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Homeopathy (also spelled homœopathy and homoeopathy; from the Greek ὅμοιος, hómoios, "similar" + πάθος, páthos, "suffering" or "disease") is a method of treating disease based on the idea of like treating like -- that a substance which causes the symptoms of a given disease can be used to formulate a remedy for that disease. The substance is dissolved, and the solution is potentized by undergoing a progression of further dilution and shaking, or succussion, in order, it is believed, to imprint qualities of the substance onto the solvent, which is then used as the active ingredient in the remedy. Homeopathy was first defined by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in the late 18th century, and has retained a certain popularity as a form of alternative medicine. It lacks, however, any apparent basis in scientific theory, and no clear experimental evidence has emerged supporting its usefulness beyond the placebo effect.




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