But homeopaths make a lot of money selling homeopathic potions, and through clever marketing they keep themselves in business.

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Supplements are basically unregulated in the U.S., thanks to laws passed decades ago, some of them specifically designed to protect homeopaths.

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This bit of nonsense goes against basic principles of chemistry and physics, but no matter: homeopaths continue to insist on it.

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Homeopaths and their patients point to the fact that the sums of money are small, and insist that they see real benefits from their treatments.

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Replacements for vaccines were also dismissed by the UK and Scottish governments but many homeopaths believe that remedies can help lessen the side effects of conventional vaccination.

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The level of dilution tested by the scientists corresponded only to the more "concentrated" solutions used by homeopaths, perhaps diluted only six-fold rather than to "infinity", as in some preparations.

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The treatments depended largely on the belief that we are all compounds of hot, cold, wet and dry bodily humours: this was the basis of medicine from classical times, still used by herbalists and homeopaths.

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