Indeed, serious diseases are an area of contention I can understand, but certainly in the realm of muscle problems and other minor ailments, I'd rather recieve Homeopathic treatment than take anti-inflammatories or the like (not that I can, the stuff makes me violently ill anyway).
Yeah, I can see your point, although I suspect Proper Physiotherapy also tends to cover a lot of those areas well, too.
Anecdote; My dad has pretty bad arthritis in his fingers. He spent a while getting Chinese accupuncture, drinking tea made of what appeared to be the contents of a lawnmower bucket, etc. And he thought it was working, but it was far too expensive. Now, I don't know if it was a placebo effect or what. But what I would like, though, is to not pay for these things as is in the NHS, but to take them, study them, find out if they are working and why, and use that to make them affordable treatments (and that doesn't entail making a pill or anything).
To be fair, my opinion on homeopathy in the sense of a minor cure (I wouldn't support its funding where there are known effective, tested, and proven treatments) or as a placebo for something uncurable is a hell of a lot mellower than it was, say, a year ago. The only thing is that homeopathy, thanks to the Bloody Tabloid Media, has now become the cure for everything ever, which is obviously complete bollocks.
Plus, my knee-jerk reaction to anything Prince Charles ever says is '**** off, you plant-talking, in-bred, jug-eared leech'.
This is interesting, though;
http://www.badscience.net/?cat=35. Just started reading that webpage/blog proper.
