received a call from a woman this week who has been taking a "homeopathic" for a year now. she described an Energy Enhancement Kit which raised a red flag for me. on further questioning she said it came from Minnesota and carried many wondrous claims. The kit has 7 vials, one for each day of the week and is supposed to enhance a different organ or system each day of the week. I plan on trying to track this info down and if there is any more to report i will do so.
this is the second such report i have been given in the past week. the other one has to do with a growth hormone in nasal spray form which is touted as the new eternal youth magic formula. it is being sold as a homeopathy. i am waiting to receive the article from the person reporting it to me.
perhaps these notes are premature, but i am quite bothered about these products being sold as homeopathy. homeopathy is as much, if not more, the whole process of individualizing a case, as it is the 'magic of the minimal dose.' and it is definitely not herbology or nutritional supplementation.
are other people receiving information of such misconstruances of homeopathy?
tanya
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what goes for homeopathy
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Rosemary Hyde
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Re: what goes for homeopathy
Hi, Tanya.
You wrote:
The answer: YES.
In fact, I've come to the conclusion that "homeopathy" to most people has
come to mean anything that's taken as drops. Many companies and even health
professionals are giving people all kinds of herbal and "energy" stuff and
calling it "homeopathy." Consequently, the public in the US, in general,
also thinks that "homeopathy" is synonymous with "alternative." I think
this is a major problem for our profession, and it is getting worse. This
is an issue that only our professional associations can begin to address
effectively, I suspect. Are they considering it?
When I try to educate folks about classical homeopathy, they can't believe
what I tell them. They keep asking over and over "But what other stuff do
you do, like manipulation, body work, herbs, dietary supplements?" I can't
seem to get the point across that these other modalities, helpful as they
may sometimes be, are separate from pure homeopathy, because of all the
other information they're receiving to the contrary.
Has this been an issue in other countries? How has it been dealt with, if
so?
Rosemary C. Hyde, Ph.D.
You wrote:
The answer: YES.
In fact, I've come to the conclusion that "homeopathy" to most people has
come to mean anything that's taken as drops. Many companies and even health
professionals are giving people all kinds of herbal and "energy" stuff and
calling it "homeopathy." Consequently, the public in the US, in general,
also thinks that "homeopathy" is synonymous with "alternative." I think
this is a major problem for our profession, and it is getting worse. This
is an issue that only our professional associations can begin to address
effectively, I suspect. Are they considering it?
When I try to educate folks about classical homeopathy, they can't believe
what I tell them. They keep asking over and over "But what other stuff do
you do, like manipulation, body work, herbs, dietary supplements?" I can't
seem to get the point across that these other modalities, helpful as they
may sometimes be, are separate from pure homeopathy, because of all the
other information they're receiving to the contrary.
Has this been an issue in other countries? How has it been dealt with, if
so?
Rosemary C. Hyde, Ph.D.
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Soroush Ebrahimi
- Moderator
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Re: what goes for homeopathy
And perhaps this is what give the 'Healthfraud Gang' the reason for their
being!!
What are our groups doing to combat such nonsense when almost all the Hom
pharmacies sell combination remedies for flus teething etc!!
Soroush
being!!
What are our groups doing to combat such nonsense when almost all the Hom
pharmacies sell combination remedies for flus teething etc!!
Soroush
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Tanya Marquette
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Re: what goes for homeopathy
Dear Rosemary
About 3 years ago i heard a tv ad that was promoting some herbal combination using the homeonomenclature. i began to talk about the way the mass media was contributing/creating confusion about homeopathy. as time has past, i have encountered this in the allopathically oriented mass media and pharmaceutical publicity. i totally agree that this is on the increase with the growing popularity of homeopathy.
i, too, had a hard time convincing this woman that her energy enhancing kit was not homeopathy. i seem to spend much time trying to describe homeopathy as a very specific protocol with very specific philosophical underpinnings. i do think we have an uphill battle. and i certainly hope, as you do, that our homeopathic associations take on this battle on a national level.
maybe, this isnt the place to put this out, but i am getting information on a EU initiative to prevent the sale of vitamins. the information i received came thru a european link, but it did indicate a connection to american interest in this. so, this bodes poorly for all holistic approaches to health care. i know we are not supposed to be political on this list, but i sure hope that we can present information that people can act on through other venues.
tanya
About 3 years ago i heard a tv ad that was promoting some herbal combination using the homeonomenclature. i began to talk about the way the mass media was contributing/creating confusion about homeopathy. as time has past, i have encountered this in the allopathically oriented mass media and pharmaceutical publicity. i totally agree that this is on the increase with the growing popularity of homeopathy.
i, too, had a hard time convincing this woman that her energy enhancing kit was not homeopathy. i seem to spend much time trying to describe homeopathy as a very specific protocol with very specific philosophical underpinnings. i do think we have an uphill battle. and i certainly hope, as you do, that our homeopathic associations take on this battle on a national level.
maybe, this isnt the place to put this out, but i am getting information on a EU initiative to prevent the sale of vitamins. the information i received came thru a european link, but it did indicate a connection to american interest in this. so, this bodes poorly for all holistic approaches to health care. i know we are not supposed to be political on this list, but i sure hope that we can present information that people can act on through other venues.
tanya