Comments on: Homeopathy

By: sapperbloggs

sapperbloggs — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:44 +0000

Not all medicine …
Not all medicine works for all people, be it allergy, misdiagnosis, or other. A perfect example of this is anti-psychotics to treat schizophrenia. My best friend is schizophrenic, and the method of medication is purely trial and error. Some things work, many don’t, some make it worse. He’s on pretty good meds now, no psychotic episodes, and he still functions well enough to study at uni.
I don’t see a difference between mainstream and alternative medicine though. If it works, it’s medicine

By: sapperbloggs

sapperbloggs — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:44 +0000

The short answer is …
The short answer is that they contain a natural protien that adjusts my immune system to reduce how severely it attacks the myelin sheath.

I’d take any treatment proven to work… I’ve never actually heard of bioresonance.
I’m against unproven treatments being offered alongside or in lieu of actual tested treatments

By: TheVeganicWitch

TheVeganicWitch — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:44 +0000

…for just the …
…for just the reasons you state; when tested most homeopathic preparations are almost completely made of water. It does to me seem rediculous that you can charge someone for bottles of water and they can claim it on medicare or whatever.

Alternative medicine should be able to exist alongside Western mainstream medicine but it needs to be tested independently. Some people do find that the mainstream medical remedies don’t help or make their conditions worse and something else is the answer.

By: TheVeganicWitch

TheVeganicWitch — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:44 +0000

Chinese hampster …
Chinese hampster ovaries?

I really wonder what in particular it is in the ovaries of Chinese hampsters that relieves the symptoms and slows the onset of MS? Is it hormonal, is it something more nutritional? Curious and very odd!

By the way, would you like a homeopathic treatment? *braces to avoid spit in the eye*

My parents in law work using bioresonance (which is used by GP’s as normal treatment in Germany and is particularly effective for allergies) and they are very against homeopathy…

By: golddigger159

golddigger159 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:44 +0000

Great video. …
Great video. Homeopathy can sometimes work. It’s called “diversional therapy” or the ‘placebo effect’. Or my preferred favourite that is just as effective – “going out into the backyard and throwing a ball to a dog” therapy. Just as effective and far cheaper.
I class homeopathy the same as praying – deluding yourself you are doing something when in fact you are doing nothing.

By: holybabble

holybabble — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:44 +0000

i think it is best …
i think it is best to get the treatment. in any case, it is wiser to plan than to pray. prayer is a horrible waste of time better spent planning an outcome. (although, meditation may be useful in certain circumstances).

By: sapperbloggs

sapperbloggs — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:44 +0000

Apparently …
Apparently homeopathy is only as good as a placebo, it’s benefits are minimal to none… however when Harvard Medical school investigated prayer, they found that those openly prayed for fared mildly (though significantly) worse than those who were not openly prayed for… prayer reduces your chances of recovery, while homeopathy simply does nothing whatsoever.

I think maybe prayer is the poor-man’s homeopathy

By: holybabble

holybabble — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:44 +0000

i thought when you …
i thought when you had a problem (disease or injury), all you have to do is pray?!

By: sapperbloggs

sapperbloggs — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:44 +0000

The placebo effect …
The placebo effect does have some benefit medicine, for example in drug rehabilitation.

That said, it is still something that should only be employed by trained medical practitioners, not quacks with no qualifications, selling snake-oil.

By: neuronstorm

neuronstorm — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:44 +0000

“if it helps me …
“if it helps me stop smoking, it’s all the same to me.”

Fair enough. This is a case where the result matters more to you than the truth.

I guess homeopathy is useless to us – as we know it’s just water, so we can’t even get a placebo effect from it.

I’ve heard arguments that using the placebo effect has a legitimate place in medicine – but personally – I’d rather not be lied to.
Don’t give me a sugar-pill and a lie – just give the situation to me straight.