0 a system of treating diseases in which sick people are given very small amounts of natural substances that, in healthy people, would produce the same effects as the diseases produce --
1 a system of treating disease by giving extremely small amounts of natural substances that, if given in larger amounts to healthy people, would produce the same effects as the disease --
If homeopathy is good enough for humans, is it not good enough for animals in the foot and mouth disease crisis?
They found that, in effect, homeopathy is all rubbish, and they convicted the company.
But those countries where homeopathy is better known have been able to confirm that these medicines do not cause side-effects.
We must ensure that homeopathy is given an equal place in future in the fifth framework research programme.
Doctors might say that about colds, but that is not so with homeopathy.
It can be quite an eye-opener to see what, for example, acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy or osteopathy can do where orthodox methods have failed.
Examples included zinc gluconate for the common cold, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for chronic low back pain, and homeopathy for upper respiratory infection and seasonal allergies.
Homeopathy and the like may never replace traditional medicine.