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Amused

Amused

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igor_kavinski said:
Checked the muscle soreness product. It contains an active ingredient:

Active Ingredient:** Arnica montana 1X HPUS-7%

So it's not really a dilution. Or maybe it is, until 7% of that ingredient remains in there? Anyway, it's documented that the plant helps in these cases.
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Sigh, again. Go find out about homeopathic dilutions. This number means it has less than .07% of arnica in it.

en.wikipedia.org

Homeopathic dilutions - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
 
Indus

Indus

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WelshBloke said:
Homeopathy isn't some cottage industry, it's very much "big pharma" just without the regulations.
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Disagree.

Just compare Jardiance vs Arnica cost!

Hell if you just want to compare painkillers.. try Tramadol vs Arnica cost!
 
nakedfrog

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I do think it's funny to say "they wouldn't sell it in Walmart if it didn't do anything!"
Yes, yes they would. They most assuredly would. Have you met Walmart?
 
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brycejones

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nakedfrog said:
I do think it's funny to say "they wouldn't sell it in Walmart if it didn't do anything!"
Yes, yes they would. They most assuredly would. Have you met Walmart?
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The industry literally lobbied for a law that prevents the FDA from forcing them to prove their health claims. Wal-mart would sell dogshit in a milk carton if there was money in it.

India is delusional on this.
 
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Holy shit that took a detour over the most random shit...That is how I imagine our universe started, everything was fine and well harmony and angles singing... then the most random immaterial thing happened and BOOOOM inflation.
 
WelshBloke

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Innuendos and Conspiracy Theories are not proof that stand up in court however!

This is funny I'm using that line because I am a Manchester City Football Club supporter.

It doesn't matter what you believe.. it only matters what you can prove!
 
Torn Mind

Torn Mind

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igor_kavinski said:
It's not voodoo. Ask @Torn Mind
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Apparently, voodoo here is defined as massage therapy, maybe sports or trigger point.

I don't think that's homeopathy because there is practical, tangible activities applied and results that are physically observable. Hit the trigger point in the right spot, and the muscles themselves contract, sometimes violently, until relieved.

It's just that in schooling like P.E, there is nothing related to "knots" or trigger points in muscle care, just stretching (which does help identify areas that are tight and pressure can be applied), so people go whole lives not knowing their increasing weakness is reversible. Between taking the invasive risk of surgery versus relief noninvasively.

Gorilla arm is likely the result of tight digit muscles in the forearm. The muscles are in a position of contraction far more than relaxation(i.e mouse grip), and that seizes up the muscles.

It's just that finding someone who specilaizes in such massage is not that easily.
 
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Indus

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WelshBloke said:
Shame you don't hold the people you buy your medication from to the same standards!
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If it works.. why should I complain?

Maybe it's more like the OceanGate submersible. It'll work a few times and then it'll delaminate?
 
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[DHT]Osiris

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Indus said:
If it works.. why should I complain?

Maybe it's more like the OceanGate submersible. It'll work a few times and then it'll delaminate?
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It doesn't work, and then at some point your body can't handle the situation itself so you die.

Go have a chat with Steve Jobs, see how he's doing.
 
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igor_kavinski

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[DHT]Osiris said:
Go have a chat with Steve Jobs, see how he's doing.
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He did a really stupid thing, trying to live off of just grapes. Ashton Kutcher tried doing the same dumb thing and got pancreatitis, just like Steve did. I don't see the relevance here unless you are saying that Steve also used herbs as medicine? If so, source?
 
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[DHT]Osiris

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igor_kavinski said:
He did a really stupid thing, trying to live off of just grapes. Ashton Kutcher tried doing the same dumb thing and got pancreatitis, just like Steve did. I don't see the relevance here unless you are saying that Steve also used herbs as medicine? If so, source?
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www.psychologytoday.com

Alternative Medicine & The Death of Steve Jobs

www.psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com
When Mr. Jobs was first diagnosed in 2003, he chose to pursue alternative therapies, including acupuncture, herbal, diet and fruit juice therapy and spiritual consultations.
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I actually thought I remember him as having delved into homeopathy, but I can't find a decent source for that after a brief google search, so I'll just say that he leaned into alternative medicines as a whole, and it went poorly for him. By the time he opted to have surgery, it was too late.
 
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