Re:Homeopathic remedies recalled for containing real medicine
by blueskin_ on Thursday March 27, 2014 @08:17AM
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Not really. Most homeopathic placebos are diluted to the point that you'd need to take anywhere from billions of doses up to get even a single molecule of the 'ingredient'. They are literally just water. Not ot mention that in most cases, the 'cause' is based on a speculative or outright fictional 'link'. For example, one of the most well known placebos is Oscillococcinum, which claims duck liver/heart 'causes' flu. It is also diluted to the point that, to quote, "As there are only about 10^80 atoms in the entire observable universe, a dilution of one molecule in the observable universe would be about 40C. Oscillococcinum would thus require 10^320 more universes to simply have one molecule in the final substance."
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Re:Homeopathic remedies recalled for containing real medicine
by ekianjo on Thursday March 27, 2014 @08:39AM
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> They are literally just water.
Usually they are sold as granules, containing some form of sugar... to capture the magical water :) So technically it's sugar+water that you ingest.
Re:Homeopathic remedies recalled for containing real medicine
by agumonkey on Thursday March 27, 2014 @11:26AM
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I took some homeopathic 'marbles' as a kid. Probably the best placebo ever designed. The only pill I'd never forget to take. While everything else is sour and alien in taste, this instead, is a doctor approved crunchy candy.
Icing on the cake, the dispenser http://goo.gl/xsT3IM would be vetted by Steve Jobs, cute squary bottle, press the cap to fill it with a dose, open, ingest, close. Genius ?
Re:Homeopathic remedies recalled for containing real medicine
by kitwalker12 on Friday March 28, 2014 @03:41AM
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yup. at 12C you pass the avogadros number and beyond that theres no possibility any of the original substance is left. I wonder if Homeopaths believe water retains the memories that our shitting gave it