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Date sent: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:31:48 -0500 Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> From: michael frederic <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: PD meds and homeopathy To: [log in to unmask] > I'm afraid I don't know what you mean by "the true sense". Isn't St. > John's Wort an herb? Making it homeopathic treatment? Or do I have > my terms confused here? > "Homeopathic" has nothing to do with herbs. "Homeopathic" is the principle which uses, as treatment, a small amount of the *same agent* which has caused the disease, to treat it. In actual fact, "homeopathic" applies to the principles of immunizations, where a killed or attenuated form of a strain of infectious agent is administered in order to provoke an immune response from the body. Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.rafink.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" *********************************************