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… which is that yes, it DID affect someone I liked adversely. A highly arrogant quack lady convinced a friend of our family that his complaints of fatigue were caused by ‘negative energy’, and that this could be fixed with homeopathic sugar crumbs. At no point did she ever suggest that the man should seek real medical help.
Might be worth your while to have an open mind and at least give it a try next time you feel yourself coming down with a viral infection. What I would like you to do is show us a few trials which you think show a possible positive result for homeopathy. And we will show you where the real problems lie. As hard as you try, you will not be able to convince the homeopathy-loving Dianas, Cathys, Beverlys of this world. To them, big pharma is THE evil for the human well-being and health. Big Pharma are impersonal technocrats who are longing for money and are only out to get rid of the hard-working philanthropic homeopaths.
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Drinking chamomile tea can help relieve the symptoms of the flu. The herb contains flavonoids, which have a calming effect. The anti-inflammatory properties of the tea also work to help the body heal quicker. Chamomile is also beneficial for those suffering from colds, as it strengthens the immune system. Steroids are not homeopathic water-placebos they are medicines. The placebo effect is a given in any treatment.
Homeopathy cannot possibly work and does not work. Any effects that people experience from homeopathy are easily explained by the placebo effect, the natural course of most diseases and wishful thinking. As the child gets older the facial bones grow and the eustachian tube becomes wider and less oblique, and therefore less easily blocked. The pharma industry has done everything it could to prohibit use of tested homeopathics in this country. Besides who would really trust many of their side effect toxin concoctions, if they tried to duplicate this novel process, they would dilute, add unnatural substances, and raise the price significantly beyond it’s true cost.
Oscillococcinum 6 Doses — for flu/influenza! 2 boxes
Anybody who really does have a problem with their immune system who then develops an infection requires urgent treatment to prevent rapid deterioration and the risk of death. To rely on homeopathy rather than proper treatment is reckless and may lead to a manslaughter charge. I should also point out that viral infections are very common in young children, particularly when they start kindergarden, as they are exposed to a great many viruses that they have never previously encountered. As immunity builds up against each of them the number of infections falls to the adult level of 2 – 3 per year.
For example the Apple iPhone and Tesla Model S electric car, while not direct equivalents to 100% effective drugs, were sufficiently superior to their competitors at the time of launch that they commanded very high prices. But their prices have now fallen back as the competition has grown. Luckily for Apple, Inc. and Tesla, Inc. they do have other products to smooth their bottom line. This is a tired old trope that supporters of homeopathy (and supporters of other, different “systems of medicine”) like to trot out on regular occasions.
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In the light of the reported findings, and applying the rigorous criteria of evidence-based medicine, we suggest that this medicine should be placed in category "BI". Both kinds of infections can give you a fever. Cold and the flu viruses cause similar symptoms. The main differences between a flu and a cold are how bad the symptoms are and how long you have them for. Although recent findings question the use of echinacea for colds and flu, it’s still one of the most popular herbs used today. One study by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine found that echinacea did little to prevent or shorten the common cold.
You were simply one of the lucky people who suffered only mild symptoms, with no long-term sequelae. Or do you simply mean that she had a lot of infections. Western medicine is unlikely to “almost destroy” anybody’s immune system unless they are given strongly immunosuppressive drugs (unlikely in a 4-year-old) or chemotherapy. I’ve been taking Oscillcoccinum at the first signs of a cold or flu . And it has been effective in preventing or at least alleviating any further symptoms.
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I too have found it effective as well as others that I know, however, I am not aware that Boiron has indicated it for Covid-19. Why turn away someone, anyone whose life might be saved because clinical or scientific results are contradictory. Regarding Oscillo, I would still take it anyway for covid-19, because as with allopathic medicines, sometimes a medicine is farther reaching than what it was originally designed for. From my experiences with it, and friends that have used it, there is some indications that it may very well work that way to slow the virus.
Homeopathy has had 200 years to come up with some conclusive proof of its effectiveness beyond placebo and has continuously failed to do so. That homeopaths and their adherents wish otherwise is homeopathy’s problem, not one of science and medicine. I am working in a medium-sized pharmaceutical company in southern Germany. We are service providers and contract manufacturers for the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies, so I understand your arguments perfectly.
I want to commend you for being respectful in your response. Debates can be enjoyable without personal insults. My question is, are you saying that anecdotal experience has no place in the scientific process?
In support of homeopathy which I have used for our family for over 30 years the above is the title of a published study on Oscillococcinum. But I’m just being pedantic, expecting everyday scholarship from a supporter of homeopathy. As it stands your comment is a masterpiece of hilarity, so I’ll just copy and paste it to my database of snicker-worthy comments that appear in this blog. We are hard-wired to look for cause and effect, and for patterns, and we have a strong aversion to the idea that our life is strongly influenced by random happenings. However, the mathematics tells a different story.
