As a professor in the radiology department at the University of
Colorado School of Medicine, I co-founded a Center for Vitamins and
Cancer Research in 1980 under the sponsorship of Nobel Laureate Linus
Pauling. There are many papers in the medical journal documenting the
effects of vitamins on cancer. These studies led to nutritional
supplement strategies which can easily produce a biological age 20
years less than physical age. Many of the physicians that gave me a lot
of static about this are dead or dying now while my age has tested 24
years younger than physical age at the leading longevity clinic in the
United States.In 1993, I began the study of homeopathy using the audio
tapes of Robin Murphy, one of the leading homeopaths worldwide in
recent decades. While most drugs don't cure anything and only suppress
symptoms, homeopathy regularly produces real cures by stimulating the
body's immune response sufficiently to remove most pathogens over time.
In recent years, I have found electromagnetic frequencies much faster,
more direct, and they can completely clear the body of pathogens, even
inherited pathogens, the so-called miasms in homeopathy. However, I
still use homeopathy as an adjunct approach to my own
healthcare.Homeopathy is rarely used by professional MDs, even when
they are highly trained experts. A Russian MD practicing in the U.S.
told me recently, his excellent training in homeopathy is not useful
here as he cannot make enough money at it. Also, he said American
patients demand to be stuck with a needle or given antibiotics whether
they need them or not. So he does it to survive as a physician in the
U.S. and make a reasonable living. Nevertheless, he has decided to work
in an alternative healthcare clinic where other treatments are
available, particularly from trained nurses or physician assistants who
do not need to charge as much.A good homeopath needs to spend an hour
with a patient and the typical U.S. physician averages 7 minutes with a
patient. At medical conferences, I have pointed out that the error rate
for the average physician on diagnosis is more than 50% because they
don't spend enough time with their patients to do a real diagnosis. The
head of the Massachusetts Medical Society told me (sheepishly) that he
thought is diagnostic error was only 30%. I told him he was a better
than average physician (which he is).But I digress. It is well known
that conventional medicine is highly disfunctional and that medical
treatment, mostly due to adverse drug events, is the third leading
cause of death in the U.S. and catching up rapidly to deaths from heart
disease and cancer. I briefed the national committee on health
statistics on this in the late 1990's and this helped to start the
patient safety movement which is now a national initiative supported by
the president. At least all professionals in healthcare now acknowledge
the problem and are trying to do something about it.That does not stop
vested interests from trying to suppress homeopathy, an approach that
is so safe, effective, and cheap that it would allow you to eliminate
most drugs. In medicine (as in other business) it is all about the
money. Disinformation is rampant and if your perception is overwhelmed
by false propaganda you can expect to die early before your time. Many
of my colleagues are already dead of their own stupidity and more are
dying unnecessarily every day as I get older physically (but maybe not
biologically).In any event, here is a remarkably good article on
homeopathy that is worth reading.The Truth About HomeopathyDispelling
The MYTHS That Surround ItBy Louise McleanEditor, Zeus Information
Service5-27-8In this article, I would like to dispel a plethora of
myths surrounding homeopathy which have been used to discredit this
highly efficacious healing art and science. Homeopaths are given few
opportunities in the media to defend their profession, so a lot of
misconceptions abound. The medical profession in general presents a
fierce and blinkered opposition, yet as Big Pharma is learning of all
sorts of amazing cured cases, they are determined to stamp out
competition via EU regulation.Myth No. 1 ­ Homeopathic medicines cure
nothing. Homeopathy works by stimulating the body's OWN healing
mechanisms, through like for like. A substance that would cause
symptoms in a healthy person can be used to cure the same symptoms in a
sick person by giving a minute, highly potentised dose of that
substance acting as a catalyst to jump start their own healing
mechanisms.Everyone of us has our own natural innate healing powers.
