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[igor_kavinski]

The FDA is weird. I'm sure they mean well but they sometimes end up doing questionable things like this: https://www.nutraingredients-usa.co...nds-vitamin-B6-form-not-legal-in-supplements#

This particular form of B6, a vitamin, banned for use in supplements because some pharma wanted to sell it as a drug for treating diabetic nephropathy.

 

[Amused]

Checked the muscle soreness product. It contains an active ingredient:

Active Ingredient:** Arnica montana 1X HPUS-7%

So it's not really a dilution. Or maybe it is, until 7% of that ingredient remains in there? Anyway, it's documented that the plant helps in these cases.

Sigh, again. Go find out about homeopathic dilutions. This number means it has less than .07% of arnica in it.

Homeopathic dilutions - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Indus]

Sigh, again. Go find out about homeopathic dilutions. This number means it has less than .07% of arnica in it.

Homeopathic dilutions - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yet it works.

If anyone's in denial of its efficacy, its you!

Brainwashed by big pharma!

 

[WelshBloke]

Brainwashed by big pharma!

Homeopathy isn't some cottage industry, it's very much "big pharma" just without the regulations.

 

[brycejones]

Brainwashed by big pharma!

Man, someone is in denial.

 

[brycejones]

Homeopathy isn't some cottage industry, it's very much "big pharma" just without the regulations.

That sounds awesome! Claims made without evidence and no pesky requirement to prove any of them.

 

[Indus]

Homeopathy isn't some cottage industry, it's very much "big pharma" just without the regulations.

Disagree.

Just compare Jardiance vs Arnica cost!

Hell if you just want to compare painkillers.. try Tramadol vs Arnica cost!

 

[nakedfrog]

I do think it's funny to say "they wouldn't sell it in Walmart if it didn't do anything!"
Yes, yes they would. They most assuredly would. Have you met Walmart?

 

[brycejones]

I do think it's funny to say "they wouldn't sell it in Walmart if it didn't do anything!"
Yes, yes they would. They most assuredly would. Have you met Walmart?

The industry literally lobbied for a law that prevents the FDA from forcing them to prove their health claims. Wal-mart would sell dogshit in a milk carton if there was money in it.

India is delusional on this.

 

[brycejones]

Disagree.

Just compare Jardiance vs Arnica cost!

Hell if you just want to compare painkillers.. try Tramadol vs Arnica cost!

One manufacturer had to prove their product actually does something. The other didn’t…..

 

[cytg111]

Holy shit that took a detour over the most random shit...That is how I imagine our universe started, everything was fine and well harmony and angles singing... then the most random immaterial thing happened and BOOOOM inflation.

 

[WelshBloke]

Disagree.

Just compare Jardiance vs Arnica cost!

Hell if you just want to compare painkillers.. try Tramadol vs Arnica cost!

This is the company you linked earlier.

Boiron - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

It's not a small setup!

Also...

Scientific-Integrity Watchdog Slaps Lawsuit on Maker of Homeopathic Pills

'It's time for Boiron and all homeopathy hucksters to be held accountable,' says CFI attorney

www.medpagetoday.com

 

[BoomerD]

Jeezus…youse assholes have ruined a perfectly good conspiracy theory thread arguing about homeopathic medicine/witch doctors/alternative medicine for way too many pages.

 

[Amused]

Jeezus…youse assholes have ruined a perfectly good conspiracy theory thread arguing about homeopathic medicine/witch doctors/alternative medicine for way too many pages.

Maybe it's a conspiracy?

 

[Indus]

Innuendos and Conspiracy Theories are not proof that stand up in court however!

This is funny I'm using that line because I am a Manchester City Football Club supporter.

It doesn't matter what you believe.. it only matters what you can prove!

 

[Torn Mind]

It's not voodoo. Ask @Torn Mind

Apparently, voodoo here is defined as massage therapy, maybe sports or trigger point.

I don't think that's homeopathy because there is practical, tangible activities applied and results that are physically observable. Hit the trigger point in the right spot, and the muscles themselves contract, sometimes violently, until relieved.

It's just that in schooling like P.E, there is nothing related to "knots" or trigger points in muscle care, just stretching (which does help identify areas that are tight and pressure can be applied), so people go whole lives not knowing their increasing weakness is reversible. Between taking the invasive risk of surgery versus relief noninvasively.

Gorilla arm is likely the result of tight digit muscles in the forearm. The muscles are in a position of contraction far more than relaxation(i.e mouse grip), and that seizes up the muscles.

It's just that finding someone who specilaizes in such massage is not that easily.

 

[brycejones]

It doesn't matter what you believe.. it only matters what you can prove!

Which the "medicines" you're advocating for are ironically not required to prove anything.

 

[nakedfrog]

Jeezus…youse assholes have ruined a perfectly good conspiracy theory thread arguing about homeopathic medicine/witch doctors/alternative medicine for way too many pages.

Have you considering crying more, diluting those tears in a solution, shaking it, and then drinking the end result?

 

[Indus]

Have you considering crying more, diluting those tears in a solution, shaking it, and then drinking the end result?

If he were a tarantula he'd get top $$$ for those tears!

 

[WelshBloke]

It doesn't matter what you believe.. it only matters what you can prove!

Shame you don't hold the people you buy your medication from to the same standards!

 

[Indus]

Shame you don't hold the people you buy your medication from to the same standards!

If it works.. why should I complain?

Maybe it's more like the OceanGate submersible. It'll work a few times and then it'll delaminate?

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

If it works.. why should I complain?

Maybe it's more like the OceanGate submersible. It'll work a few times and then it'll delaminate?

It doesn't work, and then at some point your body can't handle the situation itself so you die.

Go have a chat with Steve Jobs, see how he's doing.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Go have a chat with Steve Jobs, see how he's doing.

He did a really stupid thing, trying to live off of just grapes. Ashton Kutcher tried doing the same dumb thing and got pancreatitis, just like Steve did. I don't see the relevance here unless you are saying that Steve also used herbs as medicine? If so, source?

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

He did a really stupid thing, trying to live off of just grapes. Ashton Kutcher tried doing the same dumb thing and got pancreatitis, just like Steve did. I don't see the relevance here unless you are saying that Steve also used herbs as medicine? If so, source?

Alternative Medicine & The Death of Steve Jobs

www.psychologytoday.com

When Mr. Jobs was first diagnosed in 2003, he chose to pursue alternative therapies, including acupuncture, herbal, diet and fruit juice therapy and spiritual consultations.

I actually thought I remember him as having delved into homeopathy, but I can't find a decent source for that after a brief google search, so I'll just say that he leaned into alternative medicines as a whole, and it went poorly for him. By the time he opted to have surgery, it was too late.

 

[BoomerD]

Have you considering crying more, diluting those tears in a solution, shaking it, and then drinking the end result?

No, I’m not a Republican.