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hopemountain

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20. but not the pockets of pharmaceuticals
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 01:12 AM
Mar 2015

which supposedly only develop medicines they can patent and sell for hundreds of dollars per dose to treat the symptoms and ensure there is no cure?

oh, and have you ever read the side effects and contraindications for pharmaceuticals printed in such teeny print that no one bothers to read them?

and, do not overlook the truth of who is also stripping the pocket books of the poor and middle class: doctors and medical facilities and insurance companies that reap benefits from prescribing medicines & procedures that do more harm than good.

they are all a disgrace and make a mockery of the oath to heal - choosing money over true medicine to make poor people poorer. they strip the middle class of their savings and retirements and sanity with the game of kicking coverage, or acceptance, and deciding which procedures and medications are even allowed for a sick person when they and their family are at their most vulnerable state.

hospitals and doctors may be able to set a bone or transplant a heart and have the technology for expensive machines ~ but ~

no thanks. i'll take the bowl of herbs and an organic bone broth with some sunshine and laughter.

p.s. i'll take 200 years of traditional provings over 3 months of questionable testing of questionable pharmaceuticals compounded with questionable ingredients in substandard environments with minimally trained "technicians".

i figured this kind of anti homeopathy propaganda would emerge following the vaccine controversy.

there are no patents for traditional homeopathic remedies so, there is no money in them - except for perhaps an affordable 3 months of doses for $13. can't make trillions of dollars at that rate, right.



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Duh... Drahthaardogs Mar 2015 #1
of course it doesn't...it can't. there's no "there" there! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2015 #2
"did not find that homeopathy performed better than a placebo"?? uppityperson Mar 2015 #3
If water has a memory... backscatter712 Mar 2015 #4
... progressoid Mar 2015 #5
I could use a nice homeopathic lager right now Trekologer Mar 2015 #54
Please don't laugh... jmowreader Mar 2015 #72
I've read that homeopathy is effective at reducing... Dr. Strange Mar 2015 #6
Exactly! It cures the back pain and discomfort that comes petronius Mar 2015 #7
but not the pockets of pharmaceuticals hopemountain Mar 2015 #20
why big Pharma is hugely into herb supplements. longship Mar 2015 #26
there are quality, tested hopemountain Mar 2015 #27
No objective entity is testing them. HuckleB Mar 2015 #30
Well, homeopathy is a total waste of money. It's water. longship Mar 2015 #33
st johns wart is an herbal supplement hopemountain Mar 2015 #36
You are confusing naturopathy with homeopathy. hobbit709 Mar 2015 #39
I think I said that St. John's Wort is a supplement. longship Mar 2015 #43
incorrect. hopemountain Mar 2015 #48
That is a hopeless straw man. longship Mar 2015 #55
first do no harm? hopemountain Mar 2015 #62
Please! Do not go there. longship Mar 2015 #63
well, i have been there hopemountain Mar 2015 #65
I cannot speak for your personal health situation. longship Mar 2015 #67
you've been hopemountain Mar 2015 #68
Something devoutly to be wished. longship Mar 2015 #69
You want "something tested for safety and efficacy"? thesquanderer Mar 2015 #42
"it's old, therefore it's right!" Scootaloo Mar 2015 #34
Ah, they're doing fine on the business of the transplant surgeons... sir pball Mar 2015 #44
Separating chumps from their money hifiguy Mar 2015 #74
The fact that we have to spend money to show this is an ugly reminder of the era. HuckleB Mar 2015 #8
I can't understand why anyone would still believe in this. Ron Obvious Mar 2015 #9
Because they are desperate, and there are some conditions where there is no treatment still_one Mar 2015 #28
Germfany tests herbal remedies for selected active ingredients. eridani Mar 2015 #37
Swiss fully support Homeopathy PumpkinAle Mar 2015 #10
thank you hopemountain Mar 2015 #11
Yes, screw BIG PHARMA! HuckleB Mar 2015 #15
Oh, goodie. The Swiss allow con artists to scam people. HuckleB Mar 2015 #14
That's unfortunate that the Swiss support this. n/t deafskeptic Mar 2015 #24
Helped me a lot with interstitial cystitis discomfort. Peregrine Took Mar 2015 #12
You do realize that there is no substance in homeopathy, right? HuckleB Mar 2015 #13
Wrong. zappaman Mar 2015 #16
Slugime.inc! I've got the purest slug slime in the world! HuckleB Mar 2015 #18
I only use organic GMO-free slug slime. zappaman Mar 2015 #21
The only organic slug slime is from caged slugs! HuckleB Mar 2015 #22
I slaughter a chicken and in about a week my cold is gone also!! nt Logical Mar 2015 #56
Homeopathy is like Congress. nt valerief Mar 2015 #17
If only... HuckleB Mar 2015 #19
It has been established that... Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #23
Citations needed. HuckleB Mar 2015 #29
Actually, placebos can work even if you know they're placebos. Frank Cannon Mar 2015 #31
Of course they can... CanSocDem Mar 2015 #45
Interseting Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #46
Google the Homeopathic Mass Suicides jmowreader Mar 2015 #25
homeopathy is based on the titration hopemountain Mar 2015 #66
You apparently missed the point jmowreader Mar 2015 #71
then they are just as ignorant about hopemountain Mar 2015 #73
The "hoax" is the theory that homeopathy is anything but a placebo jmowreader Mar 2015 #75
We use the term Homeopathy now to describe what we used to call magic potions. Half-Century Man Mar 2015 #32
No, no, historically "magic potions" had all sorts of fun stuff Scootaloo Mar 2015 #35
As if rjsquirrel Mar 2015 #38
the placebo effect Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #40
And water's wet. ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #41
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #47
Why put so much care into something that someone else believes is good for them? ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #49
+1 liberal_at_heart Mar 2015 #50
LOL, no some people post the truth about scams to stop the gullible from wasting money! nt Logical Mar 2015 #58
Bullshit, ignorance is not a virtue. People need to know they are wasting their money. nt Logical Mar 2015 #57
It's petty any way you slice it. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #59
Nope! Facts matter. Truth matters. LOL, so GOP voters are OK to believe the BS also? We..... Logical Mar 2015 #61
Crossing you off my party list. closeupready Mar 2015 #64
I disagree Warpy Mar 2015 #51
I found another homeopathy-related atrocity jmowreader Mar 2015 #52
Did they try it on mild dehydration? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #53
Criticizing it though, certainly cures a need for self-professed cleverness. LanternWaste Mar 2015 #60
Not true. Rex Mar 2015 #70
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