Homeopathic nutritionist?
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Plutodreams wrote: »This is exactly why I don't even come on this site anymore.
Can I just say, after reading some of this thread, that this is EXACTLY why I will continue to enjoy this site. I love the fact that fake medicine gets called out here as soon as it shows up. Same for all the other healthcare BS out there. I'm glad that science takes precedent here.
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grmckenzie wrote: »Plutodreams wrote: »This is exactly why I don't even come on this site anymore.
Can I just say, after reading some of this thread, that this is EXACTLY why I will continue to enjoy this site. I love the fact that fake medicine gets called out here as soon as it shows up. Same for all the other healthcare BS out there. I'm glad that science takes precedent here.
As it should be. A lot of what stands in the way of successful weight loss for many people is pseudeo-science, after all, and it's all in the name of selling quick-fixes and diet books. The diet industry and diet sections of book stores are full of half-brained woo without any real basis and I am forever grateful for all I've learned from those on this site who knew the real science and cleared all that noise out of my head.8 -
VintageFeline wrote: »This has just reminded me, an FB friend has recently got heavily into essential oils. Fair enough, she uses them for relaxation/sleep aid etc. However, she was flogging this event (she's also a rep, MLM fun) where you could be assessed by one of these machines to tell you what essential oils you should be using. I bit my tongue but was thinking the whole time what a lot of nonsense. And she's an intelligent human being, former primary school teacher. Just goes to show how easily sucked in we as humans can be.
I have actually had some success with certain essential oils. Lavender really helps me relax. Add a few drops (since the ones I buy are really concentrated) in a bath, and afterwards I fall asleep easily. I have also had luck with peppermint oil for headaches. I dab a bit on where the headache is and it decreases the pain almost instantly. It really helps my migraines and helps to relieve the pain until medication kicks in.
A machine to tell you which to use??? Yeah that's nonsense.
I use Frankincense oil as a perfume, just roll a little on to my wrists, I picked up a big bottle in Egypt but I'm always on the lookout for more as it won't last forever, but whenever I try and look it up I'm told it'll cure/prevent cancer, boost my immune system and probably buy me a yacht.
Not sure where you live, but you may want to check occult/pagan/Wicca stores. They typically have pure essential oils. That's where I get mine.
Thanks I never thought of that, I'm in London so I'm sure there are plenty around!
You might try natural cosmetic companies also.
I occasionally buy skin care products from a very small company in Arizona called Garden of Wisdom (also the name of the website), and they sell many of the ingredients that go into the products they make - including essential oils. I checked. They do sell Frankincense oil and they ship internationally, though I don't know if their shipping rates are reasonable.2 -
VintageFeline wrote: »This has just reminded me, an FB friend has recently got heavily into essential oils. Fair enough, she uses them for relaxation/sleep aid etc. However, she was flogging this event (she's also a rep, MLM fun) where you could be assessed by one of these machines to tell you what essential oils you should be using. I bit my tongue but was thinking the whole time what a lot of nonsense. And she's an intelligent human being, former primary school teacher. Just goes to show how easily sucked in we as humans can be.
I have actually had some success with certain essential oils. Lavender really helps me relax. Add a few drops (since the ones I buy are really concentrated) in a bath, and afterwards I fall asleep easily. I have also had luck with peppermint oil for headaches. I dab a bit on where the headache is and it decreases the pain almost instantly. It really helps my migraines and helps to relieve the pain until medication kicks in.
A machine to tell you which to use??? Yeah that's nonsense.
I use Frankincense oil as a perfume, just roll a little on to my wrists, I picked up a big bottle in Egypt but I'm always on the lookout for more as it won't last forever, but whenever I try and look it up I'm told it'll cure/prevent cancer, boost my immune system and probably buy me a yacht.
Not sure where you live, but you may want to check occult/pagan/Wicca stores. They typically have pure essential oils. That's where I get mine.
Thanks I never thought of that, I'm in London so I'm sure there are plenty around!
You might try natural cosmetic companies also.
