Homeopathic vet and Faculty member Geoff Johnson has warned that the UK is at risk of getting left behind if complementary therapies continue to be ignored by the medical professions. Speaking to the Veterinary Times, the Taunton-based vet said fresh approaches to medicine had to be seriously considered to combat the growing resistance to antibiotics.
“We can’t just keep giving steroids and antibiotics to anyone that is ill,” he said. “At some point we are going to have to adopt a different form of medicine… There’s got to be different ways of trying to cure something rather than just getting rid of its clinical signs.”
He meant on to highlights how the UK is already falling behind other countries in adopting a more integrated approach to human and animal healthcare.
“The opposition to homeopathy is a uniquely British thing. Around 60 percent of doctors in Germany use homeopathy. If you go into any chemist in Europe there is a homeopathic section. It’s well established in India and in American veterinary circles. And homeopathy has just moved into China where there is a massive school.”
The article also reported on the growing popularity of homeopathy in America and that there were a number of universities offering courses in homeopathic medicine. Dana Ullman, a leading American homeopath, teacher and author, echoed Mr Johnson’s concerns and the need for “pharmacological alternatives”.
He said: “Due to the overuse of antibiotics there is an increasing number of infections that are antibiotic resistant. It is very possible for homeopathy to be of use for a wide variety of acute and chronic health problems for both humans and animals.”