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View Poll Results: Do you believe homeopathy works?

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  • Yes of course it works

    12 44.44%
  • No it's no better than a placebo

    15 55.56%
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Thread: Do you believe homeopathy works?

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    Default Do you believe homeopathy works?

    Do homeopathic 'medicines' work or are they as Rheghead says no better than a placebo?

    It's like the old days, it's poll time.

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    My little boy used to periodically come out in mouth ulcers and cold sores and nothing would clear it up. I eventually turned to homeopathic remedies and it worked within a day. I would try it instead of standard treatment, after several days of standard treatments etc. and everytime, it was the only thing that cleared him up. I can't see it being a placebo effect with a 2 year old.

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    It would be interesting to find out why the remedy worked for your wee one. Similarly for janeyj.

    As I understand it big research surveys don't look at individual cases in detail.

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    Some minor ailments just clear up by themselves. Now if there was a homeopathic cure for cancer or aids then that would be summat.
    God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
    Courage to change the things I can,
    And wisdom to know the difference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crayola View Post
    As I understand it big research surveys don't look at individual cases in detail.
    No, they're big research surveys.

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    I have used homeopathic remedies on my animals with great success and placebos wouldn't work for them.
    "Until one has loved an animal part of their soul remains unawakened"

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    Good grief, right now it's 45% in favour of homeopathy and only 55% against. Rheg must be turning in his rationalist's grave.

    We in the sisterhood know the Goddess knows. And what she knows is that homeopathy doesn't work although she and even the scientists can't explain what it is that does work.
    Last edited by crayola; 05-Mar-16 at 11:44.

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    I guess there's the science that we know up to now and then there's the science we haven't learnt yet.

    Love

    Janey

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    Quote Originally Posted by crayola View Post
    Good grief, right now it's 45% in favour of homeopathy and only 55% against. Rheg must be turning in his rationalist's grave.

    We in the sisterhood know the Goddess knows. And what she knows is that homeopathy doesn't work although she and even the scientists can't explain what it is that does work.
    Who is the Goddess? Or is that a topic for a different thread?
    You get what you give

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saveman View Post
    Who is the Goddess? Or is that a topic for a different thread?
    Yeah the Goddess, don't you know? She's the complementary entity to God!
    God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
    Courage to change the things I can,
    And wisdom to know the difference.

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