Homeopathy in the News for all the wrong reasons ...
I just read a second article, published in ”The Weekend Australian - At the coal face” , seemingly discrediting Homeopathy, which makes me wonder what the case mentioned, the death of a child, was all about.
Unfortunately I haven't got the source of the first article, but here is the second one >>
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26182986-23289,00.html
Both articles seem to hint that there is something wrong with homeopathy.
It should be obvious, even without knowing the background story, that Homeopathy as such had absolutely nothing to do with it. Apparently someone relied totally on Homeopathy to cure or fix some skin condition.
That’s hardly the fault of Homeopathy.
Anyone for this matter, in any health related question “relying” on just one source for treating a health problem is deeply mistaken. However mistaken that person maybe, to use just one person as a cause for having a treatment modality discredited is a mistake too.
The same can happen with any medical modality or over the counter drug or even with perfectly harmless food and drink items. From time to time there may be one person relying only on one “thing “ for something, the outcome is usually catastrophic.
I would understand the article, if someone had prescribed a specific homeopathic medicine, and told that patient, that only that medicine is going to cure something and they are not allowed to do anything else.
That would be a good case against that practitioner, interestingly again, still not a case against Homeopathy.
After all, we can’t ban the whole medical system, just because some doctors may over-prescribe anti-biotic's or Valium, it would be ridiculous. However the public has to know and have enough wisdom to question anything, and that anything may need a second opinion.
Some information about Homeopathy.
Homeopathy has over 200 years of use and growth throughout Europe, and more than 100 years of continues use in the USA, India, Australia and most other parts of the world, with millions of satisfied users.
Would anyone seriously dismiss all that, because one person has decided it is the holy grail of medicine and relied on it for something probably totally unrealistic?
I would like to see Homeopathy becoming more prominent, I feel practicing Homeopath, Homeopathic Medicine Companies and Association would be well advised to publish positive homeopathic related articles.
