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Got a bit of the old hayfever today.. .Boat didn't sail, therefore shop has run out of a lot of things.

Only hayfever stuff is some Homeopathy - does the stuff work? I read it stimulates the body's natural healing process.

Sounds all new-age to me. Any good?
 
Don't do it! next thing you know you'll be lying naked in the middle of a circle of people chanting while they place brightly coloured marbles on your skin and declare you healed by the power of nature.
 
How can they sell this rubbish then? £5 for a bunch of tablets that, by the sounds of it, do nothing!

Ah well. I'm giving it a shot. I'll let you know the results!
 
Homeopathy is quack medicine, and about as effective as the average placebo. Don't waste your money.

People use modern medicine for a reason: because it works.
 
trescodrucey said:
How can they sell this rubbish then? £5 for a bunch of tablets that, by the sounds of it, do nothing!
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They make very vague claims that sound good but are really easy to wriggle out of when they're challenged in court.

If you get any good out of it it's probably just a placebo effect, proper homeopathy dilutes the stuff down so far there's probably none of the "active" ingredient in each bottle.
 
Yeah, read how it works. The thieving swines.

Ah well - i'd rather have real medicine, but as I said - the island has run out!

If I don't feel any better, i'll ask for my £5 back
 
lmao I need to show someone this thread...he'd find it intersting/funny!


For the OP; I know people who get hayfever and I sometimes used to get it when it was really bad out there. Standard drugs like Puriton and other such anti-hystamine (sp?) usually work/help!
 
trescodrucey said:
Got a bit of the old hayfever today.. .Boat didn't sail, therefore shop has run out of a lot of things.

Only hayfever stuff is some Homeopathy - does the stuff work? I read it stimulates the body's natural healing process.

Sounds all new-age to me. Any good?
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not sure if you can , but get hold of some local honey, has to be from hives within 30 miles of your location, spoonful a day should help.
 
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My mother sent me and my brother to homeopath until became too expensive, probably about 10-15 years. Until a few years after stopping my brother had never had an antibiotic in his life, and my mother and I had only taken them prior to seeing the homeopath. I can’t be sure if it works, but I wouldn't be so dismissive. It certainly worked for us during the period we used it, and I think it has more merit that a lot of other alternative medicine.

I had a chat with the homeopath whilst I was at one of the appointments, and he explained a bit about how it "works". It's not so different to modern medicine. Basically they give you a very low dose of something that produces the same symptoms as the ailment you are trying to treat. This has the effect of aiding the body to negate the effects of the ailment. Not too dissimilar to vaccination, but has a much broader scope.
 
Stretch said:
My mother sent me and my brother to homeopath until became too expensive, probably about 10-15 years. Until a few years after stopping my brother had never had an antibiotic in his life, and my mother and I had only taken them prior to seeing the homeopath. I can’t be sure if it works, but I wouldn't be so dismissive. It certainly worked for us during the period we used it, and I think it has more merit that a lot of other alternative medicine.

I had a chat with the homeopath whilst I was at one of the appointments, and he explained a bit about how it "works". It's not so different to modern medicine. Basically they give you a very low dose of something that produces the same symptoms as the ailment you are trying to treat. This has the effect of aiding the body to negate the effects of the ailment. Not too dissimilar to vaccination, but has a much broader scope.
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Nonsense. It's fundamentally different to modern science; in modern science someone takes this stuff and proves it works. In Homeopathy some quack dillutes a duck until there's a single molecule in each of those overpriced bottles of water and gives it to people and when it has no effect greater than placebo no-one cares, or even checks.
 
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