“His school is complaining that he hides under tables and growls at people,” she wrote on her blog. Her claim has prompted questions about why the treatment – known as lyssin, lyssinum or hydrophobinum – was approved for use in Canada. The British Columbia Naturopathic Association also weighed in, saying it had filed a complaint with the province’s regulatory body. Pointing to the dilution process used to create the homeopathic remedy, she argued the young boy had never been exposed to rabies. If it doesn’t, what does it matter what it’s made of, dog saliva, elephant’s dung or badger’s pubic hair, it’s so diluted that it’s only water after all, or a placebo, a sugar pill.”

Source: The Guardian April 20, 2018 17:15 UTC