> Give a woman an abx for her UTI and you're dealing with the
> physical, give her, oh I don't know, cranberry instead and what
> changes? Give her a potentized remedy, homeopathic to the case
> and then what are you treating? Can we say with any degree of
> authority that there is a difference? What we can observe is
> that there seems to be a subtle and sometimes not so subtle
> difference in the outcome. But why is it different? Are you
> going to answer with, "Becuase it's natural!"?



Yes, they are both affecting the mind/body/spirit unity. But, and a big but,
one of them is consciously working WITH the laws of nature, the vis, to promote
healing, and the other is intervening in the process of nature to stop the
symptoms and presumably then give a window for healing to take place at some
future time. They are NOT mutually exclusive but I have to say that there is a
difference. BECAUSE homeopathy or acupuncture or hydrotherapy attempts to
rebalance the mind/body/spirit entity it acts in an indirect but stimulating
fashion to bring about healing. It is indirect to the "bug" or the "icd-9" code
but direct on the bodies own healing forces and therefore aids the body's
healing reaction to become succesful and not prolonged or chronic. It is
stimulating because it allows the vis to work more efficiently and effectively
to bring about healing. An Antibiotic or surgery act in a direct but
non-stimulating or even suppressive way to bring about an affect on the symptom
of the healing crisis and therefore will require more work in the future to
accomplish the task it was setting out to accomplish in the present
reaction/illness/healing crisis. It goes without saying in my mind that both
have their place in the medical world and in the patient's health care choices.

Luke, NCNM