To Lumpy Space Princess! This post was 2 years ago, but is worth answering, for ignorance cannot stand when discussing things of the essence and importance such as this subject. You are obviously misinformed and uneducated about Homeopathy and what it is. You would probably have to study at least another 5 years which is how long it takes a Homeopathic Doctor in India to qualify and practice. Just for the Record India is one of the leading countries in the world and with 1 billion population that is 1/6th of the entire population of this planet, most of which being treated by Homeopathic Doctors i.e. M.D. who are qualified Medical Doctors and chose to use only Homeopathy one would have to wonder where the hell did you get the info that Homeopathy is a PLACEBO. There are fully HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITALS in INDIA and in Countries in EUROPE like ENGLAND, with ICU fully Homeopathic. This MEDICINE, and I quote 'MEDICINE' is one the most sophisticated and effective MECINE on the Planet in India approved by the Government as one of the most effective MEDICINES. It is in fact the ONLY medicine that actually 'CURES' without 'side effects' where allopathic 'drugs' are suppresants, and not only constantly interfering with the natural and intelligent human body but more often than not simply create more issues in the body, and therefore one has to really question it's efficacy. There is NO DRUG that I KNOW OF that has NO SIDE EFFECTS, so if a DRUG is meant to CURE what is with the SIDE EFFECTS? The reason is because the body can be cured if you apply ONE principle and that is the principle of "SIMILARS" this means that if a substance or something makes the body ill, when potentised it has the capacity by the power of the signature that it carries, to restore the body back to Health. Samuel Hahnemann who was the one who discovered Homeopathy, was a PHYSICIAN and a MEDICAL DOCTOR and he abandoned allopathy when he discovered the power of Homeopathy1 Just because you don't understand something, and you are obviously not qualified to know the difference between what is effective and what is not, and just because it does not 'add up' in the medical books it does not mean it does work. There are millions of Doctors and Specialist around the world who USE HOMEOPATHY! I personally know of Doctors that have Homeopathic Treatments because they know it is more effective than drugs. What a shame you had to make such an incompetent remark, and misled the lady that was asking such a simple yet important question! Please educate yourself before you mislead people and also please be aware that BIOCHEMISTRY is not the only composition of the body. There is a whole world and a field (which if you studies Quantum Physics) you would come to know which has to to with ENERGY and VIBRATION which is the building block of everything that is physical that must be taken into account when discussing HEALING, CURING and RESTORING body back to HOMEOSTASIS. This FIELD is an Intelligent system that operates far beyond the 'chemistry' of the body and that which you can measure with very simple and primitive instruments like the ones you use in your laboratories and by which you arrive to very limited conclusions.