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Dorian Gray

(13,529 posts)
34. Yep
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 04:58 AM
Sep 2022

I read about his support for homeopathic medicine years ago.

I have a friend who is all into homeopathic medicine. She sees a homeopath for all her ailments. It confuses me because she's genuinely a really smart woman, but this is her jam. I have to give her and her homeopath credit where it's due, though. Her homeopath encouraged her to get the covid vaccine. (She also suggests vitamin supplements where there is some evidence of them working. Vitamin D, Probiotics, Fish Oil for mild anxiety. So maybe the practitioner is actually a naturopath and not a homeopath....)

But she does prescribe homeopathic allergy "solutions." (My word in quotes, not theirs.) And I just blink my eyes at how she can believe that NOTHING will cure her allergies.

ETA: It's clear after reading this thread that a lot of people "defending" homeopathy don't actually understand what homeopathy is. They equate is with supplements and alternative medicines. Homeopathic medicine is a very specific thing that doesn't encompass supplements and acupuncture.

Homeopathy. Ugh. Beakybird Sep 2022 #1
Not good. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #2
She lived to 96 and he is 72 and walked behind Queens casket today. Maybe a combination of treatment Pisces Sep 2022 #3
Homeopathy edhopper Sep 2022 #4
Some medicine, others can cause just as much harm. A close friend Pisces Sep 2022 #8
"Alternative medicine" is also there to make money Doc Sportello Sep 2022 #10
I'm definitely not advocating for supplements. J&J has settled Pisces Sep 2022 #11
Substituting quackery for real medicine kills. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2022 #13
Is acupuncture quackery?? Blood spinning? Pisces Sep 2022 #14
Now you are on "what-aboutism", which is a really cheap ineffective debating tactic. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2022 #15
No, I was speaking to alternative methods besides western medicine. Pisces Sep 2022 #17
Homeopathy is shit. So you go "what about this & what about that" because homeopathy is indefensible Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2022 #18
+1 Celerity Sep 2022 #23
Acupuncture? Disaffected Sep 2022 #27
acupuncture Dorian Gray Sep 2022 #35
There's a tremendous amount of information on homeopathy. It is bunk. RockRaven Sep 2022 #6
Well.. EndlessWire Sep 2022 #30
I don't need to have absolute knowledge, nor prove a negative. The existing body of knowledge RockRaven Sep 2022 #31
So what? Disaffected Sep 2022 #28
Wasn't that something? EndlessWire Sep 2022 #29
Most of the time when I call him a mush-headed dimwit, I get pushback on the grounds that RockRaven Sep 2022 #5
careful. I posted this a few days ago and all the homeopath lovers came in to defend this. NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Sep 2022 #21
Homeopathic remedies can be based on plants or any other material; a famously ridiculous remedy, for Celerity Sep 2022 #25
I am not giving up my KentuckyWoman Sep 2022 #9
Exactly Pisces Sep 2022 #12
No, not 'exactly' ........... as none of those things has anything to do with homeopathy Celerity Sep 2022 #22
non sequitur Celerity Sep 2022 #20
Exactly 👍 nt Raine Sep 2022 #24
None Dorian Gray Sep 2022 #36
...Zicam is homeopathic. Their own advertising labels it as such. Lancero Sep 2022 #38
Yeah, that's weird Dorian Gray Sep 2022 #39
Bizarre that it is allowed to label itself as homeopathic when it clearly is not Celerity Sep 2022 #51
I don't think Dorian Gray Sep 2022 #54
It's dangerous if it takes the place of established science mvd Sep 2022 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Archae Sep 2022 #19
All you need is tapwater. It contains the essence of all water that has ever been. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #26
Going to need a lot of popcorn for this thread. GoneOffShore Sep 2022 #32
Tim Minchin's Storm the Animated Movie Celerity Sep 2022 #33
Yep Dorian Gray Sep 2022 #34
+1 Celerity Sep 2022 #48
Good thing essentially all decision making powers were taken away from the British monarch in 1649. meadowlander Sep 2022 #37
the Crown has tremendous soft power Celerity Sep 2022 #41
SHRUG!!!!!! whistler162 Sep 2022 #40
energetic indifference? Celerity Sep 2022 #43
Yep - I also want to know malaise Sep 2022 #42
The British monarch still owns all unmarked mute swans in open water in the UK. Celerity Sep 2022 #44
They are doing something right. They are healthy leftyladyfrommo Sep 2022 #45
that has nothing to do with promoting anti-science quackery Celerity Sep 2022 #46
Not everyone thinks it's Woo. Lots of people in the US leftyladyfrommo Sep 2022 #47
I am NOT talking about all herbal remedies and supplements, many seem to be confused as to what Celerity Sep 2022 #49
Believing in a remedy is half the battle. If you have faith leftyladyfrommo Sep 2022 #50
more chalk & cheese, plus now you are introducing 'belief' as a valid form of scientific measurement Celerity Sep 2022 #52
SEND HIM DR OZ! milestogo Sep 2022 #53
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