homeopathy =/= herbal remedies

[mopinko]

homeopathy is the ridiculous dilution of herbs that don't work on the theory that water remembers herbs, but not cholera, prescription medications or shit.

herbal "medicines", acupuncture, reiki, etc, =alternative medicine- something completely different.

thank you for your kind attention.

[TlalocW]

1. I don't really believe in either

I know homeopathy is bunk. But reiki - as I understand it - is essentially some hocus-pocus dealing with the laying on of hands. I didn't believe in it when Oral Roberts did it, and I don't believe in it when his Holiness Tulip Petal Adrift on a Pond does it either.

TlalocW

[HuckleB]

2. According to NCCAM, homeopathy falls under the complementary and alternative medicine rubric.

I'm not saying it should be there, necessarily. But many stores that sell herbal remedies (which have a conceivable possibility of offering benefit) also sell homeopathic remedies (aka, water). That doesn't help. Further, I know acupuncturists who insist on defending homeopathy to the bitter end, and it just doesn't help their credibility. I am very open to seeing studies done to show the benefits or the lack thereof for things like herbal treatments and acupuncture. (As noted above, reiki seems to fall more in line with homeopathy, where logic just doesn't match from the get go.) I could go on and on, but I've posted the same "homeopathy is not herbal remedies" point repeatedly, and still it doesn't sink in for many people.

On the other hand, this is an interesting piece about the origins of the "natural health movement," which does mimic the origins of many of today's "alternative therapies," including homeopathy.

http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/11/john-wesley-and-origins-of-natural.html

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