To ask for your views and experiences of homeopathy

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Had anyone tried it to treat illness? Any good or bad experiences

I’ve had homeopathy and it worked for me - as a sceptical teen I was suffering from a chronic pain condition. Homeopathy removed the pain.
Also had much success with those teetha granules when dd was teething- I don’t Think a 9 month old can experience the placebo effect!

This thread is a marvellous example of confirmation bias

One of the girls I knew at Uni retrained as a homeopath. She was a lovely girl, very friendly, good at drawing you in, building a rapport, making you feel that she was very interested in you and a great listener. Lovely girl, but totally flaky and a bit dim.

Great at regurgitating what she'd been taught in exams, but otherwise very poor common sense, no idea of what was going on in the world around her and found work requiring her to come up with her own ideas very difficult. She got together with someone working in a similar "alternative" field and he encouraged her training so she could practise alongside him.

Her personal qualities are what will make her a good homeopath as she will listen to people and make them feel valued during a consultation and will take time to fully discuss issues. The little completely pointless pills she hands out are of course a load of nonsense and won't do anything, but people will feel better because they have been heard.

Personally, I can't believe there is anyone still around with a grain of scientific training who believes in homeopathy. It's one massive con.

Homeopathy no, didn't work for me.

I have used herbal medicines, and my friend used acupuncture with good results.

For gut health there is some trials looking at fecal transplants which have had an extremely positive effect on c diff patients and are investigating gut disorders.

My child too had a problem with their digestion. Although I also don’t believe in homeopathy I was desperate.
Situation resolved it within 4 hrs of taking tiny pill.
This was After 3 months of NHS appointments (where no one ever asked a single question that tried to see if there was something else going on, or look holistically) , and various specialist appointments.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=p2FT8kNCYMs

You also don’t have to believe in homeopathy to be able to appreciate that the way we treat health issues here in the UK, or the western approach is incomplete.

Why do smart people believe dumb things?

madam not only to 9 month olds very much experience the placebo effect, but animals do to.

fullprice there is no believe or not believe in when it comes to medicine. There is either evidence it works beyond placebo or no evidence it works beyond placebo.

homeopathy is in the no evidence it works beyond placebo category.

Don't make the mistake of thinking this has anything to do with the level of evidence being small. Nothing in the history of medicine has been tested more extensively than homeopathy. Its been tested again and again and again and again. Its had all its different variants tested...its even had patient subgroups tested. IT DOES NOT WORK BEYOND PLACEBO.

How in the fuck can you be a 'trained homeopath'

Anyway, there's a difference between homeopathy and using natural substances.

Homeopathy is literally things diluted in water.

Surely if it did work we'd all be getting 'massive ' (diluted) doses via drinking water....

I was referred to a homeopath at Bristol Hospital many years ago by my GP. He treated my psoriasis with powders and informed me that it would get worse before getting better. Sadly it just got worse and worse and never got better. I went back to conventional medicine after 6 months.

What "works" with homeopathy is the holistic approach. An hour of sitting with someone caring amd gentle, who examines you and wants to heal you, maybe lays hands on you in a sympathetic and caring way... all these things help you get better. Sugar pills and water do nothing, but showing a bit of care and appreciation can help at a visceral, emotional level.

I tried a couple of homeopathic remedies for myself and one of my children, they made no difference. I then read Bad Science by Ben Goldacre and the chapter on homeopathy was very useful. Really recommend reading this book (for lots of topics). The dilutions involved in homeopathic remedies are unbelievable. People believe it because of the placebo effect - the remedies are convincingly packaged, reassuringly expensive and the user really wants them to work. That's not to denigrate the placebo effect - it really is a 'thing' and is a very interesting phenomenon to study. Goldacre talked about a study where stomach ulcers visibly shrinked after placebo medication was given - results that were scientifically measurable, all because of sugar pills. If you are feeling unwell and at a loss with conventional medicine, it is totally understandable that the very act of doing something, anything (especially something packaged up as medicine) is going to really help you.

Same as Green dragon. Had very bad eczema on my back during exams due to stress. homeopathic drops clearer it up. Can be pricey but worth it.

prequelle by downloading the relevant certificate from the internet!

I've done a lot of this....I'm a trained homeopath, nutritionist,, and reiki master (not grand master...I got carried away in a PP...but doesn't it sound great!) and crystal healer. I am now considering adding reflexology for the princely some of 12 quid.

Its worth it for all those occasions when someone says they are thinking about seeing someone in one of these areas...I tell them not to bother...and exactly why.

Also as a physicist by training any quantum mechanics based pseudo science I decided to produce would be mind-blowingly stellar!

I have been using teething powders by Nelsons. Worked well for my babies.

Also have been using Polenna, hay fever remedy. Boots used to stock it, but I now have to order it from Nelson’s London pharmacy. You take the two pills and 15 min later your nose stops running or your eyes itching. Works for me. Have been taking it for the last 6 years. But if hay fever too severe, I still need antihistamine. It will handle mild to moderate hay fever imo

It's a placebo.

My advice: find a cheaper way to get the placebo effect.

Thanks all. I had GP appointment to ask for referral to dietician. Was refused as previous bloods were normal but sent for bloods as have taken a folic acid supplement for three months so they are going yo see what results are and take it from there.

The good news is the placebo effect is shown to work even when people know they are taking a placebo. So you will get the same effect from good old tap water as you will from the magic remembering type.

sorry you didn't get your referral straight away. It does probably make sense to get all the outstanding information together before deciding a next step.

The magic drops work by expelling toxins and bringing them to the surface in the case of eczema, it gets worse before it gets better as all the nasty stuff is coming out.....also when the GP gave me a bath lotion to try it made my case much worse due to the paraffin in it....it was horrendous. Be careful with parrafin based products. Use natural stuff instead. Tgel shampoo is great for scalp problems

My friend went to a homeopath to treat her heart problems 'holistically'. The homeopath diagnosed a problem with hormone levels and gave a remedy plus nutritional advice that supposedly cured her.

We found out years later from her family that she was mentally ill, had made the whole thing up, and never had any heart problems, let alone problems with her hormone levels. So much for the homeopath.