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In reply to the discussion: Do you use Homeopathic "remedies"? Do you understand just what it is you are taking? [View all]Dash87
(3,220 posts)- Most of the time, these effects are by placebo.
- You're drinking a substance that is practically pure water, because it's been diluted so many times.
- A lot of things, especially home remedies, are labeled "homeopathic" when they aren't. If it's not diluted water claiming to have the 'memory' of a 'like-substance,' then it's not homeopathic.
- There's no scientific evidence that homeopathy works, and most scientists will not even study its effects.
- On the "not using it correctly" statement, that's actually further evidence that homeopathy is junk science. For almost every form of fakery - be it "psychic readings," homeopathy, or faith-healers, the blame is always shifted from to those that are trying to get it to work. If homeopathy were real science, you wouldn't need to have special techniques to get it to work - it would just work. The real reason that homeopathy works for some and not for others is a combination of the placebo effect and the fact that it's basically purified water.