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Article: Homeopathy: Another French paradox?
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- November 11, 2005
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Byline: Julie Deardorff
For more than a decade, the most popular over-the-counter flu remedy in France has been a tongue-twisting homeopathic product called Oscillococcinum.
Here in America, vigilant quack watchers call Oscillo "The Ultimate Fake." When I mentioned it a few weeks ago, several readers declared that the medicine, derived from heavily diluted duck liver, was a complete sham.
"This should be pronounced as Oh-silly-no-see-um," grumbled a critic from Park Forest. "What you are paying for is water, either tap water or distilled water depending on who created this concoction. The reason it's called `alternative medicine' is that it ...