Taken a while to get back but..

I maintain that homeopathy is UNsafe in the hands of an unskilled practitioner.

- frequent & inappropriate repetition when a remedy could have been left to finish it's action can cause a reaction.

- too high a dose can cause a reaction beyond the capacity of the patient's vital force to cope with, resulting in death.

It takes a skilled practitioner to judge potency and even those with many years practice still get it wrong.

I could have perhaps used another example perhaps to compare homeopathy - are cars safe?

The answer to cars, guns or homeopathy - is they are all safe when used by skilled operators :
eg the arguement that cars don't kill by themselves, the drivers of them do etc.

A few years ago, a homeopathic colleague who had a liver complaint, took a large quantity of a homepathic remedy which he knew would be detrimental to his condition, because he was very au fait with the provings and MM. He died alone and probably in great pain as his liver haemmorraged, yet there was no trace of that remedy found at his autopsy. I believe that he took this knowing that it was unsafe for him to take this remedy at this time.

I believe that homeopathy can allieviate many conditions very successfully and have seen that. At this point in my life I don't care if it's the placebo effect or not, but I do care about how there are "cowboys" out there using it in an uninformed and irresponsible manner.

I am passionate about homeopathy and also about teaching people to treat it with respect.

(Don't get me started on my other pet subject about the appalling standards of teaching methodolgy in alternative/complementary/adult education courses. Reading from the Organon/Kent/Vithoulkas et al week by week for four years and setting tests that require slabs of rote learned responses is neither teaching nor learning)

Aspirin/paracetamols can allieviate that headache and seem quite innoccuous as they are available on the supermarket shelf, but they cause the most dreadful liver damage when taken in large doses. Ironically, it's often the water that is drunk to take them that remedies the dehyration that caused the headache in the first place.

I don't think that homeopathic remedies can effect in the manner as mentioned in this topic unless MT or some lowest potencies are used.

[ 07. November 2003, 17:17: Message edited by: kayveeh ]

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Successful people don't do different things, they do things differently..S.Kh.

So basically, its the individual doctors record which can testify that homeopathy is safe. There is no organized study as such which has been organized to test this claim.

Regarding the Jons Hopkins report, this and the literature that comes out with each and every medicine, in my view, is a testament to the fairness/tranparency that allpathy has in general. They do research and then display the results for others to know before hand, what lies ahead if they choose to follow it.

In my view, if the two approaches can somehow be combined i.e. homeopathic treatment with the research of present allopathy, that would be the best.

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You see if you made the effort to read Chronic Diseases, you'd realize that these lists of "side effects" of allopathic medications are only a very small part of the story.

There is no transparency there at all.

Read Chronic Diseases and you will begin to understand the nature of allopathic suppression and the havoc it wreaks in the constitution, one generation after another.

It's the allopathic drug companies that have a vested interest in keeping homoeopathy OUT of mainstream medicine.
Profit is the bedrock of their modus operandi, not social needs.

The allopathic drug companies tell doctors which new medications to give patients, and also which set of golf clubs will make the best accessories. The government here is influenced by the powerful AMA lobby, who on the one hand say there is "nothing" harmful in homoeopathic medicines, and on the other hand say that only qualified allopathic medical physicians should be licensed to employ these pills of "nothing". What does this tell you about their intention to hold on to the power and control of all medical practice?

They-don't-want-us-in-their-playground.
They-haven't-the-willingness-to-examine-homoeopathy-on-its-own-terms.

Like they're going to give even a smidgeon of credibility to "lay practitioners"?

This stuff is so basic, are you really this *unaware* or determined to permanently ask daft questions and come to conveniently inept conclusions?

How's your study of the characteristics going? Have you finished going through Aconite yet?

first, we have to decide whether a single dose of potentized homeopahtic remedy in 30c can produce a symptom in sick? If the answer is in "YES" then homeopathy is the most dangerous treatment of the world. [img]redface.gif[/img]

Just like J.Winston said a single dose of x-ray 30 can produce symptoms in healthy as well as in the sick. In that condition when you will administer belladona 30c in the sick individual for covering some symptoms then how many new symptoms belladona 30c can produce in the same person? Is it not dangerous

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Reading of chronic diseases is in my plan, but later. Let me first get comfortable with a couple of remedies and acutes. Thankfully, am past 30 remedies !! Know 6-7 of them well, for the others, have to revert to the notes again & again

You figured right about me being *unaware* most of the time Why else would I ask such *basic* questions.

Well, the going in position is that you ask only once to know, shy away and you never know !

The other most important reason for asking so much is that I get into numerous debates with a a lot of allopaths(mostly my family & friends) who don't believe in homeopathy and I have to provide the logic to make them see what I see.

No doubt its all monetarily driven but Chris the basic questions still keep getting unanswered about homeopathy, which I have pointed out so many times in several posts. For which either the members don't know the answer or ask me to "have an open mind" first

Example: You mention about Chronic Diseases, this is a book by ONE person. What proof other than Hahnemann's book do we have that allopathy harms the generations to come?

If you are willing to provide proof without getting emotional, I am willing to put up my questions and queries. If its going to turn into some win-loose contest, lets not get into it. I will try to find answers on my own then.

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Hi there Fitness, Thanks for your honest response. You may be surprised to know that after a decade of practice, I barely ever discuss homoeopathy with my own family and friends.
Most people I am close to can hardly even pronounce the word properly.
It's not because I shy away from explaining what I do, or that I shy away from reasonable debate about the efficacy of homoeopathy, it's simply a matter of prioritizing my energies so that I can continue to pursue my quest to further my own understanding and practice of homoeopathy. I don't have a personal investment in whether my family or friends understand or agree with homoeopathy, it's rather a priority for me that I can be the best homoeopath available for those people who are genuinely seeking homoeopathic cure. Neither do I place a lot of prestige in whether I see 5 patients a week or 50. I'm only interested in doing the very best I can with what is presented to me.

Homoeopathy requires endless hours of study - if you really want to be effective. Because it is a passion with me, it doesn't feel like "work". Anyone can study the basics, do a bit of at-home-opathy, but the real "miracle" that is homoeopathy, can only be understood in the context of Samuel Hahnemann's legacy. That means starting at the beginning with Chronic Diseases (and Aconite). Samuel's family didn't think much of him either at the end and that was after a lifetime of personal sacrifice and unfailing commitment to a greater good. Humanity!

There is always the potential for much misunderstanding. Many people simply don't accept, or don't want to know what homoeopathy really entails, and this is more due to their own archetypal impediments, nothing to do with me, you, or homoeopathy per se. It is painful sometimes to be regarded as 'the odd one' who's into something 'alternative' and subsequently be dismissed by those whose approval we seek. Yet, in a strange twist of fate, this leads to the exact kind of personal freedom that each and every one of us truly seeks in ourselves. The freedom to be ourselves, think for ourselves, act for ourselves. Homoeopathy, for me, has been just one (huge) vehicle through which the opportunity for personal freedom has been achieved, and subsequently, as these things tend to go, you naturally want to pass on the benefits to others.
I would encourage you to start at the beginning, use this site as a learning vehicle to promote your understanding, never mind about the critics, and I'm sure you will encounter like-minded people who have not only experienced the same frustrations as you, but will encourage you to achieve your ultimate goals. You are interested in helping people, yet the most strident critic you will ever encounter in your life will be yourself. Remember to take a deep breath, employ your sense of (quirky) humour, you're going to need it, it's a long journey, and ultimately you wouldn't want to trade places with anyone, eh?

Chris

Ozzie said:

Brilliantly suscinct.

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such kind words Albert