Entry #9 Complementary and Alternative Medecine
Composition 1 Jennifer Espinoza In this essay I going to explore about Homeopathy, a widely practiced form of alternative medicine, was developed in the late 18th century by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. It is based on the principle of "like cures like," which suggests that substances causing symptoms in a healthy individual can, when highly diluted, treat similar symptoms in a sick person. Despite its global popularity, particularly in regions like Europe, India, and Latin America, homeopathy remains one of the most debated forms of alternative medicine, with ongoing discussions about its efficacy and scientific validity. First,homeopathy lies in two key:"like cures like" and the concept of potentization. The former is the idea that a substance causing certain symptoms can be used in a very diluted form to treat those same symptoms (Bell, 2019). Potentization, on the other hand, involves a process of serial dilution and succussion (vigorous shaking) to pre...