What describes the alternative medicine modality of homeopathy?

Homeopathy is a pseudoscience with tenets originating from the 1790s that resembles a belief system rather than a testable or evidence-based medical theory. It is based on the principles that like cures like (similia similibus curentur), that substances that cause symptoms of illness can also cure it in small doses, and an increase in the dilution of the substance makes the remedy stronger. Homeopathy has been widely criticized for its lack of scientific evidence, and its practitioners can face legal consequences in some jurisdictions for making false or misleading claims.

A homeopath will typically ask a patient about their symptoms and then prescribe a remedy that they believe will stimulate a healing response in the body. However, there is no evidence to support the idea that homeopathic remedies have any real effect. In fact, scientific studies have shown that homeopathic remedies are no more effective than placebos.