Which statement by the nurse provides the best description of homeopathic medicine?
A) "Like cures, like in treatment of disease."
B) "Prevention is the key to good health."
C) "Opposites attract in keeping balance."
D) "A fight between body and spirit."
A
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Homeopathy proposes that the remedy for an illness be one that produced the symptoms. Preventive care is naturopathic in nature. Chinese medicine deals with the yin and yang in keeping balance. Folk medicine deals with the struggle between body and spirit.
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