[tennis_girl]

I'm sorry to hear that. Now I wonder if the stores where I used to live are going to close... My Borders is staying open, thank goodness.

As far as I know, yes.

Barnes and Noble sucks, to put it mildly. I can walk from my house to Borders. :/

[Clydey]

Got to disagree about Homeopathy being some sort of poor relation.  I don't think it is that at all ... one of the local GPs here quit his National Health Practise to start up a Homeopathy Clinic - he also specialises in other alternative medicines.

Homeopathy is pseudo-science. You do realise that homeopathic remedies are simply water, right?

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There isn't a single molecule of the active ingredient in any homeopathic remedy. It has failed every single double blind test I have ever heard of. It appears to work because of the placebo effect. If you're in good health, that's great. There are many people who do not take homeopathic remedies who could say the same thing. Making unsubstantiated claims about the effects of homepathy only perpetuates the myth that people are being prescribed anything but water.

Do you realise that there is probably more dirt, sh*t and piss in each glass of water that you drink than there is of the active ingredient in each homeopathic remedy? People should really research what they are being prescribed. It drives me nuts that these con artists are getting away with this.

Look James, I was only saying what my experience of homeopathy has been. I don't read about it and I'm as thick as shit when it comes to medicine but I do think there is some truth in the feeding of poisons to kick start some sort of healing. I think the health service in this country is so established that people will not listen to anyone else. In Russia, however, there is a lot more funding for homeopathic research. I believe homeopathy has a distinctive effect on parasite infestation which is the root cause of the intensification of rheumatoid arthritis, bronchitis and cancer which mainstream medicines supress but do not cure. If you want proof of any medicines I will PM you next time I speak to my mum.

[top_spin]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12492742

[top_spin]

Why is it still being supported by a third of NHS institutions? There must be some kind of truth or promise from it.

[Clydey]

Look James, I was only saying what my experience of homeopathy has been. I don't read about it and I'm as thick as sh*t when it comes to medicine but I do think there is some truth in the feeding of poisons to kick start some sort of healing. I think the health service in this country is so established that people will not listen to anyone else. In Russia, however, there is a lot more funding for homeopathic research. I believe homeopathy has a distinctive effect on parasite infestation which is the root cause of the intensification of rheumatoid arthritis, bronchitis and cancer which mainstream medicines supress but do not cure. If you want proof of any medicines I will PM you next time I speak to my mum.

But even if you do believe that, there isn't a single molecule of the supposedly active ingredient in any homeopathic remedy. Think of this. Put a single drop of lemon juice into the sea. Homeopathic remedies are even more dilute than that. Homeopaths believe that water literally has a memory. In other words, it remembers everything it has ever come in contact with. That means it would remember every single impurity along with the homeopathic ingredient. Also, homeopathy actually runs contrary to the natural laws.

It's the best example of a placebo there is. Why trust your mum over the best scientific evidence available?

[top_spin]

But even if you do believe that, there isn't a single molecule of the supposedly active ingredient in any homeopathic remedy. Think of this. Put a single drop of lemon juice into the sea. Homeopathic remedies are even more dilute than that. Homeopaths believe that water literally has a memory. In other words, it remembers everything it has ever come in contact with. That means it would remember every single impurity along with the homeopathic ingredient. Also, homeopathy actually runs contrary to the natural laws.

It's the best example of a placebo there is. Why trust your mum over the best scientific evidence available?

She has chronic bronchitis and every few months doctors offer increasingly stronger medications in line with her severe condition. The problem with these inhalers is that it becomes addicting and you will keep increasing your dose until one day it doesn't work. She has developed a homeopathic regime for herself over the last 10 years and can now get out of the house without a problem and walk up stairs without relying on it. Homeopathy can be the only explanation as inhalers do not heal, they only relieve.

Also I think you are taking definitions a little too literally. I think herbology is part of homeopathic treatment and certainly doesn't include just a drop...