EPTHomeopathy - does it work?
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
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Grend
1600 Posts
It`s just water, seriously that`s all there is. The idea is that if you say have a headache, then diluting something that causes headaches to the ^nth degree in water makes it cure headaches. Whatever effects you get are placebo, or the fact that when your body heals itself over time, you attribute it to the use of homeopathy. | ||
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
I'm sure if one of them had cancer they'd use something with a slightly better track record. | ||
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APurpleCow
United States1372 Posts
Show them this? James Randi explaining why Homeopathy is BS. | ||
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Maenander
Germany4926 Posts
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Grend
1600 Posts
On June 16 2010 01:26 Piy wrote: It has very little substantial scientific support. Almost none actually. I'm sure if one of them had cancer they'd use something with a slightly better track record. Try none. Here is a tip if you want to disprove their effect. Have your parents buy some homeopathic sleeping pills. Then eat the whole box, and watch as nothing happens. http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=556 I would like people to be aware of the fact that homeopathy is a pre-scientific philosophy, that it is based entirely on magical thinking and is out of step with the last 200 years of science. People should know that typical homeopathic remedies are diluted to the point that no active ingredient remains, and that homeopaths invoke mysterious vibrations or implausible and highly fanciful water chemistry. I would further like people to know that clinical research with homeopathic remedies, when taken as a whole, show no effect for any such remedy. | ||
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
On June 16 2010 01:30 Maenander wrote: There is doubt in your heart, so it won't work for you, I am sorry. Only faith can save your lip. LOL | ||
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
Homeopathy is based on the principle of dilution. Basically, they'll take any toxic substance, dilute it until it's basically pure water, and then say that it cures something. It's one of the many scam "alternative medicines" out there to swindle sick people for their money. Very few alternative medicines actually work. The only thing that really stands out are things like St. John's Wort which is a natural SSRI similar to pharmaceutical anti-depressants. You should be careful when using alternative medicines, because the few that do anything like St. John's Wort can interact with other pharmaceuticals to either reduce or increase their potency, which could be dangerous. | ||
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Smu
Serbia164 Posts
At best, your lip healed because your body had beaten the infection. | ||
BlackJack
United States10501 Posts
On June 16 2010 01:28 APurpleCow wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWE1tH93G9U Show them this? James Randi explaining why Homeopathy is BS. This. If they watch this and still don't have doubts then there is no hope for them. | ||
KwarK
United States42689 Posts
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ggrrg
Bulgaria2716 Posts
If you want to try to convince them, you can start by showing them the abundance of scientific studies that state that homeopathy's only effect is possibly a placebo effect. Like this, or this, maybe that, or that. However, if they really believe that homeopathic medicine works better then pure water then there probably is no way to convince them. Sorry... | ||
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Krolinkos
Australia74 Posts
They also have a reference section for factual overviews of common quackery topics, along with indexed posts by topic and links to good outside resources. Quick links for you: http://sciencebasedmedicine.org http://sciencebasedmedicine.org/reference/homeopathy/ | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
Where I live, I've never seen any homeopathic medicine on any shelves, but when I was in Alberta, it was all over the place. You'd have coughing syrups with the same ingredients as the other ones PLUS homeopathic garbage and that would sell for 3x the price of regular coughing syrup. The pharmacist (who had been bragging about how awesome he is at medicine and how he has surgeon friends) even saw that I was sick (hawk eye, I was all messed up) - he tried to convince me to buy some of that voodoo stuff. More expensive but works faster, he said. I pointed out that it was homeopathy and he didn't seem to know of the term. As shown above, James Randi spent a lot of his time fighting that voodoo medicine and it's a shame that in 2010 we still allow the sale of that garbage. | ||
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BlackMagister
United States5834 Posts
It might have been the most effective medicine in older times simply because medicine sometimes actually was harmful, but compared to today's medicine it's just using the placebo effect to cure people. | ||
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RaGe
Belgium9947 Posts
On June 16 2010 01:28 APurpleCow wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWE1tH93G9U Show them this? James Randi explaining why Homeopathy is BS. haha, I knew it was bullshit, but never really got in to the specifics. This is pretty hilarious. | ||
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Go0g3n
Russian Federation410 Posts
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starcraft911
Korea (South)1263 Posts
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Sadistx
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
Homeopathy is the best way to treat health problems for my parents. Wrong, because you cannot treat anything with homeopathy except perhaps a fat wallet. It doesn't work. /thread plz, before all the crazy supporters and trolls roll in. | ||
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surprise
Germany38 Posts
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