What are homeopathic medicines made from?

Homeopathic medicines, or "remedies", are most often made from plant, chemical, mineral or animal sources.  The original material is diluted, and then shaken vigorously (successed).

The number of times this is repeated determines the strength or "potency" of the remedy e.g. a "6c`' remedy will have been diluted 1 part in 100 then succussed six times.  Remedied are usually prepared by specialist pharmacies.

How can such dilute medicines work?

The fact that homeopathic medicines are so highly diluted has led some critics to say that homeopathic medicines are "nothing but water'. However,research does suggest that repeated vigorous shaking during the manufacturing process may cause new water structures to be formed, which capture information about the original substance dissolved in the water.