I occasionally buy skin care products from a very small company in Arizona called Garden of Wisdom (also the name of the website), and they sell many of the ingredients that go into the products they make - including essential oils. I checked. They do sell Frankincense oil and they ship internationally, though I don't know if their shipping rates are reasonable.
Most cosmetic shops sell very very very diluted oils and charge way too much for a product that may only contain 25% of the actual oil.0 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »As a paediatric oncologist who treats dying children on a daily basis I would be interested in any actual evidence that homeopathy/shamanism/voodoo/the ground up testicle of a squirrel born on the second Sunday of a leap year work.
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Omg I can't stop laughing after reading the last "treatment".
Funny story about voodoo. About a year ago I responded to a call (medic) for chest pain. When we got there, the patient told us she is having pain because her ex mother in law (who is in a different country) has been putting curses on her and making her sick. My partner and I just looked at each other like "huh?". She demanded we take her to the "religious" hospital in the city so they can remove the curse. When we told her that there is no religious hospital that we know of, she goes "fine take me to the voodoo hospital". My partner had to leave the room because he just started laughing. We brought her to the closest ER where they triaged her to the psych ER.
ROFL real The Serpent and The Rainbow stuff there. Funny how you can't curse a non-believer.
Best part was, as we were walking back to the ambulance after dropping her off, the current boyfriend started screaming at us. He goes "you did something wrong!! You had to have said something wrong!! Now they think she is crazy and asking her questions about her mental state." And continued screaming about how her predicament is our fault. We just got in the vehicle without saying anything and left.
Of course it's your fault, people with an external loci of control never understand how they contribute to their own issues lol.
Lol. I wish I could say that was the strangest call I've responded to, but that would be a lie.
We had one a few months ago that came in as a chest pain. We get upstairs and there is this college aged guy running the flat surface of a tiny Buddha statue on his chest, and it's red from where he was rubbing. My partner and I look at each knowing this is going to be one of those calls lol. I'm better than my partner at not laughing in people's faces so I ask why he called. He goes "my heart is getting bigger and my chest hurts". So we ask how does he know it's getting bigger and he points to the redness and goes "because my skin is getting red and I've been using the statue but just seems to be getting worse." Yeah, no kidding lol. It took a while for us to convince him that no, he is not the grinch, his heart isn't growing and he stopped rubbing the area the redness would go away.
I'm sure there are some really interesting stories involving things that can't be said on a family forum lol!1 -
VintageFeline wrote: »This has just reminded me, an FB friend has recently got heavily into essential oils. Fair enough, she uses them for relaxation/sleep aid etc. However, she was flogging this event (she's also a rep, MLM fun) where you could be assessed by one of these machines to tell you what essential oils you should be using. I bit my tongue but was thinking the whole time what a lot of nonsense. And she's an intelligent human being, former primary school teacher. Just goes to show how easily sucked in we as humans can be.
I have actually had some success with certain essential oils. Lavender really helps me relax. Add a few drops (since the ones I buy are really concentrated) in a bath, and afterwards I fall asleep easily. I have also had luck with peppermint oil for headaches. I dab a bit on where the headache is and it decreases the pain almost instantly. It really helps my migraines and helps to relieve the pain until medication kicks in.
A machine to tell you which to use??? Yeah that's nonsense.
I use Frankincense oil as a perfume, just roll a little on to my wrists, I picked up a big bottle in Egypt but I'm always on the lookout for more as it won't last forever, but whenever I try and look it up I'm told it'll cure/prevent cancer, boost my immune system and probably buy me a yacht.
Not sure where you live, but you may want to check occult/pagan/Wicca stores. They typically have pure essential oils. That's where I get mine.
Thanks I never thought of that, I'm in London so I'm sure there are plenty around!
You might try natural cosmetic companies also.
I occasionally buy skin care products from a very small company in Arizona called Garden of Wisdom (also the name of the website), and they sell many of the ingredients that go into the products they make - including essential oils. I checked. They do sell Frankincense oil and they ship internationally, though I don't know if their shipping rates are reasonable.
