1,035
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 1:
Line 1: − + − == Introduction ==+ + + + Line 17:
Line 20: +
Real info. This is no place for insane liberal quackery
'''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>
'''Homeopathy''' is a quack theory of [[alternative medicine]] which tries to treat illnesses with infinitesimal 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>
Homeopathic beliefs have no standard theory; practitioners vary widely in their prescriptions. No known scientific pathway for the medicines exists, and the theory defies all known physics, biology, and chemistry, particularly as the medicines consist of arbitrary substances diluted to the point where the mixture is entirely water.
== Homeopath beliefs ==
Homeopathic remedies involve treating an illness with an infinitesimally small dose of a substance that, at bigger doses, can cause symptoms that are like those of the illness (treating 'like with like'). Homeopaths believe that the 'potency' of a remedy can be increased by serial dilutions (repetitively adding water or alcohol) combined with vigorous shaking, to the point where little or none of the original solution remains as part of the final prepared remedy.
Homeopathic remedies involve treating an illness with an infinitesimally small dose of a substance that, at bigger doses, can cause symptoms that are like those of the illness (treating 'like with like'). Homeopaths believe that the 'potency' of a remedy can be increased by serial dilutions (repetitively adding water or alcohol) combined with vigorous shaking, to the point where little or none of the original solution remains as part of the final prepared remedy.
<references />
<references />
[[category:medicine]]
[[category:medicine]]
[[category:pseudoscience]]