It's Homeopathy Awareness Week!
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Deetee
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Ha!
Translation:
Safe, Gentle (Well, it's nothing but water - what could be safer or more natural....?)
Easy to take (sometimes you only need to sniff the cap from the bottle)
Value for money (for us the manufacturers - our initial outlay is next to nothing, R&D costs nonexistant, but profits from gullible Joe Public enormous)
Not tested on animals (in fact not properly tested on anyone)
Holistic (since we can't treat the disease, we must be treating the person)
Preventative treatment (It may prevent you seeking proper medical attention)
Invaluable as first aid (Well, invaluable if you are slightly dehydrated and you take enough of it, but useless for the emergency treatment of any other condition).
Rolfe
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Sigh. I know what you mean, but since it's 99.9% certain that any homoeopathic preparation bought over the counter will be in the form of sugar pills, I can't even let you have that one.Deetee said:
Rolfe.
Mojo
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I would have thought that the last thing that homeopaths want to do is to increase awareness of exactly what their "art" involves. Many people I talk to are astonished to be told about the dilutions used and what these imply for the actual content of the remedy. The general view of homeopathy seems to be that it's a bit like herbalism.
You know, I think Mojo has a point. I recently had a conversation with some co-workers(not cow orkers...that's a different thread) and it seems they had the terms 'holistic' and 'homeopathic' and 'herbal' all muddled up. Fortunately, I was able to educate them fairly well, thanks in part to Rolfe, Donks, MRC_Hans and Mojo. When I explained the fundamentals, they looked at me as if I was spouting nonsense. (Law of similarty..etc) I just looked at them and said 'well...if it sounds nonsensical to you, this is a good thing...' and kept on going. I went right on into 'where's the harm'. By the time I was done, I had them muttering things like 'snake oil'..
All in a day's work.
But it was true, they really had no idea about the differences between the three. I went on to punch holes in the rest, as well. (What is 'herbal' anyway? How much of what are you getting, as these things aren't regulated? Holistic healing? Don't we ALWAYS treat the whole body? Chiropractors and subluxations....we had a good ole time!)
Suddenly the conversation turned into a big 'what else is BS?' session. Was cool.
Where was I? Oh yeah, once the basics are explained, most people who took high school chemistry say 'Huh?!'. Not a good idea, as Mojo said.
All in a day's work.But it was true, they really had no idea about the differences between the three. I went on to punch holes in the rest, as well. (What is 'herbal' anyway? How much of what are you getting, as these things aren't regulated? Holistic healing? Don't we ALWAYS treat the whole body? Chiropractors and subluxations....we had a good ole time!)
Suddenly the conversation turned into a big 'what else is BS?' session. Was cool.
Where was I? Oh yeah, once the basics are explained, most people who took high school chemistry say 'Huh?!'. Not a good idea, as Mojo said.
Rolfe
Adult human female
This would not include the MAS collective, evidently.clarsct said:
Rolfe.
Mojo
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Great! So this week we can raise people's awareness that homeopathy is nonsense, and next week we can do the same for craniosacral therapy. I guess I'll try pointing out that as the bones are fused...Sarah-I said:
clarsct said:
Until I started reading this site, I used to think that homeopathy was 'something herbal'. Then I learned about the dilutions which convinced me that it was rubbish (due to my background in solution chemistry and the lack of studies showing that water has a memory). The 'like-cures-like' was the icing on the cake if you will.
Then knowing that my wife as a child was taken to homeopathic doctors many times, I discussed it with her. She didn't believe me that the basis for homeopathy was this 'like-cures-like', she also thought it was 'herbalish'. She went to the website of the British Homeopathy website, and the first sentence backed me up and convinced her that it was so much rubbish.
We are both chemistry graduates and have PhDs, so I would have expected us to be better informed about this. I imagine that many people have a similar lack of information on the subject.
So to cut a long story a bit shorter(!) I'm all for this awareness week - Let's make sure that people know what it actually is so that they can make a more informed decision about whether to use it or not
Dave
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Yet you refuse to address even the most basic questions regarding CST that we put to you:Sarah-I said:
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57311&perpage=40&pagenumber=2
Since CST awareness week is coming up, this seems like a great opportunity for you to raise our awareness...
rather than just insisting that it works, and slinking away...
as per usual.
It is different from a head massage because no massage is being done and a craniosacral therapist does not work at the head exclusively. We will work at any other point around the body, dependant on what patterns we feel in the system, where they are coming from and whether they are of muscular origin or at another level completely. We also work at the sacrum and at any other places in the body where restrictions are felt.