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I´ve been spitting blood in the morning for about 2-3 months. Its only in the morning after and my spit throughtout the day is normal. What homeopathic medecine can i take for this.

I found it. Manuka honey from Australia. I had no credit card. How was I to get that stuff to South Africa? I phoned around for a local solution and discovered the second remedy. A natural and available remedy for stomach ulsers. Available all over the world. Those Helicobacters where in for a hard time. The health shop attendant recommended Mastic Gum. The health shop owner had also suffered from stomach ulsers and Mastic Gum cured her. I took the advice of an old friend and began drinking a glass of apple cider vinegar (about one table spoon in a glass of water) every morning before eating anything and the same every evening. At night I took 6 mastic gum tablets (2000mg) with a glass of water before going to sleep.
Within a week of using Mastic Gum and apple cider vinegar I had no signs of any stomach ulser, I was finally cured.

I would really appreciate it if you supply references and websites, too. Thanl you!
Wow! You guys really came through on this question!

Unfortunately, there are a number of people that like to respond in the Alternative Medicine Section who are undying skeptics who express doubt in anything that isn’t accepted medical science in Allopathic Medicine (BTW – my family doctor, who is an Allopath, says the term is perfectly acceptable and appropriate). Their position is the other side of the coin.

Homeopathy is based on the idea that trace amounts of a substance that would cause the group of symptoms that one is trying to cure in a healthy person, will cure a person experiencing those symptoms. I’ve used techniques in bodywork that use the same principal. Identify what is happening, exaggerate it ever so slightly for a few moments, the brain gets feedback on what is happening, and the body begins to heal itself.

The National Institute of Health says that scientific studies have been contradictory – some showed beneficial results while others showed a lack of any benefit. It also states the a few cases of negative side effects were reported and investigated by the FDA, which concluded that the remedies were not likely to be the cause. NCCAM (part of the NIH) is conducting research.

As for Acupuncture, it follows the theory that health is based on the flow of Chi (similar to Ki, Qi, Prana, and on my website I just refer to it as energy) through the meridians. The meridians were developed/discovered by Chinese Physicians over a span of thousands of years. There are other techniques besides the needles, however the needles (which you don’t feel BTW) are the most studied aspect.

NIH research has shown acupuncture to be effective with (knee) pain, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and maintaining pregnancy (after In-Vitro Fertilization).

The Mayo Clinic reports that Acupuncture may be effective in treating a number of specific pain-related conditions (headaches, Fibromyalgia, etc) as well as Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.

The reality is that both are complex approaches to treating the body and may be effective for a variety of conditions. My articles are frequently long, but there’s no way to convey all the available information.

As for which is better, it depends on the person seeking treatment, the therapist (or doctor), and the condition. Personally, I am a believer in working with many types of therapists and physicians depending on the condition (I just referred a client to an Acupuncturist 2 days ago, we will likely both treat the leg pain and numbness together). Everyone has their specialty approach.

If you are experiencing a pain-related disorder, you may start with Acupuncture or massage (most pain comes from soft tissue, massage therapists, LMT, are soft-tissue specialists). If you have a broken bone, operable tumor, or an infection, an Allopathic Doctor (MD) is almost always your only sane and intelligent option. If bone movement is a concern, Osteopaths (DO) are a great option. If nerve impingement from a bone is the issue, a Chiropractor (DC) may be your best approach.

Each has their specialty, each has their philosophy. We don’t have enough information to say which is better for you right now with whatever you are dealing with.

EDIT – Actually, there is quite a bit of science involved. There are hundreds of studies confirming the benefits of various "Alternative" treatments. They don’t all lend themselves easily to scientific study – for example, a client comes in for a massage complaining of headaches. Allopathic Medicine (a term confirmed to be appropriate and in common useage by my own family doctor who has the MD title) is likely to prescribe some kind of painkiller and/or muscle relaxer. My approach will vary from a Craniosacral CV-4 hold on the Occiput (I’m assuming that since you’re talking science you can handle A&P), unwinding the mandible, a parietal lift hold, a temporal bone release, or unwinding the sacrum (note – these are all bones worked with Craniosacral Therapy – see http://www.apath2healing.com/Massage-Styles.html for information). I could also or instead work the muscular system – scalenes, trapezius, levator scapulae, suboccipitals, sternocleidomastoid, and splenious capitus are all known and published causes of headaches. The issue with scientific control is that I am dealing with a lot more variables, which have to be controlled in scientific studies.

