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my signature-Raghavan

Dear HWC members,

for simplicity sake let me use my signature as Raghavan henceforth be called as "Raghavan" which is "another name of Lord Rama" in Sanskrit is for your very kind information. I am a devout Hindu and pure vegetarian(vegan)and worship Lord Vishnu the avatars of Rama and Krishna and daily I recite over 60minutes Sanskrit mantras in praise of Lord but I believe in only one GOD theory and may be the name only differs since Godliness form of very pure and omnipotent and… Continue

Added by K.Srinivasa Raghavan on April 17, 2009 at 11:00pm — 9 Comments

Anti-Science

Yesteday I was called anti-science for advocating homeopathy. It's a strange term and I'm not sure what it means. I understand anti-technology, which is the belief that technology causes more problems than it solves. I suppose anti-science means advocating some idea the scientific community does not accept. It's a strange inversion of science. What is supposed to be a method for discovering new ideas becomes a tool for criticizing old ones. As if there were some laundry list of things every… Continue

Added by Bernie Simon on April 17, 2009 at 9:32pm — 6 Comments

Homeopathy and so called "Incurable cases"

Please note, that I am totally dedicated to the art of Homeopathy, and in my opinion, there is nothing better to serve the suffering humanity.

In my 38 years of Homeopathic Practice, I have seen thousands of homeopathic cures, even in so called "incurable" cases. It all depends on the procedure adopted in the treatment of each individual case. We must look thoroughly and deeply in any illness with a proper case taking, understanding illness and then selecting a proper homeopathic… Continue

Added by Dr Shashi Mohan Sharma on April 17, 2009 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

How healthy are chronically ill patients after eight years of homeopathic treatment? – Results from a long term observational study

Abstract

Background: Homeopathy is a highly debated but often used medical treatment. With this cohort study we aimed to evaluate health status changes under homeopathic treatment in routine care. Here we extend former results, now presenting data of an 8-year follow-up.

Methods: In a prospective, multicentre cohort study with 103 homeopathic… Continue

Added by Jerry Van den Bosch on April 17, 2009 at 4:15pm — 7 Comments

How to Argue with Nearly Anyone

I spend a lot of time on the Internet, and much of it is spent arguing with people I disagree with. Here are a few tips if you find yourself in an argument.

Stick to what you know. Don't try to argue quantum mechanics, philosophy, or economics if you've never studied them in depth. It's much better to be honest and unassuming.

Keep it short. No one has the patience to read your thousand word argument. Make your point and quit.

Keep it simple. You may think that… Continue

Added by Bernie Simon on April 16, 2009 at 9:08pm — 7 Comments

Homeopathic Case Taking Questionnaires and Individualisation

I have a patient who cannot use the phone due to a tinnitus condition (amongst other things) so I am part way through creating a questionnaire. I thought ..oh great I can pop this on my website as a download which patients can fill in and email back to me...so far so good

Now male and female differences aside we know homeopathy is about individualisation and I am very aware just how completely different my patients are one from the other ...sooo now wondering is the questionnaire good… Continue

Added by Fiona Dilston on April 16, 2009 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Dr. Melvyn Smith, RIP

There's another death in the homeopathic community, Dr. Melvyn Smith of Sugarland, Texas died of pancreatic cancer. From his obituary:

Smith, his sister said, was an avid student of mythology and metaphysics. And, well into his career as a medical doctor, he became fascinated by alternative medicine. In 1981 he was co-founder of the Texas Society of Homeopathy; 16 years later he was certified by the Council… Continue

Added by Bernie Simon on April 15, 2009 at 8:56pm — 2 Comments

Switched On Health Golf Extravaganza.

The idea for this Golf Tournament as a fund raiser was inspired by residents of detox facilities who expressed that modalities such as yoga, meditation and now homeopathy have been the most helpful in their struggle with addiction because of a sense of inner peace.

I believe that peace on earth will only be achieved from the inside out, one person at a time, as each one of us grows inner peace we will plant seeds of peace.

