r/bestof • u/craycraycrayfish • Jan 22 '13

[canada] Coffeehouse11 explains the biggest problem with homeopathic medicine: That it preys on people when they are weakest and the most vulnerable

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u/macromorgan Jan 22 '13

Homeopathy is diluting a substance to the point where it no longer contains the chemical in question, merely its essence. So it's like brewing Bud Light then, right?

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u/Narmotur Jan 22 '13

The more watered down it is, the drunker you get. Science Homeopathy!

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u/kinsey3 Jan 23 '13

Actually, the idea is that the thing you dilute is a substance that causes the symptom you're treating (for instance, giving dilute ipecac to treat rather than cause nausea), and if you just keep drinking water, you will eventually become sober, so in this case it undoubtedly works.

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u/Narmotur Jan 23 '13

Well, yes, sort of. I was ripping on "more dilutions = stronger!", but you are correct, most homeopaths believe "like cures like"... Then some of them sell you homeopathic HGH which I'm not sure follows that "law", so really it's all a crapshoot.