Homeopathy: a patent reality

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Homeopathy is a multi-faceted discovery within the realm of natural science. It began as a branch of the health sciences, a therapeutic approach widely used in the major epidemic outbreaks that devastated Europe starting in the 17th century and persisting until the 1800s. Also other fields of knowledge, like physics, biology, physical chemistry, electronics and agronomy, began to take an interest in homeopathy over time. In the present study, the historical stages in the development of the scientific basis of homeopathy are reviewed, and its present and future perspectives are discussed.