2The Science Behind Homeopathy
Homeopathy practitioners believe that a substance that results in a disease would also cure the symptoms in the affected people. In other words, using a small amount of that substance may encourage the body to recover itself. This theory is quite similar to the idea of vaccination in which the body is exposed to a small amount of an inactivated or killed microbe to develop antibodies that can protect against the disease. In homeopathic practice, it is believed diluting the substance more can make it more potent. Some sceptics claim that doing this may leave no or very few molecules of the component. However, the supporters of homeopathy believe that it is the energetics, not the amount, play the key role in the effects. [2]
