#4 Clinical Research Confirms Benefits from Homeopathy

[jhicks64]

why does it work on my allergies first over other things that I wanted treated first?this was unexpected?

[HomeopathicDana]

@jhicks64 Good question...though there is no simple answer other than to say that the homeopathic medicine you were given was probably the "partial simillimum" (which means that it is the right medicine for PART of your dis-ease, not for everything). Disease has layers. Your homeopath will need to give you another remedy(s).

Thanx for proving (again) that homeopathics have the power to heal that is way beyond that of a placebo effect.

[DrNancyMalik]

Real is scientific homeopathy. It cures even when Conventional Allopathic Medicine (CAM) fails. Evidence-based modern homeopathy is a nano-medicine bringing big results for everyon

[finch8423]

20/20 replicated all of the studies you cited, and it turned out to be very negative. Basically homeopathy doesn't work. The BBC verified this as well. So why keep selling it?

[mohanaturo]

"the burden of proof is always on the person making the claim"

Exactly!

Skeptics who claim that patients of Homeopathy are cured by the placebo effect must prove their claims!

[adamlyons87]

@mohanaturo - sorry buddy, but you're wrong.

A skeptic could not come along and claim that someone was cured by the placebo effect - unless there was already something claiming to have cured the patient in the first place.

Homeopathy is making the claim that it works (i.e. that it cured the patient). Therefore people are entitled to question this claim (and demand evidence).

[HomeopathicDana]

I am honored that so many skeptics of homeopathy are so threatened by my videos. The skeptics' blogs encourage their ilk to give my videos a "low rating."  I encourage everyone to judge for themselves.

[mohanaturo]

I think one of the best testimonies of the efficacy of Homeopathy is the book titled:

"HOMEOPATHY CURES WHERE ALLOPATHY FAILS" written by an Allopathy doctor.

In it he details various case histories much of whom are Allopathy doctors who were getting worse from Allopathy drugs.

The book should be titled:

"HOMEOPATHY CURES ALLOPATHY DOCTORS"!!!!

LOL!!!

[BaronVonWolfenstien]

This is completely misleading. Half the studies you refer to are small, badly carried out trials. The diarrhea studies you quote were all carried out by the same people and the results were not reproducable. The reality of the matter can be shown in the fact that the WHO has now banned the use of homeopathic medicines for serious diseases to stop the endangerment of peoples lives. Its a nice idea that magical energy waves heal the body but its completely scientifically unfounded.

[HomeopathicDana]

@BaronVonWolfenstien You have proven that a little knowledge is dangerous. You're misinformed: the diarrhea studies were NEVER disproven, only a homeopathic combination medicine did not work. You're now blocked. Good-bye.

[kabloozie]

I'd be curious what was contained in the placebo.

[Magarmach09]

i am suffring from cronic constapation from 2 years

can homopathy could cure it?

please help me

[HomeopathicDana]

Yeah...but go to a professional homeopath...do not expect personalized medical advice via youtube.

[mohanaturo]

Homeopathy can't possibly be placebo effect because it cures objective symptoms of non self-limiting chronic diseases such as chronic tonsillitis in infants & children and tumours in animals. Infants and animals are not subject to the placebo effect.

Observer bias is not applicable to OBJECTIVE symptoms such as chronic tonsillitis, tumors and skin diseases which are routinely cured by many Homeopathy clinics/hospitals around the world one of which is the Banerji Research Centre, India.

[QigongLady]

People will have to make their own decision about homeopathy. Listen to both sides of the fence. Then experiment for yourself when you have a bruise or scrape. Put on some arnica gel for the black and blue, and some calendula for the scrape and watch the results. Then decide.

[JimHewittWhite]

Absolutely.

[deepak696]

HOMEOPATHY

It Works.

It's Safe.

[den151redbank]

Here are two questions for people insisting that hom. is "just water":

1. Why is modern medicine using hom. UNDER APPROVAL OF THE FDA to treat cancer? Google "ruta MD Anderson" or "OHSU homeopathy". Prepared to be shocked!

2. Why did WHO rank France #1 in health care? 40% of French people use hom. WHO ranked US #35 after Colombia, Chile, Dominica, Costa Rica and Singapore. US uses conventional med. predominantly.

Think about it!

[metaltermite]

#2 isn't as cut-and-dry as you present it.

WHO rankings are based on many variables: overall population health, health inequalities within pop., health system responsiveness, distribution of health system, health system costs. The US did not perform well in the two latter variables.

However, the US ranked first in modalities concerning QUALITY of health care, but overall ranking was diluted due to poor ranking in the aformentioned factors, "fairness of financial contribution to quote WHO.

