NATURAL MEDICINES MAY BE SUPERIOR

Before dismissing homeopathy as unscientific, we should not forget that the adverse side effects of many pharmaceuticals include symptoms of the very disease that the drugs are prescribed to cure. Certain drugs prescribed for headaches can cause more headaches in some people. Likewise, some drugs and treatments prescribed to cure cancer may actually cause more cancer than they cure.

Unlike modern-day herbalists who tend to prescribe a mix of herbs, homeopathic physicians prescribe a single remedy. That remedy is then given in frugal amounts to match the totality of Whole Person symptoms. For successful homeopathic diagnosis and treatment, you should consult a licensed homeopathic physician. Nonetheless, due to opposition from mainstream medicine, most Americans have been deprived of access to a licensed homeopathic physician. As a result, tens of thousands of Americans, disillusioned with allopathy, are being forced to practice do-it-yourself homeopathy. Nowadays, many health food stores, as well as some drug stores, carry a full range of homeopathic OTC remedies.

To make prescribing easier, a variety of homeopathic health care kits is appearing together with packaged OTC homeopathic medicines. Some of these packaged medicines are combinations of various homeopathic substances. This commercial shotgun approach directly contradicts one of homeopathy’s cardinal principles, which is to select a single remedy.

Another important homeopathic principle is that the more times a medicine is diluted, the more potent it becomes. While this also may sound illogical, let’s not forget that fewer than 15 percent of all medical treatments have been scientifically validated by controlled studies. And Paul Pearsall, Ph.D. reminds us in his book Superimmunity (Ballantine, 1987) that out of every ten people who see a medical doctor: eight neither get better nor worse as a result of medical intervention; one gets worse—often with the help of a new disease induced by a drug prescribed by the doctor; and only one out of ten (ten percent) actually benefits from medical treatment.

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