Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) – According to a newspaper report, the additional designation homeopathy is to be removed from the further training regulations for doctors in the south-west. This was decided by the representative assembly of the Baden-Württemberg Medical Association, as reported by the “Stuttgarter Zeitung” and “Stuttgarter Nachrichten” (Tuesday). The local doctors followed the decision from twelve other federal states in which this had already happened.
In concrete terms, the deletion of the additional designation homeopathy means that the 386 doctors in Baden-Württemberg who have completed further training in homeopathy can continue to state this, for example on their practice sign or on the Internet. And every doctor will be allowed to diagnose and treat homeopathically in the future. But in the future it will be more difficult for patients to find out which doctor works as a homeopath, because medical associations no longer offer further training and doctors can no longer obtain the additional title.
However, the last word has not yet been spoken: First, the proportionality must be checked, according to the state medical association. And the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Social Affairs must also examine the proposal to abolish it.
Homeopathic medicines are controversial. They are designed to encourage the body to heal itself. It is based on plant, mineral and animal substances. The highly diluted active ingredients are usually administered as drops, tablets or globules.
