No of course I haven't tried it. Homeopathy has no scientific support and no plausible mode of action - the supposed ingredients are diluted to the point where not even a single molecule remains in the preparation.
If you want to waste your own money on useless quack medicine go ahead, but please don't promote it to other people.
pansyface says:NOW, YOU CAN'T TELL A COW THAT IT IS BEING TREATED FOR AN INFECTION. YOU CAN'T GIVE IT A PLACEBO AND CONVINCE IT THAT IT WILL GET BETTER. THE COW KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT ITS TREATMENT OR NON TREATMENT. IT HAS AN ILLNESS OR IT DOESN'T.
You can't tell a cow but you can certainly tell its vet/owner if the trial isn't double blind, which can affect its treatment and/or assessment of its condition. In any case if you conduct enough individual trials it's inevitable that you will accumulate some 'statistically significant' results simply through chance. Anecdotes are no substitute for vigorous science.
I totally agree about the lack of scientific backing for Homeopathy. And yet...
We had a goat who had been on her knees for three or four months with a contracted tendon in her 'ankle' Fetlock? joint. We spoke to the vet when she was visiting about one of the sheep and she said 'Don't tell the other vets I told you , but try Arnica pills'
We got some and gave them to the goat, ignoring all the stuff about not touching them etc, because she kept spitting them out. Two days later she was walking round the field, and then back to normal. I still don't understand it, but it happened! No biassed assessment needed - she was unable to stand and then she could!
The arnica also seemed to give some relief to my daughter's favourite ram when he got old and arthritic. So the jury is out here.....
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Unless you're allergic, stings hurt like hell for a short while, then hurt, then irritate, then go away. No big deal
In the sticks near Peterborough
I'm awarding the top prize for persistence though, nut
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you Onopordum for the put down; I hope you feel better now. Have you tried it? I guess not.
No of course I haven't tried it. Homeopathy has no scientific support and no plausible mode of action - the supposed ingredients are diluted to the point where not even a single molecule remains in the preparation.
If you want to waste your own money on useless quack medicine go ahead, but please don't promote it to other people.
You can't tell a cow but you can certainly tell its vet/owner if the trial isn't double blind, which can affect its treatment and/or assessment of its condition. In any case if you conduct enough individual trials it's inevitable that you will accumulate some 'statistically significant' results simply through chance. Anecdotes are no substitute for vigorous science.
I totally agree about the lack of scientific backing for Homeopathy. And yet...
We had a goat who had been on her knees for three or four months with a contracted tendon in her 'ankle' Fetlock? joint. We spoke to the vet when she was visiting about one of the sheep and she said 'Don't tell the other vets I told you , but try Arnica pills'
We got some and gave them to the goat, ignoring all the stuff about not touching them etc, because she kept spitting them out
. Two days later she was walking round the field, and then back to normal. I still don't understand it, but it happened! No biassed assessment needed - she was unable to stand and then she could!
The arnica also seemed to give some relief to my daughter's favourite ram when he got old and arthritic. So the jury is out here.....
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