Dispelling the myths of homeopathy | Dr. Shantanu Abhyankar | TEDxPICT

7 May 2025


Dispelling the myths of homeopathy | Dr. Shantanu Abhyankar | TEDxPICT



Dr. Shantanu Abhyankar unravels the mystery of homeopathy and leaves us with a valuable lesson that should, in reality, be well-known to the common man. Dr. Shantanu Abhyankar is a renowned Obstetrician and a Gynecologist based in Wai, near Mahabaleshwar. A popular orator in medical and lay gatherings alike, he is known for his candid blogs about women’s health issues and his wry humor. He was bestowed the Dr. Anandibai Gaurav Puraskar by the government of Maharashtra in 1997, in view of his contribution to women’s health.

At TEDxPICT, he will be talking about his arduous journey from Homeopathy to his eventual area of expertise as he ponders upon the meaning of rational medicine. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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37 Comments
  1. Better you should have learned about top allopathic doctors turning to homeopathy.
    It needs lot of study

  2. Why dont medical schools just integrate homeopathy into their curriculum to give doctors a wider scope of knowledge? nothing is 100% guaranteed anyway…

  3. This is a trained agent of Pharmaceutical lobby, who is trying to inject doubts about Homoeopathy with his half baked arguments.

  4. TO COMMENTS ON ANY SYSTEM. OF MEDICINE U SHOULD STUDY IT DEEPLY OTHERWISE THE COMMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED ONE SIDED

  5. Allopathy manages all diseases and masks all the symptoms well until you keep on taking the drugs prescribed. There is no cure in allopathy except management and end up causing permanent side effects and damaging vital organs.

  6. This man spent all that time studying homeopathy and he still doesn't understand how it works. It's sad that his mind is closed.
    And then he defends birth control with what we know now….😬

  7. Uhhh😂 if homoeopathic medicine's doesn't work.. Drink the mother tincture of Lachesis everyday nd see 🥴

  8. Agreed modern medicines are the best options but have you checked how these Specialist, Consultants & their multi speciality hospitals fleece their patients ?

    A Liver transplant costs ₹ 35 L in Mumbai. Is it affordable or logically viable for a 65 + year old retired person to shell out that kinda money unless he has tons of it ?

    And moreover.. it is said that Homeopathy / Ayurveda have proven track record of Liver Cirrhosis cure at an affordable cost.

  9. I,m a homeopath & have great results during my practice of more then 25 years. Specially in chronic diseases, kidneys, liver, skin & others , even in Cancer cases. Homeopathy is safe, effective and natural treatment.

  10. I you have belive that homeopathy doesn't work
    Start taking sulphur 200 3 doses a day then its results gives you confirmation that homeopathy works😅

  11. India had witch doctors until recently, it's hard for it to understand science and medicine. So quackeries like Homeopathy thrive because people are not that much smarter than their parents who believed witch doctors.

  12. Conventional medicine does bad homeopathy. EVery one of their medicines has "side effects" that match the symptoms for which they are indicated. Aspirin, acetominophin and ibuprofen all are used to treat headaches and inflammation. These are also side effects of the same drugs. If they prescribed them homeopathically, i.e. symptoms they cause match all the symptoms of the patient – mental, emotional and physical – then they would be curative. Because they are used to only cover a few symptoms, they just suppress those symptoms and must be taken regularly like a poorly chosen homeopathic remedy.

  13. This was clearly a propaganda speech. and all the studies that have shown homeopathy not working are funded by big pharma and medical mafia. I am a pharmacist and i was too taught things like that by my professors and i was like these people… but when my mother didn't start improving and was taking so many meds and collective side effects (many of these they don't tell you abt otherwise, you won't be able to take it lol, for example, beta blockers will cause asthma type symptoms in the long term, and since its a hypertension medication you have to take it long term) so up and behold we tried homeopathy and she is much better, she could walk now.

  14. The facts reside in Quantum Physics Science, "Universal Law of Attraction" is Absolute.
    We create all of our own reality, "Thoughts +Feelings X Beliefs" aka "Energy, Vibration, and Frequency"

    Go to who You Trust to help you be in Wellbeing, the 9ne you believe in …

    I choose Homeopathy

  15. He is now LATE Dr. Shantanu Abhyankar — he Expired -had CANCER – RIP — I would say to get once self cured of sufferings ,any pathy is a Star pathy– each one has merits and demerits

  16. What a great video, but it's really difficult for the Indian population to explain something scientifically nowadays. They would continue to believe in alternate medicines for their placebo effects, even though the country where homeopathy started stopped funding it! No wonder health parameters in our country are way worse than developed nations.

  17. Honestly, im not too sure why, the homeopathy practioner that i know, makes me feel like its a religion that cannot be challenge and i thought only a cult would have their believers to ignore scientific proves, logical sense, and just take the book as if it's the bible. But i guess, those who believes in homeopathy will never accept the fact pointed out by the doctor.

  18. When you make a 1C potency, it contains 1 part drug and 99 parts water, here 1C potency doesn’t denote the 1/100th of the whole mixture but the whole mixture including drug and water… the property of 1C potency is different than that of the crude drug substance.
    Similarly, 13C potency has different properties than that of crude drug. So you dont need to find that 1 molecule of drug to see its action, rather the whole mixture of 13C potency has its unique properties, which are proved on healthy human beings, and afterwards given to the patients having similar symptoms… its simple logic with hundreds of thousands of results.

  19. Mr santanu, i offer you to share a treatment campaign in any area on critical cases, and i Will show you , faster relief than your modern treatment,!