How fortunate we are that homeopathy in its very essence… Continue

Added by Albertine Phan on April 15, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Homeopathy world Community

sister Debby Bruck,

This is a wholesome concept finding a respite and yet utilising the time for the purpose of Homoeopathy with casual talks and yet with subtle business touch and creating a clan of people who are like minded and uniting them to get into unique approach which likely to slowly unbridled the thoughts and action to patch up the seems to be unseen and yet prevailing differences and when imploring the mind and the resultant explores the possibility of united action,united… Continue

Added by K.Srinivasa Raghavan on April 15, 2009 at 12:16am — 4 Comments

Sir John Maddox RIP

Sir John Maddox, former editor of Nature, died April 12. He was editor during the "Benveniste affair." He first published Benveniste's paper on the action of infinitesmal doses on mast cells and then sent a team to Benveniste's laboratory to debunk him, publishing the account in the next issue of Nature.

Added by Bernie Simon on April 14, 2009 at 9:06pm — No Comments

Vitalism

This was posted recently on a skeptic's blog as a response to an attack on vitalism and I thought I'd share it here.

Just as we can distinguish between a computer and the program executed upon it, we can distinguish between the physical and chemical basis of life and life itself. Life acts to preserve the narrow set of conditions that make it possible. It's this activity to conserve and propagate itself which is the vital force. And just as problems with a computer usually aren't… Continue

Added by Bernie Simon on April 14, 2009 at 8:12pm — No Comments

Letter to President Obama

In the many drafts during the editorial process in writing the letter to President Obama, I realized I had inadvertently left an asterisk off the end of the last sentence of the first paragraph of the letter which relates to the last page of the letter and the title of the book The Homeopathic Revolution. I want to make sure this credit is given!

This has been corrected on my website which links to the letter!…

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Added by Mary Terhune, RN on April 14, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

The Principles of Homeopathy

Andre Saine gave a talk at the NCH summer school on the principles of homeopathy. It's an interesting presentation of the subject, though obviously not the last word on it. Here are my notes from his talk.

Homeopathy was defined by Hahnemann and must be practiced according to the principles he described. These are:

1. The law of similars, or similia similibus curantur. The sick are most easily, mildly, and permanently cured by the most similar medicine. For example,… Continue

Added by Bernie Simon on April 13, 2009 at 8:56pm — No Comments

Chocolate Addiction and Homeopathy

Chocolate is made from the seeds of the tropical Cacao tree, Theoboma Cacao. The Aztecs used the bean as currency, and European explorers brought it back to the western world in the early 16th century. But why do we love it and why do we crave it? Chocolate today contains a large proportion of fat and sugar which may go some way to explaining chocolate cravings, especially if you have an inherited 'sweet tooth'. But there is more to it than that. In fact, chocolate contains over 300…

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Added by Sam Adkins on April 13, 2009 at 6:00pm — 11 Comments

Placebo Power

Too many people dismiss homeopathy as a placebo, not stopping to think what a remarkable thing a placebo is. How is it that one can cause a change in one's health simply by believing something is a cure? It's as remarkable as fixing a television set by turning it to a different channel. Our familiarity with the concept of placebo has made it invisible to us. The placebo has become the shadow of medicine, the anti-medicine, when it should point us to a new concept of medicine, one that breaks… Continue

Added by Bernie Simon on April 12, 2009 at 8:20pm — No Comments

The Role of Chocolate in Homeopathy

I thought that that would catch your attention.!

As we now enter the Easter feast of chocolate in the UK. I wanted to share with you something of the role of chocolate in homeopathy. As part of the homeopathic consultation you might be asked “Are there any foods that you crave?”. Many clients will answer chocolate! To verify the usefulness of this as a strong characteristic symptom of the client I then check how much chocolate they actually eat. A bar a day, three bars a day,…

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Added by Mike Andrews on April 12, 2009 at 9:00am — 11 Comments

The Placebo Paradox

The argument made against homeopathy usually goes like this:

1. There's nothing in homeopathic medicines

2. If there's nothing in them, they can't work

3. Therefore, homeopathic medicines are placebos

It's a strange argument, because placebos work, by definition, and yet there's nothing in a placebo either. So there's at least one example of a kind of medicine with nothing in it that works. So why not two or more? I'm not saying that homeopathy is not a placebo.… Continue

Added by Bernie Simon on April 11, 2009 at 8:51pm — 2 Comments