Alexa Ray Joel by Wiki
Alexa Ray Joel, the only daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley went to the hospital after taking too many pills, which were allegedly homeopathic pills. Despite the emergency, the singer-songwriter is home and doing fine. How she became ill from the homeopathic drug is unclear.
What is homeopathic medicine?
Homeopathy is a method of alternative healing based on creating wellness through balance. A homeopathic remedy works by stimulating the body's response to an illness. A homeopathic physician will match a pill to the symptoms of a disease; the pill will start the body's natural healing reaction.
Homeopathic remedies use natural compounds in such minute quantities that they literally are not physically present in the pill, making them completely non-toxic and bereft of the side effects of conventional drugs. The medicinal elements are diluted numerous times to increase the healing effects on a vibratory level, not a physical one.
How did Alexa Ray Joel become ill?
Alexa Ray Joel took the homeopathic medication known as Traumeel, which has been used for over 60 years to treat inflammation, swelling, and nerve pain, mostly from sports injuries. The 23-year old did not feel well after taking a number of pills, prompting her roommate to call 911. Heel, the makers of Traumeel expressed their sympathies for Alexa Ray Joel and her parents in a statement, and at the same time assured the impossibility of Traumeel causing Alexa Ray harm. According to the New York Daily News, a leading toxicologist from the NYU Medical Center confirmed that homeopathic medicine is non-toxic.
Was Alexa Ray's experience a suicide attempt?
There is some talk that Alexa Ray's overdose was in fact a suicide attempt, as the authorities said that she had taken sleeping pills, not homeopathic medicine. The artist was apparently still depressed over a break-up with former bandmate, Jimmy Riot. Whatever pills Alexa Ray may have taken, and whatever her intent, it is fortunate that no harm was done to the young woman, and hopefully she will re-emerge stronger from the experience.
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There isn't a chance that a homeopathic substance was responsible. For obvious reasons.
Hoemopathic remedies are simply placebos, they play on our ability to trick our own minds, as shown time and again by rigorous studies. As this blog post rightly observes, no relevant substance is physically present in the pills, which are little more than water and sugar.
Homeopathy is a notorious woo-woo hoax that has only survived the 200 years it's been peddled due to a trail of fudged statistics, bogus surveys and widespread self-deception.
Suicide by homeopathy! LOL!
Why does the headline make that assumption? Nowhere does it name an authority who made that judgment.
As a MD PhD in training, I actually realized that homeopathy is the miracle drug. It works because it is a placebo, but if most people knew that, it ruins the effect. So Shhh, try not to give it away!
It is amazing how confused people can be about homeopathy. Homeopathy is completely safe and cannot be the cause of an overdose. Homeopathy works by matching symptoms with a homeopathic remedy which is an energetic medicine to reduce symptoms. It cannot cause a "suicide."
There has to be another factor--maybe it was the sleeping pills mentioned in the article.
It is the first time I've seen homeopathy used to sell a story--or maybe it was the need to use something outlandish with a famous name. Whatever...
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