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WTF have you got against homeopathy to spew that rant?
Ive never heard of the NHS funding homeopathy tbh, but complemetary therapies can be wonderful and often work where conventional medicine fails.
Its hard to conduct proper scientific trials of something when its something that you have to prescribe holistically, taking into account the whole person, so the treatment may not be the same for two different people with the same illness, but its a shame if you completely dismiss it.
Really?
I don't completely dismiss it. I say it shouldn't be funded until adequate scientific trials have been done. It should have the same chance to prove itself as any other treatment. And don't be ridiculous, it's possible to do scientific trials of any treatment. Psychiatry has the same issues where different patients respond differently, but that has no problem proving itself as a valid medical practice. The scientific claims of homeopathy are quite clear (and make no mistake, they do claim a scientific theory behind their work). And scientifically they've been proven wrong time and time again, yet we still fund it. And I chose homeopathy, because I needed an example of money being wasted, and I could think of none more obvious that this.
It DOES work differently to conventional medicine, so maybe thats why they havent been able to prove it, although as I said, ive had several instances where homeopathy has worked where conventional medicine hasnt for me and for my family, and im not against conventional medicine at all.
If it works, then i dont see why anyone would be against it
No one would, its the fact that it doesnt have to go through the same testing which gets to people.
In the same way that different sorts of therapy work for some people and not for others, doesnt mean they are useless.
Counselling, psychotherapy etc dont work on everybody yet theyre still provided on the NHS as part of holistic treatment, and plenty of mental health treatments are the same - they dont know why some of it works, they just know it does.
Going through the same testing sounds like conventional medicine is safe, yet homeopathy and similar complementary therapies being "not scientifically tested" arent as safe or something, when often homeopathy has very good results with no side effects.
Im not a magician
It hasn't worked for you and your children. There may be some aspect of the treatment that had a positive effect, but it certainly wasn't the bit that makes it homeopathy. You really think you were cured by magic water?
Incidentally, ever feel better just by visiting a doctor? Ever feel better when you're given a chance to talk about your problems for longer than the average 8 minute doctors visit? It's nothing to do with any special abilities that the individual may have.
I left it for a while. It got worse. I went to a homeopath. She did an interview with lenny to get an idea of what sort of child he was, then came back to me a couple of days later with a remedy - one pill a day for three days. It cleared up over the course of those three days.
My friends daughter had the same thing except shes had the molluscum for about 18mths and it was getting steadily worse. I recommended the homeopath and she went there. It worked brilliantly.
£20 bloody well spent.
When I had a huge allergic reaction on my face and no antihistamine the doctor gave me or the steroid cream made any difference. I tried the homeopathic remedy apis mel. The swelling went down within a day. It was the only thing that helped.
When ive had morning sickness, Ive found the remedy nux vomica to be a lifesaver.
You are incredibly closed minded.
Well if we ignore the small point that it is impossible to prove a negative, I can prove that it is fundamentally impossible if we accept the current mountain of scientific evidence that would contradict the claims of homeopathy (scientific evidence that has been responsible for pretty much every medical advancement we've ever made). But since when did "well you can't prove it didn't help" become an acceptable argument for spending millions of pounds of public money on unproven medical practices?
And if you can point to the chemical makeup of those pills, and exactly what biological effect they had on your body, along with an independent scientific study proving this, I'll begin to believe you (not that what you say is true, merely why you claim it happened is true). If these pills and substances are legitimate, then why can they not go through the same testing as any other? Why are the mainstream drug companies not snapping them up, considering the amount of money that could be made from them?
Thats your loss and noone elses.
I on the other hand KNOW it has worked and does work because I have first hand experience.
It may sound far fetched, but it does work.
I find it very hard to believe that the placebo effect could be so strong that i could heal my 6 year old with it!
So it's closed minded to point out a severe lack of facts backing up your assertions is it? You believed your problems were cured by the homeopath, but you don't know. And every independent study attempting to answer the question would say that you weren't cured by the methods the homeopath claims. The placebo effect, or any number of possible explinations could be true, but it certainly isn't homeopathy.
the power of coincidence?
the same power of coincidence that meant that when my friend took her daughter for the same complaint, hers cleared up too?
I hope you die
Can you prove that there isn't a mini teapot god in the sky?
How charming. Thankfully I won't die, because I'll put my faith in proven western medicine that has been independentally verified. It seems to have served the human race pretty well so far.
of course you wont dear.
medicine will save you.