Homeopathy is a pseudoscience
It is a belief that is incorrectly presented as scientific and is ineffective for treating any condition as proven by large-scale studies.
Homeopathy is a system of alternative medicine created in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann based on his doctrine of like cures like (similia similibus curentur), a claim that a substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in healthy people would cure similar symptoms in sick people.
Large-scale studies have found homeopathic preparations to be no more effective than a placebo, suggesting that positive feelings after taking homeopathic medicines are due to the placebo effect and normal recovery from illness.
Hahnemann believed the underlying causes of disease were phenomena that he termed miasms, and that homeopathic preparations addressed these. The preparations are manufactured using a process of homeopathic dilution, which involves repeatedly diluting a chosen substance in alcohol or distilled water, followed by forceful striking on an elastic body.
Dilution typically continues well past the point where no molecules of the original substance remain.
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Don’t Put Essential Oils on Animals
People should know that cats die and dogs get very sick when you put essential oils on them as magical cure-alls. Ideally, just never put any essential oil on your animal because it’s stupid and unhelpful, but especially never put undiluted essential oils on a cat. They die. Essential oils actually are toxic to humans and other species too, but less surface area equals smaller toxic dose, and cat livers are notoriously sensitive, at least compared to humans and dogs. Here is one early report from 1998. More reports come out every year, but they don’t get published in the literature anymore because it’s widely known. Here isanother article from the Pet Poison Hotline.
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About Cubital Tunnel Syndrome especially if you sit at a desk all day
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome is a condition that involves pressure or stretching of the ulnar nerve (also known as the “funny bone” nerve), which can cause numbness or tingling in the ring and small fingers, pain in the forearm, and/or weakness in the hand. The ulnar nerve runs in a groove on the inner side of the elbow.
If you sleep with your arm under your pillow, repeatedly lean on your forearm/elbow (work an office job), bend your elbow for sustained periods (using your cell phone), holding a tool (mouse) in a constant position performing a task, and/or are obese, you are at an increased risk.
Symptoms
- Pain and numbness in the elbow, hand, little/ring finger.
- Weakness affecting the ring and little fingers.
- Decreased ability to pinch the thumb and index finger.
- Decreased overall hand grip.
- Muscle wasting in the hand.
- Claw-like deformity of the hand.
Prevention
Minimize the amount of time you lean on your elbows or keep them bent. If you like to sleep with your arm under your pillow, correct your sleep posture. Make sure your work environment is ergonomically correct. Get a pistol grip/vertical mouse and ergonomic keyboard, and make sure your desk is not too tall for you. Make sure to take frequent breaks from sitting at a desk.
Treatment
- Aside from simply avoiding activities that cause CTS, performing Ulnar Nerve glides to stretch out the nerve may relieve pain.
- Ibuprofen can also alleviate the pain or numbness.
- Surgery should be used as a last resort, but is a simple procedure that has a high success rat
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