True and False

1. Homeopathy is a placebo.
FALSE: Skeptics feel that there is not enough active ingredient in a remedy to be effective and thus attribute any healing to the placebo effect. However, clinical studies have shown homeopathy to be statistically more effective than a placebo.

2. You must never give your homeopathic prescription to someone else
TRUE: The principles behind homeopathy render it an individualized medicine. Our experiences of sensation, location, etiology, etc. of “disease” processes differs from person to person. The choice of remedy takes each personal experience into account and can thus differ from one person to another for the same illness.

3. You have to believe in homeopathy for it to work
FALSE: Evidence disputing this claim is observed in the healing effects seen in animals, plants and babies. These “beings” are unaware of what they are taking and therefore cannot be said to be subject to this “belief”.

4. Homeopathy is completely safe
TRUE and FALSE: Thanks to the extreme dilution used in the preparation of remedies, homeopathy does not cause side effects. Therefore, it is safe and very useful during pregnancy, during breastfeeding, for babies and the elderly. However, in chronic/complex cases, one should always consult a professional homeopath as an untrained individual could complicate the situation. This is also true in self-treatment when the medicine does not seem to be working. Often the dosage is too low, or the remedy is wrong. Therefore, it is best to consult a homeopath who will be able to correct the prescription.

5. The British Royal Family have used and endorsed homeopathy for three generations.
TRUE: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, is the Royal Patron of the British Homeopathic Association. Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, is said to never travel without her personal homeopathic first-aid kit by her side. Her son, Prince Charles also uses the medicine. In addition to the royal family there are many other well known people who have used homeopathy. Three American presidents, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur and Warren Harding, John D. Rockfeller (who lived 99 years), Henry W. Longfellow, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mahatma Gandhi, Mark Twain, Samuel Morse, Sir Yehudi Mehuhin, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Mother Teresa, O. J. Simpson, Angela Lansbury, Tina Turner, just to name a few. A number of popes have also used the medicine successfully, including Pius X and the current pope, John Paul II.

Insurance 

Some Extended Health Care packages cover homeopathic treatment (see below). Please check with your employer for details on your coverage. If your employer does not currently cover homeopathic treatment please inform them that you would like to see homeopathic treatments covered by your insurance plan. Attached is a sample letter that you can send. Homeopathic treatment is one of the most cost effective medical treatments available.

Sample Letter