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homeopathic medicine
method of treating illnesses in which small doses of a remedy are administered which would cause the illness being treated if given in large doses


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Homeopathy
Homeopathy (also homœopathy or homoeopathy; from the Greek, ὅμοιος, hómoios, "similar" + πάθος, páthos, "suffering" or "disease") is a form of alternative medicine, postulated in the late 18th century by  German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Homeopathy is a vitalist therapy, claiming to act by treating imbalances in a hypothetical vital force. Substances, which in large quantities would cause symptoms similar to the disease, are administered in heavily diluted formulations, with shaking at each stage of the dilution. This process of serial dilution, called potentization, is claimed to remove any negative side-effects of the treatment, but to retain some therapeutic powers. Although at many of the higher dilutions no molecules of the original substance are likely to remain, homeopaths contend that the shaking causes some memory of the diluted substance to remain, and that this imprint has medical effects on the body.
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Homeopathic medicine
Homeopathy, or homeopathic medicine, is a holistic system of treatment that originated in the late eighteenth [more]Homeopathic medicine - Community and Resources

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homeopathic medicine
An alternative approach to medicine based on the belief that natural substances, prepared in a special way and used most often in very small amounts, restore health. According to these beliefs, in order for a remedy to be effective, it must cause in a healthy person the same symptoms being treated in the patient. Also called homeopathy.

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homeopathy (homeopathic medicine, homeotherapeutics, homoeopathy)
Form of energy medicine (vibrational medicine) developed by German physician Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), who coined its original name. The major homeopathic theories include five that Hahnemann either hatched, or embraced and expounded:

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