On Wed, 1 Mar 2000 20:53:52 +0100, Hans Kylberg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>My view on homeopathy is that it is probably working with the placebo
>effect (that has been shown to work for usually 30 %).
>I also think that the H/G shaman/wich doctor works this way.
>Just my thoughts :-)

Ken Stuart <[log in to unmask]> replied:
>>The most decisive study on homeopathy was when it was used to treat cows with
mastitis.

>>Outside of the fact that cows aren't subject to the placebo effect, the study
was done double blind, and the cows who were given the homeopathic remedy
had
statistically significantly less mastitis.

Similar studies have  been conducted on dogs and cats with homeopathy, and
on horses and dogs with acupuncture.  They Naysayers who thought it was a
placebo effect which created improvements with homeopathy (or acupuncture)
have had no explanation for the improvements.

Perhaps the problem was the the Naysayers just didn't know how to explain
how the modality (be it homeopathy or acupuncture) worked or works.  SO they
just poo-poo'd it!

Rachel




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Cheers,

Ken
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