tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post4223414460713738810..comments2023-08-08T04:19:26.974-07:00Comments on THE CALLADUS BLOG: Homeopathy failed me - Willow Bark to the rescue!Calladushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620879847877868166noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-58363991540503656942007-10-15T02:10:00.000-07:002007-10-15T02:10:00.000-07:00Actually, if I lived in Fresno I probably would ha...Actually, if I lived in Fresno I probably <I>would</I> have offered to make you willow bark (or slippery elm) tea. Well- some kind of tea; I'm infamous for fussing 'round sick friends with cups of something hot. It's some attenuated leftover of the British Raj, transmitted through my parents, which imbues me with the conviction that a cup of hot tea really is the universal panacea for all ills. <BR/><BR/>Jokes aside, I do brew herbal teas. For the most part their effects are milder than synthesized and concentrated forms of the chemical, but the same chemicals are in there. Mostly, though, it's the method of delivery which works so well, at least for me: I find hot drinks soothing and relaxing and cosseting, and that helps me feel better. (I'm fairly certain that the beneficent influence of all such teas is based largely on this effect. Hence the fussin'.) If there's such a thing as being aware of a placebo effect, then that'd be me and tea.<BR/><BR/>Homeopathy is a whole different kettle of imaginary dilutions. When you get to the point that it's impossible to dilute to formula because you can't exceed the number of molecules in the known universe, you're straying into realms of improbability that even L. Ron Hubbard had sense enough to leave alone. I read your earlier blog, and Udaya is typical of what I've heard here and abroad: anecdotal evidence being confused with empirical and clinically valid evidence. <BR/><BR/>And yeah, I'm glad you're feeling better too- too bad I couldn't help you in return this time, though I've got an e-book site I don't think you know about saved up for your next illness ;-).Scientiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09254279030002819459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-33973300897307405012007-09-26T18:54:00.000-07:002007-09-26T18:54:00.000-07:00Pint?! Holy IPU! After a pint of any sort of har...<B>Pint?!</B> Holy IPU! After a pint of any sort of hard liquor, (let alone <I>moonshine</I>, I'd be lucky to remain alive! Unconsciousness and coma would be a step up for me!Calladushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17620879847877868166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-41011124150162655482007-09-26T18:44:00.000-07:002007-09-26T18:44:00.000-07:00A pint of moonshine works too. Ok, it doesn't cur...A pint of moonshine works too. Ok, it doesn't cure the fever but you really do not care anymore. Glad you are better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com