Hello Gimpy:

I too have been following your posts with much interest. Pseudonym or not, you express yourself well and I enjoyed your dissection -- although not your dismissal -- of homeopathy, as you read it, of being unreliable and untrue.

I have been privately studying homeopathy for 25 years now and have witnessed what the current medical establishment might call "miracles". True, it is often hard to explain to laypeople or scientists alike, how or why it does work, I must admit.

But to dismiss this as akin to being archaic or unworthy of further consideration is a huge mistake. I've spoken to several physicians who after years of practice, discover homeopathy and end up studying and practicing it, discarding their previous career or using homeopathy as a valuable adjunct to their current private practices. In fact George Vithoulkas' school in Athens is I believe based on this premise - he teaches medical doctors who wants to practice homeopathy. If you want to witness some class sessions you can do so by viewing some video clips on his excellent website: www.vithoulkas.com His students, by the way, are physicians from around the world.

When friends ask me why I am so enamoured of homeopathy and to explain how it works, I tell them my understanding of the physics and what you might consider the "ethereal" nature of homeopathy is very limited. But this is what I do tell them: that there have been more converts to homeopathy by two single remedies than any others I can think of: Arnica (generally physical trauma of any kind - acute or chronic) and Rhus Tox, which I feel suits many people's (not all) arthritic complaints - even serious rheumatic or osteoarthritis.

My own mother suffered for 8 years with OA, severe enough to warrant a customized brace on each arm at bedtime so her hands and fingers wouldn't permantly curl inwards. She was on daily doses of Celebrex for that many years and it had ceased to do its work with increasing doses. I gave her one dose of Rhus Tox (I'll omit the potency since it's very individualized) and her arthritis was gone - never to have returned these last 7 years and she is now 73 years of age and pain free.

So as you are a skeptic, just please remember our community down the road when you are looking for alleviatation of whatever illness, pain, emotional or mental afflication that may enter your life, and after you have exhausted the current drug regimen in whatever therapeutic class is out there at the time. We'll point you in the right directions, help you find a homeopath and to generally support you in your struggle. Hopefully of course, it will never come to that.


Martha
Brampton, Ontario, Canada



Gimpy said:

that down the line> Objective evidence. Not the subjective interpretation of> anecdote that homeopathy seems to solely rely upon. The human mind is> capable of wonderful acts of self deception and these have to be avoided> when investigating matters of science. This isn't a philosophical> debate outside the realm of science as you are trying to paint it. This> is a debate about whether or not homeopathy works once you strip> subjectivity from investigations and the weight of evidence so far says> that it does not work. For homeopathy to work its proponents have to> create mystical, if not mythical, properties of water, and flatly reject> current biochemical explanations of disease. Have you not heard the> phrase 'extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence'? If> homeopathy did work then frankly it would be wonderful. Disease could> be prevented and treated for minimal costs, scientists would have> tremendous fun redefining theories and homeopaths could bask in the> satisfaction of knowing that they had provided a great gift to humanity.> Sadly wanting something to be so does not make it so and healthcare is> constrained by rising costs, the slow progression of knowledge and the> deadly Darwinian evolution of antibiotic resistance.> > > -- > gimpyblog> ------------------------------------------------------------------------> gimpyblog's Profile: http://www.otherhealth.com/member.php?userid=11449> View this thread: http://www.otherhealth.com/showthread.php?t=9262> >