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Homeopathic preparations are referred to as "homeopathic remedies". [82] Practitioners rely on two types of reference when prescribing: Materia medica and repertories. A homeopathic materia medica is a collection of "drug pictures", organized alphabetically.
In homeopathy, homeopathic dilution (known by practitioners as "dynamisation" or "potentisation") is a process in which a substance is diluted with alcohol or distilled water and then vigorously shaken in a process called "succussion".
In homeopathy, a trituration is a mixture, often with lactose, of a substance that is not water-soluble. [ 3 ] In developmental, cell and molecular biology , trituration is the process of fragmenting of solid material (often biological tissue or aggregated material) into smaller components (often, respectively, cells or molecules in suspension ...
Petroleum jelly, petrolatum (/ ˌ p ɛ t r ə ˈ l eɪ t ə m /), white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), [1] originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties. [2]
1960: Aquaphor production was discontinued during World War II and restarted by Duke Laboratiories in 1960. One lb cans and 2 oz tubes were sold to medical professionals. [6] 1973: Beiersdorf repurchased all trademarks from Duke Laboratories. [6] 1982: Aquaphor tube was introduced and directly sold to consumers for the first time.
This definition has been widely adopted, [66] and has been cited by the UK Department of Health, [69] attributed as the definition used by the Cochrane Collaboration, [70] and, with some modification, [dubious – discuss] was preferred in the 2005 consensus report of the US Institute of Medicine. [n 3] This definition, an expansion of ...
Homeopathy Looks at the Horrors of Allopathy, by Alexander Beideman (1857) Allopathic medicine, or allopathy, is an archaic and derogatory label originally used by 19th-century homeopaths to describe heroic medicine, the precursor of modern evidence-based medicine. [1] [2] There are regional variations in usage of the term.
The Chief Medical Officer for England, Dame Sally Davies, has stated that homeopathic preparations are "rubbish" and do not serve as anything more than placebos. [148] Jack Killen, acting deputy director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, says homeopathy "goes beyond current understanding of chemistry and physics ...