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

I mean it is used as an option by the NHS. While they have reduced funding its still an option they offer some people.

Edit: apparently they have completely cut it now but it was an option for a long time.

What does this sorry tale have to do with homeopathy? Absolutely nothing, just blatant scaremongering. Homeopathic remedies though effective when given appropriately to a patient, are absolutely safe to anyone.

If homeopathy worked then swimming in the sea would cure all illnesses as it contains about the same substance concentrations of almost every chemical on earth.
You are as likely to be cured by homeopathic remedies as you are too be poisoned by chemtrails......

I know exactly what it is, which seems unusual on here - with people spouting on as though to show about logical and and science-based they are, though they seem very ignorant about it. I understand up to a point why people react like this (needing to "prove" how rational they are, going with the herd rather than keeping an open mind), but we do not know everything yet. Perhaps the effectiveness of extremely small dilutions will be understood one day. Quantum physics might point the way.

I have used it over many years on and off as needed. It was hugely effective as I said earlier in the thread in treating a serious thyroid problem and my mother's tinnitus which doctors had told her she would just have to "learn to live with". I have also been treated for more minor though troubling issues.

To those who say it is not effective for animals, I know of several dogs that have been successfully treated, and also of a whole herd of cows troubled by mastitis being cured with a remedy put into their drinking water trough. No placebo effect possible there!

I'm saying that homeopathy has never been shown to work when it's been tested under proper conditions - the sort of trials that real medicines have to undergo before they are allowed to be sold as medicines. It will be big news if homeopathy ever passes those sorts of tests but I won't hold my breath.

It's widely called 'alternative medicine', by NHS, John Hopkins, National Cancer Institute, Mind ... I could go on.

Feel free to reference the trials that prove it works in the meantime...

Well, what is it about homeopathy that works?

How does that small vial of water that contains roughly 1 molecule in every 2 litres... Even work?

Please enlighten us.

It's not an alternative medicine. It is alternative to medicine.

Homeopathy is just water. Or sugar tablets. What makes you think you know more than I do?

Some of us have openmindedly taken a look at the evidence that shows homeopathy does not work and cannot work, as the claims how it is supposed to work are nonsensical. Persisting in a belief despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary would be close-minded.

What trials? Please reference what you are saying here.

I can't believe the people willing to believe something that has failed to prove its efficacy in any properly conducted trials.

This is factually completely wrong about the water and Arnica cream..why say this if you don't know what you are talking about? However you are correct that herbal medicine and homeopathy are very different.
I can't get over the ignorance and frankly the closed minds shown on this thread. Its as though everyone is falling over themselves to prove that they are on the same anti-bandwagon though they don't know anything about ithe subject.

I’m not really on social media so don’t see a lot of the online stuff, but like you I’m happy to learn!
bloods showed high levels of strep titre which went down post treatment (along with so many of her symptoms). Onset was literally overnight. Seen initially in a&e, then gp, then neurology who diagnosed. Treatment has been antibiotics, steroids, and NSAIDs. Happy to answer anything else 😊

My DD had asthma and eczma and we saw a Homeopath
She somehow got hold of the tablets we paid a fortune for and ate them all. We rushed her to A&E and phoned the Homeopath en route
Homeopath laughed and said that it wasn't a problem as there was nothing in them that she could OD on
Made me realise it was total bollocks

😂

I'm always happy to learn and admit when I'm wrong. What was the blood test show? Strep? What treatment did the NHS offer?

What I'm seeing is people seeking this diagnosis for their kids based on online advice (you must have seen all the social media threads) and seeking out antibiotics which, if they're wrong, is harming the kid for no benefit.

I'm not saying kids don't have these symptoms, but that the suggested causation (a pocket of infection remaining in the system) is speculative and not proven, to my knowledge based on all I've read up on this.

It's a similar story to Chronic Lyme. My worry is that people are desperate for their kids and are acting on good intentions but end up doing stuff that can harm them in the long run. And you can see the snake-oil people are sold, with the homeopaths etc.

Edit - hidden post is back.

My understanding is that herbal
medicines must have a THR (the logo is not obligatory) under the Human Medicines Regulations.

There will of course be “herbal food supplements” (or cosmetics) that fly under the radar, but many substances (e.g. St John’s Wort) cannot legally be sold except under a THR.

It’s all a bit of a Wild West, nevertheless. In the news last week there were “magnesium” gummies being sold as supplements for children that were found to contain melatonin.

Homeopathy absolutely was not the basis of modern medicine. It was only invented in 1796.
You're thinking of herbal medicine.

Out of interest, what antibiotics have been tried? Before trying homeopathy, I'd look at an osteopath/reflexology/acupuncture. Also for B12 deficiency you often need injections. There's a very good group on Facebook I think called wake up b12 (or similar).

@AlwaysinamoodIf homeopathy works why would evil Big Pharma decide not exploit its abilities? Surely they’d have been all over it decades ago and be making money from it now?

It’s because it doesn’t make any money for big pharma that’s why

Homeopathy is a billion dollar industry, like big pharma, just without the science part.

In case you haven't noticed, we also pay for our NHS treatment, through our taxes. Why would any professional give their services for free after having trained for many years, bought specialist software etc.? Do you work and if yes, do you work for free? And would you trust any healthcare professional who treated you with no payment (and thus likely wasn't insured and had another job to pay the bills)? Paying a few pounds to see a film is bog standard on many streaming services, also in case you hadn't noticed. If you want healthcare for free, you have to wonder about your commitment to your own health.