All that is needed is the correct stimulus to kick start it. In healthy
people this may just be rest and good food but many people
become 'stuck' in their physical, emotional or mental illness and
cannot recover. Of course there are different levels of health and the
choice of potency given should reflect that. Low potencies are given
for very physically ill people and higher for those whose problems are
emotional or of the mind. Homeopathy is very successful in treating
emotional problems such as stress, anxiety and fears.Myth No 2 ­
Homeopathic medicines are just water Homeopathic medicines are NOT made
using only dilution. Dilution alone would do nothing whatsoever. Many
homeopaths are getting tired of reading this highly inaccurate
reporting in the media.All homeopathic medicines are made by a process
of dilution and SUCCUSSION (potentisation through vigorous shaking -
100 shakes between each potency - i.e. between a 1c and a 2c, between a
2c and a 3c potency, between a 3c and a 4c, etc. etc.) Most homeopathic
medicines can be bought in either 6c or 30c from Boots or from health
shops. Higher potencies of 200c and 1m (1000c) can be obtained only
from homeopathic pharmacies. Succussion is nowadays done by machines,
originally by hand. Succussion brings out the formative intelligence of
the substance and imprints it upon the 60% distilled water + 40%
alcohol medium used to make homeopathic medicines - alcohol acting as a
preservative.Myth No. 3 ­ homeopathic medicines are unscientific
Homeopathic medicines undergo a scientific 'Proving' where a control
group of 50+ healthy volunteers ('Provers') are instructed to keep
taking a remedy under trial until they develop symptoms which they must
record in detail. Substances that have been rigorously tested include
nearly everything on the Periodic Table - metals, minerals and gases as
well as plants and even things like snake venom.The Provers are given a
bottle of a new remedy being tested in the 30c potency and must keep
taking it until they develop symptoms, which must be carefully recorded
and then submitted to a database. The Provers must be healthy and
symptom-free to start with so that the symptoms they experience are new
ones CAUSED by the remedy.They must keep a careful daily note of what
happens and not discuss it with any of the other Provers. Whatever
symptoms the Provers all experienced in common become the black type
symptoms of the remedy which are then added to the Materia Medica of
homeopathic medicines and Homeopathic Repertory (encyclopedia of
symptoms).Thus the curative indications of a remedy are obtained for
clinical use.Symptoms have also been obtained through historical
records of accidental poisonings, such as Arsenic and Belladonna. For
example, poisoning by Arsenic causes vomitting, diarrhoea,
restlessness, anxiety and extreme chill. Therefore you might get a
patient in this state (possibly after food poisoning) and Arsenicum in
a homepathic tablet will quickly alleviate them.There are more than
4,000+ homeopathic medicines including nearly everything on the
periodic table. But of course all of the remedies tested have been
diluted and succussed (potentised), so they are not toxic like modern
drugs.The Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory are extremely large
books or divided into volumes. The Repertory is divided into sections
in this order: Mind, Vertigo, Head, Eye, Vision, Ear, Hearing, Nose,
Face, Mouth, Teeth, Throat, External Throat, Stomach, Abdomen, Rectum,
Stool, Bladder, Kidney, Prostate Gland, Urethra, Urine, Male, Female,
Larynx, Respiration, Cough, Expectoration, Chest, Back, Extremities,
Sleep, Dreams, Chill, Fever, Perspiration, Skin, Generals. Obviously
some sections are bigger than others!In the various Repertories,
remedies are listed alongside the full range of symptoms (rubrics) in
abbreviated form - all information being systematically taken from
Provings and clinical practice. Every human state of mind, emotions and
body is listed. Symptoms that would mean nothing to a medical doctor
can be looked up and the curative remedy found in these huge book.
