do you have faith in Homeopathy?

[palerider]

I don't use things like LED light arrays, copper bracelets or tin foil hats etc - that's a step to far for me

I have to agree with hangfire... the rest of what you said doesn't have anything to do with homeopathy... you're talking about using things that have ingredients in them.

as to the LED arrays, (or just light...) that stuff can work for some things.

NASA has done work on LED therapy, and found value in it, bright blueish light in the morning helps give your circadian clock a kick, just like at night it throws it out of whack... get up and go bask in the sun in the mornings.

red light penetrates the skin and has shown to have metabolic effects on wound healing (iirc).

however, most of the LED stuff is vastly overpriced.

saw an article about a guy that'd made himself a laser ball cap for his bald spot. though I haven't seen a follow up.

[49er]

Apologies for getting off topic but I will leave my post since it may be helpful to someone experiencing early morning awakenings even if it is in the wrong place. Thanks everyone for your patience.

49er

[Sir NoddinOff]

Apologies for getting off topic but I will leave my post since it may be helpful to someone experiencing early morning awakenings even if it is in the wrong place. Thanks everyone for your patience.

49er

I agree with 49er... I never mentioned homeopathy specifically, plus other people have mentioned some 'cures' that have worked for them. The chemical items I mentioned were minerals and one mental technique which I found useful - subsequently this seemed like a good place to shoehorn in an endorsement. Sorry if I derailed the conversation (even as combative as it was). As for the copper bracelets, tinfoil etc, I guess I should have used the term 'quackery'. For the LED arrays: I was talking about those handheld devices that are supposed to cure depression. I consider them ‘quackery’ even tho I’ve never used one. I haven’t heard about the other LED stuff which others have mentioned, so have no opinion on that. As PR suggested, some LED wavelength therapy may be interesting to watch.

[palerider]

I agree with 49er... I never mentioned homeopathy specifically, .... As PR suggested, some LED wavelength therapy may be interesting to watch.

Good sir... I believe the only bit of minor contention, (that I was agreeing with, in humor) was your saying 'to return to the original topic' and then you talked about actual effective things, where the original topic was homeopathy.

bright blue light for depression is a thing, it helps combat seasonal affective disorder, which is something northern folks often are afflicted with, due to the lower amounts of sunlight... though a little handheld thing may not produce enough light... some of those LED panels that are reported to help are VERY bright...

as with many posts here, things start on one subject, and then wander. your discussion of things that DO work for you is, I'm sure, welcome.

[archangle]

I don't use things like LED light arrays, copper bracelets or tin foil hats etc - that's a step to far for me

I've never been that hostile to the copper bracelet idea. They're cheap, probably harmless at worst, and they do leave a green stain on your skin under some conditions. That means that at least something chemical is happening.

Tin foil hats might actually affect electrical fields.

Puts copper bracelets and tinfoil hats head and shoulders above Homeopathy.

Unfortunately, bracelets and hats don't seem to work if you do actual statistical studies. Obviously, it's a quantum mechanical effect and observing it changes the results.

I presume there are extra expensive copper quackery bracelets.

Maybe I should start my own tinfoil hat business. I wonder if you can buy actual tin foil these days.

"Archangle's tin foil hats. Made with real tin. Three layers of aircraft grade tin specially bonded to cloth to stay discreet and not alert agents watching you. Choose our special high quality multilayer tin/mu-metal hat or tin/mu-metal/silver hats for better coverage. For the ultimate in protection choose our gold electroplated tin/mu-metal/silver hat liners.

For extra layers of discretion, special 30C successive dilution tin/silver/gold/platinum solution treated hats for those of you who believe in the benefits of homeopathy. 100C solution treated hats for a 50% premium, but we do not recommend this extreme solution for everyone. 20C copper treatment available as well.

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Nor by any other fascist, Illuminati controlled government organizations."

[grayghost4]

Yes i have a very strong faith in homeopathy, I think it is one of the best treatment to get rid of any major disease with no side effect.

[Zoopshine]

To put it bluntly, there is a reason that there is a prescribed dosage.

The very idea of homeopathy is flat-out stupid. Water has a memory, so if it touches a molecule, it retains the property of it? If that's the case, given the Earth's natural water cycle, every single person on the planet is already taking "homeopathic medicine" each and every day. How's that working out for you?

I agree 100% that this crap should NOT be sold in stores next to real meds. But I also feel that "vitamins" and "supplements" should be regulated. I had to go through my father's medicine cabinet and throw out most of what I found. He was taking megadoses of vitamin E, which is a fat-soluble and can become toxic, and over-the-counter potassium, which can stop your heart, especially if, like him, you're on heart medication!

[ChicagoGranny]

Just had to post this goodie. lol

[Gasper62]

Just saw this tidbit in a "year end roundup". ~~ http://deadstate.org/chaos-erupts-at-ho ... like-drug/

[chunkyfrog]

The placebo effect is well-documented, but any substance intended to capitalize on it
should be priced according to actual cost of ingredients.
No patents or research need to be considered, as there was none.