On 5/22/2015 3:28 PM, Roy wrote:
> On Friday, May 22, 2015 at 12:15:52 PM UTC-6, Cabrito del Bosque wrote:
>> On 5/22/2015 6:28 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 5/21/2015 8:45 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> True! When I worked for Prudential's HMO it never ceased to amaze me
>>>>> the complaints we got from people with the flu. Why? Because the
>>>>> network physicians wouldn't prescribe antibiotics! Duh, that's because
>>>>> antibiotics don't work on viral infections.
>>>>
>>>> That's why we need homeopathic mediocines.
>>>> So we have something to give people who
>>>> demand something. Hey, it's something!
>>>>
>>> Placebos.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> No, homeopathy is NOT a placebo.
>>
>> Do learn up on the subject before knee jerking.
>
> Homeopathy for the most part is horseshit...packaged and sold to the
> gullible. Its on par with Scientology IMHO and just as dangerous.
> =========
>

That's absurd.

It does work.

Not for every condition, but it is somewhat analogous to regular allergy
desensitizing treatment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-u..._b_320998.html

Although homeopaths have a history of being at the forefront of medical
research and discovery, it is particularly appropriate and even
predictable that they would lead the way in the field of allergy.
Because the primary principle of modern allergy treatment derives from
the homeopathic principle of "treating like with like," the spirit of
homeopathy has lived on, despite the tendency of orthodox physicians to
ignore it.

Research in Leading Medical Journals

Respiratory allergies represent the condition for which there is a
relatively strong research base for efficacious treatment with
homeopathic medicines. A group of researchers at the University of
Glasgow published four studies, three of which were published in the BMJ
(British Medical Journal) and the Lancet, two highly respected medical
journals. Each study was randomized, double-blind, and
placebo-controlled. Each trial used an oral 30C homeopathic preparation.
The first two trials involved patients with hay fever, [4] [5] where
patients were either give a placebo or homeopathic doses of 12 common
flowers to which people are allergic.

The third trial involved patients with asthma, where patients underwent
conventional allergy testing to determine to what substance they were
most allergic. [6] Half of the patients were given a placebo and half
were given a homeopathic dose of the substance to which they were most
allergic (the most common allergen was "house dust mite" and thus, these
patients were given House Dust Mite 30C).

The fourth study was the treatment of patients suffering with perennial
allergic rhinitis (a broad technical term for respiratory allergies that
are not seasonal). [7] Like the previous study, half of the patients
were given a placebo, while the other half was given a homeopathic dose
of whatever substance the person was most allergic. The patients given
the homeopathic medicine experienced significant improvement in nasal
inspiratory flow comparable with the improvement typically experienced
by patients given steroidal drugs...without side effects!

When evaluating all four trials together (there were 253 patients in all
of their clinical trials), there was a 28 percentimprovement in
homeopathic subjects versus a 3 percent improvement in placebo subjects.

Following in the footsteps of the above research, a 4-week, double-blind
clinical trial comparing homeopathic preparations with placebo was
conducted in the Phoenix metropolitan area during the regional allergy
season from February to May. [8] The treatment group was given a
homeopathic preparation (6X) of common allergens in the Southwest region
of the U.S. Participants included 40 men and women, 26-63 years of age,
diagnosed with moderate to severe seasonal allergic rhinitis symptoms.

In addition to the above research, a group of German researchers
conducted annual controlled clinical trials using a single homeopathic
medicine (Galphima glauca) on over 1,000 hay fever subjects. The last
six clinical trials were randomized, double-blind, and
placebo-controlled. These studies consistently showed benefits from this
homeopathic treatment as compared with those patients given a placebo. [9]

It should be acknowledged that not all research has confirmed success in
the treatment of respiratory allergies using homeopathic medicines. For
instance, one study tested homeopathic doses of birch trees to treat
people with birch tree allergies, but such treatment was not any more
effective than a placebo. [10]