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Baptisia [1] Baptisia tinctoria: Wild indigo, horseflyweed Belladonna [1] Atropa belladonna: Deadly nightshade Bellis perennis [1] Bellis perennis: Common daisy Calendula [1] Calendula officinalis: Scotch marigold Colocynthis [1] Citrullus colocynthis: Bitter cucumber Digitalis [1] Digitalis purpurea: Foxglove: Drosera [1] Drosera rotundifolia ...
Its practitioners, called homeopaths or homeopathic physicians, [2] believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a disease in healthy people can cure similar symptoms in sick people; this doctrine is called similia similibus curentur, or "like cures like". [3] Homeopathic preparations are termed remedies and are made using homeopathic dilution.
Science offers a variety of explanations for how homeopathy may appear to cure diseases or alleviate symptoms even though the preparations themselves are inert: [15]: 155–167 The placebo effect – the intensive consultation process and expectations for the homeopathic preparations may cause the effect.
Prunus cerasia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to Lebanon and Syria. [1] It is hexaploid that has been characterized as either a landrace or a wild species of plum . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. Edible fruit For other uses, see Plum (disambiguation). "Plumtree" redirects here. For the Canadian band, see Plumtree (band). For other uses, see Plumtree (disambiguation). African Rose plums (Japanese or Chinese plum). A plum is a fruit of some species in Prunus subg. Prunus. Dried ...
Flower remedies are sometimes promoted as being capable of boosting the immune system, but "there is no scientific evidence to prove that flower remedies can control, cure or prevent any type of disease, including cancer". [8]
In June 2005, the Swiss Government, after a five-year trial, withdrew insurance coverage for homeopathy and four other alternative treatments, stating that they did not meet efficacy and cost-effectiveness criteria. However, following the result of a referendum in 2009 the five therapies were reinstated for a further six-year trial period from ...
De materia medica (Latin name for the Greek work Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς, Peri hulēs iatrikēs, both meaning "On Medical Material") is a pharmacopoeia of medicinal plants and the medicines that can be obtained from them.