That's not strictly true. Homeopathic remedies do often include small amounts of alcohol or sugar.

Not everything that claims to be homeopathic actually is. One example is Traumeel. If you look at their ingredients ( http://www.traumeel.us/Products/ProductDetail.aspx?id=190100... ), there's enough active ingredients that are only 1X diluted that the total is over .5% active.

I assume it's just labeled as homeopathic because they failed to fake some clinical trials to get FDA approval (or didn't even try), but maybe it's actually an effective marketing choice.