• Holyginz@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Herbal tea for a head cold isn’t homeopathy in the way its being referred to here.

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      3 months ago

      I used to run into this a lot. In some non-American cultures, Indian specifically, Homeopathic refers to what Americans would call Herbal. I had an old girlfriend who didn’t understand why I was so against her families traditional herbal remedies. I finally asked her what she thought homeopathic was. After showing her all the stuff online, she agreed that it sounded crazy and started using the word herbal.

      Not to say that’s universal, but just something I experienced