As for Quackwatch, I actually have a license to practice and probably have more education than the author of that website. I know for certain that I’ve suffered from fewer lawsuits – rumor is he looses a half-dozen cases a year for libel and other issues (considering I stopped checking his site 12 years ago, that’s quite a bit) and lacks any license to practice.

Some stupid guys I just talked to said his clinic only uses Homeopathic products. Our product is a Naturopathic, and I didn’t know how to explain that the difference was menial, if any.

I could really use some insight on this… any help is welcome.

Homeopathy:
a. A Homeopath uses homeopathic medicine as the primary treatment for illness.
Homeopathy is a complete medicine – it can treat a wide variety of conditions from
nosebleeds, skin conditions, stiff neck muscles, digestive problems and chronic pain
to depression.
b. Homeopathic medicine is different from herbal medicines or mineral supplements.
Homeopathic medicines are made from very small quantities of plant, mineral or
animal substances.
c. Homeopathic medicines are non-toxic and safe for babies and during pregnancy.
d. Full treatment homeopathy looks for one medicine to treat all of the patients’
problems. If you have headaches, constipation, chronic sinusitis, joint pain,
depression and eczema, one homeopathic remedy will be prescribed to treat all of
these problems. The medicine can cost as little as $7 for 1 year of therapy.

Naturopathy:
a. A Naturopath has some knowledge about a lot of natural therapies. Many of the
therapies that a naturopath has a general understanding of (e.g. Western
Herbalism, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nutrition, Acupuncture and Homeopathy)
can also be studied exclusively as specialties for up to 4 years each. To become a
specialist in each of the therapies listed above would require 15-20 years of training
and an equal number of years in practical experience. Naturopaths generally focus
on Western herbalism or botanical medicine.
b. Naturopathic medicine depends on the therapy the naturopath chooses – most often
this includes herbal medicine, botanical medicine and supplements (vitamins,
minerals, enzymes …)
c. Herbal medicines, vitamins, minerals and enzymes are not always safe for children
or during pregnancy. Dosages and quantities need to be closely monitored by a
professional.
d. Western herbalism is similar to Western medicine – you get one or more medicines
for each problem you have. Western herbalism substitutes medicines listed above
for pharmaceutical drugs. For instance, if you have liver problems you may be
given Milk Thistle, if you have joint pain you might get Glucosamine Sulfate, if you
have headaches you may get White Willow Bark. With this approach costs escalate
with the number of health problems that need to be treated. Each bottle costs an
average of $20 per month.

I am 48 years male and sufferring from Solitary Rectal Ulcer. I have tried allopathy naturopathy since November last year. I would like to know whether homeopathy works in rectal ulcers alongwith precautions in food habits.

Homeopathy cures nothing.

I would like to consult Homeopathy Doctor for Sinus treatment, can any one suggest me good doctor there ?

The best Doctor is Dr.Rudresh, Aswini Clinic, Gandhi Bazar, Basavanagudi, Bangalore-560 004.
Gandhi Bazar is very close to Jayanagar. He is the BEST.

What would be the for homeopathy’s effectiveness on animals where the placebo effect cannot happen?
I meant to state What would be the explanation for homeopathy’s….

People do not claim – people do see and by careful observation of the disease stricken animals, they can say if the healing or improvement did take a place.
It is happening more than often, even in the lab tested animals..

If it does work, are all homepath doctors genuine? Do they have to pass any qualification?

Homeopathy is based on two principals, both of which are equally ridiculous in the face of what we now know in science, hell, they were ridiculous 200 years ago, and you can find a massive amount of scientific literature from the time criticizing it.

The first is the Law of Similars – Basically stating that the body will ‘not permit’ two illnesses with the same effects to exist at once, and therefore by inducing a very low level of a second illness with similar effects you can negate the first. This is blatantly not true. You are perfectly capable of having multiple kinds of cancers, different flu and cold viruses, even different bacterial infections – all of which produce similar responses – at the same time.

