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The United States Government is imposing stricter rules on homeopathic products, requiring each one to have the label that says "no scientific evidence that product works." Recent homeopathy news indicated that homeopathy is increasing in popularity, which prompted the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce existing regulations to protect American consumers from being tricked by the medically unsupported claims of homeopathic products.

The FTC released a policy statement requiring over-the-counter homeopathic products to have labels indicating that these drugs do not work. The 1972 regulation on homeopathy has been in existence for years, but enforcement of its stipulations remains lax, but not anymore with FTC's latest policy.

Homeopathy is rooted in centuries-old practices of using trace amounts of pathogens in medicines to expose the patient without causing illness. The trend started in the 18^th century as an alternative to traditional medicine.

Homeopathists concoct a mixture using the pathogen that caused the illness. The mixture is then diluted with water, hardly leaving any trace of the pathogen with a ratio of only one molecule to 1,000 billion molecules of water. These diluted mixtures are then offered as a medicine in liquid form or mixed with sugar taken as a pill according to IFL Science.

Recent studies on the efficacy of homeopathy have discovered that the products do not work. Moreover, the medical community does not support the methods used in making homeopathic drugs.

Alarming homeopathy news report shows that Americans have spent three billion dollars particularly for the system of alternative medicine in 1976 by Samuel Hahnemann, which was debunked by medical science as reported in the Independent. Doctors also warned that consumers may not be seeking regular treatment and rely on homeopathic remedies instead.

Health policy expert Timothy Caulfield warns that homeopathy is becoming a profitable market, which may have grave repercussions on people's health. Caulfield even says that believing in homeopathy is like believing in magic.

With the new stringent policy of the FTC, doctors hope that American consumers will take heed of the warning on the new labels. In future homeopathy news, the medical community wants consumers to be more discerning when it comes to buying medicines that could affect their health.