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He has researched how homeopathic consultations are unique and different from conventional care. His clinical trial of homeopathy in rheumatoid arthritis indicated that the effect of homeopathy (almost certainly due to the consultation) is as large as the most powerful conventional drugs available for this condition.

He has also published a number of studies suggesting that various different complementary therapies are less effective than placebo for specific conditions. This includes, among many others, acupuncture for disabling breathlessness and a particular homeopathic technique for asthma.

Criticism
George Lewith is the most prominent advocate of alternative medicine in a Russell group university. He has been criticised because his department has promoted teaching to medical students by apologists of the disgraced Andrew Wakefield. Wakefield, whose work, was subsequently shown to be falsified, was responsible for a fall in vaccination rates.

Lewith was prominent in the Prince of Wales' charity, The Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health, which existed to promote alternative medicine. When that charity closed as a result of financial fraud, Lewith became a director of the "College of Medicine" which is widely regarded as a reincarnation of the Prince's Foundation.

Lewith has also been criticised because he continued to prescribe in his private practice, homeopathic treatments, and an ineffective diagnostic method, the Vega test , despite the fact that he has written papers showing that both were ineffective .