Homeopathy is a study of human nature, endlessly fascinating and how
negative states of mind and emotions affect the physical body
culminating in illness.Nowadays many homeopaths use computer software
programmes which contain all this information.Myth No. 4 ­ homeopathic
practitioners receive inadequate trainingIn fact all qualified
homeopathic practitioners undergo a four year training course at
accredited Colleges, which includes Anatomy and Physiology, as well as
Pathology and Disease, Materia Medica, Homeopathic Philosophy and study
of the Homeopathic Repertory. Yet medical doctors and nurses treat
after much shorter homeopathy courses. To be really good, you need to
study intensively for about 10 years. Homeopathy is a lifetime's work
and you never stop learning.Myth No. 5 - there are no studies that
prove homeopathy works In the past 24 years there have been more than
180 controlled, and 118 randomized, trials into homeopathy, which were
analysed by four separate meta-analyses. In each case, the researchers
concluded that the benefits of homeopathy went far beyond that which
could be explained purely by the placebo effect. Another meta-analysis
found that 65 of the 89 trials analysed had produced an effect way
beyond placebo (source WDDTY www.wddty.co.uk )A study of 6500 patients
at the Bristol Homeopathic hospital was conducted showing that over 70%
of patients reported complete cure or significant improvement of their
symptoms. http:// news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4454856.stmA
study on the properties of water was performed by Dr. Rustrum Roy. This
paper provides an interdisciplinary base of information on the
structure of liquid water.The Structure Of Liquid Water; Novel Insights
From Materials Research; Potential Relevance To HomeopathyRustum Roy1,
W.A. Tiller2, Iris Bell3, M. R. Hoover4Received: 2 August 2004 Revised:
6 September 2004 Accepted:
14http://www.rustumroy.com/Roy_Structure%20of%20Water.pdfhttp://www.inf...
playback.htmlHomeopathy can never be tested properly through
conventional trials because each prescription is individualised as
every person is unique. Therefore 10 people with arthritis, for
example, may all need a different homeopathic medicine. So it is far
from ideal to follow the allopathic trial paradigm to test homeopathy.
In orthodox medicine trials, all are given the same medicine to be
tested. In homeopathy all may be given different medicines!Anybody who
has an understanding of the principles of homeopathy can be left in no
doubt that we are dealing with a scientific therapeutic method in the
best possible sense: it is based on observation, facts and phenomena
and follows the rules of inductive logic that can be tested in daily
practice. It is a comprehensive and comprehensible mode of therapy,
which in some countries is first line treatment for the whole range of
acute and chronic conditions. It has been proven abundantly that it is
superior in the treatment of epidemic diseases to allopathy.It is
amazing how people, who like to see themselves on the side of
unprejudiced evaluation, can be so blinkered. People pass judgment on
homeopathy who have never bothered to study it. Like any science it
takes time to learn (especially to learn it correctly) and years of
practice to master but the rewards for patients, practitioners and the
NHS purse are great. Before those who preach pure science come down on
therapies like homeopathy too heavily, they should ask themselves how
many of the accepted treatments within the NHS have a scientific
evidence base?With every homeopathic medicine we know exactly the
substance it was made from, unlike most modern drugs where we have no
clue of the ingredients. This is ironic too as ALL natural health
products, whether vitamin, mineral or food supplement must clearly
state on the label every single ingredient. When we go to the
supermarket or health food shop, we hold up the packet or bottle and
read what is in the product, yet people happily swallow prescription
drugs with no idea whatsoever what they have taken!They could contain
cyanide or any poison and the patient would be none the wiser. With the
new class of genetically modified drugs, such as the one used in the
Northwick Park drug trial in London, the dangers of a massive allergic
reaction, such as the drug testers experienced, are even greater.Those,
who claim to be scientists, should have the ability to at least try to
understand different paradigms. If not, they look more like people who
have settled on a comfortable view of the world which might soon look
very outmoded indeed. As the great musician and conductor Sir Yehudi
Menhuin once said: 'Homeopathy is one of the few specialised areas in
medicine, which carries no disadvantages but only
advantages.'.Regarding the Horizon programme on homeopathy, Prof.