I go to a candle and soap making soap shop for my essential oils. They have far better concentrations than most health stores but you are going to pay for it. Sandalwood oil something like 80%, and very expensive. I had to use olive oil to dilute the Tabaco oil because it was like pitch but very good for my homemade aftershave experiments.2 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »As a paediatric oncologist who treats dying children on a daily basis I would be interested in any actual evidence that homeopathy/shamanism/voodoo/the ground up testicle of a squirrel born on the second Sunday of a leap year work.
.
Omg I can't stop laughing after reading the last "treatment".
Funny story about voodoo. About a year ago I responded to a call (medic) for chest pain. When we got there, the patient told us she is having pain because her ex mother in law (who is in a different country) has been putting curses on her and making her sick. My partner and I just looked at each other like "huh?". She demanded we take her to the "religious" hospital in the city so they can remove the curse. When we told her that there is no religious hospital that we know of, she goes "fine take me to the voodoo hospital". My partner had to leave the room because he just started laughing. We brought her to the closest ER where they triaged her to the psych ER.
ROFL real The Serpent and The Rainbow stuff there. Funny how you can't curse a non-believer.
Best part was, as we were walking back to the ambulance after dropping her off, the current boyfriend started screaming at us. He goes "you did something wrong!! You had to have said something wrong!! Now they think she is crazy and asking her questions about her mental state." And continued screaming about how her predicament is our fault. We just got in the vehicle without saying anything and left.
Of course it's your fault, people with an external loci of control never understand how they contribute to their own issues lol.
Lol. I wish I could say that was the strangest call I've responded to, but that would be a lie.
We had one a few months ago that came in as a chest pain. We get upstairs and there is this college aged guy running the flat surface of a tiny Buddha statue on his chest, and it's red from where he was rubbing. My partner and I look at each knowing this is going to be one of those calls lol. I'm better than my partner at not laughing in people's faces so I ask why he called. He goes "my heart is getting bigger and my chest hurts". So we ask how does he know it's getting bigger and he points to the redness and goes "because my skin is getting red and I've been using the statue but just seems to be getting worse." Yeah, no kidding lol. It took a while for us to convince him that no, he is not the grinch, his heart isn't growing and he stopped rubbing the area the redness would go away.
I'm sure there are some really interesting stories involving things that can't be said on a family forum lol!
Oh you have no idea lol. Just when I think I have seen everything, I get an even stranger/weird call. Sometimes it can be really hard not to burst into laughing when someone tells you why they called. I've gotten calls where while we are walking in, PD is walking out laughing their butts off which you know is going to interesting lol.1 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »As a paediatric oncologist who treats dying children on a daily basis I would be interested in any actual evidence that homeopathy/shamanism/voodoo/the ground up testicle of a squirrel born on the second Sunday of a leap year work.
.
Omg I can't stop laughing after reading the last "treatment".
Funny story about voodoo. About a year ago I responded to a call (medic) for chest pain. When we got there, the patient told us she is having pain because her ex mother in law (who is in a different country) has been putting curses on her and making her sick. My partner and I just looked at each other like "huh?". She demanded we take her to the "religious" hospital in the city so they can remove the curse. When we told her that there is no religious hospital that we know of, she goes "fine take me to the voodoo hospital". My partner had to leave the room because he just started laughing. We brought her to the closest ER where they triaged her to the psych ER.
ROFL real The Serpent and The Rainbow stuff there. Funny how you can't curse a non-believer.
Best part was, as we were walking back to the ambulance after dropping her off, the current boyfriend started screaming at us. He goes "you did something wrong!! You had to have said something wrong!! Now they think she is crazy and asking her questions about her mental state." And continued screaming about how her predicament is our fault. We just got in the vehicle without saying anything and left.
Of course it's your fault, people with an external loci of control never understand how they contribute to their own issues lol.
Lol. I wish I could say that was the strangest call I've responded to, but that would be a lie.
