Which means it isn't "Science". Science is science. There is not "normal science" and "homeopathic science". If it is not conforming to the standards of science, it is not science. Maybe you think it's just as valid as science, and I'm fine with that ... but it still isn't science.
In the frame of actual science, homeopathy would not even be a "theory" - theory's are well-proven already and have held up well to rigorous examination. At best it is "The Hypothesis of Homeopathy", though it has likely been too well disproven to even be called that.
I have no problem tolerating homeopathy, but when you call it a science you are you are using the word inappropriately and displaying a bad misunderstanding of science. So while I am happy to tolerate your views, usually without comment even when I disagree, I am not inclined to let such a fundamental misinformation stand unchallenged.
If you need an alternative to using the word "science" which still sounds nice, I would suggest "system" or "practice".
So far we have established tha within The Allopathic branch of medicine, 85% of it can not be backed up by 'science'. That figure comes from the BMJ itself. That means by Allopathic Standards etc. only 15% of it in current use has ANY science to back it up.
Think about that. ....for a moment.
Then we have established in this thread for those methods apparently passing the Allopathic Gold Standard Scientific approaches, that those trials are seriously flawed plus a rife amount of fraud in these trials means thete is nothing much scientific about them.
There are too many tactics that have been used to con patients that its too hard to detail. Placebo fraud, trial fraud... poorly designed trials etc.
There is very little if any scientific basis to TAKING MORE than ONE drug at a time!!!
And yet how common has this Unscientific practice been in Allopathy.
Whilst I dont find M.E. people particularly vulnerable as that phrase is generally used for people with mental health problems or old people with dementia etc... As a society I believe we have become totally vulnerable to all this Allopathic fraud under the guise of 'Science' - My whole family has died from it in fact.
Homeopathy is a Science and I have used the term correctly. There are published papers in Allopathic jourals outlining positive outcomes in Allopathic trials.
However Surgery has never undergone double blind placebo trials - does that mean its not Science?
No. It does not. It means The branch of Surgery has its own methods.
The branch of Homeopathic Medicine also needs its own methods because its aim is to cure the whole individusl, whereas the aim of Allopathic medicine is to suppress symptoms.
I do have more respect for 'functional medicine' and ecological medicine, and I believe these are quite new branches - common sense.
In my M.E. book by Alison Adams:
"THE trouble with drugs,
Until the 1920's, all medicine had been naturopathic (natural) and the doctors of the time only had a handful of drugs at their disposal. Within 90years the pharmaceutical industry has grown from these modest beginnings to become one one of the most biggest and profitable industries in the world.
Annual global sales currently approach 3 TRILLION dollars and this owes a great deal to the intervention of two billionaires.
A century ago JOHN D ROCKEFELLAR & ANDREW CARNEGIE sought to invest their wealth in the emerging pharmaceutical industry.
By controlling funding they succeeded in having all the medical schools in the USA that did not exclusively promote the pharmaceutical approach closed down.
Half of this behemoths custom is now currently in the USA with five billion prescriptions being filled each year. Europe comes a poor second and the developing world represents a rapidly growing market.
The medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry have now become so mutually interdependent that many regard the relationship as unhealthy and not necessarily operated in the HIGHEST interests of patients. Healthcare has effectively become the illness business. In fact, even Dr Halfdan Mahler, a former Director General of the World Health Organization, stated in 1984
"The major and most expensive part of medical knowledge as applied today appears to be operated more for the satisfaction of the health PROFESSIONS than for the benefit of the consumers of health care"
mpanies EMPLOY some pretty sharp business practices and relentless lobbying to both protect and expand their market share, as is modern business practice.
By some reckonings, there are nearly as many pharmaceutical representatives as doctors in the USA and over 100,000 pharmaceutical lobbyists relentlessly making representations to members of Congress. Finally, slick marketing and advertising campaigns mean that we are collectively held in thrall to the promise the pharmaceutical approacj seems to offer.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on NOT understanding it - Upton Sinclair...
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That is all on page 13 of Chronic Fatigue, ME and Fibromyalgia by Alison Adams...
It goes on to explain further the non-science of pharmaceutical research and development, animal testing and finishes the chapter with the words Allopathic medicine uses to 'legitimize (or disguise) the state of their ignoramce on some matters :
IDIOPATHIC - This is the term used to refer to a disease with a cause that modern medicine does not understand.
CHRONIC - A disease that persists for a long ime, will not usually spontaneously disappear and cannot be cured using Allopathic Modalities.
IATROGENIC - This refers to a state of ill health or harmful consequences resulting from the actions of physicians or other health professions and represents the leading cause of death in the US.
PSYCHOSOMATIC - This is an illness whose symptoms are believed to be caused by the mental processes of the sufferer and is usually applied where a physiological cause cannot be identified. Essentially, this term is used for illnesses that allopathic medicine doesnt understand and is a measure of our current ignorance. This term is often used to imply that the disease or symptom is imagined.
INCURABLE - This word does not exist in any indigenous language and translates as 'I do not know how to cure you' WHIC is a wholly Allopathic CONCEPT. The very word 'Cancer' strikes fear into the hearts of many being told by an expert in a White coat that you have a terminal illness may induce the nacebo effect.
SPONTANEOUS REMISSION This refers to the sudden and dramatic improvement in a condition for reasons that Allopathic medicine doesnt understand.
(thar was page 18)"
NOW, I need to rest my index finger!!! A lot of typing - I can see a bit of text has misplaced itself and appears below - There is no chance of me being able to edit that - hey ho!
Doctors write prescriptions for the drugs and so the pharmaceutical companies compete to influence the doctors. The pharmaceutical co