[den151redbank]

Factor this into the WHO rank of 35:

Dr. B. Starfield (Johns Hopkins) reports in JAMA, 7/26/00, that 225,000 deaths/yr in US are caused by conv. med. making it the THIRD leading cause of DEATH after cancer and heart dis. Dr. S. also states that the amount of pain, suffering & hardship caused by conv. med. is INCALCULABLE, all of this accounting for the ranking of 15 at the time (since then 35). Similar stats were reported by the NY Times in 12/07.

[den151redbank]

It's well known that conv. drugs cause side effects & iatrogenic diseases which must be treated along with the original complaint. That results at least in addt'l visits & Rx costs, greatly increased overall med. expense, high cost of health ins. if affordable at all, loss of work time/income, etc.

This is how it breaks down:

106,000 deaths/yr due to negative drug effects

80,000 deaths/yr due to hospital infection

20,000 deaths/yr hospital errors

7,000 deaths/yr hospital med errors

[den151redbank]

12,000 deaths/yr due to unncessary surgery

In my opinion the above in no possible way reflects a desirable "QUALITY of health care" nor does it justify a ranking of first.

After 56 years of conv. med. and 11 years of h., my personal opinion is that h. is far superior in its ability to cure, relieve pain & suffering and improve general overall health & quality of life. I think the stats are significant!

[lagerbaer]

@den151redbank I can tell you

1) Cancer is unbeaten, so people try everything that might remotely work. The FDA does not require medicine to work, it just requires it to be save.

2) Because the US has so many ignorant religious parents that let their children die because consulting a doctor means not trusting prayer enough, and because their health care system is fucked up beyond repair.

[den151redbank]

@lagerbaer I recommend you:

1) read the ground-breaking study "Cytotoxic effects of ultra-diluted remedies on breast cancer cells", Int' J of Oncology, 2/10/2010 showing h. kills breast cancer cells, no chemo, no radiation, no surgery, no destruction of immune system, no damage to surrounding cells.

2) Read the work done by Banerji Clinic on brain tumors with h. alone. Some tumors have been completely regressed. They have a 5-yr survival rate of 32% compared to conv med rate of 0.03%.

[den151redbank]

@lagerbaer I also recommend you study the other work of Banerji Clinic. Here's their record:

1) Complete remission of 21% of astrocytomas, 22% ditto of gliomas, 20% ditto of meningiomas, no surgery, chemo, radiation, no negative "side effects".

2) Banerji treats 1,200 cancer patients a day with 70% benefit. They treat cancer patients in 72 countries and 30 states in the US. Columbia U has developed an integrated cancer dept through their affiliation with Banerji.

[den151redbank]

@lagerbaer What is the effective rate for conventional cancer treatment? 25%!

That's right, conventional cancer treatment is effective in only 25% of patients and that's according to drug company records.

[MindofaJedi]

@den151redbank You are using the "cure " rate meaning the patient was alive 5 years from date diagnosed . Even if that patient was covered in tumors and died in 5 years and 2 days , its a cure . The actual curing of cancer from radiation or chemotherapy is more likely in the 2-6% range . Incidentally , those who report doing "nothing" to cure their cancer , no chemo , alternative medicine , or major lifestyle change , seem to have a 20-25% cure rate under the 5 year rule . Peace .

[KetteringMD]

You don't know what potentization is!?! Thank you for confirming your ignorance. You have obviously not read anything about homeopathy except from other people who are similarly ignorant.

Yes, homeopaths assert that there are numerous ways in which water (or even homeopathic medicines) can be neutralized. In addition to distillation, exposure to excess heat and certain magnetic fields have erase the imprint of a homeopathic medicine. You are obviously shooting from the hip and lip.

[beautifulspam]

Ket, please settle down.

I thought I knew what potentization was- a strengthening of effects through serial dilution- but you seem to think there is more to it than just dilution. So, again, please tell me, what is the difference between dilution and potentization? Is potentization only dilution, or is there more to it, and if so, what?

: )

[KetteringMD]

Duh! If you thought that potentization is only dilution, you have verified your ignorance for all to see. Thank you.

Potentization is serial dilution and succussion (vigorous shaking) in a double-distilled water.

Read about the silica hypothesis too.

[regi1873]

hmmm. and what does this vigorous shaking do exactly?

[beautifulspam]

If water retains the properties of chemicals it dilutes, shouldn't all water be extremely toxic? I mean, any given drop of water is at least as old as the earth, and I'm sure the glass of water I'm drinking now has come in contact with every pharmaceutical and chemical substance imaginable at some point in history.

[den151redbank]

cacjack,

In addition to 200 studies and clinical trials evidencing for homeopathy, HomeopathicDana notes two more five pages back in the comments to video no. 3. You might want to read all of the studies/clinical trials before taking an uninformed stand. As to the AMA, everyone knows that org. falsified evidence against chiropractic, was sued and found guilty. Everyone knows people are paid to discredit hom. to the public. You seem to be the only one not knowing this or why it is done.

