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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 …
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Ein vielfach bemühtes Argument pro Homöopathie (das allerdings mit der Wirksamkeit nichts zu tun hat) ist, dass homöopathische Behandlungen zu weniger Verschreibungen konventioneller pharmazeutischer Arzneimittel führen. Dies hört man allerorten und immer wieder. Spontan braucht man nur an die Vorstellung …
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The Information Network Homeopathy recently received a question as to why there was no discussion of ultra-high dilution research in its publications. What exactly is this about? It is about research on dilutions above the Avogadro limit, which statistically no …
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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 …
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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 …
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, …
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 …
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This text describes the legal situation under which health insurance companies in Germany are legally allowed to reimburse costs for homeopathy. Due to the very specific German factual and legal situation, we refrain from a complete translation into English.
Continue readingGlasses, dentures and homeopathy - The role of German statutory health insurances
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 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 …
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"Old knowledge is just - 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
The alleged holistic nature of the homeopathic method is one of the most popular "pro-arguments", you read and hear it everywhere. What is the truth? Let us get straight to the point: Basically, the opposite of "holism" is the case. …
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 …
Animal homeopathy is widespread and highly praised. At Google the term achieves nearly 65.000 hits (retrieved 13.04.2021). But it is a building that was first constructed by Hahnemann's successors. There is only a short text of his own, never published …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Es dürfte wohl wenige Familien geben, deren Leben in der Öffentlichkeit besser dokumentiert ist als das der Windsors. Wobei wir die Familien Kennedy und Grimaldi einmal außen vor lassen. Dies natürlich vor allem durch die Regenbogenpresse, aber auch durch seriöse …
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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 …
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You can find the original article by Dr. Steven Novella under: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-it-worked-for-me-gambit/
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Individuality... ? 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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 - …
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 …
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