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Do not smoke, chew tobacco, and drink alcohol while you are taking homoeopathic medicines, as it may have nullifying effects on the medicines. Homeopathy was started over 200 years ago by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. The word comes from Greek and literally means similar disease. Homeopathic products usually contain extreme dilutions of herbs, minerals, or other substances. Common homeopathic ingredients include aconite, antimonium, arnica, belladonna, chamomile, iron, mercury, magnesium, nux vomica, poison ivy, and many others. These products are often so dilute that they do not contain any of the original active ingredient.