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Homeopathy: help or charlatanism?

It is a little history

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The homeopathy arose in the 18th century in Germany, and at that time the usual medicine was more progressive, than. Methods of that time treatments did not treat people, and disturbed them rather. What risky bloodlettings, drugs on the basis of toxic lead and mercury only cost, useless enemas, etc. However the medicine did not stand still, and gradually there were antibiotics and other powerful drugs that pushed homeopathy the background.

Types of homeopathy

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Today there is a set of schools of homeopathy, each of which has the secrets and the principles concerning diseases and their treatment. Schematically all these currents can be divided into two big groups: classical homeopathy and complex.

Classical homeopathy

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The classical homeopathy appoints to the patient the one and only, but picked most precisely up means, taking into account all symptoms of a disease and a condition of the patient. Supporters of classical school consider that they are descendants of the ideas of Ganeman, some are guided by religious dogmas and assure that the homeopathy will not be compared (to the best) to official medicine. It not too positively influences reputation of this school.

Complex homeopathy

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Supporters of complex homeopathy are sure that it is impossible to cure the person by means of the one and only medicine therefore prefer to use drugs which basis several components enter. Besides, they do not exclude cooperation with official medicine.

Whether there are proofs of efficiency?

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The main claim to homeopathy is insufficiently the proved efficiency. For today scientists are inclined to trust only results of clinical researches which are conducted according to rules of evidential medicine. That's it lack of those proofs also is a weak point of homeopathy. Why?

1. The homeopathy is guided by symptoms

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The classical homeopathy is oriented not to indications, and to specific symptoms. But to pick up even 10 people with identical symptomatology – a task almost impracticable, and for carrying out a serious research hundreds of volunteers are necessary. Therefore today the majority of serious publications is devoted to complex drugs.

2. Гомеопатия лечит не болезнь, а пациента

2. The homeopathy treats not a disease, and the patient

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The basic principle of homeopathy – treatment not of the disease, but the patient with specific symptomatology. Actually, it is rather difficult to rank treatment which is appointed to the patient by the homeopath as the level of standard clinical trial.

3. На клинические исследования нужны средства

3. On clinical trials means are necessary

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Even the large companies producing homeopathic medicines are not always able to provide enough funds for conduct of clinical trials. On average, on carrying out one more or less serious research on a large number experimental at least 100 thousand euros are required. And homeopathic medicines there are thousands. Whereas ordinary drugs much less they where also bring big profit.

How the homeopathy works?

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All who resorted to the help of homeopathic remedies, know that granules need to be rassasyvat under language. So, the components getting on mucous membranes influence receptors of immunocompetent cells and cause their transformation to different types of lymphocytes. Even the small dose of necessary drug is capable to stimulate immune system, to cure not only separate symptoms of a disease, but also a disease.

What groups of drugs exist?

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Many homeopathic medicines successfully cope with viruses. It is possible to carry to those эуфорбиум a compositum, гирель, энгистол. Other drugs influence an articulate cartilage, promote increase in its elasticity, and arthrosis symptoms treat. The third stimulate blood circulation at the expense of what it is possible to cure dizziness. The fourth groups protect liver cells from heavy metals (cadmium, lead, etc.), and also viruses.

Together or instead of?

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In Russia the homeopathy belongs to traditional methods of treatment. And here in the West it treats methods of alternative and complementary medicine. This status precisely defines the place of homeopathy: it can supplement official medicine in treatment of individual diseases, and sometimes and to replace it. Recently schemes of complex treatment enjoy the increasing popularity.

The homeopathy does not treat everything

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The homeopathy will not yeild tangible results at treatment of serious diseases – oncological diseases, severe forms of arthrosis, cirrhosis, Alzheimer's disease, etc. Therefore the reasonable combination of several types and use of all arsenal of modern medicine – from national methods of treatment and homeopathy to the latest microsurgery will be the most successful method of treatment.

Advantage of homeopathy

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Undoubted advantage of homeopathy is an opportunity to combine it with practical any medicines of official medicine. The homeopathy does not influence actions of usual drugs in any way. Nevertheless, for precaution, most of doctors after all recommend to accept these means serially (for example, homeopathic – to food, and heteropathic – after).

Conclusions

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The homeopathy – not a panacea, and, as well as any kind of treatment, has the borders. Official medicine categorically against invasion of homeopathy into oncology and other diseases, really life-threatening patients. But as prevention of exacerbations of some catarrhal diseases and chronic diseases it can be very effective. The most successful method of treatment is combination of homeopathy and official medicine.

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