Re: Does homeopathy work

"carole" <hubbca2003@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Cellsalts and many alternative remedies such as homeopathy are proven
through historical experience.

"Historical experience" is not by any means a guarantee of efficiency or
even safety.

Traditional substances also are not proven, they're just excempted from
TGA regulation. There is QUITE a difference between your claim and the
reality of what this is all about.

http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/pdf/tgaccevi.pdf
(TGA is Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration)

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The kinds of evidence which may support claims
There are two types of evidence which may be used to support claims2.
These are:

 evidence based on traditional use of a substance or product; and
 scientific evidence.

How to use evidence of traditional use to support claims

Some 80% of the world's indigenous populations in developing countries
depend on traditional systems of medicine and botanical medicines, and
the use of traditional medicines is becoming more widespread in
developed countries as well. Traditional medicines are based on an
extensive history of use, often measured over thousands of years. This
history provides an accumulated repository of systematic observation
that underpins the use of these medicines.

Traditional use may infer community knowledge of the existence and
application of a substance but does not necessarily carry with it any
scientific assessment or scrutiny. For many products and substances
there has been little quantifiable scientific research undertaken into
their mode of action and effect. Evidence of traditional use may
however be used to support claims for therapeutic goods. The following
definition of 'traditional use' has been adopted by the CMEC for the
purpose of these Guidelines.

Traditional use refers to documentary evidence that a substance has
been used over three or more generations of recorded use for a
specific health related or medicinal purpose.3

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Do you know what ephedra and aristolochia are? Both are used in
traditional Chinese medicine, and have been for ages. Ephedra is banned
and aristolochia has strong warnings to discontinue its use, as they are
dangerous even when used as indicated.

Just because it's traditional does not mean its safe.

http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/allergiesasthma/a/Ephedra.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11865085

So therefore not everything has to be EBM, there is allowance for
remedies that have evolved through traditional use.
Read the link for more.

They're just not regulated, and that's all this amounts to.

--
Just because big pharma can behave badly, that does not mean
that sugar pills work better than placebo, nor does it mean that
MMR causes autism. - Ben Goldacre
.

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