wishspirit
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- Jun 8, 2005
These two sentences contradict one another.
I agree. Many people swear by homeopathic remedies, but they are not medically proven effective. At worst they can harm health, at best they are a waste of money.
Home remedies may work well, but part of it may be psychological comfort. Warm tea, blanket, cuddly dog, cat, or Teddy bear can work wonders.
As a whole sentence it doesn't contradict itself. Homoeopathy and home remedies are not the same. Homoeopathy is based on the idea that water has memory, and can remember that 1 million dilutions ago it had something that was a raw ingredient deemed to be helpful. Home remedies are usually passed down knowledge, some with and some without scientific backing.
That isn't to say that all 'home remedies' aren't helpful. Hundreds of years ago people used to chew the bark of a willow tree to make them feel better, the same core ingredient we now use in aspirin. Some certainly do have merit, but some are primarily based on the placebo effect, which still gives you a positive outcome if you truly believe it works. My natural dubiousness of anything without scientific backing means it is unlikely to work for me.
The power of placebo is an amazing thing, and is not to be ignored. If you believe it will help you, then often it will. This isn't a slight on anyone, it is just how the mind is programmed to work.
There is, thus far, no scientific evidence to back homoeopathy, only that it creates the similar reaction to a placebo.