The House of Commons Sciences and Technology Committee, this week criticized Government’s rule on homeopathy. Homeopathy is an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic disorder that may affect many tissue and organs.

“Homeopathic consultations are associated with clinical benefit for patients with active stable rheumatoid arthritis through the consultation and not the remedies”, said Dr. Sarah Brien, senior research fellow in complementary medicine at the University of Southampton.

U. K. and U. S. researchers conducted a study of 83 patients with homeopathy or without a session with a homeopathic practitioner for about 24 week course, and examined how many patients have been improved from the disorder.

Patients with homeopathy sessions found considerable improvements of 0.6 points on a disease activity score, 3.04 points in swollen joint count, 9.12 points in current pain, and 6.01 points in weekly pain. Patients also experienced a less negative mood, with a -5.92 mean difference in comparison with those who were not given homeopathy sessions.

Now, the Government has to respond to the committee’s report. The Government revealed that this will generally take two months as timetable has been interrupted by general election.