Does homeopathy work?

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Hi, I live in the USA where homeopathy is not that popular. I have heard it is more commonly used in the UK. I just started working with a classical homeopathic doctor ( via Skype) who put me on my first ever constitutional remedy. My main health concern is a chronic lyme disease co infection ( babesia) which affects my breathing.
( I am also treating with herbs, have had this for years and it comes and goes in severity- currently flared up ). this is my first time trying homeopathy. I am about 25 days in. the homeopath told me to expect 10-20% improvement in 6 weeks, 50% improvement 3 months later, and full recovery in one to two years.
One weird thing is he didn't seem to believe my illness was tick-borne. But he said with homeopathy it doesn't matter what the cause of it is, it treats the whole body anyway.

So I am wondering if any of you have used classical homeopathy- where they give you one constitutional remedy, which is supposed to heal your whole body.
I am not sure yet if I notice improvement. I feel slightly better than before I started but nothing remarkable. I would love it if it works and so I am looking to hear experiences other people have had using it.
Thank you

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Homeopathy plays a profound and valuable role in the taxonomy of medical knowledge.

Those who believe in it are fuckwits. The rest of us are normal.

Noeuf , yes they are. But how can the miniscule amounts used in homoeopathy actually have an effect? The remedy I was prescribed for tonsillitis is apparently derived from a lethal snake venom, so glad it was an infinitesimal dose

No I mean I think you didn't use homeopathy then. You used alternative medicine.

No. It doesn't work. Save your money.

Well when I was "prescribed" something it was supposed to help with my weight,lack of periods,lump in my breast,chest infection and the asthma that she diagnosed and I don't actually have.
Not think logically how can one substance regardless of what it is fix all those issues.

Took antibiotics for the chest infection.
Had the lump removed and analysed.
Got diagnosed with PCOS.
And I still don't have fucking asthma.
Still fat tho.

Homeopathy is complete nonsense but, like all placebos, it can produce positive effects in some patients. BUT any such positive effects are entirely due to the placebo effect, not the homeopathic ‘remedies’.

‘Trust me I’m a doctor’ did a very good trial to demonstrate the placebo effect recently.

In my area (uk) homeopathy is available on the NHS and my GP can refer. The ho empathy is a qualified medical doctor who has done additional training in homeopathy and does that full time now.

the homeopath I used is a trained MD who then chose to go into homeopathy. I do agree with the person who said it is not a great idea to just do it over Skype. This guy is so expensive too. I have spent so much wasted money trying to get well because a lot of drs have no clue about lyme and co infections. Anyway at the moment I don't even know if my current issue is lyme based or not- that's another story, having a terrible time getting a clear diagnosis But as for the homeopathy, I think if it was going to help me I would be feeling something better at 25 days in than I do now- so I think this was just another failed try and waste of money for me. I should have maybe tried homeopathy with a local and less expensive homeopath I got sucked into it talking to this lady who had been sick for so many years, and she got so much better so quickly with this guy I used- she also did it via Skype- and when I am sick I just get desperate,and have been for a while, so I jumped into it. but I am not feeling it. Also at first I thought I may be feeling some improvement but was waiting for more ( which would have happened by now if it would) so we got my husband to do an expensive session his remedy arrives in the mail this week,but likely just more wasted money. his issues are much less severe than mine.

Any GP who refers to a homeopath is going against NICE guidelines.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/homeopathy/

Homoeopathy is a nice chat and expensive water.

Homeopathy is definitely not available on the NHS any more.

Some of the "placebo" chat sounds more woo than the homeopathy tbh. A baby or an animal who gets better after being treated with homeopathic medicine, they've been healed by.... the power of YOUR mind?

I mean, I believe in all that woo, I'm just surprised that other people do when they're discounting homeopathy

A baby or an animal who gets better after being treated with homeopathic medicine, they've been healed by.... the power of YOUR mind?

