Henry David Thoreau

Every day or two, I strolled to the village to hear some of the gossip which is incessantly going on there, circulating either from mouth to mouth, or from newspaper to newspaper, and which, taken in homeopathic doses, was really as refreshing in its way as the rustle of leaves and the peeping of frogs.

American Author

Julia Sawalha

I don't get inoculations or take anti-malaria tablets when I go abroad; I take the homeopathic alternative, called 'nosodes', and I'm the only one who never goes down with anything.

British Actress

Simon Singh

Bearing in mind that homeopathic remedies are generally so diluted that they contain no active remedy, it seems obvious they can be nothing more than placebos.

British Author

Jasmine Guinness

When I had my kids, I took a lot of homeopathic things, and I had them both with no painkillers.

Irish Designer

Homeopathic means it's a non-conventional treatment method, differing from mainstream medicine.

Alternative Medicine

Refers to the use of minute doses in treatments, often diluted many times.

Small Amounts

The substances used are derived from nature, like plants or minerals, not synthetic.

Natural Substances

Homeopathic practices aim to promote the body's own healing abilities.

Self-Healing

The approach is designed to stimulate the body rather than suppress symptoms.

Stimulatory Approach

Homeopathic treatments are considered to have gentler effects on the body.

Gentle Effect

The substance used in treatment might in larger doses cause similar symptoms to the illness.

Symptom Imitation

A core principle is that the more a substance is diluted, the more potent it becomes.

Dilution Principle

'Like cures like' is a fundamental homeopathic principle where similar ailments are treated.

Like Cures Like

 Keep your seats -- it's going to be okay. I don't really need it because I've been doing this stunt for audiences all over the world for the last eight or 10 years, taking fatal doses of homeopathic sleeping pills. Why don't they affect me?