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- From: greg@antizen.EBay.Sun.COM
- Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative
- Subject: Re: homeopathy
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 23:47:32 GMT
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- Richard,
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- I've read enough about homeopathy, and have spoken to enough people
- to warrent trying it out for myself. I didn't risk my life in any way,
- shape or form, nor did I risk any significant amount of money.
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- Second, I find the thought of my asthma just 'disappearing' specifically
- during a cold and wet spell which has seriously aggravated my asthma in
- the past as well as usually bringing on a bad chest cold, more fantastic
- than the idea that a homeopathic rememdy would lead to my body correcting
- whatever was wrong that brought back my asthma.
-
- This kind of actual experience may be worthless to you or others, but it
- is the most important evidence I could have.
-
- Third, sticking your finger in a light socket is not an accurate analogy
- for trying out an alternative treatment, I understand your skepticism though.
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- It appears that you and others who seem so opposed to homeopathy on this
- news group believe that modern science and medicine has all the answers
- already, and that anything not currently fitting into a current scientific
- explanation should be carelessly disgarded.
-
- It may be because of my lack of education (I'm just now finishing my AA)
- and the fact that I've only completed introductory chemistry and an intro
- to pharmacology, but the principles behind homeopathy just didn't seem that
- wild to me, at least not wild enough to warrant not trying it. This was also
- reinforced by the historical success homeopathy bosts. Of course, that could
- all be lies I suppose.
-
- I have a goal which is to go from being an adult-onset asthmatic to a NON-
- adult-onset asthmatic. Allopathic medicine just doesn't have much to offer
- in terms of a cure for asthma. Please understand that during hiking and
- backpacking trips I will still continue to carry my emergency meds, I'm
- not stupid.
-
- I just can't imagine not trying something because it doesn't fit into
- a person's *current* view of the world.
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- Greg
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