I'd take it, but I guess you mean "as treatment"
but to be honest I'm pretty wary of doctors anyway, and don't take their word as 'gospel' anyway. I found out the hard way (yes it was pregnancy-related and involved a doctor with an inability to listen and actually INVESTIGATE symptoms rather than reach for a prescription pad. Whether this is what caused the miscarriage or not, god only knows)

If I was having a high risk birth, yes I would be concerned if a midwife was pushing me towards homeopathy alone, but if I was having a birth with no known risks (I know I know, you never TRULY know) then I have no qualms about them suggesting (I want to italicise that) things that I personally would have no truck with. Its my choice.

I know the NHS has no time for homeopathy, I know there's 'no evidence to suggest it works' etc no double blind randomised control trials and all the blarney.
I've never tried it as a treatment approach myself. I probably wouldn't use it in a birthing situation. Some people DO use alternative treatments, and find some benefit from that, whether its the 'magic feather' effect or something woowoo, who knows?
Particularly in palliative care too. And I think, if it helps people feel more comfortable in those stages and is not harming them, why not inform of its use?
But I know B3ta seems generally predisposed to rubbishing those approaches, and I'm not an internet arguer, so thats it from me!
(maggotriddendirtbox fast, feral and sharp as a tack since, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 6:43, Reply)