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Cees Baas

Dr. Baas is a leading homeopathic MD, originally from the Netherlands. He has over 20 years experience as a full time homeopathic MD.
He teaches at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.
It is unclear whether Cees Baas truly believes in homoeopathy or not. As a medical doctor, he should be aware that it is pure, unadulterated [...]

David Brulé

David Brulé BA, DHMS, HD
David graduated with honours from the Homeopathic College of Canada. in 1999. He began treating patients (other than his children) as a student practitioner in 1996 at the clinic of the Homeopathic College of Canada in Toronto. He is a founding member of the Riverdale Homeopathic Clinic and has been practicing [...]

Calcarea phosphorica

Calcarea phosphorica is the Latin name for calcium phosphate. It is used to make homoeopathic products. Its chemical formula is Ca3(PO4)2
Homoeopathic products are known for their often ridiculously high dilutions in either alcohol or water, but calcium phosphate is not diluted in this way. It is “triturated”. In homoeospeak, this means that it is finely [...]

Ruta 6 - Ruta Q

Ruta 6 is a homoeopathic product prepared from the common rue. The 6 stands for the sixth potency, in more human terms the sixth dilution.
A so-called mother tincture (Ruta Q, the Q stands for ‘mother tincture’) is prepared by macerating the plant in alcohol of varying strength for varying lengths of time. This mother tincture [...]

Arndt-Schulz law

The Arndt-Schulz law or rule is cited by some homoeopaths as the basis for traditional homoeopathy.
Well-known Toronto homoeopath Bryce Wylde:
No, what I am saying is that when you apply the traditional concept of “like cures like”, but not necessarily using hyperdilute (more dilute than 10-23), you are applying the homeopathic principle. But this is [...]

isopathy

Isopathy is a homoeopathy spin-off, probably created by Johann Joseph Wilhelm Lux (1773-1849). While homoeopathy is based on -among other things- the “Law of similars”, isopathy can be said to be based on the “Law of equals”.
This means that a highly diluted “remedy” is created out of the very thing that is supposed to be [...]

prebiotic

Prebiotic is a buzz-word today. It is very popular in alternological circles. However, these people tend to thrive on vagueness and personal creativity and while there have been some attempts to define what prebiotic products are, these attempts have been less than successful.
The general idea is that prebiotics are products humans cannot digest but [...]

TM

TM is the abbreviation for:
trademark (English)
transcendental meditation (English)
Dutch: handelsmerk (abbreviation: TM)
English: trademark (abbreviation: TM)
French: marque de commerce (preferred), marque commerciale (abbreviation: MC)

Boiron

Boiron is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of homoeopathic products. They had consolidated sales of 526.09 million euros in 2009 and a consolidated net income after tax of 59.889 million euros, or about 11.4% of its sales.
In spite of its size and high profitability, Boiron does surprisingly little research, namely 4.277 million euros worth [...]