Naturopath ?
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Be careful with naturopaths. Many are good but many cross over into quackdome.
Naturopath, homeopath, the 2 terms are sometimes used interchangeably, and some naturopaths are homeopaths. Ask if they use homeopathic medications. Naturopaths and their practices are more reasonable than the homeopathic stuff which is bonkers, but the 2 sometimes cross over so just check what kind of naturopath yours is.
Homeopaths are quacks and here's why:
In homeopathic medicine, the medications have concentrations. 1X, 2X, 10X, 100X, 1000X (or 100c, ch different letters for different things but the concepts of reverse dilution are the same in what I describe below).
In the homeopathic world, 1000X is 1000 times "more powerful" than 1X.
I put "more powerful" in quotes, because here's how that works:
The 1000X is actually 1000 times MORE DILUTE than the 1X, not 1000 times more concentrated.
So the 1X is prepared in whatever concentration the chemicals are diluted to according to their doctrine. The bottle that says 1000X (and costs more and is believed to be more potent) is actually a 1/1000 dilution of a 1X solution. They take that initial solution, ad 1000 times the water, and you get 1000X solution.
Sounds crazy, but that's how it works. Some concentrations are so dilute, there might be a chance (depending how the solution is mixed and where in the batch that your container was drawn from) that there might not be any molecules of the substance that is supposed to be in it in the sample you have.
Like any other treatment method, you should look for improvement over time. Measurable improvement.
I did a search on homeopathy as it relates to Crohn's a while back. I never did find any homeopathic treatments that were helpful for Crohn's. I may not have found everything, but I did do a pretty thorough search.
What I did find out was that the homeopathic treatment used during the 1918 Flu epidemic had a reported death rate of 1.05 %. Some Homeopathic hospitals had no deaths at all. Those treated by more conventional methods had a death rate of 30%.
I have little experience with either, and I have my own effective way of dealing with the Flu, so I do not use homeopathy for this either.
I have used a homeopathic remedy for my hay fever. I was pretty skeptical for much the same reasons anyone would be, but for $12.00 I was willing to try it. I have a vague idea of how it is supposed to work, but I will have to say that it makes little sense to me. I guess I like to know as much as the next person, but I will take effectiveness no matter where it comes from, with or without a convincing explanation.
My prior way of handling hay fever was to take Sudafed, and it worked pretty well, except it dried me up so much, it was uncomfortable.
I used the homeopathic remedy for hay fever and it stopped the symptoms as long as I used it. I was not totally convinced because the symptoms are better some years, and worse in others. I used it for a second year and it worked as well as it did the first.
My son has even worse symptoms than I do. He is close to having a systemic reaction, when being out in the grass, that would be very serious under the right circumstances. I gave him the remedy to try out. He gets a lot of relief from the remedy. He now can play softball, in the grass, without getting a reaction.
From that experience, I had to say it worked, as there is no way his lack of a response to the grass could be caused by anything else. It did not cure either one of us, as we have to take it every year during the season to get relief, but it is better than what I used previously. It is the only thing that has had a dramatic effect in my son.
Having said that, I am sure it has its limitations, and share of fraud that all medicine has. As I said, I have never heard of an effective Crohn's treatment using Homeopathy.
I do not know the educational requirements for a naturopath, but I know there are schools for the specialty. I do know that not all Naturopaths are Homeopaths, but some of them are. They are two separate specialties.
I have no real experience with a Naturopath. I saw one once, but never was treated by him. I had mixed feelings about his methods, and stuck with my own.
Dan
I did a search on homeopathy as it relates to Crohn's a while back. I never did find any homeopathic treatments that were helpful for Crohn's. I may not have found everything, but I did do a pretty thorough search.
What I did find out was that the homeopathic treatment used during the 1918 Flu epidemic had a reported death rate of 1.05 %. Some Homeopathic hospitals had no deaths at all. Those treated by more conventional methods had a death rate of 30%.
I have little experience with either, and I have my own effective way of dealing with the Flu, so I do not use homeopathy for this either.
I have used a homeopathic remedy for my hay fever. I was pretty skeptical for much the same reasons anyone would be, but for $12.00 I was willing to try it. I have a vague idea of how it is supposed to work, but I will have to say that it makes little sense to me. I guess I like to know as much as the next person, but I will take effectiveness no matter where it comes from, with or without a convincing explanation.
My prior way of handling hay fever was to take Sudafed, and it worked pretty well, except it dried me up so much, it was uncomfortable.
I used the homeopathic remedy for hay fever and it stopped the symptoms as long as I used it. I was not totally convinced because the symptoms are better some years, and worse in others. I used it for a second year and it worked as well as it did the first.
My son has even worse symptoms than I do. He is close to having a systemic reaction, when being out in the grass, that would be very serious under the right circumstances. I gave him the remedy to try out. He gets a lot of relief from the remedy. He now can play softball, in the grass, without getting a reaction.
From that experience, I had to say it worked, as there is no way his lack of a response to the grass could be caused by anything else. It did not cure either one of us, as we have to take it every year during the season to get relief, but it is better than what I used previously. It is the only thing that has had a dramatic effect in my son.
Having said that, I am sure it has its limitations, and share of fraud that all medicine has. As I said, I have never heard of an effective Crohn's treatment using Homeopathy.
I do not know the educational requirements for a naturopath, but I know there are schools for the specialty. I do know that not all Naturopaths are Homeopaths, but some of them are. They are two separate specialties.
I have no real experience with a Naturopath. I saw one once, but never was treated by him. I had mixed feelings about his methods, and stuck with my own.
Dan
I had mixed feelings about this lady, for one she tried to give me an supposed cure, that had lactose in it, well im sensitive to lactose so i told her flat out i don't think so LOL but I did purchase a couple of supplements from her that a nutritionist told me about, those I will be trying.
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I'm not sure what the protocols are in the U.S., but in British Columbia (Canada), we have a College of Naturopathic Physicians that regulates and licenses naturopathic doctors. The list of licensed doctors is on their website, and we can know that these doctors have met certain educational and examination standards prior to registration and licensing. Like similar Colleges for physicians and pharmacists, patients can make complaints about licensed naturopaths.
I have seen a naturopath in the past. My first criteria for the naturopath was that they would NOT tell me that they have a cure for Crohn's. The person I saw made no such claim and talked about SYMPTOM control. He gave me a lot of options about different herbs, supplements, and nutritional changes I could make and left it to me to decide which would work best for me.
I hope the supplements you got work out for you.
Kismet
I have seen a naturopath in the past. My first criteria for the naturopath was that they would NOT tell me that they have a cure for Crohn's. The person I saw made no such claim and talked about SYMPTOM control. He gave me a lot of options about different herbs, supplements, and nutritional changes I could make and left it to me to decide which would work best for me.
I hope the supplements you got work out for you.
Kismet
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Check out this website, it will tell you everything you need to know, including education requirments:
Website: naturopathic.org
Founded in 1985, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) is the national professional society representing licensed or licensable naturopathic physicians who are graduates of four-year, residential graduates programs.
Make sure whoever you choose is a registered memember of the AANP and you can't go far wrong. EDIT: And you are covered. Because if you have a complaint about a naturopath, you can complain directly to the board of the organisation.
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Thats one of the first things she told me at the session, "she had crohns and she cured herself" ...then she went on to try to give me a parasite crohns med with lactose in it when I had told her i was lactose intolerant. She went on that it was just a binding agent, well that doesn't make me any less intolerant of it! I refused it and will find another naturopath but will get the supplements I need that she ordered for me cats claw and pine bark.
Miss Spencer I will look at that web site too before finding another, thank you both.:ysmile:
