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Mar 1Liked by The Sideways Thinker

My husband found a naturopath recently who has given him some homeopathic drops that seem to be helping his respiratory problems (traditional doctors always seem to eventually exacerbate them). I went with my husband to the initial consultation and was impressed with the young man’s manner and confidence in his training and practice.

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I honestly was not convinced that homeopathy would work, but got my eye wiped!

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Mar 1Liked by The Sideways Thinker

Homeopathy intrigues me in the same was as 'Chinese medicine', since from the point of view of mechanism it 'should not work', and yet... I think sometimes that the art of healing (which is not 'medicine' as this word is now used) was cleaved into two, the mechanical and the spiritual, and that both forms of healing frequently work and frequently rest upon nonsense. And there might be a lesson here if only we were willing to find it.

PS: I love that photo of the Manchester canals from the droughts a few years ago, if that's what it is. It could be a Liverpool canal, I suppose - but either way, it brought back memories to me that have meanings I alas don't have time to explore. Thank you for sharing this!

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Homeopathy is more about physics than chemistry as I understand it. They were just about to finalise some findings on this when the funding was withdrawn! What a corrupt world we live in where human health is fodder for money making. Yes, there is at least one Manchester picture there! Well spotted Chris!

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