quote:That homeopathy does not work is your opinion, which you are entitled to. That her question is illogical...SHAME ON YOU!
Not so, Flux's statement is backed by documented facts.Homeopathy: The Ultimate FakeStephen Barrett, M.D.Homeopathic "remedies" enjoy a unique status in the health marketplace: They are the only category of
quack products legally marketable as drugs. This situation is the result of two circumstances. First, the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which was shepherded through Congress by a homeopathic physician who was a senator, recognizes as drugs all substances included in the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States. Second, the FDA has not held homeopathic products to the same standards as other drugs. Today they are marketed in health-food stores, in pharmacies, in practitioner offices, by multilevel distributors [A], through the mail, and on the Internet.The "Remedies" Are PlacebosHomeopathic products are made from minerals, botanical substances, and several other sources. If the original substance is soluble, one part is diluted with either nine or ninety-nine parts of distilled water and/or alcohol and shaken vigorously (succussed); if insoluble, it is finely ground and pulverized in similar proportions with powdered lactose (milk sugar). One part of the diluted medicine is then further diluted, and the process is repeated until the desired concentration is reached. Dilutions of 1 to 10 are designated by the Roman numeral X (1X = 1/10, 3X = 1/1,000, 6X = 1/1,000,000). Similarly, dilutions of 1 to 100 are designated by the Roman numeral C (1C = 1/100, 3C = 1/1,000,000, and so on). Most remedies today range from 6X to 30X, but products of 30C or more are marketed.A 30X dilution means that the original substance has been diluted 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times. Assuming that a cubic centimeter of water contains 15 drops, this number is greater than the number of drops of water that would fill a container more than 50 times the size of the Earth. Imagine placing a drop of red dye into such a container so that it disperses evenly. Homeopathy's "law of infinitesimals" is the equivalent of saying that any drop of water subsequently removed from that container will possess an essence of redness. Robert L. Park, Ph.D., a prominent physicist who is executive director of The American Physical Society, has noted that since the least amount of a substance in a solution is one molecule, a 30C solution would have to have at least one molecule of the original substance dissolved in a minimum of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules of water. This would require a container more than 30,000,000,000 times the size of the Earth.
eppermint along with other things such as coffee, products containing camphor (eg tiger balm, vicks etc), cola drinks, tea tree oil etc are reported as being able to antidote the effects of homeopathic remedies. Don't ask me why and don't ask me how homeopathic remedies work. Science has yet to figure this out.Sorry flux but here is a topic where we differ in our opinions. Contrary to popular belief I do not agree that homeopathy is the "Ultimate Fake" and just a placebo. I have no scientific data to support my belief just my own personal experience with homeopathy which has not been pleasant. Hopefully physics will figure it out one day.I will continue to caution anyone considering homeopathic treatment, it is not a completely safe form of treatment especially when high potency remedies are involved or the remedies are repeated too often when they shouldn't be.Good luck with your homeopathic treatment.
