EyeoftheWild
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Many people who find fault with homeopathy cite the fact that the substance involved is diluted to such a point as to be ineffective. This buys into our thinking of "more" is better. Even modern medicine is rethinking this approach now. Dosages that were once thought acceptable, are look upon as now toxic. Targeted response is all the rage, and it is to the micro-world that we now look, whether it be in medicine or electronics. Nano-bots are now seen as viable, not just something futuristic. They can grow human heart tissue, that beats, from heart cells. They break up heart tissue into microscopic pieces, put it in a centrifuge and then give a medium upon which to grow. Can we see gravity, or magnetism? No, but they are present, we all accept that. Energy reacts in many different ways, some we understand, and many we do not. Just ask Bill. 
Perhaps more importantly than the tools of healing is the hands that they are in. There are people who heal, no matter their designation, and those that don't. The title of MD does not automatically confer the ability to heal, and neither does the title of homeopath designate that person as a whackadoo. There is a wonderful book, "The Lost Art of Healing," by Bernard Lown. He is the cardiologist who invented the defibrillator. A reviewer of this book wrote: "He makes several critical points: the most important task for us as physicians is to first listen to our patients. He encourages us to make our diagnoses and prognoses on the basis of careful history taking and examination, rather than by laboratory testing. He also exhorts us to take the responsibility of appropriately reassuring and encouraging our patients, rather than just always hedging our bets to cover our malpractice worries." Lown wrote in this book, "A doctrinal pillar is that one treats not a heart, but a human being who has a heart."
I personally believe in the efficacy of Homeopathy, but further, I believe that healing and wellness, ultimately, are as much one's attitude/philosophy as an intervention.
Basso
Perhaps more importantly than the tools of healing is the hands that they are in. There are people who heal, no matter their designation, and those that don't. The title of MD does not automatically confer the ability to heal, and neither does the title of homeopath designate that person as a whackadoo. There is a wonderful book, "The Lost Art of Healing," by Bernard Lown. He is the cardiologist who invented the defibrillator. A reviewer of this book wrote: "He makes several critical points: the most important task for us as physicians is to first listen to our patients. He encourages us to make our diagnoses and prognoses on the basis of careful history taking and examination, rather than by laboratory testing. He also exhorts us to take the responsibility of appropriately reassuring and encouraging our patients, rather than just always hedging our bets to cover our malpractice worries." Lown wrote in this book, "A doctrinal pillar is that one treats not a heart, but a human being who has a heart."
I personally believe in the efficacy of Homeopathy, but further, I believe that healing and wellness, ultimately, are as much one's attitude/philosophy as an intervention.
Basso
