Our immune system fend off potentially harmful germs by being exposed to a small amount of germs and quickly familiarizing with it. Doing so allows our immune system to recognize the type of bacteria it is, the harm it could cause our body and create antibodies that help rid or cure the bacteria. An example of it would be injections/vaccines for certain types of allergies and other minor conditions, such as chicken pox. Scientists refer to this as "like cures like" and the same idea is used in the theory of homeopathy.
Remedies in homeopathy are very diluted solutions that scientists often say that the original solution (before being diluted with water/alcohol) are no longer present. I feel that this isn't a valid reason to believe homeopathy is a branch of pseudoscience.But I also have hard time believing Benveniste's "water having memory" theory were water molecule's remember which substances it had dissolved. Perhaps homeopathy studies are able to bring forth remedies that could in fact cure certain disease, but I am reluctant to believe this theory. If a doctor were to suggest means of homeopathy for a condition I had, I would think twice about it and most likely refuse. This area of study would require more concrete facts and conclusion in order to be considered 'scientifically valid' and make its way out of the pseudoscience category to gain more supporters - including mine.
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