noun [ mass noun ]
the treatment of disease by conventional means, i.e. with drugs having effects opposite to the symptoms. Often contrasted with homeopathy.
I called my insurance company today to cancel my health insurance. The woman on the line was very receptive and I jokingly admitted that I saw no sense in insuring myself when all the treatment I could expect would be of allopathic nature i.e. treat the symptoms not the cause.
While the conversation was rather hilarious it shed a light on the seriousness and sinister side of things: Can you insure yourself against stupity? I mean accidents happen and I'd like to get only the basic care and that's fine. However I wouldn't ever accept chemotherapy simply because it doesn't (again) address the cancer stem cells.
To be fair I, or we actually forgot that the insurance company does reimburse homeopathy:
You will be reimbursed for a homeopathic medicine if:
- the medicine is registered according to the Dutch Medicines Act (this can be seen from the registration number (RVH) on the packaging)
- the medicine is made by a manufacturer who has a permit for this
- a doctor prescribes the medicine and a pharmacy or a dispensing general practitioner delivers the medicine
You will receive a homeopathic medicine (magistral preparation) made especially for you if:
- a doctor prescribes the medicine, and
- a pharmacy or a dispensing general practitioner delivers the medicine
You will be reimbursed for an anthroposophic medicine if:
- the brand WALA or Weleda is and you have purchased the medicine in the Netherlands
- a doctor prescribes the medicine
- a pharmacy or a dispensing general practitioner delivers the medicine
What do you not get reimbursed?
You will not receive compensation for:
- self-care products
- dietary supplements (products consisting only of vitamins, minerals or bioactive substances)
- phytotherapeutic medicines (products based on plant products)
- group treatments or group meetings
- (online) training
- weight loss treatments (such as Bio HCG)
- weight loss meetings (such as Weight Watchers)
- laser treatments for, for example, quitting smoking
- neurofeedback therapy (even if the practitioner is affiliated with a recognized professional association)
Now from my own experience I know that sometimes your immune system needs to be reminded that the symptoms you are having are cause by disease. And when even the Lancet proved homeopathy actually works in a double blind placebo controlled trial then what are we waiting for?
Here’s stunning proof that homeopathy is effective, published in the prestigious and oldest medical journal: The Lancet. Since randomized, cross-over, placebo controlled trials show that homeopathy does actually work, there must be something wrong with the randomized, cross-over, placebo controlled trials, said the editor of The Lancet!
Allthough I could not find the article in question please let me know if you find it!
If you look for other evidence be prepared to read a lot of FUD and lies.
Homeopathic research is still in its infancy. The body of evidence that exists shows that much more investigation is required – 44% of all the randomised controlled trials carried out have been positive, 5% negative and 47% inconclusive. Unfortunately, homeopathy does not attract large amounts of funding.
Randomised controlled trial of homoeopathy versus placebo in perennial allergic rhinitis with overview of four trial seriesCommentary: Larger trials are needed
That being said key to succes is good nutrition! If you can't fight the disease because your too weak or you lack essential nutrients than homepathy probably would help you much (my opinion).
The Wahls protocol, a diet originally designed for people with Multiple Sclerosis, has had huge benefits for me eventhough I don't suffer from MS. If you read this book with plenty of evidence and anecdotes, you'll soon feel much better just by reading it. Allthough it will make your head spin as well.
But not only that, it's increasingly evident that sticking to our genetic roots will make more better than any drug could ever achieve.
With EOS coming along soon (testnet ready) I wondered if we could have cheaper clinical trials, double blind placebo controlled studies to prove herbs, nutruition and even electro-therapy like PEMF works.
Years ago I had already devised a plan to create a iOS app, using Health Kit an Research Kit to monitor the improvement of the wellbeing of patients suffering from Mutliple Scleroris. Simply because it's easy to measure movement!
Of course we could start with medical insurance on the blockchain already. I'm not affraid to tell my government to mind it's own business and I will mind mine, thank you very much. While the discussion of government is another topic which you can find a few months ago on my blog, I still think we can do much better by doing it ourselves.
See you can have a savings account which can act as an insurance too. Having good controls and information on the real value of care by having blockchains for clinical trials will quickly make current central, government sollutions obsolete.
Please share your insights, questions and comments. I started out by writing about a funny incident and didn't mean to go into this tough subject very deep. Steem is unfortunately still not good enough to reach a big enough rewarding audience.
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