In 2009 leading pharmacy Boots confessed that they didn't believe homeopathic medicine works. Yet, despite this discovery and repeated clinical trials which prove that homeopathy gives little health benefits, the NHS still managed to spendmore than 4 million pounds in the last 12 monthscreating homeopathic pills.
Astonished by the NHS's and leading Pharmacies 'no harm' theories to homeopathy, over three hundred protestors are now planning to get involved in a huge homeopathic binge to help create public knowledge about the ineffectiveness of homeopathic remedies.
During this demonstrationwhich is set to take place on the 30th January 2010, all 300 members will publicly swallow a completecontainer of 90 homeopathic tablets to show that they are nothing more than fakes and hopefully prompt pharmacies to stop selling them.
What is Homeopathy?
Question consumers and they will describe homeopathy as 'herbal medicine' the majority of the substances contained within this commonly accepted complementary medicine are so dilute that there is nothing left to them.
However further studies into the creation of homeopathy has unveiled that it is not strictly an herbal medicine, but is structuredon three theories discovered in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann. Threetenets which are still used today:
- The Law of Similars the theory where the cause of your symptoms can also cause them i.e. taking caffeine to remedy sleep deprevation
- The Law of Infinitesimals where the more diluted the remedy is from water, the more concentrated it will be
- The Law of Succession where intense shaking of a homeopathic remedy would intensify its strength
Analysingthis history, it is easy to understand why demonstraters are asking the government to command the NIHCE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) to assess whether it is necessary for the National Health Service to fund homeopathy. Providing restricted if any positive results, all scientific studies point to the fact that they will not help your immune system.