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Given the inertness of homeopathic remedies, Hahnemann's ideas spread widely when put up against contemporary medicinal quackery which killed patients instead of curing them.<ref>"British Medical Journal", BMJ 1 (533): 283–4, 1871 [http://www.bmj.com/content/1/533/283 Registration required for access]</ref>

Given the inertness of homeopathic remedies, Hahnemann's ideas spread widely when put up against contemporary medicinal quackery which killed patients instead of curing them.<ref>"British Medical Journal", BMJ 1 (533): 283–4, 1871 [http://www.bmj.com/content/1/533/283 Registration required for access]</ref>

= Homeopath beliefs =

== Homeopath beliefs ==

==Core Principles==

===Core Principles===

#Law of similars-this posits that introducing an agent or disease producing similar symptoms as those of the patient will cure the patient<ref>http://altmed.creighton.edu/Homeopathy/history.htm</ref>

#Law of similars-this posits that introducing an agent or disease producing similar symptoms as those of the patient will cure the patient<ref>http://altmed.creighton.edu/Homeopathy/history.htm</ref>

#Potentisation- potentisation refers to the belief that the more a substance is diluted, the more powerful it becomes.<ref>Kayne SB (2006), Homeopathic pharmacy: theory and practice (2 ed.), Elsevier Health Sciences, pp. 53, ISBN 9780443101601.</ref>

#Potentisation- potentisation refers to the belief that the more a substance is diluted, the more powerful it becomes.<ref>Kayne SB (2006), Homeopathic pharmacy: theory and practice (2 ed.), Elsevier Health Sciences, pp. 53, ISBN 9780443101601.</ref>

Homeopathy (from the Greek hómoios (similar) and páthos (suffering)) regards diseases as 'morbid derangements of the organism', that involve some disturbance in a 'vital force.' Today, most homeopaths still believe that the fundamental causes of disease are internal and constitutional and that it is contrary to good health to suppress symptoms. They also accept the concept of 'latent Psora', the early signs of an organism’s imbalance which indicate that treatment is needed.

Homeopathy (from the Greek hómoios (similar) and páthos (suffering)) regards diseases as 'morbid derangements of the organism', that involve some disturbance in a 'vital force.' Today, most homeopaths still believe that the fundamental causes of disease are internal and constitutional and that it is contrary to good health to suppress symptoms. They also accept the concept of 'latent Psora', the early signs of an organism’s imbalance which indicate that treatment is needed.

==Memory of Water==

 

===Memory of Water===

One of the most crucial theories regarding the viability of homeopathy, water memory was first claimed to have been observed in 1988 by a French scientist only to be debunked two months later.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968080,00.html</ref>  The idea behind it is that water retains an imprint of whatever chemicals have been swimming in it.  This would vindicate Hahnemann's Potentisation, as even when homeopathic remedies are diluted down to the final product without even a single molecule remaining in the solution, the remedy could still have an effect.<!--more to come, I assure you.  I just need to find more sources-->

One of the most crucial theories regarding the viability of homeopathy, water memory was first claimed to have been observed in 1988 by a French scientist only to be debunked two months later.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968080,00.html</ref>  The idea behind it is that water retains an imprint of whatever chemicals have been swimming in it.  This would vindicate Hahnemann's Potentisation, as even when homeopathic remedies are diluted down to the final product without even a single molecule remaining in the solution, the remedy could still have an effect.<!--more to come, I assure you.  I just need to find more sources-->

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[Naturopathy]]

*[[Naturopathy]]

*[[Mind/body]]

*[[Mind/body]]