well - just what i need, more levity back in my mix - but i deserve it...
i am still open to homeopathy for other reasons. however, the fact that such a tiny dilution of poison ivy may get through does suggest that the fine dilutions of homeo meds may, even if not having health influences (measurable), indeed reach the body
yes, the placebo effect can be very strong - sometimes ridiculously strong, i am sure you are very correct that placebo accounts for much in homeopathic meds. the few times i ever bought homeopathic meds, i simply bought off-the-cuff, when i had the spare change, and downed them without a thought, looking for nothing. i never noticed any change. so, i have always been highly aware of the placebo influence. studied it in psych major as well.
i take trace minerals, and these mixes can contain trace amounts of toxic metals, etc. mine possibly contains fluoride and arsenic, but in their more bio/organic forms. i definitely believe in the relevance of (adding) these to one's diet. soils, new and ancient, become exhausted - huhhhh... well, i ponder if the inclusion of "through-the-body" mercury in vaccines may have been a vestigal carry-over from those days of toxic/homeopathics, eh. at least symbolically. well, i recently heard something about all mercury being removed from vaccines - somewhere, somehow - idk... adjuvant-rich vaccines is one form of "homeopathy" i could do without.
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Date: 2013-03-16 04:26 am (UTC)i am still open to homeopathy for other reasons. however, the fact that such a tiny dilution of poison ivy may get through does suggest that the fine dilutions of homeo meds may, even if not having health influences (measurable), indeed reach the body
yes, the placebo effect can be very strong - sometimes ridiculously strong, i am sure you are very correct that placebo accounts for much in homeopathic meds. the few times i ever bought homeopathic meds, i simply bought off-the-cuff, when i had the spare change, and downed them without a thought, looking for nothing. i never noticed any change. so, i have always been highly aware of the placebo influence. studied it in psych major as well.
i take trace minerals, and these mixes can contain trace amounts of toxic metals, etc. mine possibly contains fluoride and arsenic, but in their more bio/organic forms. i definitely believe in the relevance of (adding) these to one's diet. soils, new and ancient, become exhausted - huhhhh... well, i ponder if the inclusion of "through-the-body" mercury in vaccines may have been a vestigal carry-over from those days of toxic/homeopathics, eh. at least symbolically. well, i recently heard something about all mercury being removed from vaccines - somewhere, somehow - idk... adjuvant-rich vaccines is one form of "homeopathy" i could do without.