British Medical Association Declares Homeopathy a “Witchcraft”
Posted on 17. May, 2010 in News Stories
In an interesting report, the British Medical Association has declared homeopathy a “witchcraft.”
Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine where patients are treated with heavily diluted medical preparations. These homeopathic remedies are produced by diluting medications over and over again while shaking by forceful striking. It is believe that with each dilution and shaking, the effect of the treatment is increased. This process usually continues until none of the original substance remains.
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Popular homeopathic preparations include Arnica montana plant used to treat shock and bruising, Oscillococcinum from Muscovy duck liver for treating colds and flu, as well as Aesculus hippocastanum for treating hemorrhoids and varicose veins. Many of these can be found over the counter in your local drugstore and supermarket.
Just to illustrate, the preparation of Oscillococcinum, which is the most widely used homeopathic remedy in the world, is made of a ratio of one part duck liver to 100200 parts water. That’s 100 multiplied by itself by 200 times. At such level, not even one molecule of the original liver is in the final product. it is believed that the original liver molecule leaves an “imprint” in the water which allows healing without it’s side effects.
The British Medical Association (BMA), with hundreds of members, passed a motion denouncing homeopathy, saying that tax dollars should not be used to support it.
Dr. Tom Dolphin, deputy chairman of BMA’s junior doctors committee in England said, “Homeopathy is witchcraft. It is a disgrace that … there is a National Hospital for Homeopathy which is paid for by the [National Health Service].”
Records reveal that over 50,000 patients are treated each year at England’s four homeopathic hospitals.
Crystal Sumner, chief executive of the British Homeopathic Association (BHA), rebuts, “Homeopathy helps thousands of people who are not helped by conventional care. We don’t want it to be a substitute for mainstream care, but when people are thinking about making cuts to funding, I think they need to consider public satisfaction, and see that homeopathy has a place in medicine.”
Available clinical trials have not shown that homeopathic medications are better than placebo.
ICU Nurse
May 17th, 2010
I practice homeopathy, I try it first before conventional meds….What could it hurt? And I’m an ICU nurse…..last time I checked I wasn’t a witch
lol
RachLv
May 17th, 2010
Well, does it…work?
What_the_Heck
May 19th, 2010
It is so weird how history repeats itself. What we call conventional and scientific now, back in the day would have been called witchcraft. Lol humans are a funny bunch.