Madeleine Ennis was not involved in the Horizon test. The test was
carried out by Wayne Turnbull at Guys hospital, London. It has been
conceded that the Horizon test was not an exact replica of Ennis'
successful trials. Many of his protocols were different. You can read
at this link where he added in an ammonium chloride lysis step which
would have ended up killing the very basophils that were such an
integral part of the test. http://www.homeopathic.com/articles/
view,55Ennis' original test was replicated in 4 different labs in 4
different countries.Dr. Peter Fisher's article in PubMed discusses
the 'End of Homeopathy' editorial and meta-analysis published in the
Lancet of 26th August 2005 and how nearly 100 successful studies that
showed homeopathy worked were thrown out and only a few that were
inconclusive were used. Dr. Fisher is the Queen's homeopathic physician
and heads the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital. (The vitriolic
editorial was caused by the World Health Organisation bringing out a
draft report in 2005 which was favourable towards homeopathy!)"The
final analysis which concluded that 'the clinical effects of
homoeopathy are placebo effects' was based on just eight clinical
trials of homeopathy. The Lancet's press release did not mention this,
instead giving the impression that the conclusions were based on all
110 trials." "One of the most serious criticisms is the complete lack
of transparency: we have no idea which eight trials were included in
the final, damning, analysis." "The literature references are not
given, nor any information on the diagnoses, numbers of patients, etc.,
nor can these be deduced from the article. Prof. Egger has refused
several requests to disclose the identity of the eight trials. This is
not even a matter of scientific method, but of natural justice: the
accused has the right to know the evidence against him.""The Lancet
meta-analysis in 2005 of homeopathic trials was said to be based upon
110 placebo-controlled clinical trials of homeopathy and 110 clinical
trials of allopathy, which were said to be matched but were in fact
reduced to 21 trials of homeopathy and 9 of conventional medicine and
further reduced to 8 and 6
trials."http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1375230Other
Responses from the Homeopathic Community on the Lancet
Articlehttp://www.ontariohomeopath.com/Response2.htmfrom
WDDTYhttp://www.zeusinfoservice.com/Articles/ShockingTruth.htmlGeorge
Vithoulkas' 'Science of Homeopathy' is still considered an excellent
exposition of the
science.http://www.wholehealthnow.com/books/science-of-homeopathy.htmlMore
scientific
studies:http://www.vhan.nl/documents/ScientificReportECHNov04.pdfhttp://ecam....
No. 6 - homeopathic hospitals are a waste of moneyThere are 5
homeopathic hospitals in the UK - in London, Liverpool, Tunbridge
Wells, Bristol and Glasgow. They cost the NHS about £6 million a year.
Compare that to the £100 billion for the total 2008 annual NHS budget!!
These homeopathic hospitals SAVE money for the NHS as the Smallwood
report commissioned by Prince Charles has
demonstrated.http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/
christopher_smallwood_s_report_on_integrated_health_180.htmlAt one of
the earliest debates on the NHS Act 1948 the Government pledged that
homoeopathy would continue to be available on the health service as
long as there were "patients wishing to receive it and doctors willing
to provide it". Many people who depend upon it are alarmed at the
possibility that Homeopathy may no longer be available on the NHS.
Since the passing of the NHS Act in 1948, a provision has always been
made for people to be treated at homeopathic hospitals in the UK and
until PCTs began to stop referring patients, there had indeed been long
waiting lists, some 6 months or more.See this letter sent out to all
Primary Care Trusts in 2006 signed by a group of professors hostile to
homeopathy and putting pressure on PCTs not to refer patients to the 5
homeopathic hospitals in the UK. They wrote the letter on NHS headed
paper!http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/pdf/Baum%20letter.pdfMyth No.
7 ­ Cure with homeopathy is simply the Placebo Effect. When Prince
Charles treats his farm animals at Highgrove with homeopathic medicines
do they know that a remedy has been put in the water they drink?
Farmers successfully use homeopathic medicines for their cows suffering
from mastitis. Does a tiny baby know when their fever drops
dramatically using Belladonna or Aconite, that they have been given a
homeopathic medicine?! As anyone who has treated animals and babies
with homoepathic medicines will tell you, homeopathy works even better
on animals and babies than it does on adults! If proof were needed,
this is it. Not placebo.Perhaps the most striking research on
homeopathy that goes some way to debunking the placebo argument is when
homeopathic remedies are tested on live tissue in a petri dish or
studies involving animals (mice in this case)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3208528.stmMyth No. 8 - homeopathic
medicines contain no molecules Any remedy under a 12c or a 24x potency
still contains the original molecules of the substance and this is
known as Avogadro's number.These low potencies are most suitable for
physical illness of long duration as well as to heal specific organs
that are not functioning properly.Myth No. 9 ­ 'Anecdotal Evidence'
does not constitute scientific evidence!Most medical, surgical
procedures and drug usage are not backed by studies - only by anecdotal
evidence. According to the US Government's Office of Technology
Assessment (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology
Assessment: Assessing the efficacy and safety of medical
technologies.Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1978), only
10-20% of all medical procedures and off-label drug usage are backed by
clinical studies.Strong anecdotal evidence among informed professionals
is actually quite reliable - at least as reliable as clinical
testing.Many clinical tests come to diametrically opposed conclusions.
