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Homeopathy is treating illness with a compound dissolved in water to a such a point that you would need a volume of water the size of our solar system to allow each dose to have a single molecule in each dose.. Acupuncture is sticking needles into people in places where some guys hundreds of years ago said to stick them with no knowledge of how the human body works. Herbal medicine, when it works, works because there is an active compound in the mixture that has physiological effects, but with no guarantee of how much active ingredient or how little contaminant is present.
In every case, if it cannot perform better than placebo in a double blinded study, it doesn't work and people who sell it are being scammed. Homeopathy has never legitimately passed this test. Acupuncture has never passed this test. Plenty of herbal medicines have, and the active compounds have been isolated and tested on their own to allow for consistent and safe dosages, which we call "medicine."
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