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"It is an enormous honor for us to receive the Patronage of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales," FoH President Gary Smyth said in a statement.
"I look forward to working with members, friends and supporters of the Faculty, continuing our important work, promoting homeopathy within both public and professional circles and maintaining awareness of this system of medicine."
However, the Good Thinking Society -- a nonprofit organization that promotes evidence-based science, which has campaigned against homeopathy -- called Charles' endorsement "obscene," adding that it was a "missed opportunity" and "counter-productive" to support such a cause with "so many pressing health issues in the world today."
"If Prince Charles wants to have a genuine positive effect on the health of the nation he intends to one day rule, he should side against those who offer dangerously misleading advice, rather than fighting their corner."
It added that homeopathy's principle of treating "like-with-like" by using substances that cause similar symptoms in a healthy person, is "theoretically weak" and that this is the "settled view of medical science."
In a statement, the FoH reiterated that homeopathy "should be seen as a complementary treatment rather than an alternative to conventional medicine," adding that both "can work very well together."