On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:01:46 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>"Boron Elgar" wrote
>ImStillMags wrote:
>
>>>Ever heard of homeopathy? The same applies for homeopathic medicine,
>>>use only the glass dropper, never touch the medicine
>>>with the hands, it changes the chemistry and energy of the medicine.
>>
>> Homeopathy is a crock of shit....something else one should keep one's
>> hands out of.
>
>Much of it is but not all of it. It's based on observation, just like plant
>medicines.

No, really. All of it is. It has no basis whatsoever. It is quackery.
>
>The terminology used in asian healing by 'eating the right food' comes off
>as quackery but some of it is based in solidly testable results. Like the
>chondritin/glucosamine pills and powders many now take to help control
>arthritis. Back in Japan, our Japanese Doc recommended I start also eating
>the shrimp tails and shells. They are simply a natural source of the same
>thing and the pill form wasnt working as well for me. Also, to use as many
>bone based deep broths (and not so much the canned type but more of a
>consomme sort you make at home that gels). Calcium and other bone
>strengthening things in there, and less salt by far when you make it at
>home.

I did not say make any argument about what you mention above.
>
>Apparently I work better with food sourced calcium, iron, and joint based
>things. That is *not* unusual and totally harmless.

That has nothing to do with homeopathy.
>
>He's also the one that did the salt tolerance-reactive study which Don and I
>were part of. I'm not sodium reactive in blood pressure, Don is if he goes
>over 2,000mg a day but at 2,000mg a day or less, he has no changes. Doc
>recommended we aim for 1,500mg a day for him after the study but that leaves
>a little leeway for an unaccounted for 'snack'. Basically I seemed to have
>pretty much a Japanese native salt tolerance while Don is more the 'needs to
>keep an eye on it'.

That is not homeopathy.
>
>It isnt uncommon in Asia to find the Doctor is also well schooled in
>nutrition, unlike most of what I have encountered in the USA. If their
>methods are a little different because they tell you to eat more liver and
>fresh leafy greens vice prescribe iron pills, it's harmless.

But that is not homeopathy.

> And no, they
>won't tell you silly things like not mixing live veggies with your hands ;-)
>They will tell you to eat a wider variety of fresh foods and not live off
>boxed 'American crap' like hamburger helper.

And I have not criticized healthy eating, but I reiterate my utter
disdain for homeopathy.

Boron


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