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Last year Boots admitted that they didn’t believe homeopathy works. However, despite this revelation and continual studies which prove that homeopathy gives no more than placebo results, the NHS still spent over £4 million pounds last year developing homeopathic remedies.
Shocked by the NHS’s and leading Pharmacies ‘no harm’ attitude to homeopathy, more than 300 sceptics are now planning to take part in a mass homeopathic overdose to help raise awareness about the ineffectiveness of homeopathic remedies.
During this protest which is set to take place on the 30th January 2010, all 300 members will publicly swallow an entire bottle of homeopathic pills to prove that they are nothing more than sugar pills and hopefully prompt pharmacies to stop selling them.
What is Homeopathy?
Described by many as ‘all natural herbal medicine’ many of the substances contained within this commonly accepted complementary medicine are so dilute that there is nothing left to them.
However further research into the creation of homeopathy has found that it is not strictly an herbal medicine, but is based on 3 central tenets developed in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann. 3 tenets which are still used today:
- The Law of Similars where whatever caused your symptoms will also cure them i.e. unable to sleep, take caffeine
- The Law of Infinitesimals where the more dilute the remedy, the stronger it will become
- The Law of Succession where vigorous shaking of a homeopathic remedy would further increase its potency
Assessing this information, it is easily understandable why protestors are calling upon the government to instruct the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to evaluate whether it is appropriate for the NHS to fund homeopathy.
Providing limited if any results, all scientific studies point to the fact that they will not improve your health.
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