Homeopathy
"Homeopathy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A system of therapeutics founded by Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), based on the Law of Similars where "like cures like". Diseases are treated by highly diluted substances that cause, in healthy persons, symptoms like those of the disease to be treated.
| Descriptor ID |
D006705
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.190.388
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Effros RB, Austad S, Blau H, Chesselet MF, Ingram D, Johnson TE, Kaeberlein M, Lundblad V, McCarter R, McElhaney J, Saag M. The biological sciences section program at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2008 Apr; 63(4):331-7.