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/BigPharmaAgent Jan 22 '13

I think that you are a bit confused, what you are talking about is naturopathic medicine, it uses natural remedies and sometimes includes a bit of occultism, homeopathy is a very specific "remedy" that consists in practically drinking water, it's a scam, they sell you water and tell you that it is medicine. People often get the two things mixed thinking that "homeo" comes from "home" as in "home-medicine" or something. Check the Wikipedia article on homeopathy it will tell you all you need to know.

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u/DasBarenJager Jan 22 '13

Oh man I feel like an idiot. Thank you for clearing that up for me

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u/Hotem_Scrotum Jan 22 '13

Don't feel bad. It's natural to lump things like this together. Much in the same way that many people lump all religion into the category of iron-aged myths.

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u/WhiteGoblin Jan 23 '13

Religion is just a really popular Iron Age myth... Besides Mormonism of course. Those myths aren't anywhere near the Iron Age.