We had one a few months ago that came in as a chest pain. We get upstairs and there is this college aged guy running the flat surface of a tiny Buddha statue on his chest, and it's red from where he was rubbing. My partner and I look at each knowing this is going to be one of those calls lol. I'm better than my partner at not laughing in people's faces so I ask why he called. He goes "my heart is getting bigger and my chest hurts". So we ask how does he know it's getting bigger and he points to the redness and goes "because my skin is getting red and I've been using the statue but just seems to be getting worse." Yeah, no kidding lol. It took a while for us to convince him that no, he is not the grinch, his heart isn't growing and he stopped rubbing the area the redness would go away.
I'm sure there are some really interesting stories involving things that can't be said on a family forum lol!
Oh you have no idea lol. Just when I think I have seen everything, I get an even stranger/weird call. Sometimes it can be really hard not to burst into laughing when someone tells you why they called. I've gotten calls where while we are walking in, PD is walking out laughing their butts off which you know is going to interesting lol.
Oh, my daughter was a paramedic for awhile so I think I can imagine!0 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »As a paediatric oncologist who treats dying children on a daily basis I would be interested in any actual evidence that homeopathy/shamanism/voodoo/the ground up testicle of a squirrel born on the second Sunday of a leap year work.
.
Omg I can't stop laughing after reading the last "treatment".
Funny story about voodoo. About a year ago I responded to a call (medic) for chest pain. When we got there, the patient told us she is having pain because her ex mother in law (who is in a different country) has been putting curses on her and making her sick. My partner and I just looked at each other like "huh?". She demanded we take her to the "religious" hospital in the city so they can remove the curse. When we told her that there is no religious hospital that we know of, she goes "fine take me to the voodoo hospital". My partner had to leave the room because he just started laughing. We brought her to the closest ER where they triaged her to the psych ER.
ROFL real The Serpent and The Rainbow stuff there. Funny how you can't curse a non-believer.
Best part was, as we were walking back to the ambulance after dropping her off, the current boyfriend started screaming at us. He goes "you did something wrong!! You had to have said something wrong!! Now they think she is crazy and asking her questions about her mental state." And continued screaming about how her predicament is our fault. We just got in the vehicle without saying anything and left.
Of course it's your fault, people with an external loci of control never understand how they contribute to their own issues lol.
Lol. I wish I could say that was the strangest call I've responded to, but that would be a lie.
We had one a few months ago that came in as a chest pain. We get upstairs and there is this college aged guy running the flat surface of a tiny Buddha statue on his chest, and it's red from where he was rubbing. My partner and I look at each knowing this is going to be one of those calls lol. I'm better than my partner at not laughing in people's faces so I ask why he called. He goes "my heart is getting bigger and my chest hurts". So we ask how does he know it's getting bigger and he points to the redness and goes "because my skin is getting red and I've been using the statue but just seems to be getting worse." Yeah, no kidding lol. It took a while for us to convince him that no, he is not the grinch, his heart isn't growing and he stopped rubbing the area the redness would go away.
I'm sure there are some really interesting stories involving things that can't be said on a family forum lol!
Oh you have no idea lol. Just when I think I have seen everything, I get an even stranger/weird call. Sometimes it can be really hard not to burst into laughing when someone tells you why they called. I've gotten calls where while we are walking in, PD is walking out laughing their butts off which you know is going to interesting lol.
Oh, my daughter was a paramedic for awhile so I think I can imagine!
Lol it certainly makes the shift more entertaining when you get a strange call. It's a nice break from the norm.2 -
VintageFeline wrote: »This has just reminded me, an FB friend has recently got heavily into essential oils. Fair enough, she uses them for relaxation/sleep aid etc. However, she was flogging this event (she's also a rep, MLM fun) where you could be assessed by one of these machines to tell you what essential oils you should be using. I bit my tongue but was thinking the whole time what a lot of nonsense. And she's an intelligent human being, former primary school teacher. Just goes to show how easily sucked in we as humans can be.
