I love the Huffington Post. It’s one of the first 4 or 5 webpages I first open, in fact.
That said, I’m rapidly losing my will to open the page. The false medical stories you spread are dangerous, at best. Today, there was a homeopathy article claiming the same tired scam lies that have made the “alternative medicine” snake-oil salespeople billions this year. You want to rail against wasteful spending? THAT’S where you go. The anti-vaccination, alternative medicine, and homeopathy communities kill people while callously preying on the public’s gullible nature about all things “natural”.
Please show more skepticism when posting those stories.
For more information, check out What’s the Harm.
I am also posting this letter at http://www.givesgoodemail.com.
Thank you for your attention.
(This letter came from here.)
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GGE
If all I knew about homeopathy was what I read in the Huffington article, I sure wouldn’t be using any remedies. How can they print such nonsense. Memories of molecules in microscopic silicon chips from the inner surfaces of glass bottles? When I became aquainted with homeopathy, no one told me such nonsense.
In my family, homeopathic remedies are just one more tool in the first aid arsenal, along with witch hazel, bandaids, isopropanol, hydrogen pyroxide, anti-bacterial ointment and OTC cold and allergy remedies. Homeopathic remedies have stopped nose bleeds, reduced the swelling caused by tooth extractions, minimized bruising after an injury or phlebotomy, healed up kitchen burns, etc. I consider homeopathy in the same category as the flight of bees, apparently impossible, but it still works.
That being said, there is no way I would ever use a homeopathic remedy except as a way to relieve minor symptoms, perhaps along the same lines as I would use an ice pack or hot water bottle. Taking cantharis for a kitchen burn is a bit different from relying on it solely to treat a burn that is more serious. I’m very eclectic in my treatment modalities, and while I have seen homeopathic remedies do amazing things for family members at times, I would never rule out traditional medicine.
While I may not need a scientific explanation to know why something works, I’m not stupid. And there are widely-used common OTC remedies whose action is poorly understood and explained, even though they are recommended by doctors, and can, even if used as directed, have devastating side-effects for some people. We all have a responsiblity to be active partners in our care, and think critically about what we do.