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What happens after ingesting a homeopathic remedy - according to the homeopathic build of thought? Occasionally one is confronted with the argument that the effect of homeopathic remedies cannot be based on a placebo effect because often the first homeopathic remedy did not "heal" at all, but only the second, third, fourth or fifth ... …
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Another point on which homeopathy is contradictory: either homeopathic remedies cannot have side effects, or homeopathic drug testing cannot work. If you ask a homeopath how one knows which remedy to use and when, he will certainly mention the law of similarity, one of the essential pillars of all homeopathic teaching. "A remedy cures the …
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A popular remedy - a closer look Minor injuries with swelling ("bumps") are often treated with arnica (e.g. in small children after they have fallen and a "bruise" forms, sometimes even prophylactically in athletes). The rapid decrease in swelling is considered to be evidence of the medicinal effect of homeopathic medication. There are two different …
On this page you will find various information about the placebo effect, which explain that it is effective with any kind of attention - and therefore, of course, even more so with medical interventions. Furthermore, it is explained that homeopathy, like other pseudomedical procedures, sucks its honey partly from this effect instead of showing an …
Let us first clarify what is meant by the term "placebo". Here we would like to limit ourselves to placebos as drugs (yes, there are a lot of placebos that have nothing to do with drugs). Let us stick to the drugs: Then a placebo is a drug that is actually not a drug at …
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Evidence in Natural Science "Scientifically proven" or "scientifically refuted" are statements that are often heard, but they are not precise. More correct would be the formulation "according to previous knowledge" - or more extensively "according to previous knowledge gained with scientific methods, which have proven themselves because of their extraordinarily high explanatory potential". (1). Statements …
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The placebo effect in children - even infants - and animals does not even exist, we hear again and again. But that's not true. It is present and is called "placebo-by-proxy". This has been proven again and again by extensive and serious research. The view that a placebo effect cannot occur in children and animals …
... ...and are homeopathy critics willing servants of the pharmaceutical industry? Both are ineradicable narratives that we encounter daily. Behind this idea are assumptions that have simply nothing to do with reality. And why do we tell you here a lot about it? We know very well that there are many reasons why people cling …
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"Old knowledge is above all else: old." When it comes to alternative, complementary and holistic healing methods or even herbs, people like to argue with "old knowledge". But what does that mean? Out of a conglomeration of records, traditions, old customs and the like, every self-proclaimed wellness expert or every clairvoyant herbal witch will find …
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Tooth eruption (dentition) begins in most babies in the 6th month of life and is a painful process. Before a tooth reaches the light of the oral cavity, it first has to fight its way through the periosteum of the bone and then break through the oral mucosa (the gingiva). The periosteum is very sensitive …
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In 1755 a devastating earthquake destroyed Lisbon, the British-French war over North America raged and on 10 April Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was born in Meissen (Triebischvorstadt) as the third child of the porcelain painter Christian Gottfried and his wife Johanna Christine Hahnemann. Of course, it was not yet foreseeable that this little innocent child …
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(This contribution describes the legal situation in Germany which currently applies to the reimbursement of homeopathy by the statutory health insurance.) Unfortunately the health insurances do this indeed, even if one hardly considers it possible. Because the legislator allows the health insurance companies the reimbursement of homeopathy. This is caused by the difference between regular …
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Continue readingObjection: But homeopathy and naturopathy are identical!
