What is Homeopathy?

Homeopathy is one of the branches of alternative medicine, and is characterized by the use of basically inert medicines, which they can be compared with placebos, and it is based on theories such as the memory of water, (lacking empirical-experimental principles).
Homeopathy comes etymologically from the Greek homoios, "similar" and pathos, "suffering." This branch of medicine was developed by the German physician Samuel Hahneman (1755-1843)
Homeopathy is a mix between tradition, faith and falsification, which is generally considered pseudoscience, and is a branch of alternative medicine.
It is based on the vitalist philosophy, attributing the cause of the disease to the "vital force" presenting itself to the patient as symptoms.
According to homeopathic theories, simple mental suggestion can produce "miasms" affecting the body and causing disease.
Strictly reject disease external to the body, consider it to be just a decompensation. Denying the fact that the disease has an origin outside the body.

Homeopathy has the theory or law of similarity, considering that when taking a toxin or substance that produces a physical reaction or symptoms, can cure a disease that has the same symptom. Omitting the similarity of symptoms of various diseases.
This branch of alternative medicine emerged, as a lighter or more moderate measure of medicine than it existed in its day, based on the Hippocratic idea of ​​humors, sangria, and counterfeit medicine. It focuses on axiomatic philosophical foundations, depreciating the scientific method.

Medicines are prepared by progressively diluting a substance, making it more dynamic until reaching the required potency.
Homeopathy in its original base, systematically denies external affectation such as viruses, bacteria, and direct environmental damage such as the sun, and food.

Today, homeopathy is being updated, performing more advanced tests in its diagnoses, with scientific apparatuses, and modernizes its theories, in accordance with the diseases that today afflict.