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homeopathy Meaning
homeopathy (n)
a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
homeopathy (n.)
The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy.
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Homeopathy, a controversial alternative medical system, postulates that "like cures like."
Homeopathic remedies are diluted to such an extent that the original substance is virtually undetectable.
Despite its lack of scientific evidence, homeopathy has a dedicated following among those seeking alternative healthcare options.
Critics argue that homeopathic remedies are nothing more than sugar pills with a placebo effect.
