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Aloor
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Should Catholics use homeopathy?
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Tis_Bearself
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Use it for what? As a substitute for actually seeing a doctor? No.
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ThereseFrancis
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This is not a matter of faith nor morals. It has nothing to do with being a Catholic.
It would seem though that this question comes from a distrust in scientific medicine. Hey, we’re Catholics. We are all for science and advancement of medicine as long as there are no moral obstacles involved (e.g. embryonic stem cells).
If you want to try alternative medicines, go ahead. I wouldn’t recommend it though. Studies have shown that homeopathy is just as good as the placebo effect.
It would seem though that this question comes from a distrust in scientific medicine. Hey, we’re Catholics. We are all for science and advancement of medicine as long as there are no moral obstacles involved (e.g. embryonic stem cells).
If you want to try alternative medicines, go ahead. I wouldn’t recommend it though. Studies have shown that homeopathy is just as good as the placebo effect.
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TheButler
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It depends what you mean by homeopathy. Homeopathy includes the use of naturally occurring medicines derived from plants. Aspirin is derived from willow bark and is used both in pain relief and thinning the blood to avoid clots. Bluebells are being investigated as a cancer remedy. St John’s Wort is available in pill form to reduce stress. Licorice is a natural remedy for constipation and heartburn. We use medication derived from poppies to relieve severe pain, morphine for example. All opiates begin with a plant. The list goes on.
Just because something ‘natural’ is not part of mainstream medicine does not mean it has no validity. Mainstream medicine is founded on ‘homeopathy’ in terms of pharmaceuticals.
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Rhubarb
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No, nobody should use homeopathy. It’s quackery.
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Aloor
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Does the Vatican approve the use of homeopathic medication? I understand that there is a document regarding this where it mentions that homeopathy is a New Age practice.
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ThereseFrancis
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I have not read a document that homeopathy is a New Age practice. As far as I know, it is simply a pseudo-science based on nothing. I don’t think there is anything spiritual involved in it at all. There are no prayers, incantations, chi, or any spirituality in it. Simply put, it is a fraud masking itself as science.
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Aloor
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Please see this link.
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/p...s/rc_pc_interelg_doc_20030203_new-age_en.html
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/p...s/rc_pc_interelg_doc_20030203_new-age_en.html
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Maximilian75
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The one place homeopathy is mentioned in the link
“Advertising connected with New Age covers a wide range of practices as acupuncture, biofeedback, chiropractic, kinesiology, homeopathy, iridology, massage and various kinds of “bodywork” (such as orgonomy, Feldenkrais, reflexology, Rolfing, polarity massage, therapeutic touch etc.), meditation and visualisation, nutritional therapies, psychic healing, various kinds of herbal medicine, healing by crystals, metals, music or colours, reincarnation therapies and, finally, twelve-step programmes and self-help groups.(25) The source of healing is said to be within ourselves, something we reach when we are in touch with our inner energy or cosmic energy.”
So, while homeopathy may be a part of a new age mindset for some people, it is not in and of itself New Age…
“Advertising connected with New Age covers a wide range of practices as acupuncture, biofeedback, chiropractic, kinesiology, homeopathy, iridology, massage and various kinds of “bodywork” (such as orgonomy, Feldenkrais, reflexology, Rolfing, polarity massage, therapeutic touch etc.), meditation and visualisation, nutritional therapies, psychic healing, various kinds of herbal medicine, healing by crystals, metals, music or colours, reincarnation therapies and, finally, twelve-step programmes and self-help groups.(25) The source of healing is said to be within ourselves, something we reach when we are in touch with our inner energy or cosmic energy.”
So, while homeopathy may be a part of a new age mindset for some people, it is not in and of itself New Age…
Tis_Bearself
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Actually, a good osteopath will recommend some of those folk remedies too, and help you avoid prescription drugs, while providing you with decent medical care.
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Mike_from_NJ
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Homeopathy hast two tenets:
1. Like cures like The idea is that if a substance causes an effect in a person it can be used to cure that same effect in a person. For example since caffiene keeps people awake it can be used in sleeping pills.
2, The more diluted a substance the more potent it is The idea here is that a drop of substance in a glass of water is not as potent as a drop of the same substance in an olympic swimming pool. Homeopathy has a specific dilution scale to show the ratio of the substance to water. For example, a 10C dilution (C as in the Roman 100) means that it starts with one drop of substance to 100 drops of water, then mixed. Then a drop of that solutions is mixed with 100 drops of water. And so on and so on until the process is done 10 times. Dilutions can get so high as that there probably isn’t an atom of the substance left in the solution.
These two tenets simply don’t work. We know that the more of a medicine used the more potent it is. We know that like does not cure like.
It’s not a matter of religion. Homeopathy is complete nonsense and no one should use it.
1. Like cures like The idea is that if a substance causes an effect in a person it can be used to cure that same effect in a person. For example since caffiene keeps people awake it can be used in sleeping pills.
2, The more diluted a substance the more potent it is The idea here is that a drop of substance in a glass of water is not as potent as a drop of the same substance in an olympic swimming pool. Homeopathy has a specific dilution scale to show the ratio of the substance to water. For example, a 10C dilution (C as in the Roman 100) means that it starts with one drop of substance to 100 drops of water, then mixed. Then a drop of that solutions is mixed with 100 drops of water. And so on and so on until the process is done 10 times. Dilutions can get so high as that there probably isn’t an atom of the substance left in the solution.
These two tenets simply don’t work. We know that the more of a medicine used the more potent it is. We know that like does not cure like.
It’s not a matter of religion. Homeopathy is complete nonsense and no one should use it.
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TheAmazingGrace
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My mom was (and I guess still is) a dedicated homeopath. I studied up on it in college, and realized it’s mostly bogus. I used to love eating those sweet little pills when I was a tot, and my mom would always freak out because she thought I was going to OD. Turns out that those little pills are basically just sugar, so I was actually making the best use of them
As the homeopathy movement (and by extension, my mom) is extremely anti-vaccine, I also had to go about getting all the vaccinations I missed out on as a kid, which was a big pain.
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EqualinHim
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I’m interested to know what their issue is with biofeedback. Biofeedback is actually performed by a lot of Christian counseling centers in my area!
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Maximilian75
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I think what the Holy See was trying to say is that if you use these because they’re “new age”, they’re not good. if you use them simply because you want to get better, you’re fine.
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TheAmazingGrace
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Not physically fine.
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Maximilian75
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As said above,
As said above,
I see no problem with using a natural extract of willow if you dont like asprin for some reason
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TheAmazingGrace
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That’s assuming that aspirin and willow bark extract are interchangeable, though. The two could have different mechanisms of action, and of course aspirin contains the necessary concentrations needed to actually affect biochemical pathways in the human body.
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Maximilian75
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yeah. That’s valid.
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Le_Bonvivant
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I don’t think it’s quackery, many doctors these days prescribe very serious drugs like anti-depressants or sedatives for very minor problems that could be solved with some extra vitamins or herbs with a calming effect
po18guy
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Having had three cancers in the last ten years, I would be long dead if I tried such foolishness. The Catholic Church is the mother of science, the scientific method and of modern medicine. She does not believe in wishful thinking, which is what I believe homeopathy is. As an aside, “homeopath” strikes me as uncomfortably similar to sociopath.
Look up the homeopath’s favorite “diagnosis” for everything from hangnails to the heartbreak of psoriasis: “Leaky gut”
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Look up the homeopath’s favorite “diagnosis” for everything from hangnails to the heartbreak of psoriasis: “Leaky gut”
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