Thread: Homeopathy -- fact or trifle?

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

My wife gets results with some homeopathic stuff she uses on her eye once in a great while

Here's what's in it - or what's not in it, if you understand dilution:

Belladonna 6X (one part in one million), Euphrasia 6X, Hepar Sulphuris 12X (one part in one trillion)

The remaining 999,997.999998 parts per million are a combination of Borate Buffer , Purified Water , Silver Sulphate - as Preservative , and Sodium Nitrate. Maybe a chemist can tell me what that means and why it matters if they are inactive

Interesting to me is that if "like cures like" then why is euphrasia (an ingredient thought to be good for the eyes) included along with belladonna (an ingredient which is toxic) if it is a homeopathic solution?

At any rate like I said before, using this helps my wife's eyes when they're red and irritated. Maybe the water is the active ingredient, helping to flush out an irritant. Maybe it is a placebo effect, or maybe just a matter of time involved; I don't know - whatever it is, at least there's a positive overall result after she takes it

(I am still tempted to simply refill the used bottle with distiled water and pretend it's the same thing, but I can't quite bring myself to treat my wife as a medicinal guinea pig without her consent )