On Feb 1, 12:11*pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> 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.

Some chiropractors also practice homeopathy.
>
> your pal,
> blake

--Bryan