The practice of treating disease with substances causing similar symptoms but where the active ingredient is extremely diluted
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Is homeopathy ever used in official medicine?
English Wikipedia is pretty clear and uncompromising on the topic of homeopathy, as you can see below:
Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine created in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann. [...] Homeopathy is pseudoscience. It is not effective for any…

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Does Calendula ointment or cream promote healing of scrapes/cuts/burns?
From http://www.boironusa.com/products/calendula-cream/:
USES: Helps promote healing of minor burns and cuts, scrapes, skin irritations and sunburn
ACTIVE INGREDIENT: Calendula officinalis 1X HPUS-10% - Healing agent
INACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Caprylyl…

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