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Homeopathic name Substance Common name Aconite [1] Aconitum napellus: Monkshood, monk's blood, fuzi, wolf's bane Aesculus hippocastanum [1] Aesculus hippocastanum: Horse-chestnut Allium cepa [1] Onion: Aloeaceae [2] Aloe succotrina: Aloe: Arnica [3] Arnica montana: Leopard's bane Arsenicum album [4] Arsenic trioxide: Baptisia [1] Baptisia ...
Lycopodium (from Ancient Greek lykos, wolf and podion, diminutive of pous, foot) [2] is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedars, [3] in the family Lycopodiaceae. Two very different circumscriptions of the genus are in use.
A low-fiber diet may be used to prepare for or recover from various medical procedures: [1] [2] [4] [5] Abdominal surgery; Colonoscopy; Internal hemorrhoid surgery; A low-fiber diet may also be used during acute stages of the following conditions, to rest the bowels: [1] [2] [4] [5] Bowel inflammation; Crohn's disease; Diverticulitis ...
Whole bowel irrigation is sometimes used prior to colonoscopy, bowel surgery, other abdominal/pelvic surgery, or a barium enema examination, to cleanse the intestines, enhancing visibility of the intestines' inner surfaces, preventing complications from occurring as a result of spillage of bowel contents into the abdominal cavity, and potentially providing other benefits depending on the type ...
Homeopathic cures for small animals on the Isle of Man. Using homeopathy as a treatment for animals is termed "veterinary homeopathy" and dates back to the inception of homeopathy; Hahnemann himself wrote and spoke of the use of homeopathy in animals other than humans. [284] The use of homeopathy in the organic farming industry is heavily ...
Cessation of unpleasant treatment – often homeopaths recommend patients stop getting medical treatment such as surgery or drugs, which can cause unpleasant side-effects; improvements are attributed to homeopathy when the actual cause is the cessation of the treatment causing side-effects in the first place, but the underlying disease remains ...
In 2018, the Collegiate Medical Organization of Spain published a report in which it rejected homeopathy and other non-scientific medical practices; [24] this report changed the organization's previous position, dating from 2009, when it had approved the recognition of homeopathy as a "medical procedure". [25]
The distinction comes from the use in homeopathy of substances that are meant to cause similar effects as the symptoms of a disease to treat patients (homeo - meaning "similar"). As used by homeopaths, the term allopathy has always referred to the principle of treating disease by administering substances that produce other symptoms (when given ...