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'''Homeopathy''' is an [[Alternative Medicine]] system that tries to treat illnesses with minuscule doses of the drugs that cause the same symptom as the illness. Homeopathy is based on the ideas of [[Samuel Hahnemann]], a 19th century physician who observed that some contemporary medicines evoked symptoms similar to those of the illnesses for which they were prescribed. Critics claim there is no clear evidence to support the efficacy of homeopathic remedies.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/homeopathy.shtml</ref>  They further argue that the reported effects are equivalent to placebo.<ref>http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/homeo.html</ref> Proponents<ref>http://www.adhom.com/adh_download/EVIDENCE_9.0_Sept_06.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=236224</ref> point to a number of studies demonstrating effects above and beyond placebo<ref>http://www.psicounsel.com/marius/proof.html</ref><ref>http://www.heel.ca/pub/library/studies.jsp</ref> and that homeopathic treatment is less expensive than conventional medicine.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16036164?dopt=abstract</ref>

'''Homeopathy''' is an [[Alternative Medicine]] system that tries to treat illnesses with minuscule doses of the drugs that cause the same symptom as the illness. Homeopathy is based on the ideas of [[Samuel Hahnemann]], a 19th century physician who observed that some contemporary medicines evoked symptoms similar to those of the illnesses for which they were prescribed. Critics claim there is no clear evidence to support the efficacy of homeopathic remedies.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/homeopathy.shtml</ref>  They further argue that the reported effects are equivalent to placebo.<ref>http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/homeo.html</ref> Proponents<ref>http://www.adhom.com/adh_download/EVIDENCE_9.0_Sept_06.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=236224</ref> point to a number of studies<ref>http://johnbenneth.wordpress.com/about/</ref> demonstrating effects above and beyond placebo<ref>http://www.psicounsel.com/marius/proof.html</ref><ref>http://www.heel.ca/pub/library/studies.jsp</ref> and that homeopathic treatment is less expensive than conventional medicine.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16036164?dopt=abstract</ref>

== Introduction ==

== Introduction ==