Monday, October 3, 2011

Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a system based on the principle that a much diluted preparation of a substance that causes symptoms in healthy individuals can cure disease that causes the same symptoms in a sick person. Homeopathy is different from other treatments for allergy in that it creates a remedy which caused the same symptoms in a healthy person and use it in homeopathic dilution to treat that patient. However, in my opinion, I do not think it works, firstly because it contradicts the current laws of physics, chemistry, and pharmacology. Therefore, in order for it to be true, scientists would've had to rewrite the whole textbook. Also, it relies on anecdotes rather than empirical evidences because it requires its consumers to believe in a certain level of 'magic.' The technique of homeopathy simply cannot work according to modern science.Homeopathy has been tested in several, reliable trials and the results show that it works at the same level as the placebo control, meaning that it has no therapeutic effect. It does not have enough support to claim that homeopathy truly works. If a doctor were to prescribed me with homeopathy, I could only hope that it would work which would probably be if I were to believe in miracles.

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