I have actually had some success with certain essential oils. Lavender really helps me relax. Add a few drops (since the ones I buy are really concentrated) in a bath, and afterwards I fall asleep easily. I have also had luck with peppermint oil for headaches. I dab a bit on where the headache is and it decreases the pain almost instantly. It really helps my migraines and helps to relieve the pain until medication kicks in.
A machine to tell you which to use??? Yeah that's nonsense.
I use Frankincense oil as a perfume, just roll a little on to my wrists, I picked up a big bottle in Egypt but I'm always on the lookout for more as it won't last forever, but whenever I try and look it up I'm told it'll cure/prevent cancer, boost my immune system and probably buy me a yacht.
Not sure where you live, but you may want to check occult/pagan/Wicca stores. They typically have pure essential oils. That's where I get mine.
Thanks I never thought of that, I'm in London so I'm sure there are plenty around!
You might try natural cosmetic companies also.
I occasionally buy skin care products from a very small company in Arizona called Garden of Wisdom (also the name of the website), and they sell many of the ingredients that go into the products they make - including essential oils. I checked. They do sell Frankincense oil and they ship internationally, though I don't know if their shipping rates are reasonable.
The rates are reasonable, but it takes forever for the three guys on camels to deliver the stuff.9 -
In one of my temp jobs at uni involved auditing a busy London A&E department, so sitting around in the department for only a few hours I heard the most amazing/funny/embarassing things. I don't know how the receptionist copes with that on a daily basis. especially as my natural reaction to most of them was 'why on earth did you think that was a good idea'0
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I've seen such a homeopath and it's done wonders for my life. I didn't see just any old homeopath. I did some research, talked to a few of their patients (people I already knew) and then decided to have EDS done. The person I saw was very experienced and doesn't provide supplements unnecessarily. Also, having lived in Germany and seeing some of their remedies, I like homeopathy.0
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In one of my temp jobs at uni involved auditing a busy London A&E department, so sitting around in the department for only a few hours I heard the most amazing/funny/embarassing things. I don't know how the receptionist copes with that on a daily basis. especially as my natural reaction to most of them was 'why on earth did you think that was a good idea'
Oh im convinced that people that live in the area I work are in competition with each other to win a Darwin Award.2 -
VintageFeline wrote: »This has just reminded me, an FB friend has recently got heavily into essential oils. Fair enough, she uses them for relaxation/sleep aid etc. However, she was flogging this event (she's also a rep, MLM fun) where you could be assessed by one of these machines to tell you what essential oils you should be using. I bit my tongue but was thinking the whole time what a lot of nonsense. And she's an intelligent human being, former primary school teacher. Just goes to show how easily sucked in we as humans can be.
I have actually had some success with certain essential oils. Lavender really helps me relax. Add a few drops (since the ones I buy are really concentrated) in a bath, and afterwards I fall asleep easily. I have also had luck with peppermint oil for headaches. I dab a bit on where the headache is and it decreases the pain almost instantly. It really helps my migraines and helps to relieve the pain until medication kicks in.
A machine to tell you which to use??? Yeah that's nonsense.
I use Frankincense oil as a perfume, just roll a little on to my wrists, I picked up a big bottle in Egypt but I'm always on the lookout for more as it won't last forever, but whenever I try and look it up I'm told it'll cure/prevent cancer, boost my immune system and probably buy me a yacht.
Not sure where you live, but you may want to check occult/pagan/Wicca stores. They typically have pure essential oils. That's where I get mine.
Thanks I never thought of that, I'm in London so I'm sure there are plenty around!
You might try natural cosmetic companies also.
I occasionally buy skin care products from a very small company in Arizona called Garden of Wisdom (also the name of the website), and they sell many of the ingredients that go into the products they make - including essential oils. I checked. They do sell Frankincense oil and they ship internationally, though I don't know if their shipping rates are reasonable.
The rates are reasonable, but it takes forever for the three guys on camels to deliver the stuff.
