I recognize homeopathy as one of those "bio-individual" things. It has not worked for me, but I accept that it does work for others. Let me explain further...
I think it is similar to how people who have experienced severe trauma react to stimuli that others would casually dismiss, their emotional/spiritual/psychological "bodies" processing things differently than others. For example, if you were to be unexpectedly delivered flowers, you might think, "wow, someone loves me", and be happy... triggering all those little happy processors and chemical reactions in your body that do good. If I were to be delivered flowers, something very different occurs... not only did a whole trail of people participate in this abortion of life but someone is obviously casing my house to see if someone is home.. to hurt.. to steal.. to damage. This triggers a completely different set of processing, functions, and reactions. And some people are like, "flowers, great".. and nothing.
"Holistic", right!?! This is why we help to guide the WHOLE person.. why the same herb does not work for every person despite the fact that we all generally start life hard-wired the same way. Ultimately, through our parents and then our life choices, experiences, and then perceptions, we are working with very UNIQUE beings, each one different from the rest.. which is why, I believe, modern traditional medicine fails chronic maladies, because they're not even asking the right questions.
The placebo effect assumes that someone makes a conscious decision... the doctor gave me this pill, the doctor is educated, this pill will work, I will be "healed" (whatever that means, managing expectations). The trauma response is something different. My mind KNOWS that the little noise in the backyard is a raccoon shuttling around to dig up my carrots and not a "bad guy" breaking in, but that does not stop my body from tensing, my hearing from becoming more acute, my stomach from doing flip-flops, and my carpel tunnel from flaring.
I posit that for some, their body recognizes that "little noise" or tiny bit of medicine and reacts the way IT believes it should, no conscious thinking required. Because our bodies have a tremendous capacity to heal themselves, all else being equal, I think God's plan would support 'only a teeny-tiny bit of medicine', even only the essence. BUT for most of us, we probably have too much garbage in our systems (GMO's, chemical additives, environmental toxins) for homeopathy to be of any real use or to be counted on by a wellness practitioner. That said, I would never discount that it does indeed work for some, and I am glad for it. ~Jeni
~Jeni, a.k.a. Lady Solidago
Finish every day and be done with it... This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson