Homeopathy For ADHD?

My mother in law lives in Switzerland. She suffershelp that individual and that a 'one medicine fits all'
from irritable bowel disease. As far as I know,approach does not work for ADHD or for any
she only has one physician, a homeopathicdisease.
physician, who she swears by. She claims that heA search of the ADHD forums finds some
is the only physician who has been able to helphomeopathy advocates who swear that the
her. Homeopathy works by a law that I call, "killingmedicine has helped their hyperactivity,
fire with fire". Homeopaths believe that if you giveinattentiveness, and focus. There are many more
someone a little of something that will cause thepeople on these forums that report that they
same mild symptoms as the symptoms that theytried homeopathic medicines and that they are a
are having, the body will recognize the tiny irritantHUGE waste of money. One homeopathic expert
and will produce its own cure for that particularreports that it is more difficult to treat children
problem.with homeopathy than it is to treat adults
Homeopathy is hugely popular in Europe and inbecause getting the correct dose can be tricky in
South and Central America. They Royal family haschildren.
their very own homeopathic physician and peopleHomeopathic physicians argue that one treatment
in Switzerland and in Germany use homeopathymay help one person while another treatment for
with much more ease, confidence, and frequencyADHD will help another and that the treatments
than we do here in the U.S. A physician whohave to be tailored to the person. One study
practiced traditional allopathic medicine starteddone in Switzerland first identified the medicine
homeopathy in Germany.that would work for a child with ADHD and then
It was a Cholera epidemic in the 1830s, which putfollowed them for several months. The
homeopathy on the map. Patients treated withresearcher from this study reported that these
the homeopathic cure survived the epidemic atchildren, who had tailor made treatments, did very
rates that were 50-60 percent higher than thosewell controlling their symptoms of ADHD with
treated with traditional medicine. Pharmacist,their individual ADHD cures. The problem I find
traditional physicians, and homeopathic physicianswith this study is that if you only including patients
have been trying to figure out why ever since.in your study if the medicine has 'worked'; you
From my research I found that scientist in theare not really testing the medicine.
U.S. have been unable to prove with any certaintyI would like to be open minded about
exactly why, how, or if homeopathy works.non-traditional treatments for ADHD but it does
There have been published case/control trials thatnot seem that there is much substantial evidence
have shown that it is more effective than placeboregarding help from homeopathy. On the other
in a number of diseases. There have been somehand, there is absolutely no harm in homeopathic
studies on the treatment of ADHD symptomsmedicine. It is considered to be extremely safe
done in Switzerland, which found homeopathicand while I do not believe in giving people false
treatment to be highly effective provided that thehope, I believe that, if the ADHD symptoms are
child is placed on the correct homeopathicnot dangerously impairing, that anything is worth a
remedy. Homeopaths believe that you must treattry.
every individual with the exact medicine that will