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“Hair of the dog” remedies may do the trick for some hangover sufferers. But health experts say that a Canadian homeopath took the idea too far—way, way too far. Homeopath and naturopath Anke Zimmermann used diluted saliva from a rabid dog to “treat” a four-year-old boy, according to a blog post she published earlier this year. Zimmermann claims that the potentially infectious and deadly concoction successfully resolved the boy’s aggressive behavior, which she described as a “slightly rabid-dog state.”
The tale fits with the scientifically implausible principles of homeopathy. These roughly state that substances that produce similar symptoms of a particular ailment can cure said ailment (“like cures like”) and that diluting a substance increases its potency (“law of infinitesimals”).
Homeopathic drivel The lengthy post unleashed the months-long saga of four-year-old Jonah. The boy presented with aggression and sleeping troubles, according to Zimmermann. He was said to be violent, easily angered, and known for growling at people. He also suffered from fears and nightmares of werewolves, wolves, zombies, and ghosts. When Zimmermann asked him how he feels when he growls, she said that the four-year-old responded: “Like there is a tornado inside me. My spirit is a hurricane!” Zimmermann quickly sniffed out the source of the problem: when Jonah was younger, a dog bit him. That is, Jonah’s mother said that one time a dog accidentally “broke the skin slightly” on Jonah’s hand while it was reaching to get food Jonah was holding.
A bite from an animal, with or without rabies vaccination, has the potential to imprint an altered state in the person who was bitten, in some ways similar to a rabies infection. This can include over-excitability, difficulties sleeping, aggression, and various fears, especially of dogs or wolves. This child presented a perfect picture of this type of rabies state. Most homeopaths would have easily recognized the remedy required in this case.
Certain conditions such as headaches, arthritis, and hot flashes are the most responsive to placebos
Placebos have the human brain cannot deal with conflicting information unless it can be integrated the brain picks one side of the conflict, and then suppresses everything that does not fit with that dominant belief
The average placebo effect is 33%, though it can range lower and higher The U.S. Dept of Health reports that 50% of severely depressed people get better if they take an antidepressant like Prozac This same agency also reports that 32% of depressed people get better if they take a sugar pill they THINK is an antidepressant
Studies have shown that placebos are effective in 50 or 60 percent of subjects with certain conditions Studies analyzed 39 studies, done between 1974 and 1995, of depressed patients treated with drugs, psychotherapy, or a combination of both-> found that 50 % of the drug effect is due to the placebo response 75% of the effectiveness of anti-depressant medication is due to the placebo-effect rather than the treatment itself
Placebo effects can arise not only from a conscious belief in a drug but also from subconscious associations between recovery and the experience of being treatededit on 4182018 by seattlerat because: (no reason given)
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: seattlerat
What lunatic tries to intentionally give their child rabies? I'm not a big proponent of people having their children taken from them but this guy is mental.
originally posted by: underwerks
Next time I burn my hand on the stove I’ll just shove my arm in the oven. Should work great.
originally posted by: projectvxn
Homeopathy is the air guitar of medicine.
1. What do you think about Homeopathy? What are your experiences with it?
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: underwerks
Next time I burn my hand on the stove I’ll just shove my arm in the oven. Should work great.
My tum-tum hurts, can you punch me in the liver?
originally posted by: howtonhawky
1. What do you think about Homeopathy? What are your experiences with it?
I think that one case is the exception and not the rule.
Such minority views are very much steering public perception these days all across the full scope of current topics.
By design such will end everyone and everything if continued.
I also think that if you make antibiotics at home then that could be labeled as homeopathy....
originally posted by: seattlerat
1. What do you think about Homeopathy? What are your experiences with it?
originally posted by: howtonhawky
a reply to: AccessDenied
This story makes my brain hurt.
opossum milk
or willow bark
originally posted by: ScepticScot
originally posted by: howtonhawky
1. What do you think about Homeopathy? What are your experiences with it?
I think that one case is the exception and not the rule.
Such minority views are very much steering public perception these days all across the full scope of current topics.
By design such will end everyone and everything if continued.
I also think that if you make antibiotics at home then that could be labeled as homeopathy....
Antibiotics are nothing to do homeopathy. Homemade or not.
originally posted by: underwerks
Only if we can knife fight next time I have heartburn.
originally posted by: howtonhawky
originally posted by: ScepticScot
originally posted by: howtonhawky
1. What do you think about Homeopathy? What are your experiences with it?
I think that one case is the exception and not the rule.
Such minority views are very much steering public perception these days all across the full scope of current topics.
By design such will end everyone and everything if continued.
I also think that if you make antibiotics at home then that could be labeled as homeopathy....
Antibiotics are nothing to do homeopathy. Homemade or not.
is that your official opinion there mr. genius?
So if i grow my own garlic or make some liquid silver then i am a freakin medical student?
How about if i actually make some penicillin? is my house to be considered a laboratory
originally posted by: projectvxn
Homeopathy is the air guitar of medicine.
originally posted by: ScepticScot
originally posted by: howtonhawky
originally posted by: ScepticScot
originally posted by: howtonhawky
1. What do you think about Homeopathy? What are your experiences with it?
I think that one case is the exception and not the rule.
Such minority views are very much steering public perception these days all across the full scope of current topics.
By design such will end everyone and everything if continued.
I also think that if you make antibiotics at home then that could be labeled as homeopathy....
Antibiotics are nothing to do homeopathy. Homemade or not.
is that your official opinion there mr. genius?
So if i grow my own garlic or make some liquid silver then i am a freakin medical student?
How about if i actually make some penicillin? is my house to be considered a laboratory
None of those things is homeopathy either.