You could say that the problem was discovered through anecdotal
evidence - and merely confirmed through a peer reviewed
study.http://www.i-sis.org.uk/peerReviewUnderTheSpotlight.phpThe
problem isn't with the use of anecdotal evidence. It's with the double
standard applied by the establishment (medical and regulatory) that
holds complementary medicine to an absurdly higher standard, allowing
medical doctors to do pretty much whatever they want. If informed
anecdotal evidence is allowable for 85% of all medical procedure and
drug usage, why is alternative health held to an impossible 0%
standard?Millions of people worldwide testify that homeopathy cures
their illnesses yet apparently that cannot be construed as 'evidence'.
If a person were to walk out of their house to the town centre and
witness someone having their bag snatched or witness a car accident,
then when they relay this information to the Police or to their friends
and family, it is anecdotal evidence. If someone go on holiday, stays
at a nice hotel, eats delicious food, comes back home and relates the
holiday to their friends, that is anecdotal evidence. Does that mean
that the above never happened? According to the detractors of
complementary or alternative medicine, yes it does!Millions of people
have been cured of their diseases or afflictions using homeopathy,
herbs, healing, vitamin supplements, special diets and on and on. Yet
according to orthodox medicine all of these cures are anecdotal
evidence and as such do not merit any further investigation, study, or
validity. As far as orthodox medicine is concerned, these cures never
happened.Yet what if someone witnessed a car accident and the Police
wanted them to make a statement? Would the statement in court be
dismissed as anecdotal evidence? Would the police, even if they arrived
at the scene of the accident to find the person still there comforting
the passengers or trying to help, say they had not been there and their
evidence is non existent? I don't think so.So how for so long have we
put up with the top dogs in the medical establishment dismissing our
cures as total nonsense, figments of our imagination, placebo cures, or
outright lies?How when millions are cured around the world using
homeopathic medicines, can these cures be dismissed as unworthy of
attention, simply 'anecdotal evidence'. Orthodox medicine implies
through this that all cures with alternative medicine are untrue or
simply imagined. Even when all the evidence is put before them, they
become angry and even aggressive, simply refusing to see or to
listen.All the case notes in the surgery show that Mr. A had arthritis
for 5 years, had been on anti-flammatory medicines, yet after
homeopathic treatment for 6 months, the arthritis is cured. The
reaction of the doctor is either disbelief or an attitude where they
will not talk about it and do not want to know.Of course there are some
orthodox doctors who practise acupuncture, homeopathy or herbs
themselves and who do believe that these therapies cured the patient
but they are in the small minority. It is always the top cancer
specialists and professors whose lives and vested interests are the
most challenged by the idea that anything other than pharmaceutical
drugs or surgical interventions can cure the patient.Yet pharmaceutical
drugs cure nothing. They merely SUPPRESS the symptoms driving them
deeper into the body of the patient. Hence the eczema patient whose
skin symptoms have been suppressed, goes on to develop asthma. The
arthritic patient whose joint pains are suppressed, eventually will go
on to develop heart disease.The doctor makes no connection whatsoever
that their drugs have created these deeper illnesses but just goes on
to give the patient more and more powerful drugs, making the patient
sicker still.Then when they die, they say, 'We did everything we
could'. Yes and you killed the patient!After homeopathic treatment,
careful analysis is taken of the Direction of Cure of the patient's
symptoms. Constance Hering was a converted skeptic of homeopathy. As a
young man in Germany in the early nineteenth century, Hering had been
assigned the task of reviewing Homeopathy because his medical mentor (a
fervent anti- homeopath) had been asked by a publisher to write a book
exposing homeopathy as unworthy. Having been given this task, Hering
conducted a detailed study but concluded the opposite from the
