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What Is Homeopathy And Is It Real Science?
Homeopathy is practiced as a form of alternative medicine in many parts of the world. What does science have to say about it?
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Homeopathy is ‘dangerous and wasteful,' bioethics expert argues
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110509065749.htm
“A bioethics expert has denounced the public funding of homeopathy at a time where Scotland's health budget is under unprecedented pressure.”
2014, A Bad Year For Homoeopathy
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/2014-bad-year-homoeopathy
“Homoeopathy is based on two principles “like cures like” and extreme dilution, in most cases to levels so dilute that there is almost no chance of a single remaining molecule of original compound being present in the remedy. ”
Should doctors recommend homeopathy?
http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3735
“Of all the major forms of complementary medicine, homeopathy is the most misunderstood. Based on the concept of “treating like with like,” homeopathy originated with the German physician Samuel Hahnemann.”
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Homeopathy, beloved by The Royal Family and millions around the world. But does it actually work? Hey guys Julia here for DNews Homeopathy. A very.. contentious form of alternative medicine practiced by millions all over the world. The National Health Service in the UK spends about 4 million pounds a year on these kind of treatments. And some estimates place that number as high as 11 million pounds. So it’s more than just a fringe movement. In fact even the Royal Family seems to be fans. The Queen’s Physician, Peter Fisher, recently called for more people to use it. He says that it’s “Safe, popular with patients, improves clinical outcomes without increasing costs, and reduces the use of potentially hazardous drugs, including antimicrobials.” Although in the US, the National Institute of Health says that “There is little evidence to support homeopathy as an effective treatment for any specific condition.” So what is it? Homeopathy isn’t a new idea. It was introduced by the German Physician Samuel Hahnemann over 200 years ago. Homeopathy’s premise is based on a few interesting ideas. According to The National Center for Homeopathy, the first idea is that “like cures like” and that’s what homeopathy means in Greek, same suffering. Or that something that produces symptoms in a healthy person, makes a sick person healthy. So like caffeine, a molecule that keeps people awake, might be used to treat people with insomnia. But only if caffeine is diluted to very small amounts. And that’s the second premise. The more dilute the remedy, the more potent it is. And thirdly, that the illness is specific to the person. Homeopaths take into account a holistic view of a person. So how is the medicine made? Well let’s go back to that caffeine example. A bit of caffeine goes through the process of ‘potentization’ which involves dilution and succussion (vigorous shaking), so all the toxic effects of the extract or compound are removed. And when I say dilution, I mean a lot of dilution. Something might be diluted 1 in a hundred 30 times in a solution of water or sugar. Medicine doses are based on the centesimal or C scale. A 2C dilution requires a substance to be diluted to one part in one hundred, and then some of that mixture being diluted AGAIN to one part in a hundred. So basically you wind up with one part of the original substance in 10,000 parts of the solution. And so on and so forth. This process can be repeated. Basically the plant or animal extract is so diluted that there’s almost no molecules of it left. But according to homeopathic theory the more diluted it is, the more “potency” it has. Homeopaths believe that water retains the “memory” of that extract. The idea is that after each dilution the extract and water, sugar, or what ever the dilution is, goes through succussion, which activates the “vital energy” of the extract. Alright so that’s the process… but what does the science say about it? Well one study published in the journal Rheumatology found that homeopathy helped arthritis patients over the course of six months, when added alongside conventional medicine. Buuuuuuut it was because of “its unique consultation process,". Basically homeopathy treats the patient, not just the symptoms. So it was really the one on one, patient focused appointments that helped, not the homeopathic medicine. Well the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia found “no evidence” that homeopathy is effective. In a report published last year, the NHMRC looked at 57 systematic reviews of the treatment. They found there were no health conditions for which homeopathy was effective, that no good large scale studies found that homeopathy was better than placebo. And Edzard Ernst, emeritus professor, at the University of Exeter wrote in an opposing letter to the Queen’s physician, that homeopathy is “implausible” and that it “flies in the face of science”. So it looks like science isn’t on the side of homeopathy. But you know what science DOES support? Meditation.
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I was treated several times by homoeopathic medicine, never got result.
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Homeopathy cured my gullibility.
If homeopathy were real, all the world's water would have come into contact with all the world's chemicals at some point in the last 4.54 billion years. Which means all water should have all medical properties by now.
But 'science' is still the reason people believe that in the beginning of life, somehow inorganic material started to turn 'alive' and then learned on it's own to feed of something (when there was nothing else organic to feed on), and then did it enough times, it started to spontaneously reproduce? This is the basis of the evolutionary belief system. If it were science, we would see inorganic material turning organic all around us all the time. Maybe we just don't have the scientific understanding of Homeopathy yet? Just like until about 150 years ago, electricity was magic…
Homeopathy needs to be studied more in the meta-physical science, as it is not a 'chemical' drug.
https://youtu.be/FTgWUFFIlgc?si=8zF_h0M7kS_qg8ko
It’s pseudo science and has no benifit then if you were taking a plecebo.
Thanks for sharing this video! It’s interesting how the debate around homeopathy continues, especially with the skepticism regarding its scientific basis. While the principles of ‘like cures like’ and dilution are core to homeopathy, critics argue the remedies are too diluted to have an effect. Personally, I believe in the power of natural remedies and alternative medicine, but it's important to acknowledge that scientific validation is crucial for broader acceptance. What are your thoughts on finding a balance between traditional and scientific medicine?
The side effects also to dangerous can create a new illness don't be stupid
I love it.
oh boy. lets look at the comments from the antivaxers
I used to have the most irritated eyes… tried every big name eye drop on the market… nothing helped. My boyfriend came home with one I had never tried, and I popped them in without a thought. Instant relief. I was like- what are these?! I looked at the bottle and it said homeopathic. My boyfriend is like, what’s that mean? I’m like- that means they are placebo meds… these shouldn’t work…but they do! why do these work so well?? I’m sorry I just can’t believe this is the placebo effect. Why didn’t I have the placebo effect with at least one of the 30 other brands?
Of course the western medicine don't support it ,because they don't want to loss all the money that they get .
Homeopathy is not based on science. It is based on varying types of observations with various sbstances which do not follow scientific principles.
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The Royal family doesn't use homeopathy. More likely hemophagy. And recently vampire hunters burned their storage that's why they fall like flies.😂😂
I used homeopathic for kidney stones and it removed 16mm without any harm internally.
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No, it does not
Millions, like 300 to 800 million people worldwide do use homeopathy. It is on equal footing with regular medicine in India. This "con" has been successful for over 220 years. Conventional medicine is doing bad homeopathy. Every drug prescribed on disease sxs has "side effects" (ie. effects) identical to what they are prescribed for. e.g. Aspirin can cause headaches & fever. SSRIs can cause depressive, suicidal & homicidal ideas. For a drug to be homeopathic it must match the patient mentally, emotionally and physically. It doesnt need to be diluted. From experience it's just more effective if it is. The original version of the Aus. NHMRC study found that homeopathy was effective. They threw it out to get the results they wanted. Studies of homeopathy have to throw out 90% of the research to reach a conclusion that it is ineffective as the Lancet Sheng, et al meta-analysis also did in 2005. Note that… see reply