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By posting this I am hoping to both invite discussion and enlighten users to take caution. Much help can be had here but user beware! I find the Introduction to Homeopathy notice at the top of the forum helpful but incomplete.

After posting my own case and receiving some much appreciated advice from Evocationer I have taken to reading through some of the other cases presented here and have seen many red flags in the way people accept and give advice.

First, homeopathy is not always harmless. The wrong remedy can suppress or change a case making it more complicated than it was before. Aggravations (stimulated by the right remedy) and provings (as a result of too much of the wrong remedy) can be severe and require follow-up.

Patience is often key to seeing where a remedy will go. Do not rush to change remedies or take allopathic medicines when responding to changes in symptoms. See where things go and consider the advice given to you. Be wary if someone tells you to take one remedy after another without taking time to assess the effects of the first one.

Never hurts to read up on the remedies being recommended to you. They most likely will not fit your picture perfectly as most remedies cover many symptoms but there should be some key symptoms that are covered that make you go, ah hah, yeah that's me.

There is a degree of trial and error to homeopathy. There are so many remedies to select from! And people are often more complicated than they first seem. A carefully selected remedy will minimize trial and error. Taking multiple remedies one after the other to try to find the 'right' one can greatly complicate things.

There's a lot of debate over combination remedies. That's kind of like trial and error in my mind. Maybe one of those remedies in that bunch of them will help but the others may hinder healing. Be wary of them.

If you simply say, I have eczema behind my ears, or that your child has colic, and someone comes back with a remedy without asking for any other information - be wary. Remedies should be selected based on a 'whole picture' of the case not just a couple of symptoms or a single diagnosis. We are individuals and generally there is no single remedy that takes care of the same symptom in everyone. There are emergency or first aid remedies that are used for specific acute symptoms sometimes but they are not always right either. Not everyone with a bee sting should take apis. Not everyone with poision ivy should take rhus tox. Not everyone with a sudden head cold should take aconite.

Be wary of language barriers. A foreigner who learns English in British schooling may not understand everything that an English speaker raised in America meant it to be understood. And vice versa. Make sure you are understood correctly, avoid slang if possible and be specific.

I am no homeopath. I am a user of homeopathy for many years. Some things I have learned the hard way - from experience, and others I have learned from research. I have rarely had access to a trained homeopath and I am sure others are in the same situation. This forum can be a treasure for us but should be used with care.
 
  homesteader on 2014-09-30
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Hi- this forum was set up originally
by the owner/moderator as a discussion
forum about homeopathy and anything
else people wanted to talk about as far
as healing.

It was never meant to be a clinic. It is one
only bc people volunteer their time to
help out.

It is up to the poster to click on peoples
names and see who they are talking to
and their experience levels if any. Due to cultural differences, many
people in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, call anyone who treats them
Doctor. Often this goes on for so many years, that even real Doctors
on other forums refer to people on here as an MD.

I have seen patients on here post a prescription for another person
right after they get a prescription and then called Doctor by the
person and then another person starts to call that patient Dr. and some
people want to play Doctor and they know basically nothing and give
some very harmful prescriptions. The owner/moderator thinks people
who are on the forum will self-police and and advise people that
they are not getting a 'safe' prescription etc. However, this does not
work too well, as people are busy and they don't read all the posts
everyday.I have spoken to the moderator about this and he added
the tiny line' Posts are not from Medical Professionals' that is all he is
willing to do.

If people do not have a homeopath in their area, they can always
work with one by skype, or phone, or online with sites like Just Ask-
a homeopath and get advice. I am sure many could do this, but they
choose not to, and some cannot afford it.
 
simone717 9 years ago
Thanks for the background, Simone. Interesting cultural use of 'doctor' I did not know about.

Do you know if the moderator has ever been asked to post a 'sticky' thread that stays at the top of the forum where the practitioners can post their guidelines? It could also be a place where they leave copies of the forms they use. Might save practitioners time and people seeking help could have some basic advice available to them beyond the standard disclaimer that is really there just to protect the owner/moderator.
 
homesteader 9 years ago
You could email him and ask-
Simon AT abchomeopathy.com

Posting guidelines is encouraging
a 'clinic' and is something he has told
me No before.
 
simone717 9 years ago
Thanks, Simone. I'm going to think about that.
 
homesteader 9 years ago

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