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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
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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.