Are there any Homeopaths about please?

[BigFatCushion]

I'm considering using homoeopathy for DD's Molluscum Contagiosum. I am very skeptical but at that point where I'm ready to try something new.

Anyway, I was googling some homoeopaths and I'm curious about something.

A couple of people have background info and state that they trained as 'a nurse/midwife/pharmacist' which to me is reassuring.

None of the relevant registers have their name on it though. Should they still be able to use the letters after their name if they aren't actually a member of the Nursing & Midwifery Council etc?

I may just be over cautious, but using a protected title should only be allowed if they're actually registered shouldn't it?

If you are a homoeopath please tell me to go for it, and that it will work!

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Great, thank-you.

It will probably work. Because molluscum is a self limiting condition and when you reach the point of desperation which drives you to an alternative therapist is about the time they will go away anyway.

I know... I have the urge to try and sort it sooner rather than later as DD starts school in September.

Hi
please be gentle- long time lurker but first post!.
I am a homeopath and was originally a nurse. I have treated Molluscum successfully many times- it is a self limiting codition but can last for over a year and is quite infectious, especially among small children who are in close contact. If you go to the GP , they will give cream to alleviate the symptoms or will treat like warts and scrape or burn off.
I believe, if someone is no longer registered with a profesional organisation such as the nursing and midwifery council, they shouldn't be using the letters after their name- saying that, you don't have to be registered with anyone in Britain to call yourself a homeopath. Try the H omeopathic medical association or alliance of registered homeopaths for practioners who have studied for 3 years for their qualification- hope that helps

Ps- not getting involved in any homeopath bashing that i have seen here recently- try it for yourselves and then make a decision

Thank-you ionamammy :) and welcome out from lurking!

She's had them for about a year I think. I went to the GP in January, and then again last week.

Firstly the GP gave nothing, now on Friday he has given her something to put in the bath to alleviate the symptoms of itching.

I have vaguely tried random stuff I've had in the house (with no consistency whatsoever) including comfrey cream, tea tree, salt in the bath, vira soothe, calamine lotion, aqueous cream with calamine lotion.... you get the picture!

The registration thing bothered me as it appeared you can be completely unregulated as a practitioner or have 20 years of experience and training but the registration process remains the same. Although you've just said they do need 3 years training. Didn't know that!

You know its just sugar and water, right? There is no active ingredient in the "medicine" at all. If you want to pay someone to give your child sugar and water thats up to you, but please don't imagine it can actually do something for them. Most "homeopaths" have no training, and those that have done it for three years, you have to wonder how on earth they spent their time...advanced con-artistry? Diploma in shaking?

Herbal medicine is a different bag, it does contain actual ingredients that might help. You could try that.

No idea what the difference is... Will do some further googling.

Herbalism is using herbs and natural ingredients to make medicines, many of which have proven medical uses and effects. Many everyday medicines come from natural substances.

Homeopathy is the ridiculous notion that random substances can cure illness but that the less you use the stronger it is, to the point that the stuff they give you has no actual ingredient. They explain this by saying that water has a memory and the special shaking they do make this water potent and can cure all kinds of things. It goes against all laws of physics and despite a myriad of tests and scientific trials has never been shown to work at all, other than the placebo effect.

Thank-you. I'm a HCP, and it's hard to get out of my comfort zone and know how to navigate alternative medicine.

If they are itching they are on the way out. They will probably get red and painful soon. They may bleed and go a bit horrid looking. But they will soon be gone.

OOh we're exactly at that stage Seeker. That's why I went to the GP. Red, itchy and keep bleeding.

I make very weak squash, am I qualified to give an opinion?

You're welcome. I know the pro-homepathy people will be thinking that I'm being unfair and closed minded, but everything I've said is undisputable fact. It's a load of woo nonsense that cons people out of time and money.

The good thing about homeopaths is that the less money you pay them, the more they appreciate it. If you can find an old halfpenny, that will be perfect.

I am very anti homeopathy, (science based thinker) because there isn't a shred of evidence that it works. Although there is thought to be a placebo effect. Which is likely to come from the time that homeopathic practitioners spend with their patients. The mind is a great healer etc etc

However, the OP has gone the traditional medicine route, so homeopathy won't do any harm. (Apart from drain the bank balance.)

Molluscum Contagiosum tends to go away on its own anyway. (Although it can take up to 18 months or so) The NHS doesnt tend to treat it, because the treatments can be painful, and generally it doesn't have any symptoms apart from not looking v pretty.

Dara O Brian's view:

I have seen that Dara O'Briain clip

:o hermione and taghain

Bigfatcushion- that's good. Be a bit careful, they can get infected, which may need antibiotics. But they will be gone soon.

And that's why people think alternative medicine works for molluscum. You try -all the conventional things, they get worse and worse, you try rubbing them them q branch of hqzlewood picked at midnight on midsummer day and hey presto, they're gone!

I think a few of them have got infected. The GP told us to use Savlon when it happens (which I have done). DD has had a couple which have been pus-filled monsters (sorry) but have shrunk back without a trace, so I suppose I should just be more patient and trust it'll happen in its own time.

Thanks :) For ages it bothered me more than her.... Now there's itchy/red/bleeding ones it's bothering her too.

I'm also worried about her getting teased when starts school.

That clip is hysterical Lady