Supporters of Homeopathy
Numerous leading conventional physicians and scientists who have had extremely positive things to say about homeopathy include Charles Darwin, Sir William Osler (the “father of modern medicine”), Emil Adolph von Behring, MD (the “father of immunology”), Charles Frederick Menninger, MD (founder of the Menninger Clinic), August Bier, MD (the “father of spinal anesthesia”), C. Everett Koop, M.D. (former Surgeon General, U.S.), Brian Josephson, PhD. (Nobel Laureate & Cambridge professor).
At least eleven American Presidents used homeopathic medicines or sponsored legislation to allow homeopathic practice (Abraham Lincoln, John Tyler, Rutherford B Hayes, James A Garfield, Chester A Arthur, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, Calvin Coolidge, Warren G Harding, Hoover & Clinton)…and two British Prime Ministers (Benjamin Disraeli and Tony Blair).
Many of America’s literary greats advocated for and often wrote about homeopathy, including Washington Irving, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Mark Twain… and European greats such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and George Bernard Shaw.
Homeopathic medicine also once had a major presence in American medical care and in American society. In 1900 there were 22 homeopathic medical schools in the US, including Boston University, University of Michigan, New York Medical College, Hahnemann University, University of Minnesota, and even the University of Iowa. Further, many of America’s cultural elite were homeopathy’s strongest advocates, including Rockefeller Snr, William James, Susan B. Anthony, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Henry David Thoreau, Harriet Beecher Stowe and others.
Numerous sports greats have bragged about their use of homeopathic medicines including David Beckham, Martina Navratilova, Boris Becker, and many more.
Many world-class musicians have greatly appreciated homeopathy including Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Frédéric Chopin, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Cher, Tina Turner, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Townshend, Annie Lennox, Bob Weir, Paul Rodgers, Axl Rose, Moby, Jon Faddis, and Dizzy Gillespie.
Numerous movie and TV celebrities have benefited from homeopathy, including early stars such as Sarah Bernhardt, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne and some of the modern-day stars, including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lesley Ann Warren, Pamela Anderson, Jane Seymour, Suzanne Somers, Lindsay Wagner, Michael York, Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw, Priscilla & Lisa Marie Presley, Jennifer Aniston, Jade Jagger, Tobey Maguire, and Orlando Bloom.
World leaders and prestigious organisations come out in favour of homeopathy:
The World Health Forum that “Homeopathy seems well suited for use in rural areas where the Infrastructure, Equipment, and Drugs needed for Conventional Medicine cannot be provided.”
Mahatma Gandhi said, “Homeopathy cures a greater number of people than any other method of treatment” which is why homeopathy proliferates in India so widely.
Mother Theresa included homeopathy in her clinics. At present, four charitable homeopathic dispensaries are run under the guidance of the Mother’s Missionaries of Charity. One of these dispensaries primarily provides homeopathic medicines to poor and sick children in Calcutta, while the other three provide homeopathic medicines to anyone who needs them. Considering the serious health problems that poor people in India experience, it is truly miraculous that homeopathic medicines are so effective as the primary method of treatment for many children and many adults.
A number of popes including Pius X, John Paul II, and the current pope, Benedict XVI.
Francois Mitterand of France called for more research into homoeopathy in an article in Le Novel Observateur, the Editor of this magazine stated in his editorial, “It is a fact that homeopathy obtains results, and sometimes spectacular results.”
Celebrities such as Twiggy, Susan Hampshire, Dan Hind, Louise Jameson, Gaby Roslin, Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Nadia Sawalha, Annabel Croft and Meera Syal, as well as The Queen and Prince Charles are all supporters of homeopathy
Bill Clinton President Clinton created the Commission by direct executive order, with a two-year agenda to evaluate the changing presence and importance of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and to provide guidance and recommendations to governmental agencies for its orderly study and incorporation into mainstream medicine. The creation of the commission represents an extraordinary turning point in the history of alternative medicine in this country and is the result of unusual bipartisan support in Washington.
Alan Johnson MP (Secretary of State, Department of Health) Hansard. “In preparing to reply to this Adjournment debate, I looked carefully at the points the hon. Gentleman made in his letter to me but I am not persuaded of the need to issue guidelines at this time. It is clear to me that many more patients want the benefit of complementary and alternative medicine and therapies; indeed, the most recent survey showed a high percentage of patients looking for that. What general practitioners do is very much a matter for them; for instance, I understand that in the Newcastle primary care trust area 69 per cent. of GPs deal with complementary and alternative medicines, so I see no need to issue guidelines at this stage, but I agree with the hon. Gentleman that such medicines are becoming an increasingly important part of GP prescriptions.”
