That got me too haha

Not really it's the contrary. Homeopathy is supposed to work like a vaccine, teeny tiny amounts of a bad thing to cure the bad thing, in hope that the body would recognize the bad thing and fight against it. For example "nux vomica" is used in case of intoxications, stomachal and intestinal illnesses... and it's from strychnos nux vomica, a plant which contains strychnin and others poisons. It's supposed to cure the evil by evil. But the amount of molecules in it are so small, like a tiny drop in hundreds of swimming pools that it's probably only placebo-like. It's the contrary to essential oils, which are highly concentrated in molecules.

No. It's not that we don't understand how homeopathy works... it's that no one has ever been able to prove it DOES work. The burden of proof lies on the ones who are making claims. And so far there was not one properly conducted study that proved anything. The same goes for all pseudo-medicine!

...but we DO understand homeopathy. That's why we know that's nothing.

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It helps many people. For reasons unknown.

Google "the placebo effect on animals" thre is a whole lot of information on it. Yes, it's a thing.

The Placebo effect does work on animals and babies too.

And for babies too... And it works

What you are describing is herbal remedies, not homeopathy. Homeopathy is a sugar pill that was once dipped in water that was shaken near an active ingredient.

It's a big business for her, selling drops of water at so high prices. I'm wondering if these pharmacists really believe in homeopathy or only say it in order to earn easy money.

That's phytomedicine, indeed. Works and is in fact the source of 'modern medicine'. There are many healing herbs (and maaaaaaaany poisonous ones) known and I think it's important to know them. Homeopathy is bullshit, but treating anxiety with lavender can in fact work.

She kind of has a point for a lot of pain-related problems actual medical drugs' side effects can be disproportionate. What I have an issue with is the reasoning behind the use of "natural" medicine in such cases. Most of the time (if not always) there are no properly conducted studies to back up the claims. And people aren't correctly informed about that. When there's a positive effect, it's most likely just a manifestation of the placebo effect... which is great too!

I'm actually going to eat some of my words on this one. I was curious so I googled 'arnic homeopathy cream' and there was one on the market that was only diluted to 6c rather than the standard 30c, so only 1 part per million rather than the typical 1 part per nonillion (I had to look up that word). It may be possible to get a therapeutic dose out of a 6c cream, I don't know (though it seems unlikely). Many though were 200c, so essentially just water and a binding medium.

A homeopathic remedy would have started with arnica and then diluted it so that there was not a single molecule of arnica left. If the medicine you used actually contained arnica, then it was not homeopathic.

Chiropractors might not heal, but they DO relieve pain, for sure!

Chiropractors study for years to get a legit licensed diploma. They're not saying they will heal you, just treat your pain and give you advice on what exercises you can do at home to help yourself. I have no shoulder pain since I started seeing my chiropractor.

Homoeopathy was invented in the late 18th century. I have used homoeopathic medicines and treatments. Some of them have worked instantly. Some didn’t work at all. Some brought on a gradual betterment which I may wrongly attribute to globuli when it was just getting better on it’s own. With other ailments I never even considered homeopathy. Sometimes I wonder if it’s me being gullible. Maybe there’s something to it.

Please show us the "scientific basis" for homeopathy treatments... One of the best-selling homeopathic produce here in France is the Oscillococcinum, meant to fight "flu-like syndromes"... It's creation was based on whacky, now disprooved, ideas about what the flu virus was. Its creator decided to use something that looked like what he supposed was causing the flu. So this homeopathic treatment is made from... livers and hearts of ducks! (now we're all glad there's a ridiculous amount of dilution involved in the process, aren't we?)

Homeopathy treatments contain no plant extracts, except glucose. Herbal or holistic remedies are the ones that use plants.

And then we died.

No, didn't save your grandmother's life. People really need to look up exactly what homeopathy is. It is NOT herbal medicine. It was invented in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann. There is literally nothing in the pills aside from sugar. There is a documentary featuring Richard Dawkins exposing the fraud of homeopathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yMoh0d42X4

Homeopathy on a cat is animal abuse. Your vet is an imbecile.