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In reply to the discussion: Do you use Homeopathic "remedies"? Do you understand just what it is you are taking? [View all]bama_blue_dot
(224 posts)92. Yea, way to avoid the question..
If people get relief from homeopathic remedies, and aren't taking them to treat major illness, then it isn't a problem.. Also, maybe you should just worry about what you put in your body, and I will worry about what I put in mine..
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Do you use Homeopathic "remedies"? Do you understand just what it is you are taking? [View all]
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
OP
umm. a belief in god defies reality. but I still respect people who believe in god.
robinlynne
Feb 2013
#302
That's not true, as far as I know. Modern medicine is derived from homemade plant medications
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#305
I've been studying the history of homeopathy in America - it's actually rather fascinating
derby378
Feb 2013
#5
It is quite fascinating. And the way people have been duped into believing it works is not unlike
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#13
I would feel differently about an extract of AM, but any Homeopathic version is cause for alarm.
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#20
He knows that. Most would recognize ridiculous comments like that for what they are.
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#105
You would rather drop a chemical in your eye than drop a chemical in your eye?
MattBaggins
Feb 2013
#26
I agree, but don't you think people are implying a slightly different meaning?
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#102
To be fair, in a homeopathic application, there would be no chemicals at all.
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#52
It also rots pipes and fish make love in it. That's why I won't drink it or put it in my eyes.
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2013
#316
It can be scary when one of your family members choses homeopathic over traditional medicine
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#43
I don't care how people spend their money. I do care that ignorant people are being scammed.
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#309
I think we should realize the same is true of baptism (and holy water if catholic)
Dragonfli
Feb 2013
#292
No, I use herbs and nutrition. I went to a homeopath once, when I was like 22, and
Zorra
Feb 2013
#27
So to keep things interesting (since some posters don't want you to talk about this)...
randome
Feb 2013
#50
Capsasin/Cayenne pep. diluted with cold cream for the feets. Apply 3X in 1 hour with socks. ahhhhh.
lonestarnot
Feb 2013
#55
Yes. 1 teaspoon red pep to 1 small jar ponds cold cream (not the big un.) :)
lonestarnot
Feb 2013
#60
If you mix up some crap yourself and you can't by it, it's homeopathic by my definition and you
lonestarnot
Feb 2013
#75
Maybe a less controversial word for what you prepared would be "home remedy", not homeopathic?
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#121
WTF, indeed, you are arguing because you cannot be bothered to learn what homeopathy means....?
xocet
Feb 2013
#235
You probably won't want to sell cars for a living then. What? I have to look up homeopathic to
lonestarnot
Feb 2013
#282
My problem isn't with you, or with people who buy & use homeo products knowing what they're buying.
eShirl
Feb 2013
#284
I did and I dilute red pepper with cold cream. I don't call myself walgreens. So there is an
lonestarnot
Feb 2013
#295
You apparently prefer being annoyed. Have at it pal. I can help you if you like. Snort
lonestarnot
Feb 2013
#314
You do know that in a 30C potency, there's not a single molecule left in the solution?...
SidDithers
Feb 2013
#96
Wow. While ignoring the basic laws of mathematics, you accuse others of being ignorant.
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#103
"If you have never tried homeopathy, why put it down so vehemently." Because it is bunk bullshit.
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#110
They are sold at Whole Foods by people with dreadlocks and Che Guevara t-shirts
Dreamer Tatum
Feb 2013
#97
Latte sipping arugula munchers demanding abortions on their way to a save the whales pot rally!
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2013
#134
"What is harmful is when people forgo actual medical treatments and use homeopathy instead"
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#124
Is it illegal to mislabel a product or lie to consumers about what a product does?
MattBaggins
Feb 2013
#127
I would assume there has to be some disclaimer on the packaging about how the claims are not tested.
DanTex
Feb 2013
#147
Because it turns the ignorant away from real medicine, and in the end, that harms us all.
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#148
That's the whole point. It's essentially faith healing, marketed as herbal remedies.
eShirl
Feb 2013
#151
As long as people KNOW what they're buying (a "worthless gadget" or "voodoo") fine.
eShirl
Feb 2013
#259
Homeopathic medicine is energy medicine. Most Americans don't understand that...it is clear here.
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#138
I thought I was corresponding withan intelligent being. My bad. Are you for Fu## real?
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#274
I asked you for your opinion on the virus and said nothing about homosexuality.
MattBaggins
Feb 2013
#275
AIDS and Iatrogenic death statistics??? This is not about some guy's junk. Get a life, Dude.
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#277
I'm a huge believer in naturopathy or herbology, but homeopathy is 100% BS n/t
librechik
Feb 2013
#144
Reminds me of the days when doctors who washed their hands were considered Quacks.
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#175
You make good points, but when it comes to homeopathy, I think the verdict is in.
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#178
I respect your opinion, but it flies in the face of mine and many other's experience.
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#193
Just depends on who you choose to read. All the Medical Associations are trying to get rid of it.
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#220
First an idea is laughed at, then it is studied, then it is accepted as truth
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#225
Hylands remedy for colic costs a couple of bucks. Get off your hysteria and ask a parent with a new
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#266
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers...
SidDithers
Feb 2013
#261
Iatrogenic Deaths are Rampant...but I don't knock or mock Modern Medicine.It's just not all there is
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#179
For someone who thinks that time on DU and knowing the admins lends credibility
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#200
All these dire warnings about the danger of homeopathy ...these are figures of the dangers of
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#195
Education, yes. I don't know about safer...it's worked for me and mine for decades.
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#270
The statistics are of iatrogenic deaths...conditions the patient did not have when they began
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#231
That's OK...I don't take it personally. I've had this conversation many times. Mostly friends and
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#250
By definition...the people didn't have the condition they died with BEFORE entering the medical
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#241
Don't argue with me...it's statistics. It's your own folks reporting this. Not the "wackos".
libdem4life
Feb 2013
#269
Holy crap. Off topic, but I begin to see how some people get such high post counts....
Thor_MN
Feb 2013
#285
Not really off topic. It is the fact that companies prey on the ignorant, and keeping them ignorant
cleanhippie
Feb 2013
#290
Haven't seen this mentioned in this thread but James Randi and others "overdosed"...
SwissTony
Feb 2013
#307