Homeopathy: Natural Approach or All a Fake?

[Guest guest]

I have a comment about this. If it is so fake then we need to tell

both of my children. When the first was teething I used the teething

tablets and it helped. We are going through this again right now with

the second and once again... they work. So from deduction, I don't

think it is just a placebo effect. I just think the powers that be are

tiffed because like usual they are losing money... and they don't like

it.

 

Thankfully there are many like us and growing each day!

[Guest guest]

GOOD EVENING, DOC!!!!

 

WHAT IS “INVERSION THERAPY????

 

THANK YOU.

 

ricky

 

 

 

 

 

 

herbal remedies [herbal remedies ] On Behalf Of Dr. Ian Shillington

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

6:24 AM

To:

herbal remedies

Re: Herbal Remedies -

Homeopathy: Natural Approach or All a Fake?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homeopathy is not

fake science. It is very valid.

 

 

 

 

 

I for one do not

trust it as much as I do Herbalism nor do I feel it is as effective as

Herbalism, but do not sell it short, especially when working with a Homeopath

who makes his own formulae (the only way to go in my books).

 

 

 

 

 

Many think that

Homeopathy and Naturopathy are the same thing. They are not.

 

 

 

 

 

Homeopathy is just

one of the Naturopathic Sciences. Others are Chiropractic, Dianetics,

Massage, Inversion Therapy, Herbalism, Accupressure, etc. etc.

 

 

 

 

 

Remember the

definition of Naturopathy. This is from our parent site at:

 

 

http://www.academyofnaturalhealing.com/default2.asp

 

 

 

 

 

Naturopathy Defined

What is Naturopathy?

What is it really?

 

There

wasn't one decent description of it in the dozen dictionaries I checked, so I

had to refine the definition myself going back to basics. According to

Webster's, the word Naturopathy comes from the three root words, " NATURE " ,

" O " and " PATHY " . " NATURE " traces back to the

Latin word " natus " which means " birth or, Cause " .

" O " , is Old English for the word " Of " , while

" PATHY " comes from the Greek word " pathos " meaning

" Disease " . Well - this is absolutely wonderful, for now at least a

" working " definition can be created as follows:

Naturopathy: A practice that deals with the Cause of a Disease.

In using the words " Nature " and

“Natural " , it can be easily seen that man made drugs and surgery as

used by the psychiatrist and the medical doctor have absolutely no place in

Naturopathy or in its description. Therefore an exact definition is now created

as follows:

Naturopathy n. The science or art of treating a disease by

addressing the CAUSE, using

Nutrition, Exercise, Sunlight, Clean Air, Pure Water, Massage, Hydrotherapy

(both Hot & Cold), Confront, Prayer, Meditation, Lifestyle, Biochemistry

(which includes vitamins, minerals, enzymes, etc.), and correcting any

imbalances found.

Teachers and healers beyond count have witnessed, that the

correction of these imbalances permits the body to mend itself automatically,

resulting in excellent health. Another thing is certain. By addressing the

" Cause of a Disease " , Naturopathy as a subject, science and practice,

is senior to, and more effective in treatment than Conventional Medicine that

handles only the symptoms.

Yours in health and love,

 

Dr. Ian Shillington - Doctor of Naturopathy

 

Copyright © 2002 by Ian “Doc” Shillington

N.D. All rights reserved. No

reproduction of any kind may occur without written permission of the copyright

owner.

 

 

 

 

 

In Health, Freedom,

and Love,

 

 

 

 

 

Doc

 

 

 

 

 

Doc Shillington

727-447-5282

Doc (AT) AcademyOfNaturalHealing (DOT) com

 

 

 

-

 

 

Heavn

 

 

 

herbal remedies

 

 

 

Monday, July 31,

2006 4:30 AM

 

 

Herbal Remedies -

Homeopathy: Natural Approach or All a Fake?

 

 

 

 

 

http://news./s/hsn/20060730/hl_hsn/homeopathynaturalapproachorallafake

 

This was in the news this morning. I'm sorry if I make this hit the list

twice.

