I think the matter is really personal choice--however I do agree with Dr. Leela that the internet has definitely made distance treatment a reality, for better or worse.

I have to say there used to be a "practitioner" on this BB who used to throw remedies at people with the least amount of analysis and case taking.
I will be very happy indeed if I knew that no one were allowed to treat patients in that way on the internet, but unfortunately, a bad practitioner is a bad practitioner in person as well as via the phone or internet.

It is always the patient's responsibility, then, to learn what a good practitioner does, and what a poor practitioner does--after all, the patient has to take responsibility for restoring their health properly. The only people with the true power of eliminating the bad practitioners are patients--if they educate themselves and know what treatment should involve as opposed to what others tell them is involved, they will never patronize those who call themselves homeopaths, but know little about how to practice or treat patients properly.

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