requested results! He was the first to talk about the Law of Cure which
says that symptoms are cured from above down, from the inside out and
in the reverse order of their appearance. This has stood the test of
time in clinical experience. A simple example would be after a curative
remedy is given for eczema all over the body, we would see the eczema
start to move down and when it is only on the ankles, we know it is
nearly cured.The body is always intelligent. That is why the human race
has survived. When a baby is conceived, Nature chooses the best genes
from both parents in order to create a stronger, healthier human. If
the parents are both taking drugs of any kind, whether legal or
illegal, the health of the baby will be compromised.If only doctors and
scientists would study Nature, they would find all the answers and
instead of going against it, learn from it. There is only one true
science and that is the science of Nature.The human race has survived
because we all have an innate healing power in our bodies. In
homeopathy for example, this is called the Vital Force. Homeopathy
stimulates the vital force to heal the body, through like for like
(using a potentised substance that would cause the symptoms but in a
tiny dose acts as a catalyst for healing).So in conclusion, there is no
question that dismissing cures as Anecdotal Evidence through the use of
natural medicine, is nothing more than a whitewashand a desperate means
of suppressing the knowledge of those cures to the public as a
whole.Samuel Hahnemann Hahnemann was a doctor but gave up his practice
because he was appalled at the poisonous side effects of most available
medicine. He started experimenting and did something rather novel - he
took some quinine, while perfectly healthy. He observed that the effect
on him was identical to a malarial attack: alternating fever with heat
and chills. This is where homeopathy started: a substance, given to a
healthy individual, causes symptoms. If given to someone who suffers
those symptoms, it will thus neutralise the sickness.After his
observations on quinine, Hahnemann went on to test hundreds of
substances on himself and willing, healthy volunteers, used the tested
substances for matching symptoms in his patients and all the while kept
accounts of detailed observations.Of course, Hahnemann had an
antecedent, still well-known today because all doctors still swear an
oath to him to promise best medical practice: Hippocrates. Hippocrates
stated that there were two laws of healing ­ the law of opposites
(allopathy) and the law of similars (homeopathy). A Greek physician
called Galen had laid these rules down in about 150 AD. Homeopathic
theories are based on fixed principles of the Laws of Nature which do
not change - unlike medical theories which are constantly changing!
Homeopathy is both a science and an art.Far from being ideas-based,
this is completely evidence-based, empirical medicine an almost unique
concept at the time. After some years of practicing like this,
Hahnemann was still not satisfied. The substances he was using, while
more effective than normal medical practice, were still having side
effects. Or, if he reduced dosage too far, there was no effect. This is
when he developed the concept of potentisation, the serial dilution
that opponents of homeopathy deride.Treating the Whole Person or
Holistic Healing We are not just a collection of parts to be fixed as
doctors treat us but ALWAYS operating as a whole person ALL of the
time. In other words medicines are chosen that treat the whole person
and not just the part. This may seem strange to grasp and yet doesn't
it in fact make total sense? Do we leave our sore throat on the desk of
the physician as we leave the doctor's surgery? Or our arthritic knee
behind. No, every single tiny function of our body operates as a WHOLE,
all of the time. You cannot treat one thing and not affect the rest.
That is why pharma drugs are so dangerous as for example, in treating a
cancerous tumour, the medicine will affect and disturb the other
systems of the body.We are all energy beings.
http://www.workingwithenergy.co.uk/ energy_centres.htmThe electricity
in our bodies transmits messages to all parts/ systems of the body.
Illness is caused when these messages are not getting through. All
systems of the body are communicating with each other at all times.
