Although well-known, frequently utilized, and readily available in most European pharmacies, it seems that homeopathy has not gained a solid foothold alongside other alternative practices in the United States. Over the years, researchers have tried to prove the common denominator by which homeopathy operates. As any help was distant, she instructed her daughter to employ their homeopathic first-aid kit: aconite to address shock, sudden injury, or trauma, as well as arnica for physical injury.
Two hours into the treatment, her wrist, which had doubled in size from swelling, was back to normal. The brain fog was gone. “At an early age, I believed that the knowledge base of medicine shouldn’t be restricted to the higher echelons of society, but that it should be part of the public domain, taught to everyone, and included in all educational curriculums.
” After studying as a physician, Hahnemann discovered that certain herbal remedies would generate symptoms of diseases themselves, but in much milder versions. He concluded that the same plant derivatives might cure the ailments they evoked. Today, we know this as the principle of “similia similibus curantur,” meaning that if a substance can produce a reaction in healthy individuals, the same properties will treat similar symptoms in sick people.
However, competing forces were not kind to the “mild, large power,” as inscribed in Hahnemann’s memorial. The government cut funding and school closures followed. “This event marked the beginning of effective government lobbying by the health care industry, which is now one of the largest lobbying groups in the U.
S., spending billions of dollars annually to control how healthcare dollars are spent and what research is funded,” wrote Whitmont in the interview. He would like to remind readers that “conventional medicine utilized as prescribed by the ‘standard of care’ is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.
S. The routine use of homeopathy prescribed by a trained professional is not only extremely safe and satisfying, but it is also extremely health promoting.” Roberts finds it important that people understand “that the claim made in certain circles that there is ‘no evidence’ homeopathy works is completely untrue.
To date there have been ~300-400 randomised controlled trials testing homeopathic treatment using the same clinical trial methods used to test conventional medicine,” she told The Epoch Times in an email. Roberts and the team at HRI frequently encounter “‘plausibility bias’ i.e.
, not accepting research which contradicts what you currently think is possible.” In an interview with The Epoch Times, Elia stated his goal of “bring[ing] the homeopathic community together and to contribute to the training of effective practitioners who will bring homeopathic medicine forward into the mainstream.”.
