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

I think sometimes it’s utter desperation rather than gullibility.

Homeopathy is brilliant. Here in Mexico, it is highly respected and a lot of people use it.

While herbal medicines may at least have some active ingredients in it few are rigorously tested, probably none tested or dosed with children in mind and none proven in PANS / PANDAS. There can be huge variation between products and concerns around unregulated and contaminated products.

I understand that you feel desperate it isn't ethical to experiment on a child with herbal medicines. Adding a whole load of untested plant based chemicals is unlikely to help and could potentially be harmful. It could interfere with diagnosis or symptoms or with conventional medicines. At least homeopathy (while it has no evidence and the pushy homeopath is likely a con) at least you aren't actually doing anything harmful, just wasting money!

Yeah please stick to dr's. Though my dr put me onto ours lol. I spent thousands trying to fix my youngest. At one point i'd stopped giving her the herbal stuff and at the appointment she said how great she'd improved from taking it. I knew then i'd been sucked in.

@Nightswimminginoldpants I agree with the idea that you are feeling desperate and vulnerable and that is completely understandable. Please stick to proper medical advice and please also seek support for yourself. 🩷

The principle behind homeopathy is that as you dilute a substance more it gets stronger

Stop and think about that for a minute and you'll realise that of course it's nonsense

It will do precisely nothing to help your child, and it is a huge con.

I do understand the desire to try absolutely everything for a struggling child. I remember the Feingold exclusion diet we tried for my ADHD son - it's very restrictive of everything it seems except sugar. It made no difference to him though there is some evidence it helps in some cases. We just did the Feingold diet on our own but there is a whole industry of flogging so called cures for ADHD and other conditions. The pine resin extract is a perennial favourite. I have finally realised that there is no easy to administer cure which will completely rewire his brain. Now if I hear of something that sounds promising besides standard ADHD medication, I just put the name in google along with the word scam. I am afraid there is nothing to suggest that homeopathy cures anything at all beyond some placebo effect.

In my experience it works brilliantly, and can often work well when conventional medicine doesn't, BUT this is dependent on getting the exact right remedy and that can be tricky. It's important to work with a skilled homeopath.

I completely understand why people pooh-pooh it, I can't explain why it works, it shouldn't really, based on what we currently know. But I have had many good experiences over many years, including treating animals who didn't know they were getting any remedies. The fact it does work in my experience is good enough for me. I don't expect to convince any skeptics though - you do you!

As long as you keep up with any medical treatment, and can afford the consultation fee, then I think to me it seems reasonable to give it a go. What's the harm.

My DD has PANS/Pandas and we used dr Gareth Morgan. She had antibiotics and ibuprofen and made vast improvements after numerous nhs diagnosis/ suggestions failed.

Doctor here. It is complete and utter nonsense.

Oh OP.

Im so sorry you’re facing this, and I understand your desperation completely. But don’t waste your money. Homeopathy is a total con peddled by people happy to exploit those in vulnerable and in pain.

It won’t work. That’s not to say you can’t try it but just don’t be expecting much, if any, effect if you do.

The NHS has ceased to fund homeopathy since 2017 and quite rightly so

The effectiveness of Homeopathy, which is an alternative medicine.

I’m so sorry your child is unwell. Please do not buy in to pseudoscience like homeopathy. It’s useless at best, harmful at worst.

Medicine that yields safe and verifiable results becomes conventional medicine – not alternative medicine.

Let me introduce you to this thingy called Google!

Op have you spoke to your Gp? Who gave you the diagnosis?

Oh sorry I forgot… the water had memory. So that’s what makes it medicine. Or magic.

Sorry I don’t mean to be insensitive as I realise you said you are desperate for something that will work. But homeopathy is a big con and I actually think it should be illegal.

What don't you understand?

Have you tried Google?

Homeopathy is sugar pills. It prays on the gullible.

Homeopathy as I understand it involves taking a thing which causes a symptom (so basically something poisonous) and then taking a drop and putting it in water and then banging it a certain number of times on a horsehair mat, and then taking a drop of that and doing it again. Or some other horsehit. Then end result is you get something that is so diluted it is basically… water.

My son takes ashwaganda to help with moods and anxiety, but herbal and homeopathy are worlds apart.

Just to add, it’s took me a long time to decide to give it too him, and he is a teenager so is able to communicate any negative affects.

I don't think so, nOt anymore, they stopped c. 10 years ago.