Homeopathic medicine is the biggest scam going. I see people wasting money on this crap every day in the supermarket. Before buying any over the counter medication, check the label. If it says "homeopathic", don't buy it. (They often hide it in tiny little letters at the bottom.) Here's an article with more info...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathic
Originally posted by rbmorrisWhat do you do if you want to become heterosexual then?
Homeopathic medicine is the biggest scam going. I see people wasting money on this crap every day in the supermarket. Before buying any over the counter medication, check the label. If it says "homeopathic", don't buy it. (They often hide it in tiny little letters at the bottom.) Here's an article with more info...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathic
Originally posted by rbmorrisI can't be bothered going into detail but homeopathy does work, that's why hundreds of thousands of people use it. I can understand why orthodox medicine feels uncomfortable with it, but that does not make it ineffective.
Homeopathic medicine is the biggest scam going. I see people wasting money on this crap every day in the supermarket. Before buying any over the counter medication, check the label. If it says "homeopathic", don't buy it. (They often hide it in tiny little letters at the bottom.) Here's an article with more info...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathic
Originally posted by asromacalcioAnd orthodox medicine is?
I can't be bothered going into detail but homeopathy does work, that's why hundreds of thousands of people use it. I can understand why orthodox medicine feels uncomfortable with it, but that does not make it ineffective.
If a technique is proven to work, it will be used by mainstream practicioners within the western world. If it isn't, well there is a good reason for not using it then.
Originally posted by asromacalcioHypothetical: I convince a fool that eating sand is going to help his flu get better. He eats sand. His flu gets better. He now eats sand every day and he hasn't the flu in years.
I can't be bothered going into detail but homeopathy does work, that's why hundreds of thousands of people use it. I can understand why orthodox medicine feels uncomfortable with it, but that does not make it ineffective.
Is it the sand or the fool that is fighting the illness?
Originally posted by PeakiteProven to work one day, proven to harm the next. Proof is just getting one group of people to agree with another group. Smoking was considered harmless once, by scientists. Most people are intelligent enough to know if they feel better and should be left to judge for themselves. If you don't think it works fine, but don't expect everybody else to agree with you.
And orthodox medicine is?
If a technique is proven to work, it will be used by mainstream practicioners within the western world. If it isn't, well there is a good reason for not using it then.
You might find that the homeopathic market continues to grow as more and more people turn their backs on the so-called proven approaches of symptom relief, no different in many cases to switching off a fire alarm because you can't stand the noise.
If you'd rather take prozac than a safe natural remedy that is your business.
Originally posted by hopscotchIn this case, the fool. However homeopaths do not prescribe sand, nor do their patients need to be told that they feel better, or no better, and what is causing it.
Hypothetical: I convince a fool that eating sand is going to help his flu get better. He eats sand. His flu gets better. He now eats sand every day and he hasn't the flu in years.
Is it the sand or the fool that is fighting the illness?
I can understand that proof is very important to many people, but if people need some sad, social drop-out with a white coat and a calculator to tell you what you can or can't believe, then for me that is very sad indeed.
Originally posted by asromacalcioScientific experiments have been carried out which prove that homeopathy works.
In this case, the fool. However homeopaths do not prescribe sand, nor do their patients need to be told that they feel better, or no better, and what is causing it.
I can understand that proof is very important to many people, but if people need some sad, social drop-out with a white coat and a calculator to tell you what you can or can't believe, then for me that is very sad indeed.
I'll have to ask my friend for a link to the resources.
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Originally posted by PeakiteNot necessarily.
If a technique is proven to work, it will be used by mainstream practicioners within the western world. If it isn't, well there is a good reason for not using it then.
Big pharma's are more interested in making money than in actually helping people. That's just a handy extra.
GP's are getting huge perks for prescribing medicines produced by certain pharma companies, whether they are better or not. I know a guy who takes GPs on all expense paid golfing trips if they agree to prescribe his company's drugs.
My fiance worked for a large u.s. pharma company. They produced AIDS test kits. She was regularly told to ignore experiments which didn't give the results that they were looking for, and only include experiments in her reports which showed that the test kits worked as normal. They had also produced a better test kit for something else than their main competitor. Unfortunately, (for us) their main competitor had the patent, so we, the sick people, were left with a worse product than was currently available.
The pharma industry is a big cesspool, and anybody who believes that big business is going to look after our needs before their own profits is sadly mistaken.
Just look at how the huge lobbying power of the pharma industry has banned a load of natural herbs and remedies in europe. Its a disgrace. They realised that if people could grow their own medicines, then who's going to pay $100 for some crappy synthetic drug?
"Mainstream" practitioners, which I presume you mean western practitioners of medicine, also don't believe in acupuncture to a certain extent. In China recently, they carried out open heart surgery while the patient was conscious. They used acupuncture to paralyse the patient and to stop her from feeling any pain. Should that be in the spirituality forum as well?
My guess is that you based your comments, Peakite, on the belief that your doctor can only do what is in your best interests. Unfortunately, in this day and age, that is not always strictly true.
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