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According to the article on Oscillococcinum at Wikipedia:

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The efficacy of Oscillococcinum

There is no scientific evidence as to the efficacy of Oscillococcinum.  
After diluting the original mixture 200 times there is an overwhelming  
probability that not a single molecule of its active ingredient will  
be present in the final product. In terms of chemistry, such a  
dilution is identical to water and therefore there is no mechanism for  
a medicinal effect. Homeopathy as a whole is considered pseudoscience  
by the majority of doctors.
Since it is used for the relief of symptoms of flu, a self-limiting  
disease which lasts for a variable number of days, the best it could  
do is shorten the duration of those symptoms. If one takes any  
medication and one's flu goes away, then it is easy to attribute this  
to the medication. However, the infection would have resolved anyway.
Various clinical trials of Oscillococcinum have been conducted;  
however, the statistical significance and the scientific rigor of  
these studies is debated, and some studies attributed the results to  
the placebo effect.
In one systematic review of the published clinical studies, the  
authors reported that the studies showed that Oscillococcinum possibly  
reduced the duration of the flu by about six hours, but has no effect  
on preventing it. They concluded the data are not strong enough to  
make a general recommendation to use Oscillococcinum for flu. Another  
review of flu treatments (vaccine, medicine, homeopathy) has concluded  
that the popularity of Oscillococcinum in France was unsupported by  
the current evidence as to its efficacy.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscillococcinum

I'll summarize the flames I receive in reply

Steve Rider
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