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originalpckelly

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29. Homeopathy is not natural medicine it is a placebo.
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 08:25 AM
Jan 2013

If homeopathy is right, then you can water down Kool-Aid and it will taste sweeter.

It is not true from the perspective of basic chemistry, and for that reason fails as a theory.
Herbal medicine and homeopathy and not the same. Herbal medicine may in fact work, though it may be dangerous if knowledge about herb in question is not complete. It is at least based on real things.

Homeopathy is not. It is horseshit 1000 times diluted and shaken.

Homeopathy at one time was better than real medicine because real medicine's roots come from dangerous bullshit, not just harmless bullshit like homeopathy.

It was a theory conceived during the time of the humor theory of medicine. In comparison, people who receive homeopathic treatments were better off.

Today this is not true, and not getting your animals to vets is a bad thing.

Alternative therapies PatSeg Jan 2013 #1
Do homeopathy and alternative treatment operate at a loss? jberryhill Jan 2013 #2
And even more threatened now since more and more people are willing to give gateley Jan 2013 #5
It has been going on for decades PatSeg Jan 2013 #10
Homeopathy deserves to be discredited jmowreader Jan 2013 #24
How can homeopathics be explained as placebos for animals? Big Blue Marble Jan 2013 #54
Easy: There isn't any demonstrable effect that needs explaining William Seger Jan 2013 #57
PROFIT, eh? Homeopathic "medicine" costs $1.29 a gallon at Safeway William Seger Jan 2013 #41
So they are against fraud in animal medicine. Deep13 Jan 2013 #3
It has nothing to do with fraud. It has to do with money. gateley Jan 2013 #6
You do have a point there, but how do we know you're not just a shill for big accupuncture? Electric Monk Jan 2013 #9
Are you just trying to needle Gately? Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #52
Yes, Big Veterinary is out to get you. Scootaloo Jan 2013 #13
And how much fraud is in big pharma drugs? N/T Big Blue Marble Jan 2013 #55
Considerably less than homeopathy, acupuncture and aromtherapy. Scootaloo Jan 2013 #63
Homeopathy is not natural medicine it is a placebo. originalpckelly Jan 2013 #29
We got our dog from a Homeopathic shelter. Tracer Jan 2013 #36
I'm going to stop calling it homeopathy and start calling it water fetish. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #43
How much money do you suppose the homeopaths are making? I bet their margins are even bigger! rbixby Jan 2013 #59
+1 obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #66
THANKS so much for this info and the link! nt Raine Jan 2013 #4
What's next, an anti-astrology resolution? eShirl Jan 2013 #7
Q: My dog got hit by a car and broke his foot, what should I do? A: Have you tried aromatheropy? Electric Monk Jan 2013 #8
I would imagine the placebo effect adieu Jan 2013 #17
My iguana is a die hard skeptic, then jberryhill Jan 2013 #20
My dog is down with all that hippie shit. originalpckelly Jan 2013 #31
You should have never named her "Patchouli". surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #67
I use to date your hamster, ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #53
It was after dating you that it needed the enemas jberryhill Jan 2013 #58
I was an inocent lad before I met that hamster. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #62
BINGO!!! GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #47
We can give ourselves quack medicine, but please give pets real medicine cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #11
I would add that this type of quackery has even less chance of working in pets Major Nikon Jan 2013 #32
I don't know if it works in pets, but for humans sakabatou Jan 2013 #12
Actually it's water. Scootaloo Jan 2013 #14
Highly, highly diluted sugar pill adieu Jan 2013 #16
Homeopathy is the medical world's biggest scam adieu Jan 2013 #15
I don't mind if people dabble in it. They have free will, and hey, they can enjoy the placebo effect AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #18
Placebo effect works for animals in sort of the opposite way adieu Jan 2013 #56
It's very simple, if you don't want to use medicine to assist your pet AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #19
It gets a little worrying dkhbrit Jan 2013 #21
I have little tolerance Mona Jan 2013 #22
No. I dislike seeing animals suffer because actual medical treatment is being withheld. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #42
aas someone Mona Jan 2013 #49
I don't base my worldview on anecdotal opinions. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #51
If the white paper has no peer review and not author how can it be accepted as policy guidance? Ford_Prefect Jan 2013 #23
Yeah, because the fact that homeopathy is quackery needs still to be scientifically determined.. (?) Democracyinkind Jan 2013 #26
Homeopathy is magic medicine longship Jan 2013 #25
This is yet another of Joseph Mercola's scams. Archae Jan 2013 #27
Mercola? Homeopathy?... SidDithers Jan 2013 #28
. Berlum Jan 2013 #30
I don't believe in homeopathy for anything. Humans, pets, plants or even rocks. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #33
There's already enough water in Fido's bowl. Codeine Jan 2013 #34
Shit and sugar... SidDithers Jan 2013 #35
So this "discussion" is about science vs em, err belief? Culturally mandated fact vs superstition? Ford_Prefect Jan 2013 #37
Oh, yes, how odd that a professional association of science-based MineralMan Jan 2013 #38
But you think links to mercola are just fine for GD... SidDithers Jan 2013 #39
I think they do not violate the SOP for GD. MineralMan Jan 2013 #40
"Believe" - The headline says it all. FarCenter Jan 2013 #44
Many natural/alternative remedies are great, but homeopathy in particular seems to be quackery. Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #45
Animals don't believe in faith healing rusty fender Jan 2013 #46
Translation: If you want to continue to throw away more money on worthless placebos... cleanhippie Jan 2013 #48
gately, I'm sorry Mona Jan 2013 #50
Aww, thank you Mona -- how sweet. But it's okay. gateley Jan 2013 #61
These things are almost always not about how much money is being made rbixby Jan 2013 #60
I believe homeopathic therapies should be killed. Note that killing off Homeopathic is NOT... yawnmaster Jan 2013 #64
What homeopathy is, for the uninformed obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #65
Locking HappyMe Jan 2013 #68
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