I read some articles on internet claims “Homeopathy does not work”, “Homeopathy is nothing more than placebo”, “Homeopathy work only on those who believes it.” After reading these article I wonder are they legit articles? Ok it may not scientifically “working” but so many people had seen it effectiveness. So we cannot question about it effectiveness.
They says it acts only as placebo nothing more. Some diseases are terminal; after few time disease terminate itself and complete its course. That may be true in acute diseases as for example viral cases like common cold, chickenpox, and smallpox even benign dengue fever (non-hemorrhagic type) they all subsides from individual after running their course. There may not need any medication to cure them except symptomatic and/or supportive care. As definition of acute diseases they are of sudden onset, rapid course and having tendency to recover or death. So treatment should be based on severity of diseases. So from this one may say homeopathy merely act as PLACEBO. Well this may be true in acute disease (Not all acute cases) but what about chronic diseases? Chronic diseases have tendency to relapse and remits.
As a homeopath I had seen result in both acute and chronic cases. Recent case I treated was of recurrent oral cyst. It questioned me about those articles. First I treated oral cyst that means homeopathy is working! And second thing you just cannot treat any growth or cyst only by PLACEBO!!!
So, here is how this case goes; about two weeks earlier (after just reading those articles) a patient came through reference by my old patient. He had recurrent oral cyst since past 3 years. He tried to remove so many time but it came back in two or three weeks. He even also tried to remove himself with his teeth! But one thing bothered me most that he does want to take homeopathy! He continue asking me if I can remove his cyst and give allopathic medicine! I explained him that no allopathic medicines (except chemotherapy in cancer) are working on growth or cyst. According to allopath growth needs to be remove from body. As far as I know he doesn’t want to take homeopathic medicine, but my old patient keep insisting him to take homeopathic medicines. In the end he finally took medicine from me. But I sense somehow he still doesn’t trust on homeopathy. After a month he came alone to visit me and says ‘I can’t believe’, ‘it completely removes complain!’ and by the way when he first took medicine he has 1 cm cyst in his mouth. And I asked him that if he had remove his cyst by biting or any other measure? He says no ‘I have not.’ ‘It became smaller day by day and vanished itself!’ So this case proves it did not act just as placebo. Because for placebo effect first you need to believe in medicine and second nature of disease must be self-limiting and in above case patient’s disease was not self-limiting and patient was not convinced in mode of treatment. And believe me it is not first case of trust issue!
After case like these one can’t trust these articles. It acts also on those who don’t trust homeopathy. As I recall Dr.Kent and Dr.Boeninghaussen are also impressive examples of homeopathy’s effectiveness, because they were not homeopath first. One more thing I like to say; allopathic system of medicine is NOT BAD! Yes, it is also effective system (without any doubt). I said this because it is now advanced and also reliable. So it not wise to blame that it is bad way to treat, OK it WAS BAD in master Hahnemann’s era but now it had evolved. I said this because in some college they still consider it is irrational, and misdirect young homeopaths. Our master told us not to be prejudice! It is modern time and we need to move on because at some point you will need it! Yes like we have our pro and cons like all system have their own. Blaming and criticize other system with do not good for our system. And one more thing I proudly practicing HOEMEOPATHY!
