Homeopathy: what is it and what is it for?

Homeopathy: what is it and what is it for? A medicine and a plant. Homeopathic remedies are made by successive dilutions in water or alcohol. The recent decision of the University of Barcelona to remove the master's degree in Homeopathic Medicine from its academic plan has put homeopathy in the spotlight. The center refers to the "lack of scientific evidence" that, according to him, defines this therapeutic method, but the truth is that homeopathy is prescribed by more than 10,000 doctors in Spain and patients who resort to this type of medicine are counted by thousands. The Spanish Society of Homeopathic Medicine (SEMH) appeals to more than 200 years of clinical experience of homeopathic doctors around the world and to the research work carried out in this field to claim its scientific nature, but what exactly is homeopathy? and what is it used for? What is homeopathy? Homeopathy is a therapeutic method based on the law of similarity or similar, which states that a substance that causes certain symptoms in a healthy person, in small quantities, is able to cure the same symptoms or similar in a person sick. Homeopaths elaborate the treatments by consulting reference books that are known as repertoires, where, for the development of a homeopathic remedy, factors such as the set of symptoms of each patient, the physical and psychological state of the patient or his medical and nutritional history are considered. lifetime. Since its inception, homeopathy has been the subject of debate and controversy among medical experts (pharmacists, doctors, etc.) and has advocates and detractors. Some experts have categorized it as a pseudoscience. Homeopathic medicines. The medicines or homeopathic remedies are made by successive dilutions in water or alcohol, so that the original substance that produces the effects of the disease is reduced to an infinitesimal amount. The products that are used to elaborate these remedies can be of animal, vegetable or chemical origin (mineral or organic). To develop the homeopathic medicine follows a certain process: Dilution: It is the progressive deconcentration of the substance. It is achieved by dissolving it in water or alcohol. The idea is to repeat the process of dissolution as many times as necessary, until the substance is not perceptible, that is, dilute the diluted to complete the process. Dynamisation: It must be done after each deconcentration and consists in shaking the solution strongly. The experts in homeopathy defend that to elaborate a medicine of this type it is necessary to take into account both the characteristic symptoms of the disease and the particular ones that each patient presents before the same pathology, so the first step that must be taken into account is the elaboration of a detailed clinical history of the patient and the accomplishment of all the necessary tests for a correct diagnosis of the disease. The homeopathic medicine is used both as a single treatment and as a complement to conventional drugs.