On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:11:45 -0500, Boron Elgar wrote:

> 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.

homeopathic doctors are the people chiropractors snicker at.

your pal,
blake