From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxz!houxi!houxy!houxw!houxm!npois!cbosgd!cbosg!dir Newsgroups: net.med Title: Re: homeopathic medicine? Article-I.D.: cbosg.2828 Posted: Tue Mar 15 22:38:46 1983 Received: Tue Mar 22 22:38:05 1983 References: <308@hou5a.UUCP> I've recently been going to a doctor who specializes in homeopathy because I've finally realized that conventional medicine cannot cure my chronic health problem. One of the tenants of homeopathy is that the body will heal itself if given half a chance. That chance is provided if we are "detoxified" from all the accumulated crap (refined food, polluted environment, etc.) we are exposed to over time. The homeopathic philosophy of treating the whole person instead of providing only symptomatic relief makes a lot of sense to me, especially in cases of sub-acute chronic disease. One "medicine" that homeopaths provide are "chelated salts," of which I know very little. I'd appreciate any information anyone might have about how and why these salts might work. I believe it has something to do with the idea that "like cures like" in the sense that cowpox can "cure" smallpox, but I'm not sure.