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Encyclopedia > List of common homeopathic remedies

The following remedies are commonly used in homeopathic medicine today. Compare to Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura. Homeopathy (also spelled homœopathy or homoeopathy), from the Greek words homoios (similar) and pathos (suffering), is a controversial system of alternative medicine involving the use of remedies without chemically active ingredients. ... Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, M.D. (10th April 1755 - 2nd July 1843), born in Meissen, Saxony [now Germany]. He was better known as Samuel Hahnemann, a Saxon physician who, beginning with an article he published in a German medical journal in 1796, founded homoeopathic medicine. ... Below is a list of homeopathic remedies that were used by Samuel Hahnemann and his associates. ...

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Homeopathy (4401 words)
A homeopathic repertory is a listing of remedies by symptom compiled therefrom, used to determine the most appropriate remedy for a given case.
Homeopathic drugs are not required to be approved by the FDA prior to sale, not required to prove either safety or effectiveness prior to being sold, not required to label their products with expiration dates, and not required to undergo finished product testing to verify contents and strength.
Some homeopathic practitioners may ascribe the lack of definitive support from controlled trials to the absence of an emotional doctor-patient bond that is necessary in order for treatment to be successful (an argument, opponents claim, that is common to religion and pseudosciences and contradicts the scientific method).
homeopathy: Definition and Much More From Answers.com (6194 words)
A homeopathic repertory is a listing of remedies by symptom, used to determine the most appropriate remedy for a given case.
Homeopathic products are not required to be approved by the FDA prior to sale, not required to be proven either safe or effective prior to being sold, not required to be labeled with an expiration date, and not required to undergo finished product testing to verify contents and strength.
Homeopathic remedies have their own imprints that, unlike conventional drugs, do not have to identify their active ingredients on the grounds that they have few or no active ingredients.
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