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Homeopathy Re-revisited
Is Homeopathy Compatible With Biomedical Observations?
Daniel Eskinazi, DDS, PhD, LAc
Arch Intern Med. 1999;159:1981-1987.
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INTRODUCTION
In recent years, alternative medicine has been attracting considerable attention, from both consumers and the medical profession.1-2 The possible efficacy of many types of approaches (eg, medicinal plants, manipulative therapies, acupuncture) may be explained by mechanisms that are compatible with the biomedical model. However, the tenets of homeopathy seem to contradict the knowledge accumulated in the past 2 centuries in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, and medicine. For this reason, it has been viewed unfavorably by conventional scientists and physicians. The purpose of this article is to reexamine this belief that homeopathy is conceptually incompatible with Western medical knowledge.
Increasing numbers of medical consumers seem to seek out homeopathic treatment. In the United States and Europe, the sale of homeopathic medicines has increased by 20% to 30% per year for the past 2 decades. In Europe, because of the public's interest in homeopathy, the European . . . [Full Text of this Article]
TENETS OF HOMEOPATHY
FRAMING HOMEOPATHIC BELIEFS IN THE CONTEXT OF BIOMEDICINE
The Law of Similars Biological Effects of High Dilutions Can Homeopathy Be Compatible With an Expanded Molecular Biomedical Model?
CONCLUSIONS
From the Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.
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