--- Pravin Sabnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All the three medical practices of Allopathy, > Ayurveda and Homeopathy are presently driven by > market forces of an evergrowing industry. But the > alarming thing about the latter two is that they > refuse to be put to test by saying that they are > above scrutiny because they are ancient, blah blah > blah. >
Homeopathy is not even ancient. Hahneman, its German founder wrote his book in 1810. I am also not sure why Frederick invests his eastern pride in what is essentially a western concoction. Why should the rest of the western hemisphere be biased against 19th century Germany? But coming back to Pravin's point, practitioners of these "alternative" approaches, including those of more recent methods such as faith healing and therapeutic touch, use any excuse they can find to avoid being subjected to genuine scientific scrutiny. The most ridiculous cop out among these is the claim that they treat the person as a whole, and therefore, their treatments have to be custom-designed for each unique patient. Cheers, Santosh
