Homeopathy is a non-conventional medicine founded 200 years ago. Its supposed efficacy is based on the administration to very low dose of a drug selected on the basis of similarity.
Homeopathy is a controversial non-conventional medicine in the world. According to its proponents, homeopathy treats and actually prevents disease. The majority of the medical profession by cons, homeopathy is a baseless medicine, on the edge of quackery. Only the placebo effect is allowed and even with reservations. This doubt about the effectiveness of homeopathy in France has resulted in the decrease in reimbursement in 2004 by the Social Security homeopathic medicines (65% to 35%). The threat of delisting total is still valid. However, France remains one of the world where homeopathy is the most followers (36% of the population have already used). The homeopathic doctors are mandatory in France.
Homeopathy?
Homeopathy is based on the principle of similarity. It is opposed to allopathy which relies on it when on the principle of opposites. The principle of similarity has been emphasized by Hippocrates in the 5th century BC. He believes that we can treat a disease by choosing a plant or any other mineral or chemical producing the same symptoms as the disease being treated on a healthy person. If the statement of this theory goes back to ancient Greece, its application for therapeutic purposes by Samuel Hahnemann date it the 18th century.
To prepare the substance found to be effective for a disease, the doses used are infinitesimal. This assay "homeopathic" is obtained by successive dilution. Each dilution is performed using the technique of stimulation. The substance is added to water, sugar or alcohol and is shaken at each dilution to eliminate the toxic effects. The resulting product is indistinguishable from its main carrier (water, sugar, alcohol). To date, no serious scientific study has come to confirm or disprove the efficacy of homeopathy. The elimination of toxic by the technique of shaking at dilutions has also never been approved or disapproved by medical research. Treatment products without active molecules is impossible according to scientists.
Homeopathic treatments
The establishment of a homeopathic treatment in France is restricted to practitioners who have completed a medical degree. Each treatment is preceded by a clinical study of personalized patient. This study takes into account the physical and psychological patient. The pharmaceutical forms in homeopathy are conventionally solid granules whose solution is diluted with CH manner. These granules are multi or single dose (globule of sucrose) and are allowed to dissolve under the tongue. The presentation granule is by far the most widely used in France. The preparations may also be presented as a powder in a vial or sachet doses, oral ampoules, suppositories or ointment. Several laboratories are located in France. Some specialize in the preparation of products oriented veterinarian.
