Homeopathy
19 Citations•2015•
Charles Volk
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How homeopathy can be incorporated into midwifery practice and applies this to the treatment of mastitis is explained, and general guidelines for potency and dosage protocol are given.
Abstract
The alternative medical system of homeopathy was developed in Germany at the end of the 18th century. Supporters of homeopathy point to two unconventional theories: “like cures like”—the notion that a disease can be cured by a substance that produces similar symptoms in healthy people; and “law of minimum dose”—the notion that the lower the dose of the medication, the greater its effectiveness. Many homeopathic remedies are so diluted that no molecules of the original substance remain.