I won't get into an argument about it, but I have used homoeopathy personally, on family members, and most importantly farm animals (can't tell me that's psychosomatic!), and have found it both safe and effective.
A good friend who is a fully-qualified conventional vet who "converted" to homoeopathy "works wonders", so I'm sorry, I get very cross with people who dismiss it with a wave of the hand with no experience whatsoever!
Homoeopathy, like most non-allopathic therapies recognises that people differ, and often need totally different treatments for what may appear to the uninitiated as "the same thing".........this means that if you take 10 random patients with "one ailment" and treat them with one remedy, it is highly unlikely that they will show a statistical improvement (the remedy will be the right one for 2 people, they will get better, it will be the wrong remedy for the other 8....)
There is a strong movement afoot by the drug companies to rubbish homoeopathy and other therapies, people have voted with their feet, and the drug companies resent their loss of profits.........
Believe me, having lived through the horrors of the polio vaccines of the 50's, vaccines are VERY far from homoeopathic and have resulted in some horrific injuries, and many deaths........
I too have agonised over the right way - we decided against vaccination for my daughter, until she was of an age that she could decide for herself - at the age of 16, she decided she needed tetanus to work with horses - thankfully, we took the right decision for her and us - it is a personal thing, which every sane parent agonises over - we decided against because of a strong family history of chronically bad reactions to vaccinations.
As you can gather, I have strong beliefs on the subject, but would not dream of trying to influence anyone else, but would just suggest that they take nothing as "gospel" from ANY school of therapy, but look at ALL the evidence, and choose accordingly!
