Is it a con or can it help my sick child?

My GP does regular tests every 4 - 6 months

She'll need testing by a Dr who understands b12 deficiency, likely MMA, homocysteine levels, her folate and ferritin levels need to be optimised too. There is a group on FB specifically for parents with children with b12 deficiency, the admin is working alongside the NHS to further knowledge and understanding amongst Dr's..if you find Vitamin b12 Wake Up on FB, you can be directed to the separate children's group where you can be signposted for further information Edit, it's called Vit b12 Wake Up for Parents. X

If she's retested then her levels will still be low despite the tablets. If I don't have the injections then I have zero B12 in my body and a whole range of weird symptoms.

As a pharmacist who used to work in a pharmacy that dispensed homeopathic medicines (at great expense to NHS I might add!) I can tell you that people would often try the homeopathic medicine then be back with a prescription for a clinically proven treatment the following week!
What seems to work is the time the doctor spent with the patient talking to them rather than the medicine. So “seems to work” for mental health for example, rather than say impetigo

I’ll leave this here…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0

When homeopathy "works" it is a placebo effect - so you could give your child smarties, say they were a new and powerful medicine and if placebos are going to work it would. It would be cheaper and just as much/ little a chance of working.

However I doubt a placebo will help you. Research is beginning to catch up on the importance of gut bacteria in medicine but it'll be a long road. I would start your child on optibac gum health gummies (often 3 for 2 in several places) or a similar product. Then start looking into herbal remedies. These dont quickly become medications because there often isn't a big enough financial incentive to make them into medicines.

@Nightswimminginoldpants look into the nemechek protocol. There is a international facebook group with more information x

"Homeopathy used to be all we had"

The concept of "homeopathy" was conceived by Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) in 1796.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy

Has she had B12 loading injections? My B12 deficiency can't be dealt with using ordinary vitamin tablets, it takes an intensive course of injections (6 over two weeks) to get my levels up. These are maintained for a few months with tablets but then I need another round of injections to get it back up again.

This just reminded me of when I was 14 and having lots of issues at school, my mum took me to the gp and he gave me a homeopathic treatment - turns out I had ADHD and autism and it didn’t help of course.
In Germany Heilpraktiker ("healing practitioner") is a naturopathic profession in Germany. It is recognised as an alternative and complementary health care profession by German law. it’s definitely taken more seriously there and I find the Germans to be much more health conscious than in the UK.

I do believe in alternative treatments alongside traditional medicine - but homeopathy I’m not convinced about.

Something I am interested in at the moment is healing ourselves through thought (regularly telling yourself you are well despite not feeling it - look up Louise Hay ‘heal your body’) and the practice of healers who use their own energy to heal others - I believe it could be something you could learn to do yourself and treat your daughter.

If she has difficulty absorbing b12 through the stomache due to lack of intrinsic factor, oral supplements won't work, she'll need injections. I would look further into this as an underlying cause or your daughter's illness. There is a clinic in Guildford that will assess and treat children for b12 deficiency as the NHS is woefully inadequate here x

Maybe try these support groups to see how other parents are managing.

https://panspandasuk.org/events/

But Homeopathy is a con.

I don’t have much experience with homeopathy but do have several friends who swear by it. The one thing I do use it for is hay fever for my 7 year old DD and it works for her. It’s a relief not needing to give her antihistamines any more. I wouldn’t write it off and just see how you get on with it.

My DD was also on long term antibiotics several years ago and I think building up her gut health was really important. There lots of info from Dr Spector at Zoe health and nutrition about gut health.

Good luck, I really feel for you 🤞🏻

No, herbal is what we had. Its not the same

So if I gave you an empty box of chocolates, that would be ok in the homeopathic world, as it contains the memory of chocolate?

My personal view, is alternative medication should be viewed as complementary, as in use along side scientific medicine (so long as not poisonous)

Homeopathy used to be all we had.

modern medicine is amazing in so many ways. In some ways it fixes symptoms not root cause and side effects are always there in some way.

I think it can’t hurt to try it, anything we can do holistically to support our bodies is better over chemicals.

No. No. No.

Great Ormond street ran some of their clinics in the homeopathic hospital (as it was called then) so there was a connection. I am aware of the name change.

No, because herbal remedies usually can't be patented, so there is no money to be made in producing them.
What we think of as normal "medicines" from pharmaceutical companies are the substances that are profitable.

Some herbal remedies can and do work for some conditions, either sold by non-pharma companies as 'food' so not subject to medicine laws, or just home-made from the actual plants.

Homeopathy is something else entirely.

No, homeopathy is absolutely not "the basis of modern medicine", that is complete nonsense and potentially very dangerous misinformation. Where are you getting this from? It's totally made-up unscientific tosh.

Dehydration is the only condition that is going to be completely resolved by drinking water. Water is good for you in lots of circumstances, but it did not "cure" anyone's thyroid condition or eczema.