Comments on: Breaking News! Government backs NHS Homeopathy!

By: Dr. Kaplan

Dr. Kaplan — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:40:51 +0000

Dear Paul, Thanks for your kind words. We still have to see what the government does with this report of course. Glad to see that you have some faith in the powers that be but faith is surely hope based on no evidence!

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:10:47 +0000

Dr Kaplan, I have read all of this blog and found it very interesting. I came to it via an article on homoeopathy on the website run by Andy Lewis (Quakometer) which I found quite disappointing because it is little more than a one-sided diatribe. Searching for other stuff by him (as I found it hard to believe that he was so blinkered) I came across your site and this blog. Your cool, reasoned and evidential approach was a welcome relief from the desperate posturing of Mr Lewis’s comments. Though I have to give him full marks for his bravery in coming out with all that stuff he so dearly believes in. I don’t think he’s at all typical of genuine scientists; all the ones I know are reasonable, open-minded types even if they don’t agree on some topic.

I must admit I don’t know much at all about homoeopathy, but having benefited from some very successful homoeopathic treatments where allopathy has failed me, I’m inclined to recommend it to others who have gone off the scale within which drug-based medicine can help. Therefore I’m really glad that the Health Minister made the decision he did. ‘Having a choice’ is what the government says it wants for us; this decision backs that position – and I applaud it. May the day NEVER come when self-appointed inquisitors once again rule the world!

By: DR.GANESH NIGAM

DR.GANESH NIGAM — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:08:53 +0000

HI Brian.
I enjoyed your wordly duel with Andy.why not invite Andy to put himself for prooving of one of homoeopathic medicine,offcourse according to protocols laid down in organnon of medicine .he’ll have answer himself.

DR.GANESH NIGAM
INDIA

By: Dr. Kaplan

Dr. Kaplan — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:23:02 +0000

Dear Dr Mamgain, Thanks for this note. I am well aware of the wonderful work homeopathic doctors do in India in spite of a huge workload. Thanks for your comments here. May I suggest that if you would like readers to note your website, you make a comment on the most recent of my posts (‘Why that parliamentary report was disingenuous’) because that one is on the front page of my website whereas this post was made some time ago.
Kind regards,
Dr Brian Kaplan

By: Dr. S. K. Mamgain

Dr. S. K. Mamgain — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:53:53 +0000

Dear Dr. Brian Kaplan,
I happen to come across your article ‘The Battle of British Homoeopathy’ in the journal Homoeopathic Heritage. Your fear is quite justified. I believe Homoeopathy is a truth and truth is universal. It never dies. But ‘Veda’ says the truth is hidden by gold. You know gold is money or riches. The greed for riches is in human nature. Many people forego their honesty and loyalty for a few bucks. Those who jeer and ridicule Homoeopathy have their vested interests; such people are always against it, since the time of Hahnemann. Such people will always keep their eyes closed to the truth. They will never attempt to try to find out the truth, such people are extremely prejudiced people.
For your information I have prepared documentary videos of some of my cases of different kinds including cancer cases out of my numerous cases treated so far during my practice of forty years, to show the efficacy of the minute doses of Homoeopathic medicines. Which are available on the site http://www.homoeopathy-milddose.com along with numerous case reports, I don’t think any of such lot will get convinced by my such effort. I am keeping all the records well maintained.
I am finding results and as such studying my materia medica regularly. So that I may become able to help the sick proficiently.
You are requested to ask people visit my site to see the results of the minute doses which the critics of homoeopathy term them as placebo effect.
Dr. Mamgain

By: Dr. Kaplan

Dr. Kaplan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:14:36 +0000

@ Mike: If thousands of my patients reported remarkable benefits from seeing a faith healer and another patient heard about him/her and asked if s/he was worth trying. my approach would be to do what was medically necessary and then tell the patient what I had heard about the faith healer. If a GP says to a patient: “I don’t personally believe in homeopathy because I believe it lacks evidence of efficacy, but many families in this country (including the Royal Family) have used it over many generations, it is used extensively all over the world and by millions in India and there are homeopathic vets in England and all over the world who use it on animals) that would be fair enough.

By: Dr. Kaplan

Dr. Kaplan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:06:41 +0000

@ L.H. Olavius: This is exactly the point. My argument for homeopathy has consistently been built on a litertarian platform. A minority of taxpayers in the UK want homeopathy. Most of the majority who don’t particular want it – don’t care if others get it. A small vindictive minority of them feel it is an affront to their scientismic vision of the universe and want it denied to those that do want it and benefit from it. In other words they choose to bully the minority who want homeopathy. This is almost a definition of anti-democratic behaviour.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:46:50 +0000

Dr Kaplan:
“Sceptics tend to discard what you say as ‘anecdotal evidence’ which they don’t consider evidence at all. However when you hear thousands of similar stories
it certainly does feel like evidence to a homeopathic doctor or homeopathic vet.”
I think you can say pretty much the same thing for faith healing. Does this mean that it works too?

By: L.H. Olavius

L.H. Olavius — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:17:26 +0000

When considering how many people seeking homeopathic treatment in the UK each year, it would only be fair if the NHS increased the amount spent.

Homeopathy should be available for everyone – not just those who can afford to pay out of their own pockets.

After all, they are taxpayers too.

By: DR.MANPREET S BINDRA

DR.MANPREET S BINDRA — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:34:48 +0000

Congrats all Hahnemannians all over UK from Indian Hahnemannians. I congratulate you all over this victory and grand success of struggle.

Dr.Manpreet S Bindra
BHMS DIHom (London)
Consultant Homoeopath
Ludhiana (Punjab, INDIA)