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This Day in History: Today is World Homeopathy Day. If I had to explain Homeopathy it would be to say that the more you dilute something, the more potent (or stronger) it becomes. To my mind, this makes no sense. Apparently I'm not the only one as Homeopathy is generally regarded as a pseudoscience. Several years ago Walmart was sued for selling and marketing homeopathic medicines, but it looks like that lawsuit was dismissed.
In Canada several years a boy with behavioral problems was given a homeopathic dose of rabid dog saliva because a naturopath decided that the boy’s problems were the result of having been bitten by a dog that had been vaccinated against rabies. [I'm as confused as you are this point] The homeopathic cure was a drop of saliva from the dog and adding a thousand drops of water, then taking one drop of this and adding another thousand drops of water and then repeating this again, eight more times. The final solution realistically does not contain any of the original dog saliva. This infinitely diluted solution is placed on a sugar tablet and ingested. Thus, we have a homeopathic remedy! Health Canada, a governmental body, approved this cure and granted it an identification number...which is all you need to know about Government and health.
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