To be driven mad by how many people are utterly convinced by homeopathy?

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I am just completely baffled by how many educated, clued up people I know, including family members and many close friends, that do not question homeopathy in any way. It is complete nonsense that bases its "science" on the memory of water?? You might as well wave your magic wand and say Hocus Pocus. Of course the placebo effect can be a cure in itself but not for children?? Even my brilliant pediatrician tries to give me homeopathy (probably bc she thinks it will calm me down rather than my children!!)
There is a mum at school whose son has horrendous allergies and asthma. She has taken him off all his inhalers as she wants to "cleanse his system" and only gives him homeopathy. Arrrgh. I see the little boy in tears every day in the spring as he can´t sleep and is exhausted due to his breathing.
My MIL insisted on giving their old dog who was in agony and riddled with cancer homeopathy instead of conventional medicine and god, did it suffer, why why??
Don´t know why but it drives me mad…such an irresponsible industry that suckers vulnerable people in and leads some to give homeopathy instead of conventional meds in dangerous situations.

Arnica does work.

Do you mean the herbal treatment, or the one that was chanted over in a room containing a sunflower?

Walton, that is quite some truism you've pointed out there.

So parent who don't believe in giving antibiotics to children tend to have children that don't get given antibiotics?

You want to tap up some scientific journals - they'll be dying for that sort of research and insight...

Why the hell should anyone else tell others what to do . I don't get it

The long answer to that involves explaining how humans and society evolved. There are books about it.

But basically we decided long ago that to live in groups meant making rules of behaviour. Especially those rules to protect the weak from harm and exploitation.

We even have these things called laws and when a new method of exploiting people is discovered we discuss it and often make a new law to prevent it.

It amazes me how many are happy to say its free will and don't tell people what to do
would you be happy for a Doctor to make untrue claims about a medication. This is not harmless, homeopaths claim they can cure medical conditions
My hairdresser (also a homeopath) claimed he could prevent people needing a knee op
I felt unable to challenge him too much as my hair was in his hands but he was very confident/arrogant

As for the hysterical SS involvement - that's laughable too.

If a child is being denied medical treatment and they are at risk of significant harm, action can be taken. That is the law, laugh all you want.

People who are saying homeopathy is not dangerous, what about the practitioners who advocate patients stopping medication prescribed by their medical doctor?

Roadwalker, I admire your restraint I had to have a knee op last year after years of pain. If that had been me I'd have been tempted to take his scissors and shove them up his ill-informed arse!!