Homeopathic treaties say that a symptom is cured with an equal (this is the basis of homeopathy, in fact). To cure a symptom such as vomiting we should use some substance that, taken by a healthy person, produces vomiting, but diluted to cure the symptom (absurd, I know, but homeopathy is like that).
Allopathic (scientific) medicine, on the other hand, uses equals, opposites or substances, neither the same nor the opposite to treat patients, that is, it uses anything that works and works trying to cause the least possible side effects.
Surprise then that they exist homeopathic medicines made with contrary substances and it is even more surprising that people who complain about scientific medicine and praise homeopathy buy them. Surprising because they follow the postulates of normal medicine (cure a disease and not a symptom as Hahnemann said), because they carry active ingredients in large quantities (when homeopathy says to cure, the less the better) and because they are worth a paste, with What they are buying almost a normal medicine, perhaps made with plants, this should not be denied, but at the price of gold. Let's see some examples:
DHU's Colikind
We read on the DHU website that Colikind is a homeopathic medicine for colic. What we should find in its composition is an equal to colic, that is, ingredients that produce irritability, discomfort, abdominal pain and crying (I think you all agree with me that more or less these are the symptoms).
However, if we look at the composition we observe the following:
In 10g of granules there are: Argentum nitricum D5 12.5 mg, Chamomilla D1 12.5 mg, China D3 12.5 mg, Cuprum aceticum D4 12.5, Foeniculum TM 12.5 mg, Lycopodium D3 12.5 mg, Momordica Balsamine D2 12.5 mg, Tilia Europaea D1 12.5 mg. It contains xylite.
Keeping the components that are in greater concentration we see Foeniculum T.M. 12.5 mg, or what is the same 12.5 mg undiluted fennel, Chamomilla D1 12.5 mg, which is chamomile in concentration 1:10 and Tilia europaea D1 12.5 mg, which is tila in concentration 1:10. I give less importance to the rest of the components with greater dilution because they surely have little or no effect.
We find a mother tincture directly, undiluted, that this homeopathic has nothing. In theory if you want something to take effect you have to dilute it a lot, not the other way around. We see that the three main ingredients are chamomile, lime and fennel, which are not herbs that produce irritability, discomfort, abdominal pain or crying, precisely.
I don't think you need to be very skilled to realize that this is not homeopathy, this is phytotherapy masked The problem is that between putting "phytotherapeutic medicine" and putting "homeopathic medicine", they choose the second because it sells more, when the correct one would be the first.
Stodal, by Boiron
As we read on the web "STODAL syrup is a homeopathic medicine traditionally used in the symptomatic treatment of cough, laryngitis, tracheitis and bronchitis."
Following the principles of homeopathy this syrup should carry compounds that produce cough, laryngitis, tracheitis and bronchitis, but again this is not so, because among all the compounds, the majority being 3 CH and 6 CH concentrations, that is, they practically do nothing (Anemone pulsatilla 6 CH 0.95 g, Rumex crispus 6 CH 0.95 g, Bryonia dioica 3 CH 0.95 g, Ipeca 3 CH 0.95 g, Spongia tosta 3 CH 0.95 g, Sticta pulmonary 3 CH 0.95 g, Antimonium tartaricum 6 CH 0.95 g, Myocarde 6 CH 0.95 g, Coccus cacti 3 CH 0.95 g) we found Drosera TM 0.95 g, that is, drosera mother tincture which is a plant with antitussive properties, we found 19 g Tolú syrup (much compared to the 0.95 g of Drosera), which apparently is also antitussive and expectorant and that is part of some medicines of the scientific medicine and Polygala syrup 19 g (much too), That is expectorant. further Stodal carries alcohol (if my calculations are 1.22% correct), which is one of the grandmother's cough remedies ("give the child a little alcohol and you will see how that cough is removed").
Again an opponent is used to treat symptoms (such as allopathic medicine) and again we observe plants in high quantities, showing that this is phytotherapy (cure with plants) and not homeopathy.
Munostim, from Dhu
We read on the page of Dhu that Munostim is used as "adjuvant in the treatment of acute infections and strengthening the immune system in case of high infectious susceptibility."
Already with this definition it is difficult to find the homeopathic sense of the drug, because if homeopathy treats the symptoms, I do not see what symptoms Munostim can treat, because “lack of defenses” is not usually a symptom, but a cause of diseases with their own symptoms .
Anyway, buying boat as aquatic animal, to make a homeopathic defense remedy we should look for a substance that causes a decrease in defenses, that is, it attacks the immune system and then dilute it to a minimum so that it has the opposite effect on the body.
Let's see what the Munostim contains:
Echinacea TM 25 mg, Thuja D2 25 mg, Propolis D3 25 mg, Eleutherococcus D1 25 mg. It contains Xilita.
The echinacea It is a remedy that is often used in herbal syrups to prevent diseases. It is also in TM (mother tincture), then it is not diluted and the amount is therefore nothing homeopathic.
The Thuja (or yours) is a tree of the cypress family whose leaves are rich in vitamin C. We do not know what part of yours they have taken ... if it is the part rich in vitamin C, it is also often used to prevent colds (although not function) and, if it is not, then nothing happens because it is present.
He propolis It is another old acquaintance of herbalists, as it is a natural substance with which bees upholster the walls of the hives to protect them from external aggressions. Here we see it in dilution D3 (1: 1000), so I don't think I do much, but the fact of including it is already indicative that it is antihomeopathy (helps defenses, instead of causing them to lower).
Of the Eleutherococcus There are 38 different species, so I have no idea what role it plays in this preparation.
Summarizing
There are many syrups and preparations that come with the subtitle "homeopathic medicine" that they should not wear it because they are designed in a totally opposite way to homeopathy: they use active ingredients in high concentrations and also use substances that are contrary to the symptom they want to treat, when homeopathy says that you have to deal with something that causes the same symptom (Homeopathy: from the Greek homoios, 'similar' and pathos, ' suffering').
Saying this I do not say that they work (I do not know), unlike true homeopathic medicines, but done in this way they are more likely to have any effect.
Hahnemann can no longer raise his head, so it doesn't worry me. However, I am worried that I have not seen a reaction from the thousands of Spanish homeopaths. Shouldn't they complain about such a transgression? With these medications and others, phytotherapy is being done, but not homeopathy and yet we can read the labels "homeopathic medicine". Why don't you complain if with such concentrations and with opposite substances homeopathy is distorted?