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Modern-day cultural heroes and their homeopathic treatment: — Tina Turner - tuberculosis (Chapter 7: Musicians, Pages 162-163) — Cher - recurrent pneumonia and chronic fatigue (Chapter 7: Musicians, Pages 165-166) — David Beckham - a broken foot just prior to the 2002 World Cup (Chapter 4: Sports Superstars, Pages 89-90) — Pete Townshend - hearing difficulties (Chapter 7: Musicians, Pages 164-165) — Nancy Davis - (philanthropist), multiple sclerosis (Chapter 11: Corporate Leaders and Philanthropists, Pages 266-267) — Nelly Furtado - jet lag (Chapter 7: Musicians, Page 168) — Bill Clinton-recurrent laryngitis (Chapter 9: Politicians and Peacemakers, Page 208) — Robin McGraw - (wife of “Dr. Phil” McGraw), hot flashes of menopause (Chapter 6: Stage, Film and Television Celebrities, Page 145) — Jade Jagger - chronic eczema (Chapter 8: Artists and Fashionistas, Page 179) — Catherine Zeta-Jones - sprains and strains from overexertion during the filming of Chicago (Chapter 6: Stage, Film and Television Celebrities, Pages 139-140) — Jose Maria Olazabal - (pro golfer), rheumatoid polyarthritis (arthritis in multiple joints) (Chapter 4: Sports Superstars, Page 91) — Pamela Anderson - hepatitis C (Chapter 6: Stage, Film and Television Celebrities, Pages 141-142) — Norman Cousins - (author, editor), heart attack recovery (Chapter 3: Literary Greats, Pages 82-84) Stories from the past: — Ludwig van Beethoven - spitting blood and colitis (Chapter 7: Musicians, Pages 154-156) — Charles Darwin - chronic and persistent nausea and vomiting, heart palpitations, fainting spells, and spots before his eyes (Chapter 5: Physicians and Scientists, Pages 104-114) — Alfred Lord Tennyson - (poet), petit mal seizures and a nervous breakdown (Chapter 3: Literary Greats, Page 80) — George Bernard Shaw - (playwright), hydrocele (Chapter 3: Literary Greats, Pages 77-78) — Washington Irving - (author), asthma, recurrent dizziness, and chronic headaches (Chapter 3: Literary Greats, Pages 70-71) — Richard Wagner - (composer and conductor), typhoid (saved his life) (Chapter 7: Musicians, Pages 159-160) — General George Brinton McClellan - (head of the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War), typhoid (Chapter 9: Politicians and Peacemakers, Pages 184-185) — Benjamin Disraeli - (British Prime Minister), asthma and gout (Chapter 9: Politicians and Peacemakers, Pages 199-200) — Harold Griffith, MD - (one of the fathers of modern anesthesia), diphtheria (Chapter 5: Physicians and Scientists, Pages 122-124)
Ulysses C Grant and Homeopathy
Thorbjørn Jagland Norwegian Prime Minister
Dr. Paul Ferdinand Gachet, van Goghs late physician
Jeanette Winterson In Defence of Homeopathy (author of the prize-winning novels Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and The Passion, owns an organic delicatessen in East London. She also supports the Maun homeopathy project in Botswana)
Homeopathy cures a larger percentage of cases than any other method of treatment and is beyond doubt safer and more economical and most complete medical science. Mahatma Gandhi
The introduction of Homeopathy forced the old school doctor to stir around and learn something of a rational nature about his business. You may honestly feel grateful that Homeopathy survived the attempts of Allopaths to destroy it. Mark Twain
A progressive and aggressive step in medicine. John D. Rockefeller lived to the ripe old age of 98 and was known to have his homeopath often travel with him.
There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bebop, the second was homeopathy. Dizzy Gillespie jazz musician
Homeopathy is wholly capable of satisfying the therapeutic demands of this age better than any other system of school of medicine. Dr. Charles Menninger, M.D.
I can’t manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them. Paul McCartney
Effective Natural remedies that have no side effects. Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, M.D. Professor University of Illinois Medical School and Best Selling Author
On the Oprah Winfrey Show, Cindy Crawford declared that she takes her homeopathic first aid kit with her, especially when she is traveling with her children for bumps, bruises, and mosquito bites.
Bipasha Basu “I’ve been like this for a month now but the cold just refuses to go away. I’ve finally resorted to homeopathy,†she smiles. continue reading:
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