Re: Re: Re: What is the scientific basis for homeopathy

Kindreth said the same thing to me in an email. What is aspirin’s mechanism? Kindreth thought it was a cox-II inhibitor. It isn’t. It has more far reaching effects, and I have yet to read about its mechanism.

The second point is the issue. If you don’t understand something, it must be worthless, right? But we need a genius to explain to me why children are recovering from diarrhea quicker after taking one “placebo”” over another. Did you not read the two studies I posted? Is your claim that they are fabrications, or that they are not scientific? Even though they are appearing in peer reviewed journals, you can claim they are aberrations. But the most comprehensive meta-analysis of the accumulated randomized controlled trials found enough support to continue studies. No, we don’t have a clear mechanism of action and it does make our basic chemistry teachers fume, but scientifically imagine if Einstein had been shut up by the Newtonians. I do not claim anecdotal evidence, I claim continuing conflicted results of randomized controlled trials. What do you claim? “”I don’t think it works, therefore it doesn’t?”” Yes, the data on homeopathy is conflicting. But I find it very difficult to disregard something that is nontoxic, cheaper than any drug, and which has some good studies behind it.