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Did you know stretching before a car trip prevents all but the worst car sickness? Both my chiropractor and my acupuncturist recommended it and I haven't suffer

Did you know stretching before a car trip prevents all but the worst car sickness? Both my chiropractor and my acupuncturist recommended it and I haven't suffered from car sickness since. There, I saved you the cost of the water pills. You don't need costly, potentially dangerous additive laced medicine if you're just looking for the placebo effect.

dr_dshiv 5y ago
Yeah, but she feels sick in the car. Then we give her a pill. There is nothing dangerous in homeopathy, that’s the dilution effect. Another thread trending on the value of placebo: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28887705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28887705
- boomboomsubban 5y ago
  >There is nothing dangerous in homeopathy Some of the pills are made using toxic fillers. It's not enough I'd panic over, you can get the placebo effect without ingesting anything shady/expensive.
  - dr_dshiv 5y ago
    Do you have a source for homeopathy being made from toxic filers? I’d hypothesize that the more expensive the pill, the better the effect.
    - boomboomsubban 5y ago
      I can't find specifics about homeopathic fillers, but any pill not regulated by the FDA is likely to use cheap fillers that are often toxic. Vitamins are where you commonly hear about this, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_food_and_dietary_supplements_by_the_U.S._Food_and_Drug_Administration#Dietary_supplements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_food_and_dietary... I did find this, https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/10/fda-homeopathic-teething-gels-may-have-killed-10-babies-sickened-400/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/10/fda-homeopathic-teet... which shows there is some risk, though again you're most likely fine. >I’d hypothesize that the more expensive the pill, the better the effect. For you, sure. For your daughter, I bet your confident recommendation is the most important aspect.

dr_dshiv 5y ago

Yeah, but she feels sick in the car. Then we give her a pill. There is nothing dangerous in homeopathy, that’s the dilution effect. Another thread trending on the value of placebo: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28887705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28887705

boomboomsubban 5y ago
>There is nothing dangerous in homeopathy Some of the pills are made using toxic fillers. It's not enough I'd panic over, you can get the placebo effect without ingesting anything shady/expensive.
- dr_dshiv 5y ago
  Do you have a source for homeopathy being made from toxic filers? I’d hypothesize that the more expensive the pill, the better the effect.
  - boomboomsubban 5y ago
    I can't find specifics about homeopathic fillers, but any pill not regulated by the FDA is likely to use cheap fillers that are often toxic. Vitamins are where you commonly hear about this, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_food_and_dietary_supplements_by_the_U.S._Food_and_Drug_Administration#Dietary_supplements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_food_and_dietary... I did find this, https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/10/fda-homeopathic-teething-gels-may-have-killed-10-babies-sickened-400/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/10/fda-homeopathic-teet... which shows there is some risk, though again you're most likely fine. >I’d hypothesize that the more expensive the pill, the better the effect. For you, sure. For your daughter, I bet your confident recommendation is the most important aspect.