Useful Information: Homeopathy doesn't mean Alternative Medicine

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74. We're talking homeopathy not plant medicines

Homeopathy involves diluting an active ingredient 1 part of an active ingredient (normally something that causes similar symptoms to the illness you are trying to cure) diluting it with 100 parts of your dilutant, then you succuss the flask 30 times; then you take 1 part of the solution and dilute it again with 100 parts of the dilutant, succuss again etc. This process is repeated a total of 30 times (30C or 60X dilutions.

A 30C is the equivalent of 1 ml of the active compound in a sphere of water 131 light years in diameter. The chances of finding even 1 molecule of active ingredient in a 30 ml dose is of the order of 1 in 10^40.

Herbal medicine is another matter. If you are using herbs how do you know what dose of active ingredients you are getting? Remember that production of active ingredients in a plant will vary wildly depending on environmental factors like temperature, soil, daylight. How do you know that you are not taking an overdose of toxins with your remedy?