Re: They walk amongst us
"your are making a logical faux pas that I see very often. Just because conventional med has failed you, doesn't automatically mean homeopathy is better."You will have to quote my words on that as I cannot recall stating anything to the effect "homeopathy is better". What I have stated is that homeopathic is prescribed by conventional medical practitioners, that I have limited experience of homeopathic working and linked to a variety of papers on PubMed/Elsevier. I also agreed with the statement "Personally I'm not convinced by the theory, but many people report positive outcomes."
At this time I take a number of allopathic meds and a similar number of CAM meds that are also allopathic. All were prescribed by fully qualified health professionals. I suspect that had I not had such a positive experience with homeopathic over 30 years ago that I would not be experiencing the benefits of the CAM meds. I am fully in favour of evidence based medicine and continue to be amazed at the number of medical professionals who merely give this lip service.
"regarding your goat's warts, it's impossible to comment since there's no way of knowing exactly what you gave them. For all we know the warts receded for the simple reason that they got a good wash with clean water"The goat was administered homeopathic thuja. Both of our dairy goats had their bags and teats washed immediately before milking. It's SOP because if you don't the milk deteriorates rapidly. The cure was suggested by my GP at the time as she was discovering that CAM was curing "incurable" chronic illness in her patients.
My GP also suggested that we use a Bach flower remedy (Rescue Remedy) when our infant son awoke in terror, which he did quite frequently. RR worked almost immediately, thus relieving The Gitling of a half hour of abject distress several times a week.