Bullfrog said:
hockeyfan1 said:
Bullfrog said:
Oh, he's being vilified for far more than his congressional testimony. His consistent peddling of scientifically void treatments is deplorable.
Reiki, psychics, homeopathy, etc.
He brought Mike Adams on his show. He of naturalnews.com, the worst website on the planet.
The Royal Family, particularly the Her Majesty the Queen, can attest to homeopathic medicine. Even Paul McCartney swears by it.
No one professes cure. It helps with whatever symptoms they have.
Not all individuals are the same. Everyone is different. Therefore, what helps one may not be of the same results for another.
Just because it didn't or doesn't help you doesn't mean that it should be automatically negated. What about drugs and their side-effects?
What I can't tolerate isn't the same for someone else. It doesn't automatically mean that said medication is not good or that it has no benefits whatsoever. To someone else it may help them even if it is for the short term.
If you're going to label everything as some sort of quack or fraud, just remember, one size doesn't fit all.
Agreed, which is why I haven't labeled everything as quackery or fraudulent. If someone were to produce a properly prepared scientific study that is double-blind and peer-reviewed on homeopathy, I'd change my mind. I guarantee you'll find some positive study out there, but there are also literally thousands of studies that prove it doesn't do anything (similarly to acupuncture.)
Most alternative medicine is pure fantasy. It's like the saying I've heard a number of times: "do you know what they call effective alternative medicine? Medicine."
Homeopathy is one of the worst of the quackish alternative medicines. It's whole premise completely disobeys the known laws of physics and other sciences. You're essentially consuming water, sometimes with sugars, flavorings, and other stuff to justify its cost. Diluting something doesn't make it more effective, it makes it less toxic and less effective. Most homeopathic medicines are diluted to the point that the supposed medicinal ingredient doesn't actually exist anymore. You'd have a greater chance of getting this ingredient (which on its own usually has dubious claims of any effectiveness in any concentration) by taking a sniff out of my shoes. It's true, someone may take a homeopathic medicine and get better, but I can guarantee it wasn't the medicine. There's a big difference between correlation and causation.
The appeal to nature and the placebo effect our powerful, persuasive phenomena. I'm coming down with a cold and have a sore throat. My wife is trying to force oil of oregano down my throat (somewhat literally.) The claim is I'll get better in a couple of days...... oy.
Absolute rubbish! Most alternative medicine is NOT like the way you say.
I don't know much about homeopathic. It does appear to help aome people obviously.
What I do know, (and no, I'm not speaking of Reikki or any of that stuff), is that alternative medicine that involves supplementation in the form of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, probiotics, etc.etc. can be an important part of a person's regimen to get better and improve symptoms, which is where I speak from...
...It (natural medicine) and equally Integrative Medicine saved my life. I would be dead, yes, d-e-a-d if I hadn't been treated by it. I have been going to regular medicine all the life long and what did it do for me?
N-o-t-h-i-ng. Because of conventional doctor's lack of knowledge of nutrition in general, no one could recommend anything except some drugs (with plenty of side-effects) in which by the way I have never been nutritionally sound enough to assimilate them in the first place.
I don't just speak of your friendly cute vitamin. For me, the list is a lot deeper than that -- natural blood thinners, an anti-inflammatory, digestive enzyme, etc,
My doctor went to medical school the way all others need to do and he took it upon himself to learn the other of medicine. Was surprised to discover that what he was taught in med school was at odds with he learned afterwards. That's when he discovered that there is a lot more to learn than what Big Pharma wants you to know. There are many alternatives to drugs without dubious side-effects, for various ailments some of the most common such as for thyroid, cholesterol, blood pressure, etc.
No, I have not been cured, but, my condition has stabilized and the best part -- I have not gotten any colds, viruses, flus, etc., in a long while.
And oh, by the way, Oil of Oregano is anti-viral. It won't work magically. It takes time. I take it and helps when I have sore throat or a cold.
'You want to know a really good cough/cold syrup? Echinamide by Natural Factors. Main ingredient: Echinacea.
(Echinacea acts as an immune booster and shouldn't be taken by those suffering from auto-immune problems, however when you need it, you need it. No problem with that. I take it at the onset of a cough told, as soon as I start feeling something coming on. Works every time!
