I've read a lot of posts by people who use homeopathic remedies to help with various ailments. I don't have a lot of experience with homeopathy, but the sceptic in me says that, given the way the remedies are made, they can't really be all that effective.
For those who don't know (and for those who do, feel free to correct me if I state something inaccurate), the principle behind homeopathic medicine is that, to cure a certain symptom, you take a substance that causes the symptom you want to cure, then dilute it to such a point that hardly any of the original substance is left. Taking small amounts of this diluted mixture should help your symptom go away. A good example is a homeopathic remedy to cure insomnia. The active ingredient is usually caffeine, but is diluted so much that there are literally only a few molecules of caffeine left in the mixture. Another principle is that the more diluted the mixture, the better it works.
So can someone clarify why homeopathic medicine is said to work? And does it have a better success rate than a placebo? I'm just sceptical about a lot of things, and I can't see how such a medicine can actually be effective in curing symptoms.
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