H is for Homeopathy and also for Hoax
Alexa Ray Joel Out Of Hospital After Homeopathic Overdose (MTV)
Homeopathy is a form of “alternative medicine” first proposed by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in 1796. In Homeopathy patients are treated with heavily diluted preparations which are thought to cause effects similar to the symptoms presented. Homeopathic remedies are prepared by shaking minute quantities of substances into large amounts of water.
It is supposed that the greater the dilution the greater its intended effect. Homeopaths call this process “potentization”. Dilution often continues until statistically, none of the original substance remains.
Richard Dawkins takes a look at Homeopathy.
James Randi explains Homeopathy
