Is there something in the quackery?
Many people think that homeopathy is unscientific nonsense – however a new study reports that homeopathy can reverse the skin condition vitiligo, which are the white patches on people’s skin.
Classical homeopathy which is where individualized remedies are perscribed – has been sucessfully used on 14 vitiligo sufferers say researchers are the Centre for Classical Homeopathy in Bangalore , India. The remedies reduces the white patches on skin in all 14 patients within an average of 5 years of starting treatment.
With classical homeopathy, the remedy will vary and is determined by the characteristics of each individual patient, and so researchers are unable to point to one remedy that could treat the problem.
Vitiligo is an autoimmune condition that causes the loss of melanin, the skin pigment. Conventional medicine treats the condition with light therapy and drugs, which can restore some pigmentation but doesn’t treat the underlying condition.
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