Re: you must accept the scientific fact that placebo ... works.
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It's the camp-followers of woo and "memory of water" and that hogwash that grind my gears.
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Yup. The idea that water could possibly have a "memory" is as ridiculous as the notion that merely observing a particle in one place could affect another particle in a completely different place. Or that hot water could possibly freeze faster than cold water when placed in the same freezer. And yet ...
I seriously doubt that homeopathy works as advertised, but please do not dismiss something as being nonsense merely because it does not fit in with any established scientific theories.
Most of what you read on your computer screen is due to the "memory of rust".