Comparative studies between homeopathy and modern medicines?

Homeopathy is a scam. Source(s): http://skepdic.com/homeo.html

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Try NCCAM's site, listed below. There are also several peer-reviewed homeopathic journals that might be of assistance.
http://nccam.nih.gov/
basically homeopathy is a holistic medicine designed to treat the whole person, opposite to conventional 'allopathic' medicine. the basic idea behind it is that like cures like, so you have to find the proper 'similiuim'. this is the single substance that gives the same symptoms if given to a healthy patient. so, if symptoms of a cold are similar to poisoning by mercury, then mercury would be your homeopathic remedy. think about that one, weird eh? however these doses are incredibly minute, about 1 in a trillion and the more diluted, the better it works. no matter how many symptoms you have, the goal is to take only one remedy and it will be aimed at clearing all those symptoms. incidentally, it has been tried by about 7.3 million americans and they have spent about $420 million trying to do so. however, no one has ever proven that homeopathy actually works. instead, there is a good chance it is simply what is known as the placebo effect, you expect a reaction and so in a way convince yourself something is happening and your body reacts accordingly. there are many studies on the placebo effect if you're interested. in my opinion, homeopathy is bull!!! if you're interested in more natural medicine that holds more promise, look in to naturopathy.
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