tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post7895341754957293239..comments2024-03-12T07:48:29.712+03:00Comments on Stories from the trauma bay: DocBastard's Fantastical Homeopathy Journey, Part 2DocBastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-73776751065165686562016-07-29T22:14:26.784+03:002016-07-29T22:14:26.784+03:00Nasrin Banu, that would be because it has no effec...Nasrin Banu, that would be because it has no effect at all. CMDR Unifexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023348676416501871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-53397742892714423662016-07-27T15:39:07.066+03:002016-07-27T15:39:07.066+03:00Great article. Homeopathy treatment is best. no si...Great article. Homeopathy treatment is best. no side effects ! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.drsharadhas.com/our-treatment.html" rel="nofollow">Homeopathy Doctors in Chennai</a>Nasrin banuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03371744927403734068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-10168309835756212832014-11-21T22:09:11.557+02:002014-11-21T22:09:11.557+02:00Do you also believe that herbalism is bullshit as...Do you also believe that herbalism is bullshit as well?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-62552876011545153222014-07-04T09:18:22.831+03:002014-07-04T09:18:22.831+03:00Yep. Yep. DocBastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-81844974419077791312014-07-04T08:50:57.964+03:002014-07-04T08:50:57.964+03:00Lord of the Rings was always a trilogy. I assume y...Lord of the Rings was always a trilogy. I assume you meant The Hobbit, a short children's book he's turning into approximately 9 hours of movie time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-76181498105657352042014-06-18T22:19:55.370+03:002014-06-18T22:19:55.370+03:00How did you keep a straight face? My eyes would ha...How did you keep a straight face? My eyes would have rolled out of my head. And my back, of course, would have quickly reminded me of the idiocy of the outing and i would take me the rest of the day to get the pain under control... using what I know works: a little ibuprofen (occasionally, I've had gastric/duodenal ulcers because of it), one or two Vicodin ES, Skelaxin if there's a spasm component, and ice. If I'm still miserable 8 hours later, I break into my special stash of oxycodone. <br /><br />I'm not very patient when it comes to back pain... CaliGirl9https://www.blogger.com/profile/06639398512708841968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-6126152377738536272014-06-14T16:17:21.059+03:002014-06-14T16:17:21.059+03:00Homeopathic *anything* is rubbish. There are plen...Homeopathic *anything* is rubbish. There are plenty of products that are safe for babies and that actually work.DocBastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-76954529150645291572014-06-13T20:20:08.063+03:002014-06-13T20:20:08.063+03:00I don't know if you've covered this in ano...I don't know if you've covered this in another blog post, but have you ever seen James Randi's stuff on Homeopathy?<br /><br />He'll be doing a speech, seemingly having nothing to do with Homeopathy, but he'll take a whole bottle of pills before he really gets into talking. About 15 minutes into his speech, he'll reveal that he overdosed on homeopathic sleeping pills, and that he just took enough sleeping pills for 6 years. Obviously, nothing ever happens to him, and then he tells the mechanism of homeopathy, about people believing that the more diluted the pill is, the more effective it is.<br /><br />He then tells a solid homeopathy joke: Did you hear about the guy who overdosed on his homeopathic sleeping pills? Yeah, he forgot to take them.Superhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123089472287852614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-36789582623359242532014-06-12T14:12:21.644+03:002014-06-12T14:12:21.644+03:00PS - love the idea of "tapering" off the...PS - love the idea of "tapering" off the dose! It can have a nasty effect that "nothing" if you stop taking it too suddenly! It's a great way to imply that it's really potent, however.<br /><br />You will let us know when your pain improves and you start your taper, won't you!<br />Ugihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00453326095140897474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-61729465412423870332014-06-12T13:08:37.055+03:002014-06-12T13:08:37.055+03:00C30 is a dilution of one part in 10^60. * That...C30 is a dilution of one part in 10^60. * That's roughly taking a teaspoonful, diluting it to a pint, stirring and then repeating the process 29 more times.<br /><br />There are something like 10^80 atoms in the observable universe. For practical purposes all of those are hydrogen so the total weight of the universe is approx 10^80 hydrogens.<br /><br />The active agent in poison ivy is "Urushiol". That's a very real mixture of organic allergens weighing in at around 320 hydrogens per molecule. So, at C30 dilution, you need 320 x 10^60 hydrogens of other stuff for every molecule of poison ivy oil. There is enough universe to dilute 10^80 / (320 x 10^60) = around 3 x 10^17 molecules of Urushiol. <br /><br />A drop weighs around 50 mg and would contain around 10^20 molecules of Urushiol. That's about 300 times as much as we could dilute to C30 with all the matter in the universe.<br /><br />So, in round numbers, your C30 Rhus tablets are just about equivalent strength to one threehundredth of a drop of poison ivy oil diluted into <i>all matter in the observable universe</i>.<br /><br />That ain't much!<br /><br /><br /><br />* I can't do superscript in this comment box, but that's 10 to the power of 60 - 1 with 60 zeros after it. That's a pretty big number. To give you an idea, there are around 10^46 molecules of water on earth.<br /><br />Ugihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00453326095140897474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-86798682068613125512014-06-12T09:29:50.418+03:002014-06-12T09:29:50.418+03:00I once bought some ear drops for horrible earache....I once bought some ear drops for horrible earache. They didn't work, at all, and I wondered why. I decided to look more closely at the label, and in the tiniest lettering ever, it said "homeopathic". Obviously explained why it didn't work! I don't think pharmacies should be allowed to sell this crap next to real medicine.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571474054121948033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-55561574137640045362014-06-12T06:46:40.151+03:002014-06-12T06:46:40.151+03:00I used to instruct Self-Aid Buddy Care in the US A...I used to instruct Self-Aid Buddy Care in the US Air Force and put a nose hose up my own nose because a class bet me I wouldn't... I did. Wait...that's NOT the same as what you've done here.<br /><br /> I did a real thing. ;) <br /><br />Also, it hurt... as I'm sure your back continued to do. blueyedcolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583289269189529074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-58185241616561106432014-06-12T02:40:36.985+03:002014-06-12T02:40:36.985+03:00I am just wondering are the homeopathic baby teeth...I am just wondering are the homeopathic baby teething pills...you know the ones you rub on the baby's gums b.s. also? Or, do they have some kind of plant or something in them that does have a numbing affect? SASpursFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764826369926262899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-6720666763553737962014-06-11T21:04:32.152+03:002014-06-11T21:04:32.152+03:00Right you are. The dose was 5 ml, or one teaspoon....Right you are. The dose was 5 ml, or one teaspoon. I have edited it accordingly. Thanks.DocBastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-33788445207599312722014-06-11T19:37:56.434+03:002014-06-11T19:37:56.434+03:00I once allowed a nurse to pour a mustard gas deriv...I once allowed a nurse to pour a mustard gas derivative into my veins and I'm not believing that you actually took that stuff. Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-6929881320583715742014-06-11T19:32:24.328+03:002014-06-11T19:32:24.328+03:0015 ml is one Tablespoon (not teaspoon)15 ml is one Tablespoon (not teaspoon)ndenunzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05023879475347518171noreply@blogger.com