Iodine and goitre

[Shannon Nelson]

Well... I for one "bother" with homeopathy, even tho I also use supplements
and etc., because homeopathy -- *If* you get "the remedy" -- is curative, in
a way that nutrition and etc. is not. I simply think they are two different
things, and the need for one is not very related to the need for another;
some folks won't need to bother about diet or supplements once they've
gotten the needed remedy; others still will.

It is a fact well accepted within the context of Hahnemannian homeopathy,
that some people's "constitution" is stronger than others. Some will *at
their best* still not be all that robust; there are limits to what can be
done, even with homeopathy. If we could treat everyone before the end of
childhood, the chances for full cure would be better, but sadly most of us
come to homeopathy, if at all, in adulthood which most of the die have
already been cast. IMO it is better to learn what tools you need, and
*learn to use them*, rather than get stuck in dogma about what tools are
acceptable and which aren't. (I don't like the "shame game".)

I do agree with you, tho, that one needs to *understand* the tools (whether
homeopathy, nutrition, or other) in order to use them to best advantage and
with least risk. Fortunately, there's a lot of good information available
now.

on 2/18/04 7:50 AM, Joy Lucas at joy.lucas@ntlworld.com wrote:

[Joy Lucas]

I am not sure what the 'shame game' has to do with this but maintaining
causes certainly do and if someone has 'challenging' diet/lifestyle then
homeopathy isn't always going to help. If a diseased state can be helped and
even cured by good diet, then that is much better. It isn't too good for
business trying to find a homeopathic remedy, when the remedy is better
food etc. There must be millions out there taking unnecessary and even
harmful doses of supplements and there is a huge pressure on people to buy
into that thinking - this isn't dogma, just my opinion based on observation.

Joy
on 2/18/04 7:12 PM, Bob&Shannon at shannonnelson@tds.net wrote:

Well... I for one "bother" with homeopathy, even tho I also use supplements
and etc., because homeopathy -- *If* you get "the remedy" -- is curative, in
a way that nutrition and etc. is not. I simply think they are two different
things, and the need for one is not very related to the need for another;
some folks won't need to bother about diet or supplements once they've
gotten the needed remedy; others still will.

It is a fact well accepted within the context of Hahnemannian homeopathy,
that some people's "constitution" is stronger than others. Some will *at
their best* still not be all that robust; there are limits to what can be
done, even with homeopathy. If we could treat everyone before the end of
childhood, the chances for full cure would be better, but sadly most of us
come to homeopathy, if at all, in adulthood which most of the die have
already been cast. IMO it is better to learn what tools you need, and
*learn to use them*, rather than get stuck in dogma about what tools are
acceptable and which aren't. (I don't like the "shame game".)

I do agree with you, tho, that one needs to *understand* the tools (whether
homeopathy, nutrition, or other) in order to use them to best advantage and
with least risk. Fortunately, there's a lot of good information available
now.
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[Shannon Nelson]

I guess this is another area where different people (both patients and
practitioners) will take different approaches, based on their past
experience and many other factors. Some supplements actually food; others
are more or less "food-like". And some diets are IMO quite "medicinal"...
I would say this is another case-by-case issue, which different of us will
approach in different ways. So I guess I come back to, "Horses for
courses", and "Vive la difference!"

on 2/18/04 1:37 PM, Joy Lucas at joy.lucas@ntlworld.com wrote: