Re: Bach remedies not homeopathic

> I wasn't saying the bach flowers are homeopathic in the same way but I assumed that they contain no physical part of the original plant

Boronia,
my understanding of the Bach remedies is that although they are dilute, they are not homeopathically dilute - i.e. there is a physical amount of the original herbs present. In other words there is a herbal effect going on rather than a homeopathic one.

> you can't say for sure that a response is purely placebo. It tends to be offered as an explanation when there are no current sophisticated enough scientific explanations.

Actually you can say for sure when something works as a placebo. You do this by testing it statistically against a known placebo (e.g. a Sugar pill) and comparing the results. This is what the entire drugs industry is founded on - comparing a drug against a placebo and seeing if the drug has an effect over and above placebo. No no one has been able to demonstrate statistically that homeopathy works better than a placebo. If they could there is a $1 million prize awaiting them from the John Randi foundation.

JV.
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