Homeopaths vs. Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever

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35. Nobody is arguing that many plants contain agents

which have active pharmaceutical properties and that, in years past the only remedies available were herbal remedies taken from those plants. Bark of a tree produces a basic compound of aspirin, for example and a tea made from that bark would be helpful in treating a headache.

The problem with homeopathy is it's second principal, that of dilution. To be considered a true homeopathic medicine the active content must be so infinitessimaly small as to be nonexistent for all intents and purposes. The result is that homeopathic remedies - if they are compounded correctly in agreement with homeopathic standards - are essentially nothing but water.

Attacking homeopathy as quackery is not attacking either holistic medicine or alternative medicine. Homeopathy is unfortunately neither one.