Ainsworths

British homeopathic company

Ainsworths (London) Ltd.Company type| Private

|

Industry| Homeopathy
Founded| 1974 (1974)
Founder| John Ainsworth
Headquarters|

London

United Kingdom

Services| Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods
Revenue| £1,968,281 (as of 2015[update])
Website| http://www.ainsworths.com

Ainsworths – formally registered as Ainsworths (London) Ltd – is a British limited company.[1] It describes itself as specializing "in the making and provision of traditional homoeopathic remedies and the individual preparation of Bach flower remedies".[2]

## History[edit]

The company's founder, John Ainsworth, had previously been a director of Nelsons, a homeopathic pharmacy.[3] His new company was incorporated in 1974 as J.B.L. Ainsworth (Caterham) Ltd, and its first pharmacy opened in London in 1978. By 1989 the company had 56 employees.[3] In 2009 the company changed to its current name.[1]

The company has served a number of physicians of the British royal family and was granted Royal warrants by the Queen Mother, the Queen and Prince Charles.[3][4]

Ainsworths is a member of the British Association of Homeopathic Manufacturers.[5]

## Reception[edit]

In 2009 Ainsworths was cleared following an investigation by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society into its sale of homeopathic remedies for Swine flu, on the basis that the products were not sold by an organization registered with them.[6]

In 2013, a BBC News investigation found that Ainsworths was willing to advise a reporter posing as a parent to use homeopathic remedies as an alternative to immunization against whooping cough.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Ainsworths (London) Ltd., Companies House
2. ^ "Ainsworths - The First Name in Homoeopathy". Retrieved 23 January 2013.
3. ^ a b c Kayne, Steven (2008). "JBL Ainsworth". Homeopathy. 97: 55–56. doi:10.1016/j.homp.2007.11.010.
4. ^ Sherwood, James (31 October 1998). "Three feathers in their caps; HRH's preferred shops". The Times. p. 16\. "The Prince's idiosyncrasies are writ large in his warrant list, and since the Windsors are famed for their trust in alternative medicine, it is no surprise to see Ainsworths homeopathic pharmacy listed"
5. ^ Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee (22 February 2010). Evidence check 2: homeopathy, fourth report of session 2009-10, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence. The Stationery Office. p. 5\. ISBN 978-0-215-54410-0. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
6. ^ "Pharmacy cleared of unethical drug sale". Chemist & Druggist (8). 2009.
7. ^ "BBC wrote to managing director posing as Margaret Smith, the mother of an unvaccinated child" (PDF). 14 January 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Company's official home page
* BBC News

* v
* t
* e

Topics in homeopathy

Workbooks|

* The Organon of the Healing Art
* Homeopathic Materia Medica

Historical documents|

* Fragmenta de viribus

Homeopaths|

* William Boericke
* C. von Bönninghausen
* J. H. Clarke
* Peter Fisher
* John Franklin Gray
* Mélanie Hahnemann
* S. Hahnemann
* Charles Julius Hempel
* Constantine Hering
* Elizabeth Wright Hubbard
* Georg Heinrich Gottlieb Jahr
* J. T. Kent
* E. B. Nash
* G. Vithoulkas
* Frederic Hervey Foster Quin
* Guy Beckley Stearns
* John Weir
* George Wyld

Organizations|

* Ainsworths
* Boiron
* Heel
* Miralus Healthcare
* Nelsons (Homeopathy)

Related|

* Preparations (list)
* Homeopathic dilutions
* Serial dilution

Criticism|

* 10:23 Campaign
* Regulation and prevalence
* Homeoprophylaxis
* Quackery
* Placebo

See also|

* Alternative medicine
* Medicine
* Bach flower remedies
* Jacques Benveniste
* Luc Montagnier
* Water memory

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template