how homeopathy works

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Homeopathy is attractive because doctors don't treat the whole person because of constraints on time or the medicines they prescribe are too severe or have too much adverse side effects or they are simply ineffective so people turn to alternative more natural treatments. To say that homeopathy doesn't work is quite erroneous in my experience for I have known a number of persons get well after attending a homeopath.

Originally posted by FabianFnas
I got a cold once. I went to a homeopath and bought three pills for 50 dollars. And three days later I got rid of my cold, and then I only took one of the pills. Isn't homeopaty wonderful?

But now I have found out that in the pill there was only sugar. So next time I will eat a cube of sugar instead. Much cheaper. And as effective.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
I am surprised you did not realize that the common cold is incurable prior to going. You could have saved your fifty bucks, bought a subscription and joined my clan!

Originally posted by FabianFnas
I'l think about that.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
it means looking at the person as a whole, i mean how hard can it be to engage your imagination, sleeping patterns, diet, emotional state, environment, all kinds of things not associated with a purely materialistic approach. I was also given a course of antibiotics by my dentist and i ended up in hospital after taking a reaction to them, not sure wh ...[text shortened]... and they were forced to look for alternatives! A bitter pill to swallow if you pardon the pun!

it means looking at the person as a whole, i mean how hard can it be to engage your imagination, sleeping patterns, diet, emotional state, environment, all kinds of things not associated with a purely materialistic approach.

I was also given a course of antibiotics by my dentist and i ended up in hospital after taking a reaction to them, not sure what your point is.

No i disagree i have known person get better after attending a homeopath

and who prefer a much more gentle and sustained form of treatment.

Natural has everything to do with it,

one only needs to look at the complicated effects and counter effects of the copious amounts of concoctions of chemicals that are given to people on a daily basis with varying degrees of success.

after 'the God of science' failed them

Originally posted by humy

it means looking at the person as a whole, i mean how hard can it be to engage your imagination, sleeping patterns, diet, emotional state, environment, all kinds of things not associated with a purely materialistic approach.

Those things are psychological -right -so you saying homeopathy works by a placebo effect? Well, that doesn't ...[text shortened]... and just possibly even twice by antibiotics. Do you deny this? What would you have against that?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
No i am not saying that it works by a placebo effect and i resent your attempts to put your guilty fingers on my keyboard, in fact I call homeopathy as anything out with the realm of conventional materialism, like aromatherapy, or reflexology. This latter practice i have seen have amazing effects on aggressive psychiatric patients treated for many y ...[text shortened]... ve treatment elsewhere. Now if you are finished building straw men arguments, ill be on my way!

No i am not saying that it works by a placebo effect

The God of Science', is an excellent phrase used to describe the way that science is treated almost as a deity, able to perform miraculous cures,

i have merely pointed out that for some, it does not work or has adverse effects and they are forced to seek alternative treatment elsewhere.

Originally posted by humy

No i am not saying that it works by a placebo effect

So how does homeopathy work then?

The God of Science', is an excellent phrase used to describe the way that science is treated almost as a deity, able to perform miraculous cures,

Nobody treats science this way. You are talking nonsense yet again.

...[text shortened]... ek alternative treatment elsewhere.

-which doesn't work. They are being ripped off.

Originally posted by humy
... "less is more".... When applied to the the OP link here, it can
mean something vaguely along the lines "a lot less words here
results in more of a concise quick-to-read explanation of the truth"- .

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Wow cheery picking your way through the posts, ignoring those parts which are uncomfortable for you to address, how expedient!

It depends what kind of homeopathy you are talking about. How does aromatherapy work, i cannot say, that it relaxes an individual and induces within them a state of well being is difficult to refute. Same with the gym an ...[text shortened]... individual prescribed long term use of drugs upon which they most likely will become dependent?

How does aromatherapy work, i cannot say,

So lets talk about prescribing mood altering drugs like anti depressants, or drugs for stress, do you think its not better to seek alternatives rather than have an individual prescribed long term use of drugs upon which they most likely will become dependent?

Originally posted by humy

How does aromatherapy work, i cannot say,

No, I said homeopathy, NOT aromatherapy. So, give me the biological explanation (note that “treating the whole person” is so vague as to be totally meaningless thus doesn't explain anything ) of how just ONE type of homeopathy works?
If you cannot, then given the complete absence of scientific ...[text shortened]... ? What has this got to do with homeopathy? I have no opinion on anti depressants to talk about.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
I have already stated that i regard all alternatives to a purely materialistic approach to be homeopathy, that includes alternative treatment like, aromatherapy, reflexology etc

If its such a vague statement then may i suggest that you try to engage your imagination and it just may broaden its meaning.

It has everything to do with finding alternatives to conventional materialistic methods!

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Homeopathy is generally regarded as one specific kind of alternative treatment, not a general term for all of them. This particular method has not been shown to be effective in treating disease.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Sure but i don't know if you have noticed, i have my own definitions 😀

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
In that case, I recommend zingle doo diddle bingle doof.