How do I suppose it works? Placebo effect. Which some will claim is equivalent to "it doesn't work"; but it isn't. The Placebo effect is extremely powerful.
Indeed, Mr Jack. 'Effect'
is the root word of 'effective', yes?
Persons facing life-threatening illnesses don't like to sit at home between doctor appointments taking their prescription meds every four hours and assume they are doing everything they can do. They want to tip the scales in favour of their survival. If something out there has a reputation for helping, and if they can afford to throw it on the scales, they do. Anything to tip those scales their way.
A placebo effect beats no effect at all. In some fights that's the only weapon at hand.
The demand for makeshift remedies falls off drastically in these situations once the science catches up.
It appears homeopathy 'works' by making the (potentially powerful) placebo effect available to those who can use it, while at the same time obeying the medical dictum of doing no harm. It's water.
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