Water is a great conductor of electricity and it transmits the
electrical current. This is how homeopathic mediums work ­ by
communicating a current/pattern/frequency of energy via the whole human
body to jump start the body's own inherent healing
mechanisms.Homeopathy treats different sorts of people with distinct
characters and personalities as well as different physical looks and
natures. It individualises each person and looks at their symptoms AS A
WHOLE.Is it not true that no two people are alike? That every person is
unique? This is why you could line up 20 people with asthma and they
might all need a different homeopathic medicine. There are in fact
about 250 homeopathic medicines for asthma but the correct one for each
person must be selected taking into consideration such things as what
makes the condition better or worse, what time of day it comes on,
whether the person is hot or cold, worse for damp, need fresh air or
prefer the windows closed and so on. You would be amazed how each
person's symptoms are so different and yet they have all been diagnosed
with asthma.If people want to improve their looks, homeopathy does just
that. When you are healthy and well, you obviously look
better!Homeopathic practitioners believe in PREVENTION, having
treatment can prevent illness rather than leaving it to the surgeon's
knife. There are thousands of homeopathic medicines which treat every
ailment known to man, truly the most wonderful science on this
planet.Many people buy self help books or think they can treat
themselves with over the counter remedies. This is a short term
solution.The reason is as stated above. You cannot treat individual
symptoms without taking into consideration the rest of you! Only a
qualified and experienced homeopath who will spend 1-2 hours taking
your full medical history and all of your symptoms can prescribe the
remedy that fits best. In other words if you have hayfever, the
homeopath will take into consideration all other physical symptoms a as
well as your personality, to come to the correct prescription. Itchy,
watery, red eyes, worse morning and evening would be Sulphur but only
if all the other things about you fit the Sulphur picture. You cannot
prescribe for yourself as you cannot take all of it into consideration
at once. So if for example you buy Natrum Mur. for your hayfever (which
is also an excellent remedy for this), it may work for a bit if you are
healthy but the hayfever will come back, will not be cured for good,
because it was not the remedy that fitted best.The only exception to
this rule is in the treatment of first aid and even then it often has
to be individualised. An example of when it does not is having a molar
removed at the dentist. Firstly you would take Arnica for bruising of
the gums, secondly Hypericum for the pain as the anaesthetic wears off
(will remove pain completely), thirdly Ledum for injection and fourthly
Calendula (the remedy not the cream!) for fast healing of the gums (or
any other injury). Symphytum is the great healer of broken
bones.Homeopaths believe that illnesses manifest for three reasons:
firstly they are genetically inherited from our parents, grandparents,
forefathers. Secondly, they can be caused by an traumatic event such as
death of a loved one, divorce, job loss - any event that has a serious
impact upon the person. Thirdly they can be caused from drugs taken by
our parents (passed onto the foetus) or by ourselves. There is also of
course accidents and injury.Inherited disease can be traced back to one
or more of what homeopaths call MIASMS - these are syphilis,
gonorrhoea, psora (scabies), tuberculosis and cancer. We are all a mix
of all of these as especially TB, dates back thousands of years.
However one or more of the miasms is uppermost in a person and is an
important aspect of the case-taking to determine the appropriate
medicines.So many people are in total ignorance of the VAST amount of
study needed to become an expert in this field. Also there are hundreds
of homeopathic books only available at specialist bookshops, many
printed in India where homeopathy is more popular than orthodox
medicine.Attacks on Homeopathy After the ever increasing attacks on
alternative medicine in the media and in particular homeopathy, once
again Professor Edzard Ernst, the 'first professor of complementary
medicine' (whose qualifications for the job are still in question)
discredits homeopathy. Yet in an interview with Geoff Watts in
2003http://www.studentbmj.com/issues/04/01/careers/25.phpentitled 'A
Scientist in the Alternative Camp', Professor Ernst stated:"Our family
doctor in the little village outside Munich where I grew up was a
homoeopath. My mother swore by it. As a kid I was treated
homoeopathically. So this kind of medicine just came naturally. Even
during my studies I pursued other things like massage therapy and
acupuncture.""As a young doctor I had an appointment in a homoeopathic
hospital, and I was very impressed with its success rate. My boss told
me that much of this success came from discontinuing mainstream
medication. This made a big impression on me."The truth is that
homeopathy is getting ever more popular and the drugs companies are
putting out their spin in overdrive through their science and media PR
