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>Homeopathy works by taking a chemical and diluting it, generally to the point where it practically doesn't exist. Certainly I could be wrong it's just that "p

>Homeopathy works by taking a chemical and diluting it, generally to the point where it practically doesn't exist. Certainly I could be wrong it's just that "process" sounds a lot like immunotherapy for allergies. I am not trying to lump homeopathy and immunotherapy in the same boat by any means, but looking beyond the differences in the two I think it is possible to be more open minded than labeling the like cures like doctrine pseudo science. >This isn't picking winners and losers, it's consumer protection that's required for a free market to be fair to consumers. Like I said I don't disagree with the labeling, but that doesn't mean there aren't winners and losers being picked. Sure its fair for consumers to know homeopathy treatments haven't been tested (not unlike supplements require FDA warnings), but they are still losers while others are winners and escape fair disclosures to consumers (e.g. my example of no GMO labeling).

Kalium 10y ago
> Certainly I could be wrong it's just that "process" sounds a lot like immunotherapy for allergies. I am not trying to lump homeopathy and immunotherapy in the same boat by any means, but looking beyond the differences in the two I think it is possible to be more open minded than labeling the like cures like doctrine pseudo science. They do sound similar! The items you cite work on the principle of training the immune system to react to known pathogens in ways that allow an effective immunoresponse later. Homeopathy works by diluting some compound to the point where you might have one molecule of it in a homeopathic dose and positing that this is a cure. The former isn't "like cures like". It's more like an educational process, based on an understanding of how immune systems work. The latter isn't really "like cures like" either, because one molecule of anything in a teaspoon of water isn't enough to matter to anything or anyone. You're absolutely right. The processes do sound similar! They're just very different in very important ways well past how similar they may superficially sound.

Kalium 10y ago

> Certainly I could be wrong it's just that "process" sounds a lot like immunotherapy for allergies. I am not trying to lump homeopathy and immunotherapy in the same boat by any means, but looking beyond the differences in the two I think it is possible to be more open minded than labeling the like cures like doctrine pseudo science. They do sound similar! The items you cite work on the principle of training the immune system to react to known pathogens in ways that allow an effective immunoresponse later. Homeopathy works by diluting some compound to the point where you might have one molecule of it in a homeopathic dose and positing that this is a cure. The former isn't "like cures like". It's more like an educational process, based on an understanding of how immune systems work. The latter isn't really "like cures like" either, because one molecule of anything in a teaspoon of water isn't enough to matter to anything or anyone. You're absolutely right. The processes do sound similar! They're just very different in very important ways well past how similar they may superficially sound.