Freedom of Choice – Balance in Medicine

‘Because to take away a man’s freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.” ― Madeleine L’Engle

The last few months have witnessed huge changes in the homeopathic world, both positive and negative. The negative events involve changes in legislation in certain countries and proposed changes in others, which are often accompanied by false representation, ignorance and bias. In each case it is clear that our freedom of choice in healthcare is being challenged, which should be a basic human right, never to be violated.

Part of the reason for the current situation lies is the ‘false representation’ alluded to. The true statistics, facts and worldwide success of homeopathy is rarely revealed. There is always a theme to the onslaughts, and rarely is the full story told listing the many cases where remarkable healing has occurred. It is nearly always a subjective, limited, manipulated version to suit the agenda of the reporter, stemming mainly from their distinct inability to grasp homeopathic principles. To say there is no evidence as to the efficacy of homeopathy is simply not true and is grossly misleading.  Many trials have been done demonstrating positive outcomes and it is important for the public to realise that much significant homeopathic research has been published (https://www.hri-research.org/) and many trials are ongoing in other organisations.The studies, (RCT’s and otherwise) are frequentlycited, although invariably publically drowned out by the barrage of ignorance, typical of the limited mind-set of the sceptics and detractors, who fail to understand different medical paradigms and the ensuing complexities.

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