From the great folks at The Questionist:
I'm assuming this homeopathic remedy does not use kosher Muscovy duck liver. Batel b'shishim, the principal that an unkosher contaminant does not render a kosher substrate unkosher if it is less than 1/60 of the total volume of the mixture, shouldn't apply because the Muscovy duck liver was added intentionally. On the other hand, there's no actual duck liver in this anymore, so it would be more accurate to say that any molecules from the duck liver are there by accident than it would be to say that it intentionally contains duck liver.
On the third hand, the rules for medications are different than those for food. But is something considered medication because the doctor administering it says it is, or because the patient believes it's medicinal? In other words, do the leniencies for medicine apply?
Yes, this is what religious Jews do for fun. There's a reason Jesus complained about this in the gospels.
I'm assuming this homeopathic remedy does not use kosher Muscovy duck liver. Batel b'shishim, the principal that an unkosher contaminant does not render a kosher substrate unkosher if it is less than 1/60 of the total volume of the mixture, shouldn't apply because the Muscovy duck liver was added intentionally. On the other hand, there's no actual duck liver in this anymore, so it would be more accurate to say that any molecules from the duck liver are there by accident than it would be to say that it intentionally contains duck liver.
On the third hand, the rules for medications are different than those for food. But is something considered medication because the doctor administering it says it is, or because the patient believes it's medicinal? In other words, do the leniencies for medicine apply?
Yes, this is what religious Jews do for fun. There's a reason Jesus complained about this in the gospels.
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