    I challenge you…

    And last but not the least , i will show you with evidence that all of your so called medicine are poison and causes serious damage to the physical as well as mental body at subtle level…

    Dr Rajesh Roy

  20. 0:28 there you go. If you can’t get into medicine you don’t know medicine.

  21. I think it is more of money and profit driven that may have prompted Dr Shantanu to embrace allopathy. My personal experience with allopathy was quite bad. Plaqued by a heart condition, digestive disorders, breathing difficulties, a high prostate PSA and dental issues, I owe it to Homeopathy for the new lease of life. It is a gift indeed. Suffering from GERD was a traumatic experience. Despite visiting a number of allopathic doctors and spending a lot of money, nights have been nightmares. The treatment may hold for a week but after that it will be back to square one. After I sought homeopathic treatment I have been fine for the last 9 years. And it was so affordable. I still keep my medical card as I may need for any major surgery and these surgeries cost a bomb. The futile attempt of Dr Shantanu is like blocking the sun with a finger. A good and ethical doctor would certainly not run down others. Instead, he should be focusing on improving the deliverables in allopathy. When the Corona Delta virus was sweeping over the whole world and there was no vaccine yet, I can say unashamedly that it was Homeopathy treatment that saved me and my family. Where was your allopathy then, Dr Shantanu?

  22. My little brother has systemic juvenile arthritis and he has episodes every few months .My parents refuse to take him to a real doctor because they fear that the medicine has steroids .They only take him to a homeopathic doctor how do I convince them to take him to a real doctor

  23. Homeopathy has immense potential to treat and to help humanity in many diseases,
    Especially in Stones, kidney, PCOD, Nerve compression, Spondylitis, Dengue, Typhoid, Viral, Cancer and Many more ,
    Seen excellent results from our family clinic,
    Canswin Homeopathy

  24. This man even has problem in calling someone a MASTER. what is wrong in master if someone is master in a subject. Even a degree is called master degree. Such a narrow minded person

  25. Only one thing to notice in this lecture is this man thinks he is smartest.
    If homeopathy does not works how it survived for centuries. Are the patients going to homeopaths are mad or just going for fun.
    Think this man is mad

  26. The big problem with homeopathy is that, by it's very nature, it is very difficult to study it with the regular scientific method. One of the very pillars of homeopathy, "treat the patient, not the disease", makes replicating situations for study very difficult. Only very careful statistical analysis, of patients going to a real hannemanian homeopathic practitioner and following through with treatment, could show real results. Personally, I have used homeopathy for myself and my pets for 25 years with excellent results, even for chronic and serious conditions, such as heart conditions and cancer. 🤷🏼‍♀️

  27. We Indians have a very typical mentality..
    Getting better with lesser cost (whether Correctly treated or the luck worked): wah wah!!
    Getter better with more cost ( correctly treated ) : Loot liya!!

    Not getting better despite more cost (Despite correctly treated) : Pehle Loota fir Maar diya!!

    Not getting better with low cost ( Despite not coreectly treated ):
    Doctor genuine tha.. bilkul paisa nahi liya. Apni kismat hi kharaab this but usne poora try kiya.

    End of the day its all about Cost incurred in the treament.. outcomes dont matter.. correct or not is the matter of least concern!!

  28. Tedx people are bringing idiots here

  29. I showed myself to 3 different homeopathy doctors for the same problem in the interval of 1 week. Believe me
    1st doctor gave me
    A. BC 4
    B. Sempervivum q
    2nd doctor gave me
    A. Borax
    B. Mer sol
    C. Phosphorus 1m
    D. Nitrum acid
    3rd Doctor gave me
    A. Tuberculuim 200 1D
    B. Rubrum 200 15 days.

    This is big scam in the world, I was a big fan of homeopathy, for those who believe in homeopathy, this is nothing but placebo effect.😂😂😂😂

  30. Allopathy is a big bag of rubbish. Allo meds have serious side effects. Today I am alive and healthy because of Homeopathy. Top 4 allo docs had said that my health issue had no cure. Homeopathy completely cured me.

  31. I have stomach issues that start with food poisoning. Done all tests possible. Everything came back normal. Finally, the doctors discharged me, saying it could be stress relates. I have stomach pain and extreme food sensitivities. My friend suggested it cured her stomach ulcer and to try homoeopathy, and i can't decide reading all these mixed comments

  32. Homoeopathy is the 2nd largest system of medicine according to WHO!
    Homoeopathy is the best for most of the chronic conditions and acute also.
    I am the student of homoeopathy and can proudly says that homoeopathy is the magic that heal the patient hole with single, simple, remedy!

    Those who don't believe in homoeopathy just try to get a proper knowledge of homoeopathy and how it works on human body in scientific way. Get the knowledge of potentization and Aphorisms before just commenting.

    Dr. Samuel Hahnemann who was the founder of Homoeopathy itself was an MBBS physician of that time.
    Now most of the MBBS doctors also recommend homoeopathy to patients and also do it's practice and there are many physicians like this in my surrounding who practice homeopathy and also gives there families that medicines.

  33. Come to west bengal, you will find strong evidence…

  34. Allo pathy wa horrible todays medicine is good.200 year from now they will say todays medicine is safe, 200 years ago they literally gave poisons.these guys are bot trustworthy.many medicine which are schedule h category now that is in recrational drug were sold as safe.that is how pathetic horrible they are

  35. If it is working then it is good, an Indian mindset.
    And i agree with it, all we need to cure at the end.

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