[den151redbank]

See KetteringMD's response to you on Video No. 3. Not all studies are without flaws or are unbiased.

[den151redbank]

Your mix of ignorance and arrogance IS dangerous. . .if only to yourself!

[den151redbank]

Here's another take on The Lancet study: "Now two new scientific studies of the same evidence conclude that The Lancet review was seriously flawed. G. Lewith, Prof. of Health Research, Southampton Univ., comments: 'The review gave no indication of which trials were analyzed nor of the various vital assumptons made about the data. This is not usual scientific practice. . .This indicates a fundamental weakness in the conclusions: They are NOT reliable.'"

[den151redbank]

Here'a another take on The Lancet study: "Now two new scientific studies of the same evidence conclude that The Lancet review was seriously flawed. G. Lewith, Prof. Health Research, at Southampton U., comments: 'The review gave no indication of which trials were analyzed nor of the various vital assumptions made about the data. This is not usual scientific practice. . .This indicates a fundamental weakness in the conclusions: 'They are NOT reliable.'"

[den151redbank]

To continue: "The Lancet study has been charged with bias previously. The new studies appeared in October 2008 in The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2008; 61(10) and Homeopathy 2008; 97(4)." as reported in Eurekalert, November 3, 2008.

[JimHewittWhite]

Homeopathy has been available on the NHS since its inception in 1948. The AMA was founded in the 1840's, in opposition to homeopathy. Homeopathy's superb successes in curing cholera made it the AMA's number one competitor.

Don't just consume, Jack. THINK FOR YOURSELF.

[den151redbank]

I feel so lucky to have found homeopathy. It is the most effective, best medicine I have ever experienced. Thanks to Dana Ullman for this series of videos.

[ArcanaKnight]

It appears I can't post the link to the study, but the title is "Use of ultramolecular potencies of allergen to treat asthmatic people allergic to house dust mite: double blind randomised controlled clinical trial" and it can be found on PubMedCentral's site.

[HomeopathicDana]

ArcanaKnight has NOT read this study that he claims had a negative result. THAT is not true. This study was complex and was not a "replication" of the Reilly experiments (there were many differences!). Ulitimately, there were many differences in response between the treatment and the placebo groups. Sorry, guy, you're wrong here.

[ArcanaKnight]

I have read the study, as well as reviews of it from a doctor whose opinions I respect very much.

I never said that it was a recreation of Reilly's experiments, just that it refuted the claims in one of his studies (which it does). It was designed better than Reilly's study and showed no statistically significant effect which fits the pattern for studies on pseudosciences like homeopathy.

[den151redbank]

ArcanaKnight,

Ever the politician. If you can't match the opponent's performance, you can try to discredit him. Good luck!

[den151redbank]

cornerchap,

I take it from your post that you have NOT studied quantum physics or fusion. Both are good places to start.

[ArcanaKnight]

Quantum physics has nothing to do with homeopathy. Any attempt to explain homeopathic remedies in terms of quantum mechanics or quantum physics are based on misunderstandings of what those fields actually say.

[den151redbank]

"Those who say they have tested Homeopathy and it is a failure have only exposed their own ignorance." J. T. Kent, MD

Hundreds of thousands of doctors and patients all over the world have used homeopathy successfully for the past 200 years and have recorded their successes for the benefit of others. When a good thing knocks at your door open it.

[ArcanaKnight]

That is all anecdotal evidence which is unreliable and proves nothing. Every controlled and double-blinded study done on homeopathy has had a negative result.

[den151redbank]

Don't be rediculous! You're exposing your ignorance for all the world to see.

[mohanaturo]

results of homeopathy sceptic Madeleine Ennis who put it to the scientific test. To her horror her tests showed it DID work, there IS a memory of water. Also Mark Elliot's trials and David Reilly's. All are scientists. All came up with positive results.

[ArcanaKnight]

When replicated, Ennis's results were not confirmed, so there was probably something wrong with her test. Reilly's tests are questionable because his conclusion provided no explanation as to HOW the intervention could have possibly worked. Elliot's test wasn't double-blinded, so he could have easily skewed the results either accidentally or purposely, and he had no control group.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

[HomeopathicDana]

ArcanaKnight is showing his/her ignorance and arrogance. Ennis' work was replicated at THREE other university laboratories. Reilly's studies were CLINICAL trials where "explanations" for the mechanism of action are NOT the point of the study. All FOUR of Reilly's studies showed efficacy of homeopathic medicines. Some skeptics simply cannot accept good scientific evidence that go against their own beliefs (a tad ironic, eh?).

[den151redbank]

An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association states that the "third leading cause of death in the United States after cancer and heart disease is conventional medicine". No such statement can be made about homeopathy. In fact, it is well known that homeopathy offers treatments and cures for diseases and injuries conventional medicine cannot touch.

[QuackCentral]

Video response above: Emerging Science in Homeopathy. - Doc Quack