If the parent/owner believes the “medicine” help, if affects their stress levels and behaviour around the child/animal.

The problem with the uk is that it's not regulated as much as say normal medicine.

Other countries it is used a lot more and heavily regulated ie Germany. When we lived in Germany it was very common and my midwife used it a lot with my then newborn and a lot of it really helped her. I had some to help with neck pains and it also helped.

I use a lot of essential oils but mainly for helping with breathing when we have colds

Ive had unusually good effects from homeopathic treatment in the past for certain things. ie I found chamomilla really effective for my colicky babies. I also had an allergic reaction that didnt seem to be responding to anything from the doctor, but when dps nana gave me some apis-mel, it just started going down immediately.
Also my sons molloscum responded really quicly to homeopathic treatment, as did a few of my friends children. It was remarkable really. I also found nux vom really good for morning sickness when all else failed.

Saying that, ive been suggested it for other things, and its done nothing, and science says that it has no reason to work, so its not something I usually bother with

The problem with the uk is that it's not regulated as much as say normal medicine.

Other countries it is used a lot more and heavily regulated ie Germany. When we lived in Germany it was very common and my midwife used it a lot with my then newborn and a lot of it really helped her. I had some to help with neck pains and it also helped.

The Germans have many strange views on medicine. In Germany there’s an unshakeable belief that the bowel is the seat of all disease, for example.

The only regulation that homeopathy needs in this country is a prohibition for commercial gain.

You're being scammed. The "trained doctor" you're dealing with either lost his license to practice or is not a medical doctor. Homeopathy is a pre-science, like astrology. There's no rational reason to think that it does work and no clinical research that shows any benefit beyond the placebo effect. See what the National Institute of Health has to say about it:

nccih.nih.gov/health/homeopathy

I've seen many patients harmed by homeopathy because they let a serious medical condition go untreated while they attempted to deal with it via homeopathy.

Save your money and see an infectious disease specialist instead.

How was your babesiosis diagnosed? If you're asymptomatic it may not require treatment. If you are symptomatic there are treatments available.

www.cdc.gov/parasites/babesiosis/health_professionals/index.html

Someone has offered $1 million to anyone who can prove homeopathy works. It remains unclaimed. I think I read that the 12C dilution is the equivalent of one drop in the world's oceans, in other words there won't be a single molecule in your bottle of special water. Of course I know people think there is a memory of it but I don't know what else to say but hahahaha.

OP, the simple answer to your original question is "no". Apart from placebo effect or "treating" something that was already getting better.

It has worked for me loads of times. The most incredible was chronic cystitis where I had taken numerous antibiotics which gave me constant colds and left me with an incredibly weak bladder. This went on for two years and a homeopath cured it in about two weeks. If that’s a placebo effect fine, it improved my life hugely.

My mum was very in to it growing up and we’ve had doctors marvel at conditions ive had being completely gone by the next appointment. Most notably an eye doctor, I went in to have fluid drained from a thing behind my eye, I had had homeopathy in between the appointments, the thing was gone. Doctor had never seen anything like it.

Also suggesting a placebo effect in the parent has caused your babies eczema to disappear is a bit odd! But fine if it works surely!

the problem with homeopathy, is when people try and use it for serious stuff in place of medical advice.
It is a complementary therapy, not medicine.

A lot of people seem to have a bee in their bonnet about it, but theres enough anecdotal evidence out there of people having great effects that dont seem to be able to be replicated in a scientific environment.
What you do with that information is up to you

There is no harm in it, unless youre trying to convince someone that it will cure their cancer or whatver and not to bother with chemo.

"Anecdotal evidence" is not evidence. It's just people on the Internet chatting shit.

I'd like a randomised double-blind controlled trial please, which shows that homoeopathic remedies have any effect beyond what would be expected with a placebo.

Without a sound evidence base, homeopathy is nothing but a rip off.

It really needs a sound evidence base, because its theoretical base is a joke.