Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Homeopathy

• If a non-mainstream approach is used together with conventional medicine, it’s considered “complementary.”
• If a non-mainstream approach is used in place of conventional medicine, it’s considered “alternative.”

From the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

• “Like cures like”—the notion that a disease can be cured by a substance that produces similar symptoms in healthy people.
• “Law of minimum dose”—the notion that the lower the dose of the medication, the greater its effectiveness. Many homeopathic products are so diluted that no molecules of the original substance remain.

From the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)