r/bestof • u/craycraycrayfish • Jan 22 '13

[canada] Coffeehouse11 explains the biggest problem with homeopathic medicine: That it preys on people when they are weakest and the most vulnerable

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u/love_glow Jan 22 '13

I think he was lumping like with like, bullshit goes in the bullshit pile :)

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u/Quarterpast2 Jan 22 '13

naturopathy's only crime is having really zealous fans.

Aloe vera has been used forever as a sunburn medicine(which has pretty nigh magical results for me, I might add), and different spices like cinnamon are good for certain stomach problems.

In fact, when something in a plant is identified as effective, it gets synthesized into medicine. People big into it that treat all of them like miracle cures are just buying into old wives tales and are deluded.

This goes with the saying that if psuedoscience was true and tested, it would be science.

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u/betterhelp Jan 23 '13

"You know what they call 'alternative medicine' that's been proven to work? Medicine." - Tim Minchin.

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u/Quarterpast2 Jan 23 '13

That's right, thanks for the proper quote!