Pesco-vegan wrote:

First of all, there is no such thing as a pesco-vegan. You may be
pesco-vegetarian, but not -vegan.

> Usual suspect writes: "Homeopathy is quackery. The goal is to get the
> "spirit" of a substance
> into the preparation by diluting into ridiculously small fractions. The
> link below shows how ridiculous this is."

Geez. Learn how to use your browser. It's not difficult at all.

> The theory behind homeopathy does indeed seem ridiculous

That's because it IS ridiculous.

> but some studies into its efficiacy have suggested positive
> results for the technique.

The link I offered discusses some of those "studies." Scroll down to the
heading of "Unimpressive 'Research.'"

http://www.quackwatch.org/01Quackery...ics/homeo.html

> The study sighted

CITED

> by Rudy may have concluded that the effect is no greater than
> a placebo

Which is consistent with what others have found when reviewing so-called
homeopathy studies like those in the above link:

Placebo effects can be powerful, of course, but the potential
benefit of relieving symptoms with placebos should be weighed
against the harm that can result from relying upon -- and
wasting money on -- ineffective products. Spontaneous remission
is also a factor in homeopathy's popularity. I believe that most
people who credit a homeopathic product for their recovery would
have fared equally well without it.

> but this conclusion is not consistent with all meta-analyses
> on the subject.

The hell it isn't. Find me one metanalysis which shows homeopathy's
efficacy beyond placebo effect. You will not find one.

> As far as I know the jury is still out.

Now you know better: the jury has declared homeopathy to be
pseudoscience quackery which peddles expensive sugar pills off to
gullible people.