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Re: Homeopathic overdose protest in Boots

Feb 04, 2010, 12:03

Obviously i can't know why one worked for her and the other didn't, but among the possibilities I'd say;

- The attention and treatment given by a homeopath are different to that given by a GP. Being told by a trained person that they're treating your whole person, getting an hour's consultation, it's a lot more involving. I suspect this is why a lot of healers practices work.

- The 'conventional' medicines had failed, making her even more desperate to find something that works.

but I don't know exactly why, indeed we can't know - the interplay of body and mind are unfathomably complex, and the placebo effect tells us there's a lot more at work there than we understand. It also tells us - some empty pills working better if they're certain colours, etc - that when you change the details of administering a treatment, you change its effectiveness.

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