 

 

By Kathleen Doheny

HealthDay Reporter Sun Jul 30, 7:10 PM ET

 

 

 

SUNDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- To believers, homeopathy is a

natural approach to medicine, a holistic therapy that takes the entire patient

into account. Homeopaths believe that " like cures like " -- in other

words, when diluted to microscopically tiny levels in water, small quantities

of substances that in bigger doses would cause

symptoms can now cure them.

 

 

But debate over homeopathy's effectiveness -- or lack thereof -- rages,

with kinder critics calling homeopathy nothing but a placebo effect and harsher

ones labeling it just plain fake.

 

 

Few dispute that sales of homeopathic products are rising. Sales of homeopathic

remedies are up 20 or 30 percent over the past year, said Peter Gold, a

spokesperson for the National Center for Homeopathy (NCH) in Alexandria,

Va. Solid statistics are hard to come by, but

way back in 1995 U.S.

retail sales of homeopathic products had already reached $230 million,

according to data from Marketresearch.com.

 

 

Homeopathic medicines are drug products made by specialty homeopathic

pharmacies, as described in the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States.

The practice dates back 200 years to an 18th-century doctor from Germany, Dr.

Samuel Hahnemann, who first described homeopathy.

 

 

According to advocates, the practice centers on an attempt to stimulate

the body to recover itself, taking a very close look at the nature of symptoms

and the " whole person. " For instance, if someone has a cough, a

homeopathic practitioner will note whether the person with the cough gets worse

when he breathes cold air or if it sounds like a deep bark. Those two different

symptoms might require very different homeopathic substances to treat them,

practitioners say.

 

 

Homeopathic medicines are made from plants such as dandelion, minerals

such as sodium chloride, animal products such as snake venom or even more

familiar medicines, such as penicillin.

 

 

" Homeopathy addresses each person in his or her totality, as

opposed to treating physical symptoms alone, " said Sue Gelber, a

homeopathic practitioner in Davis,

Calif. She said each remedy is

first " proven " : the method by which a homeopath discovers the primary

and secondary actions of each remedy.

 

 

First, she said, the remedy is administered to healthy people until

symptoms appear. Then the subjective and objective symptoms of each of these

" provers " are detailed and recorded. Then, a homeopathic practitioner

" listens " to symptoms and matches them to those recorded in the

library of provings.

 

 

Janet Shultz, a homeopathic practitioner in El Segundo, Calif.,

offered up one example. She said that for a person with seasonal allergies, she

picks from 15 or 16 remedies, based on symptom information provided to her by

the person. " There are over 3,000 remedies and over 12 popular potencies,

so that is 36,000 possibilities. This is where it takes extreme knowledge and

expertise in questioning, " Shultz said.

 

 

Well-known skeptics were contacted by HealthDay

for their views on homeopathy, but declined to participate in the article.

Their reasoning? Most said that any article that includes the viewpoint of

homeopathy advocates is giving the practice more legitimacy than it deserves.

 

 

Homeopathy's image did take a well-publicized hit last August with the

publication of a major study in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. That study found that, despite

the fervent beliefs of practitioners, homeopathy's effect on patients is probably

mostly placebo.

 

 

In their study, researchers from the University of Bern, Switzerland,

and elsewhere compared 110 placebo-controlled, randomized trials of homeopathic

remedies against 110 conventional medicine trials. They also matched them for

disorder and type of patient outcome. The trials included studies of treatments

for respiratory infection, surgery and anesthesiology.

 

 

The authors concluded that there was " weak evidence " for a

specific effect of homeopathic remedies, but very strong evidence for effects

of conventional treatment.

 

 

To no one's surprise, the article triggered outrage in the homeopathic

community. Many homeopaths claimed the study had fundamental flaws in its

design.

 

 

In any case, individuals who decide to try out homeopathy should seek

out an experienced practitioner, according to the NCH's Gold.

 

 

While stressing that the NCH is " not a licensing body, " he

noted that the center's Web site does include a directory of practitioners. And

he added that many homeopathic providers come from a wide variety of

backgrounds -- some may be chiropractors by trade, others pharmacists, dentists

or acupuncturists. That's why it's important to find out specifically what

their training is in homeopathy, Gold said.

 

 

More information

 

 

Experts at the U.S.

federal government's National

Center for Complementary

and Alternative Medicine offer their own perspective on homeopathy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new

Mail Beta.

