Sam Baker. Extra reporting by Anupama Chandrasekaran and fact checking by Katharina Abel.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
00:35 Finding the way to homeopathy
2:18 In the laboratory
3:28 What is homeopathy?
5:33 A change of heart
7:09 German thoughts on homeopathy
9:54 Samuel Hahnemann invents Homeopathy
12:48 The placebo effect and clinical trials
14:05 What's the harm?
15:30 Why is homeopathy controversial in Germany?
17:52 Visiting a German pharmacy
19:14 A quiz on homeopathic ingredients
24:00 Homeopathy arrives in India
24:39 Advocates and skeptics in India
30:29 Homeopathy in the United States
37:05 Conclusion

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