The article does contain a fair bit of justified criticism-while describing miasms, and dilution and succussion, we do break to mention the problems with these ideas.
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There are differences of opinion on the number and force of strikes, and some practitioners dispute the need for succussion at all while others reject the Korsakovian and other non-classical preparations.
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This is completely wrong : The procedure is referred to as " dilution and succussion ", with unsurprisingly, "'dilution "'referring to the duilution, and succussion to the shaking.
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This is completely wrong : The procedure is referred to as " dilution and succussion ", with unsurprisingly, "'dilution "'referring to the duilution, and succussion to the shaking.
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:As I've said here before, it's not the dilution that makes something " homeopathic ", but rather the succussion or shaking that the dilution undergoes, which is said to imprint the memory of the toxic substance on the water . ( This is my understanding : I have to say I am not a trained homeopath, but someone who is a complementary therapist from a different persuasion . ) There are preparations available in the UK which do not rely on this dilution / succussion principle, but which fall under the " homeopathic " umbrella, such as arnica cream or Preparation H ( which is said to give some relief to hay fever sufferers ), which is a tissue salt.
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:As I've said here before, it's not the dilution that makes something " homeopathic ", but rather the succussion or shaking that the dilution undergoes, which is said to imprint the memory of the toxic substance on the water . ( This is my understanding : I have to say I am not a trained homeopath, but someone who is a complementary therapist from a different persuasion . ) There are preparations available in the UK which do not rely on this dilution / succussion principle, but which fall under the " homeopathic " umbrella, such as arnica cream or Preparation H ( which is said to give some relief to hay fever sufferers ), which is a tissue salt.
