a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
"After trying conventional medicine without success, my grandmother turned to homeopathy for her chronic arthritis."
A system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.
"Many people turn to homeopathy for relief from chronic pain, relying on its principle that a diluted substance causing similar symptoms can cure them."