Multi-buy discount when ordered with Gold and Myrrh......3 -
I've seen such a homeopath and it's done wonders for my life. I didn't see just any old homeopath. I did some research, talked to a few of their patients (people I already knew) and then decided to have EDS done. The person I saw was very experienced and doesn't provide supplements unnecessarily. Also, having lived in Germany and seeing some of their remedies, I like homeopathy.
What is an EDS?0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »This has just reminded me, an FB friend has recently got heavily into essential oils. Fair enough, she uses them for relaxation/sleep aid etc. However, she was flogging this event (she's also a rep, MLM fun) where you could be assessed by one of these machines to tell you what essential oils you should be using. I bit my tongue but was thinking the whole time what a lot of nonsense. And she's an intelligent human being, former primary school teacher. Just goes to show how easily sucked in we as humans can be.
I have actually had some success with certain essential oils. Lavender really helps me relax. Add a few drops (since the ones I buy are really concentrated) in a bath, and afterwards I fall asleep easily. I have also had luck with peppermint oil for headaches. I dab a bit on where the headache is and it decreases the pain almost instantly. It really helps my migraines and helps to relieve the pain until medication kicks in.
A machine to tell you which to use??? Yeah that's nonsense.
I use Frankincense oil as a perfume, just roll a little on to my wrists, I picked up a big bottle in Egypt but I'm always on the lookout for more as it won't last forever, but whenever I try and look it up I'm told it'll cure/prevent cancer, boost my immune system and probably buy me a yacht.
Not sure where you live, but you may want to check occult/pagan/Wicca stores. They typically have pure essential oils. That's where I get mine.
Thanks I never thought of that, I'm in London so I'm sure there are plenty around!
You might try natural cosmetic companies also.
I occasionally buy skin care products from a very small company in Arizona called Garden of Wisdom (also the name of the website), and they sell many of the ingredients that go into the products they make - including essential oils. I checked. They do sell Frankincense oil and they ship internationally, though I don't know if their shipping rates are reasonable.
Most cosmetic shops sell very very very diluted oils and charge way too much for a product that may only contain 25% of the actual oil.
This place sells both (but their prices are decent). They sell diluted oils and oil blends as products they make for the typical end user.
They also sell the original concentrated oils as supplies for people who want to make their own products (under 'raw ingredients'), along with acids, clays, preservatives, surfactants, you get the idea.0 -
I've seen such a homeopath and it's done wonders for my life. I didn't see just any old homeopath. I did some research, talked to a few of their patients (people I already knew) and then decided to have EDS done. The person I saw was very experienced and doesn't provide supplements unnecessarily. Also, having lived in Germany and seeing some of their remedies, I like homeopathy.
What is an EDS?
Probably electrodermal screening, the process being described in the OP with the little pen-like object.
http://www.backtonaturewellnesscenter.com/services/electrodermal-screening/1 -
I've seen such a homeopath and it's done wonders for my life. I didn't see just any old homeopath. I did some research, talked to a few of their patients (people I already knew) and then decided to have EDS done. The person I saw was very experienced and doesn't provide supplements unnecessarily. Also, having lived in Germany and seeing some of their remedies, I like homeopathy.
Strong first post.10 -
I've seen such a homeopath and it's done wonders for my life. I didn't see just any old homeopath. I did some research, talked to a few of their patients (people I already knew) and then decided to have EDS done. The person I saw was very experienced and doesn't provide supplements unnecessarily. Also, having lived in Germany and seeing some of their remedies, I like homeopathy.
Strong first post.
I was wondering if they'd joined just to say that
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I've seen such a homeopath and it's done wonders for my life. I didn't see just any old homeopath. I did some research, talked to a few of their patients (people I already knew) and then decided to have EDS done. The person I saw was very experienced and doesn't provide supplements unnecessarily. Also, having lived in Germany and seeing some of their remedies, I like homeopathy.
Strong first post.
I was wondering if they'd joined just to say that
Created a new account at 8:23am and then replied to this thread at 8:27am. Hmmm.7
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