On Homeopathy

05Jun09

In contrast to the title of this article, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that homeopathy doesn’t kill people; stupid people who use homeopathy kill people. Homeopathy doesn’t do anything — therefore, how can it kill you?

Not that I don’t agree with what the article says. Homeopathy is not a new topic, it just has a revival in interest because of the cancer-stricken boy and his mother who ran away from a Minnesota court to avoid chemotherapy. And just this week, Newsweek published an article condemning Oprah for praising Suzanne Somers and her “bio-identical” hormone treatments. No, it’s not herbs and spices, but it’s the same crap that snake oil salesmen pitch to unsuspecting customers: “the experts are wrong and this is the only way to cure your sicknesses.”

To be honest, I have no problem with people looking to “alternative” medicines. Whether they choose to supplement their Western medicines with homeopathy or whether they chose to forgo all Western medicine period. My problem lies in claims that homeopathy is better than Western medicines. Tell that to the millions of people in third world countries who die of easily treatable illnesses — did taking three teaspoons of belladonna and a swallow of ox’s blood cure their influenza?

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