My issues with homeopathy are entirely separate from my issues with organic. Totally different discussion. There is, as far as I know, nothing wrong with organic food. I'm not convinced it's BETTER than conventionally produced food health wise, but that's not what I'm talking about. And the stuff people are wanting me to treat with homeopathic stuff ARE actual medical conditions, and in the vast majority of cases are things for which I have a known, well-studied treatment. There IS something wrong with declining proven and effective treatments in favor of colored water. And again, that doesn't mean that all herbs are useless. I use, for instance, milk thistle extracts on a regular basis. But I don't go buy them on the cheap from the "health food" store, I buy them from a reliable medical company that evaluates samples of every batch so that I know what I'm dosing with. And I sure as hell don't tell people that dose doesn't matter! That's where I have problems--not with the concept that herbs are useful, but with the way people are attempting to use them, and the dual perception/wishful thinking of "it's super effective and absolutely safe in all circumstances" that keeps coming up.
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And the stuff people are wanting me to treat with homeopathic stuff ARE actual medical conditions, and in the vast majority of cases are things for which I have a known, well-studied treatment. There IS something wrong with declining proven and effective treatments in favor of colored water. And again, that doesn't mean that all herbs are useless. I use, for instance, milk thistle extracts on a regular basis. But I don't go buy them on the cheap from the "health food" store, I buy them from a reliable medical company that evaluates samples of every batch so that I know what I'm dosing with. And I sure as hell don't tell people that dose doesn't matter! That's where I have problems--not with the concept that herbs are useful, but with the way people are attempting to use them, and the dual perception/wishful thinking of "it's super effective and absolutely safe in all circumstances" that keeps coming up.