difference between homeopathic and conventional medicine?

Question

hi could you please give me a short summary of the differences between conventional and homeopathic medicine

Thanks

Answer 1

conventional medication is based on fighting symptoms, many side effects, forcing sort of a cure no matter what the consequences are, but also fast and very good at times

homeopathic meds will heal or won't do anything at all, no side effects, the body/mind will be activated to start the healing process on a different level so it can't be measured on our level we're used to look at, it's a total different way of looking at curing disease, the healing starts on a energetic level but will have it's effect on the body level, but also often needs more time, one more reason that homeopathy doesn't have the success in the usa as it has in for example europe, it's a total different way of looking at healthcare.

Answer 2

Conventional medicine is where the big money is at. It is an utter myth that "alternative medicine" doesn't have science or efficacy to back it up. What it doesn't have is millions of dollars a day in advertising budgets. Blood letting and leeches are still used in major hospitals today. Why? Because for very specific things, they're the best solution. If you have a conding called Hemochromotosis, blood letting is the only treatment solution. A herb called Foxglove is the basis for nearly all "vasal dialative" drugs on the market. Why don't drug companies just tell you to use foxglove? Because they can't Patent protect their research so they make artificial copies of the active ingredient in foxgloves and turn that into a Patented (and much, much more expensive) drug. And yet using Foxglove would be called "Alternative" even though the FDA's own data validates its efficacy when used properly. It's not about right and wrong, it's about education and it's about money. In the ER, conventional medicine puts many very potent drugs to use and saves lives because of it. Those drugs are based on pharmacology research which comes from studying herbs and plants which may be more "gradual" in their efficacy. In an ER you can't afford to wait so "conventional" seems like the better choice in that context, right? How about if you suffer from a chronic, metabolic disease. Does a more toxic conventional drug actually make you more healthy? Nope. Might an "alternative" herbal provide the same symptom relief along with additional nutritients, not found in the conventional drug, which may support improved tissue health? Yes, that is possible. Don't take the simple answers. Seek context and understanding.

Answer 3

Conventional medicine is science and evidence based. Before a drug, surgical/medical procedure, or diagnostic test is incorporated into practice, it is studied and determined if it is safe and effective or will find the problem for the diagnostic tests. If a drug, procedure or test fail to show efficacy and safety, it is discarded and will not be used in practice.



Conventional medicine is also constantly evolving. New and improved medicines are always being introduced, making treatments more safe and effective. New diagnostic and imaging tests are being developed making it easier to detect diseases. New surgeries are also being done. Prosthetic limbs and organ transplants are examples of this. A practicing doctor will need to always update himself or else he will risk being left behind and outdated.



Homeopathy on the other hand was developed in 1796, a time when medicine was still mostly mumbo jumbo. It is based on the principle that like cures like, but only if it is diluted so much that not one molecule of the substance remains. This goes against everything we know about chemistry, physics and pharmacology.



Homeopaths do not have a good theory on how their remedies are supposed to work. They will often invoke quantum physics and water memory. Water memory has never been proven and quantum physics is just used as a cop out reason as even physicists have a hard time with it. In short, homeopaths have no idea how their remedies are supposed to work.



Homeopathy has also been studied for effectiveness but has failed to show any positive results. Homeopaths will claim some studies have shown positive results but those studies have been found to be of poor quality with flaws in methodology and with bias.



edit: There you go, one of the answers here described "energy level" and "body level" while at the same time neglecting to define what those are. That is another difference between medicine and homeopathy. Medicine has precise and measurable definitions. Homeopathy is stuck in the mysticism and unproven and undefined concepts such as water memory, potentiation, succusion, energy level, and body levels.

Answer 4

Homeopathic formulas work FROM the good that they do. Conventional medicine works FROM the bad it can destroy. In Homeopathic formulas, the herb found to cause good things like curing stomach ulcers or causing the breathing sacs in the lungs to open are pulled out by 'succussion,' 'potentization,' and dilution making it the pure element of action. In Conventional medicine, the element tested in the laboratory that can eliminate the certain virus is mixed with the good elements insofar as the body does not recognize the killer and it works that way by 'killing' the virus.

Answer 5

the 1st convention of homeopathy was about 2500 years ago with Hypocrites! up until 1959 homeopathic doctors were the majority in medical expertise. they give a little of the bite that hurt you. penicillin & and all the other cillin's were found by homeopathy or a native american shaman. most of the medicine that actually cures a disease was originated by a homeopathic doctor or is an herb. in answer a minute amount of the problem is given to you with the understanding that it will build an immunity against the disease!

Answer 6

Conventional medicine contains actual ingredients that have biochemical methods of action.

Homeopathy contains only water or sugar and works through magic.

Answer 7

Conventional medicine often works, though sometimes it can have bad side effects.



Homeopathy does nothing at all, good bad, or indifferent.

Answer 8

To usefully summarise; Conventional medicine is plausible and has been demonstrated to work. Homoeopathy is magic. It's implausible and has never been demonstrated to work in high quality trials