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I had horrible pollen allergies. My mother took me to a homeopath (in addition to regular doctors) She prescribed some tablets / pills to dissolve under the tun
by ThinkBeat 2y ago
I had horrible pollen allergies.
My mother took me to a homeopath (in addition to regular doctors)
She prescribed some tablets / pills to dissolve under the tunge,
that had some pollen in them.
It worked pretty well for allergies but not the best for teeth.
Just building up resistance I would think.
I know you can get similar treatment now from regular doctors.
So my one and only interaction was fairly successful.
I have never sought one out for anything else.
- pizza234 2y agoWell, it's interesting - based on your description, the medication you took is not homeopathic: > Homeopathic preparations are termed remedies and are made using homeopathic dilution. In this process, the selected substance is repeatedly diluted until the final product is chemically indistinguishable from the diluent. If in a preparation there is a measurable quantity of the active ingredient, then it's not an homeopathic preparation.
- munchler 2y agoOne of the problems with homeopathy is that many practitioners don’t understand what homeopathy actually means. It’s essentially synonymous with “naturopathy” for them.
- didgeoridoo 2y agoIndeed, that sounds more like a “naturopath” which can be both more effective and more dangerous than homeopathy because their remedies actually contain active ingredients (although in somewhat random and nonstandardized quantities).
- GenerocUsername 2y agoThat's not the entirety of homeopathy, just the most commonly shat on ridiculous homeopathic practice
- CoastalCoder 2y ago> That's not the entirety of homeopathy, just the most commonly shat on ridiculous homeopathic practice Uugh. It's really hard to productively discuss a topic when people have different definitions for the terms being used.
- nick__m 2y agoAre you sure it was not a naturopath? Because the fundamental "principle" behind homeopathy is exponential dilution. An homeopathic pollen formulation would start with 1 mg of pollen in a litter of water, a milliliter of that solution would be diluted in a liter of water and this process would be repeated a few time. In the final solution, it would be impossible to detect even a trace of the original pollen.
- CoastalCoder 2y agoI know a few people that think the term "homeopath" includes what we're calling "naturopath". I'm not really sure how this confusion arose, but I don't like it. It muddies the waters (heh) in a few ways.
- guerrilla 2y ago> I had horrible pollen allergies. My mother took me to a homeopath (in addition to regular doctors) She prescribed some tablets / pills to dissolve under the tunge, that had some pollen in them. You don't know that it worked. This is an example of the regression fallacy.[1] This is why we have controlled trials. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_fallacy