Homeopathy

Homeopathy is the most widespread among non-conventional medicines, so much so that over 10 million Italians have resorted to homeopathic remedies at least once (the number of people following the horoscope is significantly higher, but this does not mean that astrology preaches the future).

With this short sentence we have perfectly conveyed the idea of ​​how hot the topic of homeopathy currently is. In recent years we have been witnessing a continuous succession of studies that punctually end up providing completely different data. The poor consumer stunned by all this clamor no longer knows which way to turn, on the one hand he feels attracted to "homeopathy as an alternative and therefore fascinating discipline," on the other he fears to pay for the alleged uselessness of homeopathic treatments on his skin. In this article we will try to give both sides a voice by helping the reader to understand more about homeopathy.

Why should homeopathy work?

Although homeopathic remedies are constantly targeted by criticism from skeptics and numerous scientists, according to the latest Doxa data, about 4 out of 5 Italians are satisfied with the results of the treatments. In our country, in fact, the number of people and doctors who claim the alternative and sometimes integrative role of homeopathy with respect to traditional medicine is constantly growing.

Especially in the last ten years and in particular in France, England and Germany there has been an exponential growth of research on the efficacy of homeopathy. Sometimes the results are exciting, other times less but overall homeopathy has shown some effectiveness. In some countries, such as France and Germany, homeopathic remedies are even partially or totally reimbursed by the public health service and homeopathy is practiced internally. of the Health Service in hospital outpatient clinics.
The action of homeopathy is more similar to the action of a vaccine than that of an antibiotic. In fact, with homeopathic medicine, substances similar to the agent that produces that type of disease are administered. In this way, an adequate immune reaction is stimulated which reinforces the body's defenses, promoting healing or preventing disease.

Homeopathy puts the sick person and not the disease in the foreground, proposing to cure not so much the pathology itself as the "ground" on which the disease is acting.

Prevention arises above all from a rebalancing of the pathological characteristics and vital energy of the person. When the disease is established, in fact, an imbalance of the vital energy begins from which the typical symptoms of the pathology emerge. This imbalance can be treated with an appropriate homeopathic intervention.

In most cases, homeopathy is not alternative but supportive medicine. Homeopathic medicines are in fact used by doctors in association with traditional medicines. A homeopathic intervention would therefore be able to improve the general condition of the patient even in the case of chronic intake of medications.

Homeopathy therefore proposes itself as a complementary medicine. It is certainly no coincidence that the majority of people access homeopathic intervention only after having undergone treatment with traditional medicines and having ascertained its ineffectiveness or intolerability. By combining and / or replacing homeopathic medicine with the classic one, it is possible to bring considerable benefits to the patient. This mixture of treatments is absolutely not harmful, indeed very often a positive complementarity is noted.

Only two to three percent of patients experience adverse reactions to homeopathic medicines. However, these are very mild symptoms, such as an "accentuation of nervousness, which disappear when the drug is discontinued.

Homeopaths spend a lot of time with the patient, researching the psychological and character aspects and dedicating themselves to dialogue with the patient. Referring to these subjective aspects, homeopathy improves the doctor-patient relationship in a radical way, taking care of the human dimension of the disease.

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Why is homeopathy so harshly criticized?

Homeopathy tends to successfully treat less serious diseases that over time tend to heal on their own or have a cyclical course (colds, fever, winter ailments, diarrhea, pain relievers, hemorrhoids, allergies, psoriasis, cough, gastritis, depression, headache). If we combine the positive effects of the so-called "placebo effect" to a "hypothetical spontaneous cure", we immediately understand how "homeopathy is, if not useless, at least questionable. Although the toxicity of homeopathic remedies is very low, these drugs could actually be even dangerous if their consumption spread to the point of slowing down or replacing the use of traditional medicine.

The homeopathic market is of no interest to the multinational drug companies and the thesis supported by some, according to which the big pharmaceutical companies are trying to denigrate homeopathy in order to defend their interests, has no basis.

The leading multinational companies in the sector could in fact push for the promulgation of very strict laws on the production of homeopathic remedies. These regulations would impose enormous costs to regularize production plants by wiping out the small pharmaceutical companies that have sprung up in recent years. Moreover, thanks to the mass production and the prestige of the big pharmaceutical brands, homeopathic remedies at lower cost would be proposed in a short time driven by large marketing campaigns.

If the pharmaceutical multinationals do not risk the "homeopathy" card for the moment, it is only because the efficacy of this complementary / alternative medicine has not yet been definitively sanctioned. A similar argument can be made for some supplements, tonic, hepatoprotectors and memory drugs.

According to the skeptics in homeopathic products the substances are so diluted as to exclude any positive effects. Indeed, by peeking at the laws of mathematics, physics and chemistry we realize that the concentration of some homeopathic dilutions is equivalent to a drop in a quantity of water equal to that contained in the Indian ocean. Other times homeopathic remedies are so diluted that contain nothing "other than" fresh water ".

According to homeopaths, the principle of dynamination (continuously shaking the solution during preparation) should have the purpose of giving the water (solvent) part of the characteristics of the starting substance (solute). all unfounded from a scientific point of view.

Although homeopathy is accepted in several countries as complementary or alternative medicine, however, the lack of clear scientific evidence on the efficacy of the product is underlined. In the United States, for example, homeopathic preparations must carry the following sentence on the label: "this product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease".

To trust or not to trust homeopathy?

The efficacy experienced by over 200 years of clinical studies and practices is not enough; the same rigorous criteria must be applied to homeopathic remedies necessary to evaluate the efficacy of a traditional drug. Only then can homeopathy be considered an effective medicine. Studies can be cited as many in favor (especially abroad) as against; to say that homeopathic medicines work but that this cannot be scientifically demonstrable is a concept that is neither in heaven nor on earth.

Certainly one of the most important principles that homeopathy teaches to traditional medicine is the individualization of the patient. The relationship between doctor and patient should therefore be radically improved by giving greater importance to the human aspect of the disease. Sometimes a smile, a pat on the back and a reassuring phrase can do much more than many real or suspected medicines.

Disclaimer
The practices described here are not accepted by medical science, have not been subjected to experimental tests conducted with a scientific method or have not passed them. This information is for illustrative purposes only.

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