Depends on the health issue. In some cases, herbal essence may just turn out to be working chemical agents. there is no mystery about it - it's is a chemical-physiological effect that helps, or not.

At least as long as you do mean herbs for sure - and not insist on tea leaves being plucked at full moon in the 19th night of the 7th month of the year, and then stored for 12 days and nights in purified water held in a silver bowl and buried in sacred earth under a layer of rose quartz! :D

ROTFLMAO! :har:

Best return possible!

It's just water.

The standard dilution for the homeopathic "treatment" for flu is 200C, i.e. a dilution of the "active" ingredient to one part per hundred, repeated 200 times. To quote the book Voodoo Science:

A homeopathic experiment using a common substance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1B2aFElfjE

And what if homeopathy was used in emergency rooms?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0

Wrong. They have two scales to describe the delution level in homeopathy, the X- (or D-) and the C-scale (from the Roman number system, I think). 200C (=400X) means a dillution of 1 : 10E400 (an exponent with 400 zeroes, yes).

the number of particles in all universe is estimated to be 10E78

Edit: I just realised you were describing the process of potentisation (=Potenzierung), so I somewhat misread your post. However, your statement that 200C means "a dilution of the "active" ingredient to one part per hundred", nevertheless is wrong. the number does not mean a final dilution relation of 1:200, but means that that the process of potentisation" is repeated 400 times (400D=200C), with each potentisation step meaning a further dilution of 1:10. "2C" for example equals "4D/4X" and thus means a dilution of 1 : 10E4=10000, not 1:2.

I mean (for example) 1 ml of extract is put in 99 ml of water and shaken. Then one ml of that is put in another 99 ml of water, a step that is repeated 199 times.

Well put.

There's only ONE homeopathic thing that I tried that actually worked. I have horrible 24/7, year round, nasal allergies that REALLY affect my quality of life. I'm taking every perscription drug that I can possibly take for it and I've also done allergy shots and nothing has worked so far except to stave off the symptoms just a little bit. I decided that I had nothing to lose by trying something homeopathic because it was the only thing I havn't tried yet.
With homeopathic stuff, I am a huge skeptic but I decided to give it a shot anyway. I tried several things, all with absolutely NO result. Then I found this stuff called "Nasalcrom" and it's amazing the difference that it makes. Unlike most homeopathic stuff where you have to keep taking it for a month or more for it to take effect according to the manufactuers, it works immediately. It doesn't totally kill the allergies, but it REALLY made a difference in my ability to actually breath through my nose.
The only drawback is that it last for three hours and then you have to dose again and you can take it up to 6 times a day. Even so, a single bottle of it lasts me a month. It's the only homeopathic drug that I actually would reccomend.

The other catch with it is that it works fantastic with nasal allergies, but does nothing if you have a sinus infection. This stuff actually does work and I reccomend it to anyone with nasal allergies.

Is cromoglicic acid really "homeopathic?"

Since the active ingredient is NOT diluted to non-existence (the definition of a homeopathic "remedy"), I don't think it counts. Nasalcrom is: Cromolyn sodium 5.2 mg per spray. That's not diluted the silly homeopath way.

It CLAIMS to be homeopathic. Whatever it is, it really works well.

http://www.rxlist.com/nasalcrom-drug.htm

http://nasalcrom.com/product.php


Does not look and does not sound like homeopathic at all. 5.2 mg of something per spray bottle? No, not homeopathic, really.

Of course homeopathic 'medicine' is bunk. What irritates me is that it takes away from real science, like alchemy.

I don't really think its all that homeopathic. HCL (hydrochloric acid) is often used as an active ingredient for other nasal sprays, so another acid is a believable alternative. My theory is that they never got it FDA approved so they say it's "homeopathic"

What exactly is it taking away from "real" science?

Scientists work in their labs; Homeopathic technicians work in their labs.

What is being taken away?

And the important question is: Why do we have three pages of everyone agreeing? LoL

Your sarcasm receptors may need recalibrating. Alchemy is not science.

That's a fair cop. I plead guilty. :D