Re: New to Group: the education of a homeopath--
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:00 pm
I move - or used to move - quite a lot, so I am familiar with the
situation in at least some of the EU countries. And yes, MDs have it
much harder than "lay" people. In France, for example, their
homoeopathic practice is (or used to be - correct me if I am wrong)
very restricted; they can use homoeopathic remedies for a very reduced
number of medical conditions.
There are a few countries where an MD must return his/her allopathic
license if he/she chooses to open a homoeopathic practice. (They are
not stripped of the MD title - but as long as they practice
homoeopathy they cannot practice allopathic medicine.)
I am not an MD and I order my homoeopathic remedies from Helios,
Ainsworths' etc. with no problems whatsoever. So I am assuming that
any person - including MDs - can do the same. The difference is, they
cannot use them on their patients (certainly not openly, i.e. legally).
My own "practice" is very much restricted - I earn my living
practicing a profession that has nothing to do with health - and I
don't charge my "patients".
Frankly, the future of homoeopathy as a widely used treatment doesn't
seem too bright in the EU. Which is why I hope that things stay the
way they are. Seeing the general mindset of EU bureaucracy - not to
mention the pharmaceutical lobby - I suspect that any radical changes
in the according legislation would only be for the worse.
All the best,
A.
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, Lucy De Pieri wrote:
But I understand that homeopathy is taught as part of medical school,
I think it is even one of their post graduated courses.
drugs - which is also a big dangerous. Ledum was used most
successfully for insect bites, they had some new species of mosquito
that the usual insect repellent, but Ledum worked beautifully on the
bites.
situation in at least some of the EU countries. And yes, MDs have it
much harder than "lay" people. In France, for example, their
homoeopathic practice is (or used to be - correct me if I am wrong)
very restricted; they can use homoeopathic remedies for a very reduced
number of medical conditions.
There are a few countries where an MD must return his/her allopathic
license if he/she chooses to open a homoeopathic practice. (They are
not stripped of the MD title - but as long as they practice
homoeopathy they cannot practice allopathic medicine.)
I am not an MD and I order my homoeopathic remedies from Helios,
Ainsworths' etc. with no problems whatsoever. So I am assuming that
any person - including MDs - can do the same. The difference is, they
cannot use them on their patients (certainly not openly, i.e. legally).
My own "practice" is very much restricted - I earn my living
practicing a profession that has nothing to do with health - and I
don't charge my "patients".
Frankly, the future of homoeopathy as a widely used treatment doesn't
seem too bright in the EU. Which is why I hope that things stay the
way they are. Seeing the general mindset of EU bureaucracy - not to
mention the pharmaceutical lobby - I suspect that any radical changes
in the according legislation would only be for the worse.
All the best,
A.
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, Lucy De Pieri wrote:
But I understand that homeopathy is taught as part of medical school,
I think it is even one of their post graduated courses.
drugs - which is also a big dangerous. Ledum was used most
successfully for insect bites, they had some new species of mosquito
that the usual insect repellent, but Ledum worked beautifully on the
bites.
