Comments on: New project: homeopathic bullshit

By: The Skepdick

The Skepdick — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:04:47 +0000

No evidence for efficacy. Period. Doesn’t strike you as odd that homeopathic water “remembers” whatever homeopathic bullshit was once in it, but somehow forgets all the fish and yak and aardvark shit it’s had in it.

It’s not simply stupid to encourage the use of homeopathic anything, it’s downright criminally negligent.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:26:14 +0000

I dont think you know how homeopathy works. Please try it first before you get all freaked out about the ingredients. Yes, there are poisonous ingredients but they are at extremely low doses. Homeopahty works on the principle that you fight fire with fire. (you put up a poison against another poison–the hangover feeling in this case; which are similar symptoms you would feel from ingesting these poisons). Hence, again, fighting fire with fire. In fact, in fire science they teach fighting forest fires with Fire. Kinda the same principle. I’ve tried this stuff and I was shocked with the results. There are few other anti hangover meds on the market too, using different ingredients and i’d like to encourage you to try them as well….Mac

By: Rod

Rod — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:33:23 +0000

I work at a gas station where the product is being discontinued. I just happened to notice it and being curious wrote down the ingredients to look them up on the internet. The names are very vague and the closest items that I could come up with are all highly suspect.

Cinchona was once used as a cure for malaria, but it can be poisonous. Lobelia is another folk remedy that is simular to nicotine. Nux vom is nux vomita, the nut of the strichnine tree. That’s right, it is poison. Quercus gland, which someone pointed out is acorns, which do not seem to have any properties outside of food value. Ranunc bulb seems to refer to the buttercup which is poisonous. Last is ‘zincum met’. Zincum is an old name for zinc and ‘met’ is probably short for metal. Zinc in small quantities is good, but in large quantities can produce an acid in the stomach which can kill.

Fun stuff. No wonder there is a warning about not taking too much of it.

By: Tim Danaher

Tim Danaher — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:58:20 +0000

‘Gland’ is French for ‘Acorn’. Quercus Gland = Oak Acorn (a bit redundant, I know…)

By: The Skepdick

The Skepdick — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:26:16 +0000

Thanks, I’d been wondering what part of the tree is the “gland”.

But, I am wondering how a homeopathic dry pill is supposed to work without the memory water.

By: dinoboy

dinoboy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:09:44 +0000

To assist in your search:

I might also wonder the utility of saying “Quercus gland” (Quercus being the Latin for Oak). Botanically, glands are cells that secrete various fluids; often sugars or water (there are other types).

The term “Quercus gland” could refer to any one of several glands of the oak therefore is to unspecific to be useful in itself.

Assuming the “sp” refers to the common abbreviation for “species” makes specific identification even more difficult considering there are some 400 species in the genus.

By: The Skepdick

The Skepdick — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:01:31 +0000

The first ingredient, Chinchona Officinalis, contains an alkaloid commonly called quinine. Used usually to treat malaria. Also used to flavor tonic water.

What does this have to do with hangovers?