[Guest guest]

I have to admit that I am an herbalist at heart because I have found the use of herbs to be far more useful and effective.

I have honestly not dabbled much with homeopathy. I did try some Natrol thyroid support at one point but I found large doses of bladderwrack and kelp to be far more potent.

 

One has to remember when reading these articles that things are not always as they seem. It is important to look into who financed the medical study in question and what their motives were. Scientific results can almost alway be skewed in favor of the group financing a study. Look at all of the oil companies whose paid lackeys " dispproved " global warming.

 

I take everything I read in the mainstream media with a grain of salt.

 

 

Stephany

[Guest guest]

Hangin' upside down.

Best,

Doc

 

Doc Shillington727-447-5282Doc

 

-

ric c reyes

herbal remedies

Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8:56 AM

RE: Herbal Remedies - Homeopathy: Natural Approach or All a Fake?

 

 

 

 

 

GOOD EVENING, DOC!!!!

 

WHAT IS “INVERSION THERAPY????

 

THANK YOU.

 

ricky

 

 

 

 

 

herbal remedies [herbal remedies ] On Behalf Of Dr. Ian ShillingtonTuesday, August 01, 2006 6:24 AMherbal remedies Subject: Re: Herbal Remedies - Homeopathy: Natural Approach or All a Fake?

 

 

 

 

 

Homeopathy is not fake science. It is very valid.

 

 

 

I for one do not trust it as much as I do Herbalism nor do I feel it is as effective as Herbalism, but do not sell it short, especially when working with a Homeopath who makes his own formulae (the only way to go in my books).

 

 

 

Many think that Homeopathy and Naturopathy are the same thing. They are not.

 

 

 

Homeopathy is just one of the Naturopathic Sciences. Others are Chiropractic, Dianetics, Massage, Inversion Therapy, Herbalism, Accupressure, etc. etc.

 

 

 

Remember the definition of Naturopathy. This is from our parent site at:

 

http://www.academyofnaturalhealing.com/default2.asp

 

 

 

Naturopathy Defined

What is Naturopathy? What is it really?

There wasn't one decent description of it in the dozen dictionaries I checked, so I had to refine the definition myself going back to basics. According to Webster's, the word Naturopathy comes from the three root words, "NATURE", "O" and "PATHY". "NATURE" traces back to the Latin word "natus" which means "birth or, Cause". "O", is Old English for the word "Of", while "PATHY" comes from the Greek word "pathos" meaning "Disease". Well - this is absolutely wonderful, for now at least a "working" definition can be created as follows:

Naturopathy: A practice that deals with the Cause of a Disease.

In using the words "Nature" and “Natural", it can be easily seen that man made drugs and surgery as used by the psychiatrist and the medical doctor have absolutely no place in Naturopathy or in its description. Therefore an exact definition is now created as follows:

Naturopathy n. The science or art of treating a disease by addressing the CAUSE, using Nutrition, Exercise, Sunlight, Clean Air, Pure Water, Massage, Hydrotherapy (both Hot & Cold), Confront, Prayer, Meditation, Lifestyle, Biochemistry (which includes vitamins, minerals, enzymes, etc.), and correcting any imbalances found.

Teachers and healers beyond count have witnessed, that the correction of these imbalances permits the body to mend itself automatically, resulting in excellent health. Another thing is certain. By addressing the "Cause of a Disease", Naturopathy as a subject, science and practice, is senior to, and more effective in treatment than Conventional Medicine that handles only the symptoms.

Yours in health and love,Dr. Ian Shillington - Doctor of Naturopathy 2002 by Ian “Doc” Shillington N.D. All rights reserved. No reproduction of any kind may occur without written permission of the copyright owner.

 

 

 

In Health, Freedom, and Love,

 

 

 

Doc

 

 

 

Doc Shillington727-447-5282Doc (AT) AcademyOfNaturalHealing (DOT) com

 

 

-

 

Heavn

 

herbal remedies

 

Monday, July 31, 2006 4:30 AM

 

Herbal Remedies - Homeopathy: Natural Approach or All a Fake?

