The Scientific Value of Homeopathy in Agronomy

Abstract

Homeopathy applied to Agronomy has been popularly accepted and implemented in several regions of Brazil. However, there is a need to prove the scientific nature of agrohomeopathy. The objective of this study was to analyze complete articles on agrohomopathy, published in journals in the last 10 years. The free access database of CAPES, SCIELO, Google Scholar, DOAJ, LIVIVO, OASISBR and the IJHDR periodical was used. A total of 34 articles were evaluated and in 21 of them significant effects were reported in at least one of the treatments used. Brazil leads the number of researchers (83) involved, followed by India (9), Mexico (6), Austria (6), Switzerland (5), Germany (4) and Italy (4). Most of the studies were carried out in the laboratory and greenhouse, adopting the scientific rigor in double blind experimental control, repetitions, randomization and adequate statistical analysis. It has been shown that the publications are sufficiently detailed to be classified as reproducible.