Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
homeopathy
ho·me·op·a·thy [ hoh-mee-op-uh-thee ]
Subclass of:
Complementary therapies
Etymology:
Greek homoios = like or same + pathos = suffering
Definitions related to homeopathy:
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A system of therapeutics founded by Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), based on the Law of Similars where "like cures like". Diseases are treated by highly diluted substances that cause, in healthy persons, symptoms like those of the disease to be treated.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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An alternative approach to medicine based on the belief that natural substances, prepared in a special way and used most often in very small amounts, restore health. According to these beliefs, in order for a remedy to be effective, it must cause in a healthy person the same symptoms being treated in the patient.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(homeopathy therapy) A method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated. Homeopathy seeks to stimulate the body's defense mechanisms and processes so as to prevent or treat illness.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Developed in Germany in the late 1700s, homeopathy is a medical system based on the principle that like cures like (the law of similars). A substance that, when given in large doses, causes a certain set of symptoms is believed to cure the same symptoms when it is given in minute to nonexistent doses. The minute dose is thought to...Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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Homeopathy, a system of therapeutics, notably popular in the 19th century, which was founded on the stated principle that "like cures like," similia similibus curantur, and which prescribed for patients drugs or other treatments that would produce in healthy persons symptoms of the diseases being...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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