Are Schuessler Salts Homeopathy? The so-called "Schuessler salts" are often equated or confused with homeopathy. However, they do not go back to Hahnemann, but to the Oldenburg physician Wilhelm Heinrich Schüßler (1821 to 1898). Biographical Schüßler can easily be described as a "dazzling figure" of his time. Actually a secretary by profession, from 1849 he …
Really? In the pharmacy all kinds of homeopathic globules are available for sale. They are also strongly promoted by the manufacturers with the attributes "gentle and natural". Above all, "simple and side-effect-free" self-treatment is recommended again and again. There are many books on the subject (guidebook, "Quickfinder") and the majority of homeopathic remedies are recommended …
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Water lilies grow on a lake and their surface area increases tenfold every day. After nine days the lake is completely overgrown. How much of its surface is covered after eight days? (Solution at the end) What does that have to do with homeopathy? Quite a lot. A central feature of homeopathic remedies is their …
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About the inventor Edward Bach was a doctor from Birmingham, England, who studied medicine at the University College Hospital in London and graduated from Cambridge. Before he began his studies, however, he worked in the family brass foundry. Bach saw the source of diseases mainly in psychological causes or in the intestines. After leaving some …
Animal homeopathy is widespread and highly praised. At Google the term achieves nearly 100,000 hits (retrieved 20.08.2019). But it is a building that was first constructed by Hahnemann's successors. There is only a short text of his own, never published by him, in which he suggests the idea of carrying out or setting up drug …
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"Antibiotics versus globules - really? "I'd rather take globules than antibiotics." "Doctors prescribe way too much antibiotics randomly." "If I take too much of it, I'll be resistant in later diseases." These sentences can be heard very often in this or similar form. But all three sentences are wrong. Let's look at them one by …
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Another common misconception about homeopathy Many people assume that homeopathic remedies are made from herbal substances. But if you look at the long "drug lists" of homeopathic manufacturers, it quickly becomes clear that homeopathy and phytotherapy are two completely different things. In herbal (phytotherapeutic) drugs the ingredients are present in medically effective concentrations, in modern …
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"According to the known laws of aerodynamics, a bumblebee cannot fly. The bumblebee knows nothing about aerodynamics - and still flies"... ...and therefore, as the argument is intended to express, science is also not suited to judge whether homeopathic remedies can work. Finally, as this example clearly shows, science refuses to take note of the …
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Homeopathic remedies in medium and high potencies do not contain any or no significant amounts of the remedy indicated on the packaging. Some advocates of homeopathy say that it is an antiquated view of the world that a specific effect is linked to the existence of matter. See the mobile phone, which obviously reproduces the …
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Has storing music on a CD really anything to do with homeopathy? Proponents of homeopathy often point out that chemical analysis cannot determine whether a CD is recorded or not, or what is stored on it. This comparison is intended to refute an essential reservation of critics of homeopathy. Although homeopaths do not deny that …
A book from the beginning of the 19th century - a Bible of today's "medicine"? The Organon can justifiably be called the Bible of homeopaths. It was first published in 1810 by the inventor of homeopathy, the Saxon physician Samuel Hahnemann, and received a total of five revisions and six editions from his hand. The …
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Der nachstehende Beitrag erhellt exemplarisch, was sich so manches Mal hinter Veröffentlichungen der homöopathischen Szene verbirgt. Auf seiner Facebook-Seite hatte der DZVhÄ (Deutscher Zentralverein homöopathischer Ärzte) am 14. April 2016 um 13.37 Uhr einen Artikel des American Institute of Homeopathy mit einem eigenen Link eingestellt (Link inzwischen erloschen). Hierin wird berichtet, ein gewisser Dr. Leonard …
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The "individual" homeopathy - is it really that? Homeopathy is said to be a very individual therapy. Even the smallest differences between two patients can cause them to be administered different remedies, even though they otherwise have the same complaints. Imagine if you had eczema on your skin - a very itchy spot - and …
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"We all don't process information as carefully and reflectively as we think we do." Fast thinking versus slow thinking People use two different ways of thinking. Normally we judge intuitively, without reflection and according to learned, generalized and often irrational rules that are not consciously perceived and questioned. Such intuitive rules are for example: "Loss …
Homeopathy is not the right answer to justified questions and wishes of patients Many patients are longing for an alternative to our often so time-limited, too often unemotional medical everyday life - and rightly so! Who would like to feel treated like a number or be left alone with their concerns regarding a medical diagnosis? …
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This true without lying, certain and most true. That which is below is like that which is above and that which is above is like that which is below to do the miracles of one only thing. (Tabula Smaragdina - Emerald Tablet - of Hermes Trismegistos, translated by Sir Isaac Newton) The term esotericism originates …
Ein weiterer Widerspruch der Homöopathie. Zu den Grundlagen abseits der Homöopathie Wenn wir verdünnen, verändern wir, technisch gesehen, das Verhältnis von Substanzen in einem Gemisch, einer Lösung. Durch die Zugabe des Lösungsmittels sinkt die Konzentration der in der Lösung gelösten Stoffe. Zuviel Salz => Wasser dazu => weniger Salz. Besser wäre wohl, zu sagen: mehr …
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