Which of the following complementary and alternative medicine therapies is based on the concept that illness can be treated with minute quantities of substances that cause the same symptoms?
A) Craniosacral therapy
B) Homeopathy
C) Ayurvedic medicine
D) Reflexology
Ans: B
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Practitioners give minerals, plant extracts, chemicals, and disease-producing germs in minute doses to effect a cure, when these same substances can cause illness in larger doses. For example, they may give arsenicum (arsenic) in minute doses for digestive problems. Practitioners select therapies based on how closely symptoms produced by a remedy match the symptoms of the client's disease (principle of similars).
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