Homeopathy is a 19th century system of medicine based on the theory of “like cures like,” in which patients ingest dilutions of substances to spur self-healing. Thousands of people prefer to take homeopathic medicines over the common conventional drug for the simple fact that they believe that it is safer. Even after being told and shown the evidence that all homeopathic medicines are diluted so much that not even one molecule of the original natural substance is left they still believe in it’s safety. Medical professionals say that, “it is biologically impossible for homeopathy to work as believers claim”(Glazer1069). The remaining people who disbelieve would say homeopathy is dangerous quackery because it is scientifically unsound. The word "homeopathy" comes from the Greek words homoios meaning similar and pathos meaning suffering or disease. Homeopathic medicine can be traced all the way back to the Hippocrates and ancient Greeks, but it was initially introduced by a German physician / chemist by the name of Samuel Hahnemann. Samuel Hahnemann received credit for the finding of homeopathy, in a form of theories of the …show more content…
Although, as many as 6,000 people nationwide are practicing homeopathy, all ranging from licensed doctors to people unlicensed that consider themselves “natural healers.” Since medical doctors and osteopathic doctors are the only professions allowed to diagnose and treat illness in all the states, alternative healers are fighting for the legal right to diagnose and treat clients as well. This year California has become the 13th state to license naturopaths, and they will only license them if they attend a four-year naturopathic college and pass their licensing exam. Roughly 1,800 naturopaths have completed the programs so far. Licensed naturopaths will be able to call themselves doctors, diagnose and treat disease, perform physical exams and, deliver babies and prescribe