The second is the law of infinitesimals – stating that the lower in concentration the active substance in a treatment is, the more effective this is. Even when diluted to the point where there is none of the active substance, the water ‘remembers’ the properties.

This one gets more criticism as it runs afoul of nearly every rule we know about how the physical universe works, in just about every science. The whole of biology is based on molecules interacting with one another, yet this claims that no molecules other than water are necessary – extrapolated this means that everything from hormones, to cytokines to oxygen do not have to be present to work, because the water is ‘remembering’ it.

The concept of water chemistry was the subject of a great deal of controversy in the late 80s when a scientist claimed to be able to produce the effect in a placebo controlled setting. Nature published his article with a massive disclaimer, and subsequently had several people investigate his claim – it turned out that it was not blinded or placebo controlled at all, and that his idea of such was to not verbally tell the person receiving the treatment that one was a placebo and the other not – despite preparing the treatment within sight of the patient, and having the containers labelled. When the trial was placebo controlled, the perceived effect vanished immediately. This has been the case with MANY other homeopathy trials – basically the people running them have an extremely poor grasp of basic science, and no grasp at all of experimental design, and spew out mountains of badly designed, uncontrolled junk that is examined and tossed out on its face in light of errors that are frequently so large that a 1st year undergraduate wouldn’t make them.

From the concept of physical chemistry (basically, using the laws of thermodynamics to describe chemical action) the second ‘law’ amounts to creating energy to provoke a cellular response – energy that in biology comes from the binding of a ligand molecule to a receptor or other enzyme. The First Law of Thermodynamics is kind of important.

So basically it does not work. And while some may genuinely believe it to, many others continue to ignore the science and sell useless treatments. There are no qualifications of any sort, legal or otherwise. You can essentially open a lemonade stand and sell homeopathic lemonade.

I hear natural remedies being referred to as homeopathic, but I remember hearing something a while indicating this is not necessarily so. Could someone clear up exactly what makes a medicine ‘homeopathic’?

Homeopathy is a specific branch of natural medicine. Some people mistakingly refer to it in a manner that takes in herbalism, naturopathy, and other non-invasive supplement based traditional health care methods.

The best I can do is send you to a great description online. Dr. Cindee says what it is much better than I ever could.

http://www.cindeegardner.com/abouthom.htm

A doctor says it is not good to have acupuncture while receiving homeopathy. Is this true?

Neurology research at Harvard Medical school using high tech equipment have measured changes in DNA and the immune system as well as changes in the brain with acupuncture. Does not sound like a useless placebo does it? There should be problem with using both. DOMs use herbals along with the needles

### …not a jot.." better get in touch with Harvard research dudes and straighten them out oh wise one

edit: oops! not DNA but changes in gene expression, and molecular changes in nervous and immune expression, I have a good memory, it is just short. The link is:

http://nccam.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010february

add: last part of link is 2010february. you will have to type into browser, too long to fit here. if it does not connect go to nccam site and locate the February newsletter

edit: as usual those of the pseudo ilk ignore research done in the past year or two and cling to the dogma

edit2: and R# you easily ignored the effect on gene expression and molecular changes in the immune and nervous systems. Typical. There was no claim about any specific disease made. This is early research by professionals. Enough to silence the "bunk" "woo woo" garbage if you are open to new information.
At least you checked the link!!
Argue with the Neurologists who published their work, not me.

One of my close friend is affected by Sinusitis, ulcer & Piles. She tried several medicines in Alopathy. No improvement .where she can get the permanent solution for this treatment? Siddha? or Ayurvedic? Homeopathy?

You have to find the real reasons for illhelth. Symptomatic treatment doesnt help. Ayurveda is good in the long run. Go to Kottakkal Arya Vydya Sala in Malappuram district of Kerala (India). Get down at Cochi international air port in Kerala and go to Kotakkal.
I think illhelth may be due to bad food habits. There can be food allergy which leads to clogged nose and respiratory system. So do an allergic test (Sub dermal on skin )