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Jamie Andrews's avatar

Fantastic double punch with this takedown of the Sugar Pill nonsense. It is so obvious it is a rebranding of the allopathic model of "a little bit of poison can cure you" into a woo woo, new aged, easier to swallow pill... no wonder Danny Boy Zeck's latest offering is pushing this guff... ahead of the curve Robin..and you seem to have lots of hate mail on this, means you are speaking truth to "power" x

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juliette newsham's avatar

I’ve been to see a homeopath in the past and it was very nice sitting for an hour being listened to by a sympathetic person. I loved receiving a tablet in the post to take. I had no idea what it was but I liked the magic. Felt a-bit like holy communion . However the tablets made not one bit of difference to what ailed me. I love the idea of homeopathy and wish it did work. I have seen friends see a famous homeopath in London for years at much expense. It didn’t change the course of their asthma and eczema.

I think probably illness that arises from psychological conflict is greatly helped by a sympathetic listener. From my observation physical illness requires more than a homeopathic remedy.

We used to have a school of homeopathy close to where I live. I used to see the students standing outside smoking! I contacted the director of the school and asked how did smoking fit into the homeopathic paradigm? The smokers quickly disappeared.

I’m not sure why some people think it’s nasty to critically assess the claims made by homeopathy.

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