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Homeopathy 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 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.

Modern scientific consensus states that homeopathy is [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]]; there is a lack of evidence to suggest that homeopathy's effects are any more than [[placebo]]. <ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1874503/</ref>

Modern scientific consensus states that homeopathy is [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]]; there is a lack of evidence to suggest that homeopathy's effects are any more than [[placebo]]. <ref name=researchpaper>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1874503/</ref>

==History==

==History==

Homeopathy has many implausible aspects which do not make sense under out current understanding of [[physics]] and [[medicine]]. The high dilutions used in many remedies preclude them from having any effect on the body; a remedy with a dilution of 24X or above is highly unlikely to contain a single molecule of the original substance it's made out of, while common homeopathic remedies can have a dilution number of up to 30X. <ref name=quackwatch/> Homeopathy's core teaching that the potency of a drug increases with dilution goes against current medical understanding, which states that, in most cases, the potency of a drug increases as dosage goes ''up'', not ''down''.

Homeopathy has many implausible aspects which do not make sense under out current understanding of [[physics]] and [[medicine]]. The high dilutions used in many remedies preclude them from having any effect on the body; a remedy with a dilution of 24X or above is highly unlikely to contain a single molecule of the original substance it's made out of, while common homeopathic remedies can have a dilution number of up to 30X. <ref name=quackwatch/> Homeopathy's core teaching that the potency of a drug increases with dilution goes against current medical understanding, which states that, in most cases, the potency of a drug increases as dosage goes ''up'', not ''down''.

In order to explain away the fact that homeopathy is physically implausible, homeopaths hold that water has an ability to receive an imprint of the chemicals it had interacted with, and that it therefore would be able to retain the pharmacological effects of a substance, even if it had been diluted to the point that it's no longer existent in the final remedy. 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>  

In order to explain away the fact that homeopathy is physically implausible, homeopaths hold that water has an ability to receive an imprint of the chemicals it had interacted with, and that it therefore would be able to retain the pharmacological effects of a substance, even if it had been diluted to the point that it's no longer existent in the final remedy. 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>

 

 

== See also ==

== See also ==