‘Homoeopathy is unscientific'

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Practitioners of homoeopathy rely on outdated methods like reading
pulse and gauging body symptoms
Mushrooming homoeopathy clinics and their crowded premises reflect the
increasing popularity of homoeopathy as an alternative medical
system.While some people swear by the effectiveness of homoeopathy,
main stream doctors perceive it to be an 'unscientific' medical
system.
The modern medicine, also know as 'Allopathy,' is an evidence based
system andit relies on documentation and scientific verification where
as homoeopathy is not an evidence based system, Indian Medical
Association honorary secretary Hari Babu said.
"Practitioners of homoeopathy rely on outdated methods like reading
pulse and gauging body symptoms, to diagnose the problems. Also there
is no evidence that the medicine they give is the only reason for the
cure," he said.
Placebo effect
Claiming that the homoeopathy as a system relies on placebo effect,
Dr. Babu said that 80 per cent of the ailments treated by homoeopathy
are cured bymere psychological effects. "Many babas and roadside herb
vendors claim that their medicine can cure various aliments. Without
documentation it is difficult to accept claims like these," Dr. Babu
said.
The other problem that Dr. Babu points out is the lack of uniformity
in the practice of homoeopathy.
Each homoeopathy practitioner prescribes a different medicine for an
ailment, while the drugs prescribed by any allopathy doctor would be
similar for a given ailment and this gives verifiable and consistent
results, he said. "Almost 90 per cent ofgraduates coming out of
homoeopathy colleges resort to practicing allopathy. They prescribe
the modern medicine and leave their own system," he said.
"Patients usually try different homoeopathy doctors and they finally
fallback upon western medicine for lasting relief when those efforts
fail.
Because of the secrecy involved and lack of supporting
documentation,we cannot accept homoeopathy as a valid system," he
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