• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “Homeopathic” does not mean organic, or good for you, natural, wholesome, effective, or inherently safe to consume.

    It is, in fact, a code word for no active ingredient.

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      5 months ago

      Actually homeopathic refers to medicine which fights disease by inducing similar symptoms or etiology as the disease.

      And example is capsaicin for pain management.

      The word got attached to ultra dilute solutions later in the game, mostly because ultra dilute solutions are easy to debunk, which facilitates making fun of homeopathy.