Definition of homeopathy Homeopathy

/howˌmiowpæˈθi/ - [howmeeowpathee] - ho•me•op•a•thy

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What does homeopathy mean?

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Noun Plural: homeopathies
homeopathy - a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
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		medical aid, medical care professional treatment for illness or injury

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Wiktionary

homeopathy (Noun)
A system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

homeopathy
(medicine) a system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

homeopathy
hō-me-op′a-thi, n. the system of curing diseases by small quantities of those drugs which excite symptoms similar to those of the disease.—ns. Hō′meopath, Homeop′athist, one who believes in or practises homeopathy.—adj. Homeopath′ic, of or pertaining to homeopathy.—adv. Homeopath′ically. [Gr. homoiopatheia—homoios, like, pathos, feeling.]

Wikipedia

Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine. It was created in the 18th century by Samuel Hahnemann. The basic theory behind Homeopathy is that a sick person can be healed using a substance that produces the symptoms of the illness in a healthy person. However, there is no scientific proof that homeopathy works. The solutions in homeopathy are prepared in such a way that, for most of them, it is unlikely that anything from the original solution is still there. Because of this, homeopathy does not follow all of the laws of science, and, according to science, it is really unlikely that homeopathy will help people's health. People who feel better after homeopathy are likely feeling better because they think they will feel better, a condition known as the "placebo effect."

It is prepared by adding lots of water to a substance, shaking it, then taking a small amount of that water, adding it to more water, shaking that, and repeating that over and over, up to 200 times in some homeopathic remedies. Hahnemann said this would bring out the "spirit-like medicinal powers held within a drug". However, modern science shows how many atoms or molecules - tiny things that can't be divided up any more - existed in the original substance being diluted. In most homeopathic drugs, scientists can use mathematics to show they are unlikely to have "any" of the original substance. Even some homeopaths agree with this, but say that quantum mechanics or magic or other things allow homeopathy to work