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I have had family members suffering badly for years under traditional (and various kinds of alternative) care who suddenly improved dramatically (and so far per

I have had family members suffering badly for years under traditional (and various kinds of alternative) care who suddenly improved dramatically (and so far permanently) with homeopathy. I don't know why that is. It could be explained by the natural tendency for the body to return to equilibrium, it could be that they just found a placebo they could believe in, but the bottom line is that they are now fully healthy, the treatment had no side effects and it was relatively inexpensive. On the other hand, the harm from traditional medicine was extraordinary.

CalmQuiet 17y ago
Although I've never experienced any definite benefits from the occasional homeopathic remedy whose drops a friend has urged on me, I know several "hard-headed" (meat-eating, non-"granolas", rationalists) who swear by the homeopathic treatment for poison ivy/oak. It may just be placebo mind/body effects, but if anything so innocuous can reduce symptoms for something so slow-to-resolve and aggravating, I'm up for "getting foolish". As long as it's basically distilled water "with a healing vibration," is way cheaper than trip to doc, and cannot have side effects (see the zicam recall), what's not to like? --just my 2¢
- alexfarran 17y ago
  Well one side effect is that magic water displaces real medicine where it really matters. Such as: The recent case of the child who died of eczema, The recommendation of many homeopaths to avoid anti-malaria drugs, And the campaign against anti-retroviral drugs in South Africa.
biohacker42 17y ago
That's an incredible personal account.