> Let's not mix up homeopathy, a specific technique developed in 1796, with 
> traditional medicines using herbal products or modern medicines

Like chiropractic practice, homeopathy has a wide range of practitioners and 
variable ethics.

I suspend judgment also, but can see that some of the common practices are 
obvious chicanery, but suspect there may be some underlying truths.

I also have seen that in chiropractic..  For years relied on a good 
chiropractor who could straighten me right up in moments so that I would 
happily walk out the door after hobbling in by twisting me in a pretzel and 
dropping his (considerable) weight on me.  In San Diego, I went to a 
chiropractor expecting the same, and was treated to a half-hour with a tiny 
cattle prod and fairy talk that did nothing.  So, in these things YMMV.  A 
lot.

Anyhow, "the dose is the solution", I think is the saying, or maybe it is 
the other way around.  Something we have to keep constantly in mind is the 
Hormesis Effect, discussed previously here on BEE-L.   From 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis:

"Hormesis (from Greek hórmesis "rapid motion, eagerness," from ancient Greek 
hormáein "to set in motion, impel, urge on") is the term for 
generally-favorable biological responses to low exposures to toxins and 
other stressors. A pollutant or toxin showing hormesis thus has the opposite 
effect in small doses as in large doses.-

 

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