operation outlets to counteract this in any way they can.The reason
there is this incessant assault in the press against homeopathy is
because Pharma wields enormous power over the media and because the
popularity of homeopathy has been increasing due to side effects of
modern medicine. Also, unlike other natural therapies, it is pills and
in direct competition. At leat six million people use complementary
treatments each year in the UK, which offers clinically-effective and
cost-effective solutions to common health problems faced by NHS
patients.Historical Facts In view of the highly inaccurate reporting
and vitriolic attacks in the recent press coverage on homeopathy, I
would like to point out some little known historical facts concerning
homeopathy.The practice of homeopathic medicine flourished in both
Europe and the US during the 1800s and early 1900s and was
spectacularly popular with European royalty and the British
aristocracy, American entrepreneurs, literary giants, and religious
leaders.John D. Rockefeller referred to it as 'a progressive and
aggressive step in medicine' and was under homeopathic care throughout
the latter part of his life living to 99 years of age. A strong
advocate of homeopathy, major grants of between $300-$400 million he
intended for homeopathic institutions were instead used for orthodox
medical institutions in the early 1900s, under pressure from his son
and his financial advisor, Frederick Gates. (Source Dana Ullman)In the
United States in the early 1900s there were 22 homeopathic medical
schools and over 100 homeopathic hospitals, 60 orphanages and old
people's homes and 1,000+ homeopathic pharmacies. Members of the
American Medical Association had great animosity towards homeopathy
after its formation in 1847 and it was decided to purge all local
medical societies of physicians who were homeopaths.This purge was
successful in every state exceptMassachusetts because homoepathy was so
strong among the elite of Boston.The AMA wanted to keep homeopaths out
of their societies and discourage any type of association with
homeopaths. In 1855 the AMA established a code of ethics which stated
that orthodox physicians would lose their membership if they even
consulted with a homeopath. If a physician lost his membership, it
meant that in some States he no longer had a licence to practice
medicine.Drug companies were antagonistic towards homeopathy,
collectively trying to suppress it. The medical journals they published
were used as mouthpieces against homeopathy and in support of orthodox
medicine.At an AMA meeting, a respected orthodox physician said: 'We
must admit that we never fought the homeopath on matters of principles;
we fought him because he came into the community and got the business.'
Economic issues played a major role in what was allowed to be
practised.Homeopathy attracted support from many of the most respected
members of society in the US, such as William James, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, Louisa M. Alcott, Mark Twain, former American Presidents
James Garfield and William McKinley. In Britain among its supporters
were George Bernard Shaw, Charles Dickens, W.B. Yeats, William
Thackarey, Benjamin Disraeli, Yehudi Menuhin. Other famous supporters
were Dostoevsky, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Mahatma
Ghandi.Nowadays, celebrities using and supporting homeopathy are many
and include among others : Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tina Turner, Whoopi
Goldberg, Pamela Anderson, Jane Fonda, Cher, Rosie O'Donnell, Martin
Sheen, the Chilli Peppers, Jane Seymour, Lesley Anne Warren, Mariel
Hemingway, Lindsay Wagner, Paul McCartney, Axl Rose, Linda Gray, Susan
Blakely, Michael Franks, Cybil Sheppard, Dizzy Gillespie, Vidal
Sassoon, Angelica Houston, Boris Becker, Martina Navratilova, David
Beckham, Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley, Cliff Robertson, Jerry Hall,
Diane von Furstenberg, Ashley Judd, Naomi Judd, Olivia Newton-John,
Julianna Margulies, JD Salinger, Blythe Danner, Pat Riley (coach of the
Miami Heat). The list of famous people who supported homeopathy is
endless..... See 'The Homeopathic Revolution' by Dana Ullman
MPHwww.homeopathicrevolution.comThe aristocratic patronage of
homeopathy in the UK extending well into the 1940s and beyond can be
easily demonstrated. In the Homeopathic Medical Directories there are
lists of patrons of the dispensaries and hospitals. They read like an
extract from Burke's or Debrett's.(See A History of Homeopathy in
Britain by Peter Morrell, Honorary Research Associate in the History of
Medicine, Staffordshire University,
UK.)www.homeopathyhome.com/reference/articles/ukhomhistory.shtmlHomeopathy
is practised nowadays in countries all over the world and is especially
popular in France, South America and India where there are around
250,000 homeopathic doctors! In a recent Global TGI survey where people
were asked whether they trust homeopathy the following percentages of
people living in urban areas said Yes: 62% in India, 58% Brazil, 53%
Saudi Arabia, Chile 49%, United Arab Emirates 49%, France 40%, South
Africa 35%, Russia 28%, Germany 27%, Argentina 25%, Hungary 25%, USA
18%, UK 15%.Zeus Information ServiceAlternative Views on
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