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A system of [[alternative medicine]] whose practitioners administer minute, specially prepared doses of substances with the intention to stimulate the body's natural healing processes, substances that when given in large doses to healthy individuals causes a combination of symptoms similar to those of the conditions the practitioners target for treatment; the fundamental premises of the system mainstream science | A system of [[alternative medicine]] whose practitioners administer minute, specially prepared doses of substances with the intention to stimulate the body's natural healing processes, substances that when given in large doses to healthy individuals causes a combination of symptoms similar to those of the conditions the practitioners target for treatment; the fundamental premises of the system is judged by mainstream science to be dubious and unproven | ||
Revision as of 14:58, 11 October 2010
A system of alternative medicine whose practitioners administer minute, specially prepared doses of substances with the intention to stimulate the body's natural healing processes, substances that when given in large doses to healthy individuals causes a combination of symptoms similar to those of the conditions the practitioners target for treatment; the fundamental premises of the system is judged by mainstream science to be dubious and unproven