Concensus of opinions about Acupuncture and homeopathy

[victor-avtoservis-moskva]

Hi,

I am toying with the idea of training in both of these fields but I would like to know which one has more appeal to the general public....

Could you tell me which one you would use and why?

Many thanks....

Claire

 

[Mukesh]

Acupuncture definatelyHave personally had great results quitting smoking and also relieving migraines.

Dino

 

[Jergar]

I feel that basing achoice of study on public popularity is the wrong reason to study anything - oops! [&:]

Both these disciplines are huge fields of medicine that is usually only taken on by those that are passionate for the subject. I'm a supporter of them both, but I'm just pointing out that either are a huge commitment. By their very nature's they are the proverbial life time of ongoing study.

The number of UK practioners would give you a general guide to popularity and this you could get a rough estimatefrom the respective UK professional bodies.There are several for each.

In the Wirral,Cheshire & Merseyside areas at least it seems we have more enquiries for acupuncture. I am basing this the number of enquiries and treatments at ourholistic centre and a couple of other practices I work at, which both have acupuncturists.

Also, recently homeopathy has had a bit of a kicking from the anti alternative medicine doctors in the media, whereas acupuncture has had a couple of positive research studies published of late. There was a definite increase in inquiries for acupuncture after the BBC series on alternative medicine a few months back, although how the fickle public will feel in 3-4 years (expected study) is anyone's guess. That said I as sure as I can be that they'll both still be around and likely more popular than ever.

Hope that helps - Andrew.

 

[Laurie]

Hi,

Thanks to both of you for replying....However, I would like to point out that I am not basing my decision upon the publics opinion at all! I am extremely interested in the two therapies and intend to study them both eventually but this being said I just wanted to see what other people thought of the two? Obviuosly I cannot study two therapies together as I am not that clever but knowing where to start is a huge part.

I would not like to think that you feel that I am going into this career based upon money or public I merely asked the question out of interest......Lots of open days promote the fields of therapy but they cannot tell you which ones the public would prefer to use can they?

Thanks anyway.

Claire