 

 

 

http://news./s/hsn/20060730/hl_hsn/homeopathynaturalapproachorallafakeThis was in the news this morning. I'm sorry if I make this hit the list twice.

 

 

By Kathleen DohenyHealthDay Reporter Sun Jul 30, 7:10 PM ET

 

SUNDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- To believers, homeopathy is a natural approach to medicine, a holistic therapy that takes the entire patient into account. Homeopaths believe that "like cures like" -- in other words, when diluted to microscopically tiny levels in water, small quantities of substances that in bigger doses would cause symptoms can now cure them.

 

But debate over homeopathy's effectiveness -- or lack thereof -- rages, with kinder critics calling homeopathy nothing but a placebo effect and harsher ones labeling it just plain fake.

 

Few dispute that sales of homeopathic products are rising. Sales of homeopathic remedies are up 20 or 30 percent over the past year, said Peter Gold, a spokesperson for the National Center for Homeopathy (NCH) in Alexandria, Va. Solid statistics are hard to come by, but way back in 1995 U.S. retail sales of homeopathic products had already reached $230 million, according to data from Marketresearch.com.

 

Homeopathic medicines are drug products made by specialty homeopathic pharmacies, as described in the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States. The practice dates back 200 years to an 18th-century doctor from Germany, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, who first described homeopathy.

 

According to advocates, the practice centers on an attempt to stimulate the body to recover itself, taking a very close look at the nature of symptoms and the "whole person." For instance, if someone has a cough, a homeopathic practitioner will note whether the person with the cough gets worse when he breathes cold air or if it sounds like a deep bark. Those two different symptoms might require very different homeopathic substances to treat them, practitioners say.

 

Homeopathic medicines are made from plants such as dandelion, minerals such as sodium chloride, animal products such as snake venom or even more familiar medicines, such as penicillin.

 

"Homeopathy addresses each person in his or her totality, as opposed to treating physical symptoms alone," said Sue Gelber, a homeopathic practitioner in Davis, Calif. She said each remedy is first "proven": the method by which a homeopath discovers the primary and secondary actions of each remedy.

 

First, she said, the remedy is administered to healthy people until symptoms appear. Then the subjective and objective symptoms of each of these "provers" are detailed and recorded. Then, a homeopathic practitioner "listens" to symptoms and matches them to those recorded in the library of provings.

 

Janet Shultz, a homeopathic practitioner in El Segundo, Calif., offered up one example. She said that for a person with seasonal allergies, she picks from 15 or 16 remedies, based on symptom information provided to her by the person. "There are over 3,000 remedies and over 12 popular potencies, so that is 36,000 possibilities. This is where it takes extreme knowledge and expertise in questioning," Shultz said.

 

Well-known skeptics were contacted by HealthDay for their views on homeopathy, but declined to participate in the article. Their reasoning? Most said that any article that includes the viewpoint of homeopathy advocates is giving the practice more legitimacy than it deserves.

 

Homeopathy's image did take a well-publicized hit last August with the publication of a major study in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. That study found that, despite the fervent beliefs of practitioners, homeopathy's effect on patients is probably mostly placebo.

 

In their study, researchers from the University of Bern, Switzerland, and elsewhere compared 110 placebo-controlled, randomized trials of homeopathic remedies against 110 conventional medicine trials. They also matched them for disorder and type of patient outcome. The trials included studies of treatments for respiratory infection, surgery and anesthesiology.

 

The authors concluded that there was "weak evidence" for a specific effect of homeopathic remedies, but very strong evidence for effects of conventional treatment.

 

To no one's surprise, the article triggered outrage in the homeopathic community. Many homeopaths claimed the study had fundamental flaws in its design.

 

In any case, individuals who decide to try out homeopathy should seek out an experienced practitioner, according to the NCH's Gold.

 

While stressing that the NCH is "not a licensing body," he noted that the center's Web site does include a directory of practitioners. And he added that many homeopathic providers come from a wide variety of backgrounds -- some may be chiropractors by trade, others pharmacists, dentists or acupuncturists. That's why it's important to find out specifically what their training is in homeopathy, Gold said.

 

More information

 

Experts at the U.S. federal government's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine offer their own perspective on homeopathy.

 

 

 

 

Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Mail Beta.