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1. Samuel Hahnemann developed homeopathy.
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2. Homeopathy was developed in 1752.
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3. Homeopathy is based on the Law of Similars.
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4. The Law of Similars is the theory that the symptoms of an illness can be treated with the substances that cause the same symptoms in healthy people.
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5. Homeopathy means “treatment by differences” in Greek.,
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6. The Latin phrase “Similia Similibus Curentur” means "let likes cure likes."
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7. Some homeopathic medicines are so diluted that they contain not even one molecule of the active ingredient.
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8. Homeopathic remedies attempt to stimulate the body to recover itself.
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9. Homeopathic medicines are drug products made by homeopathic pharmacies in accordance with the processes described in the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States.
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10. The Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States is the official manufacturing manual recognized by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
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11. The Food and Drug Administration regulates the manufacture and sale of homeopathic medicines in the U.S.
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12. Most homeopathic remedies require a prescription.
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13. Individual states regulate the practice of homeopathy.
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14. A person must have an M.D. degree in order to legally practice homeopathy.
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15. A homeopathic medicine is only homeopathic if it is taken based upon the similar nature of the medicine to the illness.
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16. A medicine labeled as "homeopathic" will always work.
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17. A medicine labeled “homeopathic” work only if it is homeopathic to a person’s symptoms.
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18. The selection of any homeopathic remedy should be based on the totality of a person’s symptoms.
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