Homeopathy Comes Under Attack

Interestingly, the Japanese government has begun attacking homeopathy, on account of the fact that it allegedly led to the deaths of a few youngsters. Evidence of this is scarce.

On August 24, Science Council of Japan president Ichiro Kanazawa told reporters that “homeopathy's therapeutic value has been scientifically and utterly disproved,” LiveScience reports.  

There are of course numerous studies which claim to be the case, but there are also others which show that certain remedies are indeed worth taking.

As long as the debate is not over in academic and scientific circles, having a top scientist saying that it is is suspicious at best.

Japan is probably seeking to join Switzerland and Germany as the only countries where homeopathy is forbidden by the government, in the sense that there are no public funding for research, or for hospitals and physicians that prescribe such medication in addition to established ones.

This August, the British Medical Association asked the UK National Health Service to refuse payments for the same thing.

But the so-called protecting the public is nothing more than a maneuver of hypocritical, profit-driven individuals, who want to make their companies win more money.

All of the time, when speaking about homeopathy, those thrashing it tend to bring the remedy known as Oscillococcinum to the table. This substance is generally used to treat flues and colds.

The drug works with tremendous effectiveness in adults, seniors and children alike, and the big pharmaceutical industry is losing big bucks on account of this.

So they are commandeering various studies, and exerting pressures in all the right places, to have the entire field of homeopathy thrashed.

One of the interesting angles the media tends to take on this is to bring evidence that homeopathic remedies do not contain herbs, or actual drugs, which means that companies in the field would have no reason to go after them.

This is false. Pharmaceutical corporations do not care whether these remedies contain drugs, plants, or diluted ingredients, they only care about their quarterly statements.

Since Oscillococcinum was introduced in Eastern Europe, for example, sales of more common cold medication have decreased, on account of the fact that many now treat their flu symptoms with the homeopathic remedy.

Also interesting to note is that some critics to this type of medicine say that remedies work only in diseases that will go away on their own, such as flues.

This is true, but not in the way this is presented. For example, flu symptoms pass in most people within a week, but those taking Oscillococcinum tend to be healed within 2-3 days, as opposed to a week or two.

It's now clear that some clear-cut studies as to how various remedies work are still lacking, is experts in top positions have no right to try and settle an ongoing debate.

They are trying to do so nonetheless, frightening the public by bringing children into the equation.

Using fear to change opinions is a powerful ally, and saying that certain drugs could harm children is the safest way to ensure their parents do not give such remedies to their offspring.