Homotoxicology

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'''Homotoxicology''' is a [[quack]] hypothesis for disease concocted by [[homeopathy|homeopathic]] [[crank]] Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg. According to this idea disease symptoms are responses of the body's attempt to expel "toxins" that have built up in the system. Homotoxicology denies the central tenets of the reality based [[germ theory of disease]] and is used primarily around the advocation of  homeopathic products.  
 
'''Homotoxicology''' is a [[quack]] hypothesis for disease concocted by [[homeopathy|homeopathic]] [[crank]] Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg. According to this idea disease symptoms are responses of the body's attempt to expel "toxins" that have built up in the system. Homotoxicology denies the central tenets of the reality based [[germ theory of disease]] and is used primarily around the advocation of  homeopathic products.  
  

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Homotoxicology is a quack hypothesis for disease concocted by homeopathic crank Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg. According to this idea disease symptoms are responses of the body's attempt to expel "toxins" that have built up in the system. Homotoxicology denies the central tenets of the reality based germ theory of disease and is used primarily around the advocation of homeopathic products.

Reckeweg's corporation Heel, which is still around selling products, is the primary pusher of homotoxicology. They label it as a "sophisticated modern form of homoeopathy"[1] and the "bridge between allopathic and homeopathic medicine."[2]

Homotoxins

The evil toxins building up in our system according to this framework are called by the vaguely defined term "homotoxin." Homotoxins are pretty much everything. They are defined as "all those substances (chemical/biochemical) and non-material influences (physical, psychical), which can cause ill health in humans."[3] In practice it is used to attribute disease to whatever is the cause de jure, examples include: fast food, unnamed chemicals in our water, evil "allopathic" prescribed medicine, biased media, and witch doctor curses.

While some of what the practitioner of homotoxicology might label a toxin actually can cause illness it is important to realize that the homotoxicologist is suggesting a very different means of action than established evidence based science has shown. For example, both a real doctor and a homotoxicologist would agree that tetrodotoxin manifests illness but while the real doctor attributes that to specific actions involving nerve receptors and the protein structure of the toxic molecule the homotoxicologist attributes the symptoms to a manifestation of the body's attempt to expel the toxin.

References

  1. "Homotoxicology." Heel. Heel. 22 Apr 2008 <http://www.heel.com.au/homotoxicology/index.shtml>.
  2. "Homotoxicology." Natural Solutions for You. 22 Apr 2008 <http://www.naturalsolutions4you.ca/index_002.htm>.
  3. Biotherapeutic Index, 5th revised English edition. Baden-Baden, Germany: Biologische Heilmittel GmbH, 2000, p 4.
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